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Erin Beardslee

Visual art-making at OB/GYN Mobile Outreach Clinic

Make art while you wait for your appointment at the UF Health OB/GYN Mobile Outreach Clinic! This limited workshop series will take place at Gainesville and Trenton locations. Art activities and materials are free to participants and open to Mobile Outreach Clinic patients and their loved ones/caregivers. No registration required.

New mosaic workshop series for seniors

Registration is Full This workshop series is closed for registration due to high interest and limited seating. A waitlist has been created in case spots open up.Questions? Email Whitney Wilson (whitney.wilson@ufhealth.org)…

Harn Museum’s “Art After Dark” event showcases AIM practitioners

On Thursday, June 25th, Arts in Medicine (AIM) dancers and musicians will take center stage at the popular “Art After Dark” event hosted at the Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, FL. Performing an original dance first featured at the recent Creating Healthy Communities: A Florida Arts in Health…

Hand-drumming for Adult ED Staff

UF Health staff who work in the Adult Emergency Department, this workshop is for you!  Whether you serve the ED as a nurse, patient ambassador, physician, security officer, paramedic, imaging technician, environmental services staff member, and anyone else we may have missed… we hope you will Arts in Medicine for…

I Am…Warrior: Pop-up Poetry and Art Gallery

Join UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine and Streetlight for this week’s art pop-up, “I Am… Warrior” Featuring a special poetry book written by Sickle Cell Warriors at UF Health that honor their real, lived experiences living with sickle cell. Also on display will be artworks made in response…

“Creative Connections” debuts on the hematology/oncology unit

Receiving care for cancer can be a lonely and isolating experience. For an opportunity to pause and connect, Arts in Medicine is now offering a weekly art-making workshop to the patients, care partners, and staff on the UF Health Cancer Hospital’s hematology/oncology unit. Creative Connections is…

Nurses Week 2026 Art Contest

UF Health Gainesville nurses were invited to team up and create a collage inspired by the national Nurses Week theme,“On Purpose”. Using only the materials in the art kits supplied by Arts in Medicine, each participating unit were tasked with designing their artwork with one or both of these ideas…

Creating Healthy Communities: A Florida Arts in Health Forum

Registration is open for Creating Healthy Communities: A Florida Arts in Health Forum. A one-day gathering featuring key takeaways from the recent Creating Healthy Communities Convening at NJPAC. We’ll spotlight the latest in arts in health across Florida, with a special focus on arts prescribing. If you’re a Florida-based artist…

2026 Nurses Week Art Contest

Use the form on this page to submit the artwork your unit created based on this year’s Nurses Week prompt, “On Purpose“. The winning unit will be announced on Friday, March 6th! Deadline Friday, February 27th is the deadline to submit your unit’s artwork. Questions? Email us at…