ORIGIN Launch Event

The ORIGIN Launch event took place in January 2024. The event sought to communicate the findings from the pilot O-ACE project as well share the aims and ambitions for the ORIGIN project alongside opportunities for people to get involved in the research programme. 

Since these projects are all about the impact of cultural experiences and young people, the event was created with and for young people (notably some of the co-producers from the O-ACE project and the ORIGIN Youth Advisory Group) and was held on a winter's evening in the atmospheric surroundings of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. We were delighted to have more than 50 attendees representing arts and cultural organisations, the health sector (including Oxford Health NHS Trust), youth charities, refugee organisations, the county council, a local SEND school, social prescribing and the academic community. We were also excited to welcome young people to the event and to catch some of their ideas and feedback through interactive activities. Below you can check out some of the content from the evening:

  • Watch the video animation of the project's background and aims
  • Have a look through the photo gallery 
  • Explore the illustration by Jack Brougham capturing conversations and ideas relating to the power of storytelling.
  • Watch quick instagram interviews with project leads Dr Rebecca Sheriff, Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, and Louise Chandler.

 

Introductory film: Online arts and culture for young people's mental health

Online arts and culture for young people's mental health

https://www.youtube.com/embed/G9jy1ukwzvs?wmode=opaque&controls=&rel=0

Launch event photo gallery

Photo of a display case in the Pitt Rivers Museum taken side on to show carved wooden objects and Japanese not masks and the subtle reflections of gallery lighting.
Totem pole at Pitt Rivers Museum
Photograph of a group of people on the entrance steps to the Pitt Rivers Museum
Photo of some brightly coloured gear-wheel shaped cards with feedback written on, affixed to a whiteboard
A photo of some coloured pens and some text on black paper
Side view of a m an in a hoodie looking at a display of vessels
Illustrator Jack Brougham at work creating a large scale wall-based drawing
Photo of people seated at a shared table at laptops and wearing headphones
Two men in front of a wall-sized illustration. One of the men is adding to the artwork, the other is crouched, photographing him.
A young white woman and a young Asian man stand beside a sign and smile at the camera
Photograph showing a projector screen with a end image of the ORIGIN launch video, overlooking the balcony of the first floor of the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Silhouettes of backs of guests' heads as they watch a speaker at the museum entrance
three adults gather round a table with handling objects and photographs on it.
View over the first-floor balcony of the Pitt Rivers Museum
View of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Two women face the camera smiling
Two women, one in a black and white dress the other in red trousers, in front of a small easel with a display on artist Lizzie Siddal

Interviews with project leads