Reflections from the Culture Box Live exhibition and training course
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Background Beyond Culture Box aimed to stimulate public interest in dementia through creating new resources, including a touring exhibition (Culture Box Live) that visited Exeter and Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom, and training course (Lessons from Culture Box) for activity providers and artists. The project took research findings and materials created during Culture Box, a pandemic responsive study that aimed to improve dementia care during the pandemic through creative and arts-based approaches to new audiences in two English cities.Methods This practice report presents findings and learnings from the project. Evaluation methods included team reflections throughout the project, alongside visitor verbal and written feedback.Findings Beyond Culture Box created opportunities for learning and engagement with physical exhibitions and a training course (with around 125 visitors in attendance across both sites and activities) and content on the project website (with around a 130% increase of new visitors to our website; 22% of those were looking for activity material in our archive and boxes between January and February 2024).Conclusions The findings provide new learning on creative health research impact and engagement projects
Source: Arts & Health
Institutions: University of Surrey, University of the Arts London
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4412380964