Exploration on Application Value of Arts-based Healing Curating Mode in the Maintenance of Emotional Well-being

Abstract

Mental health is now a problem around the world. Art therapy curation combines psychology, space aesthetics and social care, and is now a new field of study in academia that has attracted much attention. This paper studies the applications of the above model in supporting emotional health. Art therapy curation at the operational level creates spaces for emotional expression through spatial narratives, cultivates emotional awareness through multi-sensory interactive installations, and directs emotional expression towards cognitive reconstruction in professional workshops. Various practical cases have been collected in different places, such as hospitals, communities and schools. King's College London has conducted a study that shows that people are about 22% less stressed, as indicated by lower cortisol levels, after observing original works of art in a museum. The actual operation of exhibitions such as Color Realm and Mind-Body Realm in China shows that curatorial ideas are now expanding from aesthetic display to emotional care. The art-therapy curation model has converted private art-therapy experiences into public participation-based emotional-health-maintenance methods. It is a non-drug, low-threshold type that provides an alternative route to psychological help for the public.