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Sara Wright

Sara Wright

Hobart-based artist, curator and hospice volunteer whose social art practice explores grief, death literacy and healthcare experiences.

Sep 10, 2026

7:48
Anybody who thinks they could sit with people who
7:52
are dying should look into hospice volunteering.
7:55
It's a very special and well-trained volunteer scenario.
8:01
They teach you about deep listening and how to be with people It was great, and I made some great friends who I trained with.
8:10
And then what happened with grief was that year, at the end of that exhibition, and it was a beautiful exhibition called Involuntary, and the premise for the exhibition was that we got the message from the doctors that my brother had two weeks to live.
8:27
Once he fell unconscious, we were like, so how long will it be until he dies? And they said, well, he's young and his heart is so strong.
8:38
So we don't know how long, because his heart will just beat and beat.

21 MINS LATER

29:27
So tell me a little bit about the experience as the artist in residence at the Royal Hobart Hospital and the work you've done with doctors because I think that's really, really interesting.

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