Ambulatory Art: Temporary exhibitions and cultural mediators at hospitals

Ambulatory Art is a program of traveling exhibitions through hospitals and rural communities at risk of depopulation. Visited by patients, their companions, health professionals and residents of rural communities, they build a new relationship between the art event, the spectators and the hospital or rural setting. The aim is to bring specially curated cultural contents to these audiences, whether in hospital entrance halls, waiting rooms or wards, and they always hire cultural mediators. They foster to improve the health and well-being of hospitalized people, their families and health personnel through cultural content specially curated for these audiences. The project is also positive for cultural institutions, since they can see the visibility of their heritage increased exponentially, and for young emerging artists, who can benefit from new circuits for art.
Ambulatory Art transforms healthcare spaces by creating windows onto culture. The different physical and digital formats make hospital stays more pleasant for patients and their companions while offering benefits for health professionals as well. The mediation activities facilitate access to contents, creating links between new audiences and culture as a vehicle for improving their health and well-being.
Cultura en Vena has launched a call for cultural mediators to generate employment among the professionals in the sector who either live in or have a connection with the communities where the activities are carried out. The organisation gives them training on the role of culture in improving the physical, psychological and spiritual health of patients and rural communities.