COVID-19 CARE: Culture and the Arts, from Restriction to Enhancement: Protecting Mental Health in the Liverpool City Region

本研究将评估特定城市地区限制接触艺术和文化对心理健康的影响，并跟踪、启用和增强艺术提供创新在减轻相关危害方面的价值。利物浦拥有英国最丰富的文化集中地之一，拥有伦敦以外最大的博物馆和画廊集群。文化资本对城市地区的经济至关重要，贡献了10%（文化利物浦，2019）。这座城市也有通过文化和健康提供者之间的伙伴关系利用艺术进行精神保健的开创性历史。该项目建立在利物浦大学与这些部门组织的强大联盟的基础上，汇集了一个跨学科的艺术和心理健康研究人员团队，与文化和健康机构协商，设计和进行两项调查。测量1（网上访问）将针对20个艺术团体（10个民间机构，10个社区艺术方案，代表“精英”和“流行”艺术），以反映（i）COVID-19对公众获得艺术服务的影响（包括那些通常通过正规医疗途径接触艺术的人）以及观众/受益人随时间的变化（ii）艺术团体以其他方式（例如网上/数码）提供节目，能否成功接触现有及/或新观众，并与他们沟通。调查2（在线问卷和补充在线/电话访谈）将针对C300艺术观众/受益人，以获取（i）限制/不存在获得常规供应对心理健康的影响（ii）替代艺术供应的感知价值和可获得性以及后者对心理健康/福祉的影响。

This study will assess the impact on mental health of restricted access to arts and culture in a specific city region, and track, enable and enhance the value of innovation in arts provision in mitigating associated harms.Liverpool has one of the richest concentrations of culture in the UK, boasting the largest clustering of museums and galleries outside London. Cultural capital is critical to the city region's economy, contributing c10% (Culture Liverpool,2019). The city also has a pioneering history of harnessing arts for mental health care through partnerships between culture and health providers. Building on the University of Liverpool's strong alliance with organisations across these sectors, this project brings together an interdisciplinary team of arts and mental health researchers to devise and conduct, in consultation with cultural and health bodies, two surveys. Survey 1 (online interviews) will target 20 arts organisations (10 civic institutions, 10 community arts programmes, representing 'elite' and 'popular' arts) to capture (i)the impact of COVID-19 on public access to arts provision (including those who usually access the arts through formal healthcare routes) and on audience/beneficiary change over time (legacy losses and potential gains) (ii)the success of alternative (e.g. online/digital) modes of provision by arts organisations in reaching and communicating with established and/or new audiences. Survey 2 (online questionnaire and supplementary online/telephone interviews) will target c300 arts' audiences/beneficiaries to capture (i)the impact on mental health of restricted/non-existent access to usual provision (ii)the perceived value and accessibility of alternative arts provision and the latter's impact on mental health/wellbeing.