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Directed by Sareen Hairabedian and produced by Jeffrey Wright (Emmy® winner for HBO’s “Angels in America,” two-time Emmy® nominee for HBO’s “Westworld”) and David Holbrooke (HBO’s “The Diplomat”), We Are Not Done Yet profiles a group of veterans and active-duty service members as they come together to combat past and current traumas through the written word, sharing their experiences in a United Service Organizations (USO) writing workshop.

The participants, who come from varied backgrounds and branches of the military, including the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy, share their fears, vulnerabilities and victories via poetry. In workshop sessions and rehearsals, men and women confront the best and the worst of their lives in the military, opening up about ongoing struggles with PTSD and the challenges of readjusting to civilian life. Each veteran and active-duty service member brings unique experiences and hardships to the stage, but they find common understanding and hope through the difficult work of addressing their pasts.

The project evolved from writing workshops led by poet Seema Reza, chair of Community Building Art Works, a charitable organization that develops arts programs for veterans and their communities.

Please click through the link above to watch the trailer and learn more!

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How can narrative practices and spiritual presence reshape modern medicine? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Andre Lijoi reflects on the intersection of faith, deep listening, and compassionate care- offering a vision of healing that goes far beyond clinical skill.

“Our healing power resides in our capacity to help people harness what is inside them that gives them hope.”
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Andre Lijoi reflects on the lifelong integration of his Catholic faith with the practice of medicine, emphasizing that healing extends far beyond clinical competence to include spiritual presence, deep listening, and compassionate accompaniment. Drawing inspiration from figures like Saint Giuseppe Moscati and the teachings of Richard Rohr, Lijoi articulates a vocation grounded in humility, altruism, and what he calls a “sermon of service”—a form of care where actions, not words, communicate love and commitment to the patient. He argues that physicians are not only diagnosticians but also stewards of hope, helping patients harness their inner strength, especially amid chronic illness and uncertainty.

Learn more here.

By Saundra Shanti, Chaplain at University of Utah Hospital

I pulled the push-pin out of the paster wall in my office and took down my 2020 multi-faith calendar. As part reflection, part act of aggression, I cut it apart. How could I collage these images, shapes and numbers to represent my own experience? I work on the Covid ICU at the University of Utah Hospital. Usually I only enter rooms of Covid-positive patients when they are at end of life, need a religious ritual, or when they are especially melancholy and the staff feel they need in-person attention. Sometimes I facilitate virtual family connections on my hospital-issued Ipad. Most of my patients are on ventilators and too sick to speak to me anyway. Much of my spiritual care in 2020 shifted to tele-chaplaincy, which means I call the families who are prohibited from visiting their loved ones. I listen to their stories and receive their fears, concerns, and tears over the phone. I tell them that I look in on their beloved relatives. I say things like, “He is sitting in a chair and waving to me.” “I see she is prone today, resting her lungs.” “Yes, I will stand at the window and pray.” Of course, the mothers and spouses and brothers are praying too, in their own expression of what it means to ask, hope, and wait.

The figures I cut and pasted into my piece all seem to me to be praying. Two women hold onto babies. Everyone who dies of Covid has a mother who was pressed to let go. A man under the tree extends his hands upward, perhaps open to receive healing. I collaged myself, donned in PPE, among the praying people. A blue plastic gown, gloves, and a battery-operated air pack become my priestly garments. (They suit me much better than a black and white clerical collar!) I prefer a stole of flowers or greening leaves to symbolize our common human emergence from dust and stars, as well as the life-giving work of Spirit.
Lastly, I added numbers to connote the passage of time. Covid patients often stay for weeks in the ICU. I cut a flower or leaf to hold each number, marking each day of life as precious. Many, but not all, religious practices are named in the art. The differences give way to unity. Just as Covid is no respecter of persons and afflicts us all, we are all part of the human collage that must care for one another.

In the pandemic stay at home lockdown the world is experiencing, Bach Aria Soloists has stepped up to create Virtual #Hausmusik Experiment performances for those who want a spiritual lift and #songofcomfort through the music of J.S. Bach and others.

For more information:

Bach Aria Soloists’ Virtual Hausmusik Performance

Narrative Mindworks shares a reflection from Wania De Mendonca, BSN, RN, CNN, on the power of seeing, listening, and bearing witness in nursing.

In “Stories Welcome: The Power of Sight in Nursing,” Wania writes about a dialysis patient whose tears revealed a deeper story of love, loss, caregiving, and meaning. Her reflection reminds us that care is not only found in procedures or treatment, but also in the moments when someone feels truly seen and heard.

Read the full reflection from Narrative Mindworks!

