Charlie Kirkham

Community Launch Event 

FOR THE SUDDEN CARDIAC ART EXHIBITION

Date: Saturday 7 September 

Time: 1pm – 5pm

FREE ADMISSION

Who This Is For:

• Do you want to learn how to try to save someone in sudden cardiac arrest?
• Do you want to see a unique art exhibition and know why it’s needed?
• Do you want to learn about what resuscitation means and the journey of heart warriors through art?
• Do you want to be inspired and educated?
• Do you want to speak with survivors and advocates and artists?

Schedule For The Day:

1pm – 5pm Ongoing

EXPERIENCE THE ART

See 80 outstanding artworks in a multitude of styles showing the beauty of saving a life and the heart warrior journey from 37 international artists

Purnell Room

MEET THE ARTISTS

Enjoy the opportunity to speak with some of the artists and hear about their process and the passion behind their pieces. Some of the artists are themselves heart warriors and sudden cardiac arrest survivors; all are fierce advocates.

Purnell Room

CPR & DEFIBRILLATOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Not a full training but a quick try at using a CPR manikin and trying a defibrillator trainer. Ask questions of an expert. 

Eyre Room

1:30pm – 2:15pm

“GET UP & DANCE and GET DOWN & PRACTICE”

CPR & DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING

Suitable for all ages.

Learn the HeartCharged way with music videos, movement, and hands-on practice. 

Littleford Room

2:30pm 

PANEL DISCUSSION

Hear from founding artist, Charlie Kirkham, about the beginnings of the Sudden Cardiac Art project, why it’s needed and where it’s headed.

Enjoy a fascinating presentation on “The Secularisation of the Breast in the Western World.” For a long time breasts were regarded as a symbol of nourishment and maternal love. In this talk, artist Iluá Hauck da Silva will explore how, from the Reformation onwards, the breast began to lose its religious significance and became an object of medical scrutiny and voyeuristic pleasure for men. 

Then participate in a lively discussion with people from the sudden cardiac arrest movement, people who survived, people who grieve, people who advocate, medical and defibrillator professionals, and artists. Ask your questions. Learn from experts with lived experience and life-saving vision. 

Littleford Room

4:00pm 

DEFIBRILLATOR DONATION TO THE COMMUNITY

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REFERENCE LINKS

Sudden Cardiac Community Launch Event (kingshillhouse.org.uk)

HeartCharged (getheartcharged.org)

Works – Sudden Cardiac Art | Charlie Kirkham

Sudden Cardiac Art