Integrative Medicine is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. (Consortium for Academic Health Centers…
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine and UF HealthStreet presents: Creative for Health Art and Writing Workshops Nothing feels better than to fully immerse yourself in an art project. The world around you falls away. Time passes pleasantly without notice. Research also suggests that creativity is good for our health. …
The University of Florida International Piano Festival to present world-class pianists in master classes and in recitals. This summer, the University of Florida will host world-renowned pianists from across the United States and China for the International Piano Festival. Now in its 6th year, this annual event…
The arts therapies in Arts in Medicine is teaming up with UF Psychiatry, UF Psychology and the Eating Disorder Recovery Center to recognize Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day on May 9, 2013. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) the US Department of Health & Human Services, the…
Art House is an independent Brooklyn-based company that organizes global, collaborative art projects. Their flagship endeavor is the Sketchbook Project: an evolving library that features more than 18,000 artists’ books contributed by creative people from 130+ countries. They also operate the Brooklyn Art Library, a storefront exhibition space in the heart…
As a UF student, Lauren Arce studied psychology, but a lifelong love of dance brought her to AIM. Lauren took a course at the UF Center for Arts in Medicine called Dance in Medicine. As part of her coursework, she became a volunteer at AIM and discovered how the arts…
The Twa of Rwanda represent only one percent of the country’s population. They are severely discriminate against and live in impoverished conditions, struggling each day to buy water and food. Of the village’s nearly one hundred members, only ten have survived past the age of forty. Despite their living conditions,…
The Lake City VA Recreational Therapy department hosted their first art and music showcase June 12, 2012 featuring original works of art and performances by inpatient veterans. Shands Arts in Medicine artists Cathy DeWitt, Madeline Austin, Mary Lisa Kitakis Spano and Nancy Lasseter have been training Lake…
Life balance sometimes requires dancing. At the University of Florida’s McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion, the hallways are a cacophony of music, monologues, laughter, and the bustling of bodies in motion. However, the students are not all typical young college kids. On Monday afternoons, the halls are also filled…
Barbara Esrig writes an oral history while interviewing Thomas Mitchell On the day after Thanksgiving each year, people across America record interviews with one another to celebrate Story Corp’s National Day of Listening. In…
