Naples. A historic milestone is reached today at the Oncology Reference Center (Cto) in Naples with the inauguration of the first Ambulatory Museum in Italy, “Cur'Arti – dall'Ombra alla Luce”.
Conceived by Dr. Francesca Barrella, an internist, the project represents the realization of a long-cultivated idea, aimed at demonstrating the effectiveness and value of art as a rehabilitation tool through art therapy.
Cur'Arti, a work protected by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage (Mibact), is an Italian network that unites art and culture, involving places of care such as hospitals and cultural institutions such as museums and schools.
Its aim is to promote social inclusion, accessibility to art and rehabilitation through art therapy for vulnerable people, including people with autism, adolescents and young people in juvenile distress, disabled people and Alzheimer's patients.
The inaugural ceremony, which will be held tomorrow at 10:00 in the Aula Magna of the Cto (viale Colli Aminei 21), will be full of events: academic speeches and connections with foreign countries, awards and musical performances.
A guided tour of the museum will follow with a group of architects, in the presence of some artists who donated the works and the Comix school.
“The Museo Ambulatorio Cur'Arti – explains Dr. Barrella – represents a museum intended as a place of inclusive culture within a context of care. It is a process of democratization of culture, which makes it accessible to all.
The installation of the Cur'Arti museum, dedicated to the enjoyment of art, offers an artistic narration of the care environments, transforming them into places of culture that heal. In the harmony between artistic spaces and architecture, one lives an experience of well-being and psychological support”.
The Cur'Arti Ambulatory Museum also serves as an art therapy laboratory, "intended as a therapy to support neurocognitive and physical rehabilitation for people undergoing treatment such as autistics, Alzheimer's patients and disabled people". The museum set up at the Cto includes:
A room with an exhibition itinerary of reproductions of works belonging to the Cur'Arti collection;
A room dedicated to the Inclusive Museum, aimed at making art accessible to disabled visitors, with tactile paths for the blind or visually impaired;
A room equipped with devices for use with motor and cognitive disabilities, called a multisensory room, which can be used as an integrative therapy for the rehabilitation process.
“The creation of the Ambulatory Museum – concludes Dr. Barrella – within a place of care such as a hospital represents an opportunity for a wellness experience, for a narrative therapeutic architecture of the environments, but also for narrative medicine.
The experience of artistic fruition can resize and reformulate the language in the relationship between doctor, health worker, educator, trainer, artist and person in care, without hierarchical disparities”.
“The Museum that we are inaugurating – comments Dr. Anna Iervolino, general director of theColli Hospital Company – is the result of an intense multidisciplinary collaboration.
It is not only a place of artistic exhibition, but a therapeutic environment designed to stimulate the senses and promote the well-being of patients who require rehabilitation paths.
Scientific studies have shown that, through art, the quality of life and the rehabilitation process of patients suffering from neurological diseases improve. With this innovative pilot project, we confirm our commitment to putting the patient at the center through personalized care paths that also include the care of beauty and art".
The inauguration of the Museo Ambulatorio Cur'Arti marks an important step in promoting well-being and social inclusion through art. An innovative model that represents hope for the future of rehabilitation and personal care.
Article published on 16 July 2024 - 22:02
