Diverse views of art: Vernissage at the Bamberg Hospice Association is enthusiastic!

Diverse views of art: Vernissage at the Bamberg Hospice Association is enthusiastic!

On Sunday evening, the Bamberg Hospice Association experienced a special highlight: a vernissage transformed the club rooms into a living gallery with watercolors, photographs and video art. The aim of this exhibition is to increase the visibility of the outpatient hospice service in the city and district of Bamberg. Michael Reuter, who organized the event, attached great importance to the importance of information - only if people know about the association can they receive support.

The exhibition shows works by four talented artists: Katrin Seuling presents photographs from Bamberg's main smoor forest that illustrate the cycle of growth and decay. Markus Trenkle's photographs of architectural structures impress with impressive compositions that are created through the targeted selection of sections and angles. Watercolors by Tom Burgis invite you to marvel with their lightness and playful use of light and transparency, while Michael Käser captures everyday fractions of thought with his philosophical video miniatures.

Art as an encounter

With this exhibition, the hospice association would like to promote art as a means of encounter and conversation. The wish is clear: more people should become aware of the offer. The show is open until October 12th, every Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. And best of all: entry to the exhibition is free! A special highlight for art lovers will be the artist talk on October 12th at 4 p.m.

But the opening represents only one aspect of the valuable work of the hospice association. Volunteers play a fundamental role in hospice work. They are often the backbone of these important tasks by providing psychosocial care to seriously ill and dying people. They not only give time, but also simply listen, spend quiet moments and offer relief for relatives.

Commitment to hospice service

Volunteer hospice companions are trained through preparatory courses. These prepare you for the complex requirements and include topics such as communication, closeness and distance, as well as self-care. The preparation course lasts 80 to 100 hours and ends with a formal commission or certificate. An example of such a good course is the Celler Model, which prepares volunteers for their future assignments in a practical manner and offers them support from experienced coordinators.

“I never realized how much life there is in end-of-life care,” says a volunteer who shares her experiences. Another adds: “Often I just stayed and felt something moving – not just in the other person, but also in me.” Such statements illustrate the deep and often touching moments that volunteers experience while on assignment.

The commitment of volunteers is essential and promotes social change in dealing with seriously ill and dying people. This selfless work takes place in areas ranging from boards of directors to public relations, and is also carried out in residential hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals.

Overall it shows: There is something going on! The Bamberg Hospice Association and its committed volunteers make an enormously valuable contribution to humane and dignified support for those affected and their relatives.