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Libby Anson talks to Juan delGado and the Wellcome Trust about his residency.
Established in 1936, The Wellcome Trust is an independent medical research-funding charity with a mission “to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health”. It also “seeks to raise awareness of the medical, ethical and social implications of research and promote dialogue between scientists, the public and policy makers”. One of the ways in which it does this is to encourage access to its work and to the issues raised via exhibitions (such as ‘Medicine Man’ at the British Museum, ‘Treat Yourself’ at The Science Museum, and at the TwoTen Gallery within the Trust itself) and through other science and art initiatives. The Exhibitions Unit in the Trust's Medicine, Society and History Division initiated the annual SciArt grant scheme in 1996. A year later, the Science on Stage and Screen Awards, a biennial competition for live theatre, digital and broadcast media, were launched; the two schemes later merged. The latter initiative was introduced, primarily, to broaden the public's understanding and awareness of scientific, rather than artistic values. The Trust has since supported diverse arts-related...
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