Arts in Medicine is excited to welcome four visiting artists for a short-term residency with our program. The cohort has expanded arts-based programming to the Gainesville and Alachua County community through visual artmaking, storytelling, and dance to make the arts more accessible to our community! Click a card below to…
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.
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…
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…
The following Arts in Medicine classes are cancelled: Dance for Life online and in-person will be cancelled on the following dates: 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 1/1 StorySongs is cancelled on 12/22 and 12/29 Encore Dancers Workshop is cancelled on 12/25 and 1/1 Dance for Joy is cancelled on 12/23 and…
Join Arts in Medicine for a special poetry workshop open to adults ages 18 and up, no prior art or poetry experience needed. Description: An introduction to ekphrasis – writing a poem in response to viewing a visual work of art – including time to view Arts in Medicine’s current…
Introducing the new Arts in Medicine e-newsletter! As a reminder, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine’s mission is to transform the hospital experience for patients, visitors, care partners, and staff and to provide health and wellness through the arts within the community. Now more than ever, our team…
We’re celebrating 35 years of Arts in Medicine at UF Health with the art exhibit, Continuum: Collective Works from Arts in Medicine. The exhibit explores the rich and vibrant journey of the Arts in Medicine program through artwork made by patients, care partners, healthcare workers, and community members.
Viewpoint Article Arts, Culture and Social Prescribing in the United States: 23 Case Studies, 2023-2024 This report explores 23 arts, culture, and social prescribing programs across 11 U.S. states, detailing…
The Gainesville Cultural Advisory Board and the Gainesville Art in Public Places Trust have selected AIM artist practitioner Sarah Hinds as the recipient of the 2024 Gainesville Art in Public Places Trust Public Art Award AND the 2024 Gainesville Individual Arts Award! Sarah is…
