Since its inception in 1990, the Arts in Medicine programs at UF and UF Health Shands have brought healing through the arts to the hospital and Gainesville communities through the visual, literary, and performing arts. 2020 marks 30 years of transforming the hospital experience. Click here to read the…
Since 1990 when the program was founded, AIM’s mission has been to encourage creativity to support wellbeing. So when the COVID-19 pandemic met North Florida, the Arts in Medicine Admin and music teams shifted the way they provide musical experiences at the bedside. Since March of 2020, AIM has…
Arts in Medicine is here for you. Check out the image below for information on our free, no-commitment programs for UF Health staff in quarantine due to COVID-19. Check out our virtual resources on AIM to ConnectCheck us out on Facebook for our Live all-request concert…
Dance for Lifelong Health has been cancelled for June 30th, and Encore Dancers Workshop has been cancelled for July 2nd. Please call Arts in Medicine at (352) 733-0880 with questions. Click here for information on our virtual class offerings.
Watch the video below to discover how the Arts in Medicine program at UF Health in Gainesville, FL responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with creative innovation that adapted our delivery of services to provide continued care to the patients, their families, and staff.
For the past two weeks, participants in the Dance for Life and Dance for MS classes have been learning the universal opening and closing sequences, as well as collaboratively creating their own section, for the 2020 National Water Dance. National Water Dance is first and foremost a Movement Choir—a collective…
The mission of Arts in Medicine has always been to connect with the hospital community and beyond around the arts in health. Our teams are proud to present new ways of connection to those who have limited access to in-person engagements through virtual live-streaming, prerecorded classes and workshops, and…
We are sad to announce that this event was canceled. To stay up to date on GROW HUB future events, visit www.grow-hub.org AIM is excited to join GROW HUB and Working Food at the 2nd Annual Spring Fair, happening Saturday, March 14th from 11am-3pm! The event is free…
In July 2019, staff wheeled Maurice (Moe) Ricks into surgery to prep him to receive a new heart and kidney, which were on a plane to Gainesville, Florida. The plane struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff, rendering the left engine disabled. Pilots made an emergency landing at…
On February 5th, 2020, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine and the UF Center for Arts in Medicine had the honor of welcoming Hyosun Choi of Invertigo Dance Theatre to their Dance for Life class. Tailoring the curriculum to the needs of the class comprised of individuals with movement disorders,…
