What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home

This feasibility study was framed under the notion of creative practices as mutual recovery – the idea that shared creativity, collective experience and mutual benefit can promote resilience in mental health and well-being. The study evaluated the impact of an art-based workshop designed to examine...

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Main Authors: Vallejos, Elvira Perez, Baker, Charley, McGarry, Julie, Joyes, Emma, Carletti, Laura, Bartel, Heike, Jacobs, Rachel, Gale-Feeny, Alice, Higginbottom, Roy
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49313/
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author Vallejos, Elvira Perez
Baker, Charley
McGarry, Julie
Joyes, Emma
Carletti, Laura
Bartel, Heike
Jacobs, Rachel
Gale-Feeny, Alice
Higginbottom, Roy
author_facet Vallejos, Elvira Perez
Baker, Charley
McGarry, Julie
Joyes, Emma
Carletti, Laura
Bartel, Heike
Jacobs, Rachel
Gale-Feeny, Alice
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description This feasibility study was framed under the notion of creative practices as mutual recovery – the idea that shared creativity, collective experience and mutual benefit can promote resilience in mental health and well-being. The study evaluated the impact of an art-based workshop designed to examine participant’s notions of home. Thematic analysis was used to evaluate the textual data derived from three focus groups. The findings indicate that art-based workshops that incorporate principles of mindfulness can be used to raise awareness of mental health and well-being issues associated with challenging or inadequate notions of home. These workshops provide a forum for reflection and community in which these problematic notions can be meaningfully articulated and communicated and solutions discussed. This type of creative practice supports the notion of mutual recovery health, helps build resilience among residential workforce and thus helps them to better deal with existing problems.
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spelling nottingham-493132020-05-04T19:20:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49313/ What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home Vallejos, Elvira Perez Baker, Charley McGarry, Julie Joyes, Emma Carletti, Laura Bartel, Heike Jacobs, Rachel Gale-Feeny, Alice Higginbottom, Roy This feasibility study was framed under the notion of creative practices as mutual recovery – the idea that shared creativity, collective experience and mutual benefit can promote resilience in mental health and well-being. The study evaluated the impact of an art-based workshop designed to examine participant’s notions of home. Thematic analysis was used to evaluate the textual data derived from three focus groups. The findings indicate that art-based workshops that incorporate principles of mindfulness can be used to raise awareness of mental health and well-being issues associated with challenging or inadequate notions of home. These workshops provide a forum for reflection and community in which these problematic notions can be meaningfully articulated and communicated and solutions discussed. This type of creative practice supports the notion of mutual recovery health, helps build resilience among residential workforce and thus helps them to better deal with existing problems. Intellect 2017-12-01 Article PeerReviewed Vallejos, Elvira Perez, Baker, Charley, McGarry, Julie, Joyes, Emma, Carletti, Laura, Bartel, Heike, Jacobs, Rachel, Gale-Feeny, Alice and Higginbottom, Roy (2017) What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 8 (3). pp. 341-355. ISSN 2040-2457 art installation ; creativity ; mindfulness ; mental health ; home ; residential settings https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.8.3.341_1 doi:10.1386/jaah.8.3.341_1 doi:10.1386/jaah.8.3.341_1
spellingShingle art installation ; creativity ; mindfulness ; mental health ; home ; residential settings
Vallejos, Elvira Perez
Baker, Charley
McGarry, Julie
Joyes, Emma
Carletti, Laura
Bartel, Heike
Jacobs, Rachel
Gale-Feeny, Alice
Higginbottom, Roy
What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
title What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
title_full What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
title_fullStr What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
title_full_unstemmed What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
title_short What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
title_sort what is home? an art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of home
topic art installation ; creativity ; mindfulness ; mental health ; home ; residential settings
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49313/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49313/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49313/