

Locations
Forum
Heartwood Soundstage (622 SE 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601)
Evening Social
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608)
See “Additional Information” below for parking.
Morning
- 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Registrants arrive and sign in
- 9:30 – 10:00 AM – Evaluation arts activities and networking
- 10:00 – 10:10 AM – Performance, opening and welcome
- 10:10 – 11:00 AM – Keynote: Creating Healthy Communities: Field notes on Arts Prescribing & Arts in Public Health with Dr. Jill Sonke
Featuring key takeaways from October’s Creating Healthy Communities Convening - 11:00 – 11:05 AM – Performance
- 11:05 – 11:55 AM – Recognizing Art is Care: Field notes from national and state arts leaders and landscapes – A panel discussion
- 11:55 AM – 12:00 PM – Intro to Choose-Your-Own Art Adventure
Lunch and Art Adventures
- 12:00 – 1:15 PM – Lunch and Choose-Your-Own Art Adventure
Select from a variety of arts-based activities to expand your practice, connect with other attendees, and get creative. Explore the activities at your leisure throughout the lunch hour.- Rolling restorative yoga
- Singing in the round
- Dance and drum
- Discovering your ‘Spark Bird’ through artmaking
- Zine-making
- Pollinator Poetry and Artmaking
- Tea tasting
- Arts-based evaluation activity
- Shift Change Radio Hour
Afternoon
- 1:15 – 1:25 PM – Performance
- 1:30 – 2:00 PM – Keynote: In conversation with adrienne maree brown (virtual)
- 2:00 – 2:45 PM – Recognizing Art is Care: Field notes from GNV – A panel discussion
- 2:45 – 3:00 PM – Keynote: “The Art Cure”: A book talk with by Dr. Daisy Fancourt (virtual)
- 3:00 – 3:10 PM – Performance
- 3:15 – 3:55 PM – Elegant Next Steps
- 3:55 – 4:00 PM Closing Performance

Close
Evening Social
- 6:00 – 9:00 PM – Informal gathering and relationship-building with art and music performances
- Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608)
- Free parking on-site
- Light bites available
Additional Information
Special Guests
We are thrilled to welcome the following special guests to the Florida Arts in Health Forum. Click the link below to learn more about each speaker, panelist, and Forum team member.
CHCFL Special Guests
Dining Options
Lunch is not provided but free light bites and refreshments will be available at Heartwood Soundstage.
Walkable from South Main Station:
South Main Station restaurants and cafes: Bingo Deli and Pub, Humble Wood Fire, Afternoon Coffee & Swallowtail Bodega
Other nearby restaurants and cafes: Goldie’s Burgers, Tinker Latin Street Food, Frenchmen Street Food, Humble Wood Fire Bagel Shop, Muñecas Taco Garden and Bar, Fehrenbacher’s Meats & Eats, SquareHouse Pizza
Bike or Drive from South Main Station:
The Swamp Restaurant, Indian Aroma, Covey Kitchen + Cocktails at Hotel Eleo
Book Preorders
Thank you to our partner, The Lynx Bookstore, for offering special book preorder options featuring our keynote speakers for the Florida Arts in Health Forum.
Please note: preorders must be placed before Tuesday, April 21st to be picked up on the day of the Forum (4/30). You may also select to pick up your book(s) in-store at the Lynx or have your book(s) shipped to your address.
Parking
Forum: Limited free parking is available on-site at South Main Station.
Other options include street parking and an overflow lot at Depot Park’s event and weekend parking lot.
View South Main Station’s accessibility guide
Evening Social: Free and accessible parking is available at the Harn Museum of Art (3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608)
Add Your Voice to the Community Board
A Community Board will be displayed during the Forum for attendees to post physical promotional materials to share about their programming. You are welcome to bring a printed copy of your program flyer, business card, or anything arts in health related that you’d like to uplift on the board.
Social Media
Please feel free to tag us and use the hashtag #CHCFL when posting on social media!
Photos and videos will be taken by our teams throughout the event and recordings during keynote presentations will not be permitted.
Follow UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine (@shandsaim) and the UF Center for Arts in Medicine (@ufcam) on Instagram as both programs will be posting throughout the Forum.
Questions/Concerns?
Email UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine at artsinmedicine@shands.ufl.edu

Creating Healthy Communities: A Florida Arts in Health Forum is made possible with support from the Florida Division of Arts and Culture.