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SUMMARY:Art in Mind: Evaluating the impact of participatory arts  on impro
 ved mental wellbeing - Emily Bradfield
DTSTART:20160615T150000Z
DTEND:20160615T173000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:There is increasing recognition of the role that participating
  in the arts can have on improved mental wellbeing and increased confidenc
 e and self-esteem\, however participatory (community) arts programmes are 
 not yet fully valued by health professionals.  Emily will talk about her r
 esearch and work with learners on an arts and wellbeing course\, who were 
 invited to create a visual map of their experiences on the course and the 
 impact that being creative had on their personal wellbeing.  The participa
 tory mapping activity was combined with semi-structured interviews which h
 elped to draw out a number of common themes.  The research demonstrates th
 e potential of using an innovative arts-based methodology as a means of en
 hancing the quality and depth of data production and analysis within arts-
 based research and evaluation and makes a strong case for the transformati
 onal benefits of participation in the arts.\n\n*Emily Bradfield* has an MS
 c in Cultural Events Management from De Montfort University and a BA (Hons
 ) in Humanities with Art History from the Open University.  She works as C
 ommunity Learning Manager at Cambridge Community Arts\, Grants and Communi
 ty Engagement Manager at Cambridgeshire Community Foundation and is a part
 -time lecturer in Arts and Festivals Management at De Montfort University\
 , Leicester.  She also does freelance Arts Consultancy.  \n\nIn addition t
 o publishing her research into arts and wellbeing as a discussion paper\, 
 she has published a chapter on the Mexican Day of the Dead Festival in _Fo
 cus on World Festivals_\, Newbold and Jordan (eds.) (2016) with Goodfellow
  Publishers Oxford.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room GS5
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