Share a Mindful Moment with Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
Shropshire Museums are launching a ‘Mindful Museums’ project and want you to take part.
The museums team have produced a series of short videos offering you a mindful exploration of artworks and objects held in the collection of Shropshire Museums. The videos are accompanied by a restful audio track by artist & educator Lindsey Kennedy, which encourages you ‘ to look, to breathe and to be curious’.
The first videos of the series feature a blue and white Caughley china tea pot, a beautiful oil painting of an English garden and a silver Roman mirror from Wroxeter. A selection of activity sheets to support each video have been produced to help viewers get started with their own creative projects. The videos are available via the museum’s YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv8uWJJHMgh6QeLWFta5ArA
The museums team are calling for listeners to spend a relaxing moment viewing the videos and to share their creative response using the hashtag #mindfulmuseums #museumfromhome and tagging in @shrewsburymuseum @shrewsmuseum
People participating in ‘Arts Award’ offered by Shropshire Libraries can also access the videos and activity sheets to help them complete their award.
Fay Bailey, manager of Shropshire Museums, said:-
“Being mindful of our mental health is vital during these stressful times. We hope Shropshire Museums’ Mindful Museums project can help in a small way by providing a moment of calm exploration of some of the wonderful objects cared for by Shropshire Museums.”
Mental health brochure
Shropshire Council and partners have produced a new mental health resource “Looking after your mental health during COVID-19”, which provides a summary of helpful resources and links to a range of practical tips, advice and support to help everyone through these uncertain times.
This great new resource contains a variety of information such as local immediate support, and online resources for managing wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic. It includes top tips for self-isolation, a children’s 14-day coronavirus challenge, and tips for helping to manage coronavirus anxiety.
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