Art & Medicine Program
Our thriving Art and Medicine program continues to afford students the opportunity to appreciate the human aspects of the diseases and systems they are studying in their medical classes. Students witness an artist-patient’s expression of how illness affects their life: the creation, exhibition, and discussion of art brings students and physicians into conversations that generate profound empathy for those experiencing illness and cultivate creative approaches to care. HEAL artist-in-residence Ted Meyer works with artist-patients to develop exhibits that align with the Keck School’s core medical school curriculum, fostering enhanced understanding between patients and future health care professionals.
Check out the most recent Art & Medicine events!
January 17, 2024
The Beauty of Acceptance
Melissa Ellyn Watkins
Artist Melissa Watkin’s work, “Beauty of Acceptance: A Fashion Journey Through the Stages of Grief Captured Through Photography” showcases her personal breast cancer journey and the stages of grief she experienced.
October 12, 2023
Dermatographia
Ariana Page Russell
Ariana Page Russell is a visual artist who uses her dermatographia to create art on her skin. Inspired by this, her photographic work considers skin as a document of human experience and makes public the private aesthetic of human flesh.
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