Reimagining Healing: 2022 Aesthetics of Health Student Exhibition

Lusia Nnam, Healing Process, 2022. Colored pencil on paper. 10 × 10 in. Courtesy of the artist.
The works in this exhibition are the result of a partnership between the Department of Art and Art History and Livestrong Cancer Institutes that explores the intersection of art and healthcare. By creating art with and for cancer patients, caregivers, and clinical staff, Aesthetics of Health students use their art to make connections and build relationships with others in a clinical setting. Students in the course explore community-based practice, the application of therapeutic arts, science and medicine, and inserting a higher level of empathy into their creative work.
Resultado de una colaboración entre el Departamento de Arte e Historia del Arte y los Institutos de cáncer Livestrong, las obras de esta exhibición investigan la intersección del arte y la atención médica. Al crear arte con y para pacientes con cáncer, cuidadores y personal clínico, los estudiantes de Estética de la Salud utilizan sus obras para establecer conexiones y cultivar relaciones con otras personas en un entorno clínico. Las estudiantes del curso exploran las prácticas comunitarias, la implementación de arte con fines terapéuticos, la ciencia y la medicina, y el desarrollo de un mayor nivel de empatía en su trabajo creativo.
Artists
Tabby Burke
Bee Cortez
Lindsay Edwards
Jordan Freeman
Elyse Garcia
Ty Green
Hayden Howe
Elly Kang
Ari Kimball
Manasa Kotamraju
Zach Larkin
Melannie Lopez
Miranda McShan
Lusia Nnam
Diana Padron
Kaya Samuel
Lauren Tucker
Marcus Venegas
Ellie Walker
Anthony Westmoreland
Sarah Wilson
Audrey Wright
Sophie Wyatt
Emily Yan
This exhibition is part of Fieldwork Projects, a series of dynamic collaborations between faculty and students in the Department of Art and Art History that take on various forms and enable the ideas and processes developed in the classroom to be brought into the public sphere.