AIM Wants You to Play It Forward: Song-grams for UF Health Staff
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AIM All-request Concerts Provide Continued Care
AIM Live Concert Update 12/17/2020 As AIM transitions back to full bedside services, the AIM Live Concerts have been paused. Thank you to all who attended and supported this effort to engage our hospital and…
AIM Drop-ins for staff in quarantine are back!
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…
Arts in Medicine’s COVID-19 Pandemic Arts Response
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.
Dance for Life and Dance for MS 2020 National Water Dance Contribution
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…
AIM Classes and Workshops Have Gone Virtual!
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…
From Bird Strike to Hope: The Story of Moe Ricks’s Optimism in the Face of Tragedy
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…
Professional Dancer Instructs Dance for Life Class
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,…
Artwalk: Introductory Works from Grow Hub
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine is thrilled to present Spring Forward: Introductory Works from the GROW HUB Artist Collective. In their first formal exhibition, fifteen emerging artists explore their supportive community and unique work environment. This whimsical collection illustrates all things GROW HUB, from plants and tractors to…
A Mural on Health and Wellness at Alachua Academy
Alana Jackson, Service Learning Lecturer at the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and Sarah Hinds, artist in residence at UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine recently worked with adolescent women at the DOJ’s Alachua Academy creating a mural focusing on health and wellness. Step one: The artists facilitated a…
