Creative Doodle Book: Developing Inclusive Community Arts Engagement during Physical Distancing

Covid19造成的破坏迫使社区艺术公司大幅调整他们的活动。这对与被边缘化或脆弱的人合作的组织尤其有影响，这些人中的许多人没有社会或经济资本来参与数字艺术活动。在“正常”时期，艺术通过提供积极的创造性表达机会，在支持韧性方面发挥着至关重要的作用。在Covid19危机期间，更重要的是找到方法让每个人在社区环境中表达他们的创造力。该项目将改编并扩展由项目PI和Mind The Gap Theatre Company(MTG)在2019年开发的实践资源--“创意涂鸦书”。通过一系列有趣的任务和活动，Doodle Book促进了旨在支持个人代理的创造性思考。在2020年5月，MTG成功地与他们的学习障碍艺术家网络在封锁期间远程交付Doodle Book。该项目将基于这些积极的早期指标，与MTG和Access冠军团体合作，将Doodle Book发展为包容性物理距离实践的典范。在一种混合的方法中，这将伴随着适应性支持和可获得的资源，以接触到原本被排除在数字艺术活动之外的个人。我们将与20个社区艺术团体合作，并采取培训培训者的方式，以提供一个可按规模扩展的结构。该项目还将提供证据，证明在极端不确定的时期，创造力在幸福和个人代理中所起的作用。

The disruption caused by Covid19 has forced community arts companies to drastically adapt theiractivities. This has been particularly impactful on organisations working with marginalised orvulnerable people, many without the social or economic capital to access digital arts activities.During 'normal' times, the arts have a vital role in supporting resilience through providingopportunities for positive creative expression. During the Covid19 crisis, it is even more vital tofind ways for everyone to express their creativity in community contexts.This project will adapt and extend the 'Creative Doodle Book', a hands-on resource developed bythe project PI and Mind the Gap Theatre Company (MTG) in 2019. Through a series of playful tasksand activities, the Doodle Book facilitates creative reflection designed to support personal agency.During May 2020, MTG successfully piloted the at-a-distance delivery of the Doodle Book duringlockdown with their network of learning-disabled artists.Building on these positive early indicators, this project will work with MTG, and access championsTotally Inclusive People, to develop the Doodle Book as a model of inclusive physically distancedpractice. In a blended approach, this will be accompanied by adaptive support and accessibleresources to reach individuals otherwise excluded from digital arts activities. We will work incollaboration with twenty community arts groups, and adopt a train-the-trainer approach toprovide a structure that can be expanded at scale. The project will also provide evidence of therole of creativity in wellbeing and personal agency in times of extreme uncertainty.