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What’s on offer?

Join us for an afternoon workshop in the Ashmolean Museum to explore how visual approaches can shape our experience and help us make connections.

What’s it about?

Museums can be inspiring but overwhelming too. How can we unlock the connections we feel to people, objects and stories through taking a closer look?

In this interactive workshop, participants will use photography and slow looking to explore how to create a personal and visual museum experience and consider different perspectives. The ideas are rooted in current research that investigates how art and culture can improve mental health.

The workshop is designed for young people aged 16-24 and is led by staff from the Ashmolean Museum, the Dept of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford alongside young people from the ORIGIN project. Learn more at https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/origin

Who’s leading the event?

The ORIGIN Research Advisory Group: Jude Barrett (Ashmolean Museum), Rebecca Sheriff (Department of Psychiatry), Helen Adams (University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries & Museums)

Open to

Young people aged 16-24

Of particular interest to

We particularly welcome young people who who might not regularly visit museums. 

Event booking deadline