ExplorArte

ExplorArte offers programs that employ the visual arts for the development of observation skills, resulting in the reduction of clinical misdiagnoses and the improvement of comprehensive patient care. General objectives are to introduce the visual arts and the Visual Thinking Strategies in training programs for doctors, medical students and health personnel; to promote the development of rigorous observation and perception skills, to improve clinical judgment and diagnosis; to encourage creative thinking; to enhance effective communication; to strengthen the aesthetic ties between the visual arts and the sciences; to use the visual arts to work on emotions, uncertainty, ambiguity, the unknown, the unfinished, discomfort, prejudices; to introduce the museum as an institution at the service of people.

Through this project, ExplorArte aims to use visual arts in improving the quality of life of sick people and their families. General objectives of the project are: to introduce the visual arts in rehabilitation programs and improvement of the quality of life of sick people and their families, to develop a tailor-made program, with contents that use the visual arts and the method of Visual Thinking Strategies as the main resource, adapting it to the needs of the health institution and of each group of beneficiaries and introduction of the museum as an institution at the service of people, understanding arts importance as a universal manifestation of humanity. They aim to create sessions for observing works of art using the Visual Thinking Strategies, by including in each session 3 and 5 images from different artistic manifestations (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.). The sessions are taught by a specialist and last approximately between 1 and 1 ½ hours. The works of art are carefully selected, following specific criteria to develop a common thread that is linked to the objectives. The program may include a visit to the museum and subsequent creative workshops.