Dulwich Picture Gallery

Ways to Well-being Youth Creative Project is a 7-week project, between February-March 2018 that took place at Dulwich Picture Gallery, in which 10 young volunteers co-create 5 short films and co-produce a workshop for a Gallery Late. They learned about the collections and history of the Gallery, were introduced to the 5 Ways To Well-being and mindfulness techniques, experienced a well-being-themed creative art activity and were inspired by these experiences to create their films and co-produce their own workshop. They worked collaboratively with Dulwich Picture Gallery staff from different departments, as well as an external arts facilitator, artist and media company. The volunteers co-created resources that are promoted in a variety of ways by Dulwich Picture Gallery and partners like the SLaM Recovery College, with the aim of encouraging young people to use museum and gallery spaces and collections as inspiration for activities to improve mental health and well-being. In addition, learning from this pilot collaborative project were embedded into future well-being-themed workshops for these and other audiences, and these volunteer roles were continued and enhanced following participant feedback.