The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is pleased to announce that a second series of the Hamwe Festival will be held virtually on November 11 – 15, 2020. Hamwe Festival is an annual event that celebrates and encourages the contributions of creative industries in the global health field. This year, the festival will exclusively be held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To register for the event and receive updates on schedules and speaker announcements, visit ughe.org/hamwe.

Hamwe Festival is a collaboration between global health professionals and creatives who share the same belief that, to achieve global health equity, bridges must be built across sectors. It aims to bring together professionals and artists from all over the world who hold discussions and performances respectively, about the role of the arts in public health.

Social Justice and Mental Health is the key theme for this year and will feature discussions on the decolonization of Public Health & Medicine in contemporary medicine and the role that music can have in preventing, treating and informing about mental illnesses and reducing stigma.

This year, Hamwe Festival is excited to announce a partnership with Wellcome, the independent global charitable foundation, as part of Mindscapes, their international cultural programme about mental health. Wellcome supports scientists, takes on big health challenges, campaigns for better science & helps everyone get involved in research. Hamwe Festival embodies these values through the provision of a creative outlet where implementors and artists discuss better, more innovative ways to improve health care through the arts.

The first edition of the Hamwe Festival was held from November 8th to 13th 2019 in Kigali, Rwanda. It saw an attendance of about 3000 people who came together to discuss and learn about building bridges between the arts and health sectors. Hamwe Festival believes that including artists in the design and implementation of more health programs, can be a catalyst for action against seemingly intractable health challenges and looks forward to continuing to build this platform to encourage more collaboration and innovation. Visit ughe.org/hamwe to learn more and register.

Harvard Medical School is announcing a new and unique CME course:

We are delighted to announce a new and unique virtual course, Training Our Eyes, Minds, and Hearts: Visual Thinking Strategies for Health Care Professionals, offered through Harvard Medical School for CME credit.

This course strengthens humanistic and analytic competencies and can transform medical education, patient care, teamwork, equity, and professional growth.

What is new and unique about this CME? It is the first to offer longitudinal, in-depth training and coaching in the arts-based facilitation method, Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), and is designed specifically to improve health professions education, clinical outcomes, and leader and team dynamics within healthcare.

We welcome all clinicians, healthcare leaders, health professions educators, pharmacists, and students of all stripes, as well as museum educators keen to partner with healthcare organizations.

You will achieve proficiency in VTS facilitation applied to healthcare, including:
Deepening skills in observation, active listening, paraphrasing, suspending judgment, sustaining inquiry, and creating psychological safety;
Applying these skills to communicate, collaborate, teach, and lead more effectively within clinical workflow and be equipped to support your colleagues to do the same;
Designing and leading arts-based sessions at your institutions to meet your local organizational and curricular needs;
Developing a detailed action plan for your ongoing integration of VTS techniques and mindsets.
Cultivating partnerships and friendships with like-minded colleagues throughout the world.
Luminary guest speakers include Dr. Kamna Balhara; Dr. Neal Baer; Cheryl Giscombe, RN, PhD; and Dr. Abraham Verghese.

Course directors are Dr. Joel Katz; Dabney Hailey, MA; and Corinne Zimmermann, MA, MEd.

This highly interactive course will be facilitated on Tuesdays, 11am – 2pm EST, on the following dates:
Sept 19 – Introduction to VTS
Oct 3 – Clinical Practice
Oct 17 – Thinking
Oct 31 – Empathic Communication
Nov 14 – Interprofessional Teams & Psychological Safety
Nov 28 – DEIA & Mitigating Bias
Dec 12 – Initiating Conversations Across Differences
Jan 9 – Well-Being
Jan 23 – Creating Partnerships with Museums
Feb 13 – Bringing It All Together & Project Presentations
Feb 27 – Project Presentations
For further information and to register, click here.

For additional questions, please email Corinne Zimmerman (corinnezmuseum@gmail.com)
or Dabney Hailey (dabney@haileygroup.com).

Find out more here.

Mayo Clinic Humanities in Medicine Symposium 2021
Engaging Across Disciplines: Toward a Practice of Transdisciplinarity
September 17-18, 2021 with additional dates through October 9, 2021
LIVESTREAM

For more information and to register online

Registration fee for all – $250
Student rate $50

Symposium Dates & Times:
All dates and sessions are included with registration.
Times shown are Central Time.
No pre-registration is necessary for workshops and performances

Friday 9.17
6:00 Plenary Lecture/Performance: Catie Cuan, Dancing with Robots
7:00 Plenary Lecture: Experience Bryon, Ph.D., Transdisciplinarity in Practice
8:00 Plenary Performance: Anthony de Mare, The Liaisons Project: Reimagining Stephen Sondheim
Saturday 9.18:
11:00-12:00 Plenary Performance: Ebony Payne-English, Poetry of Resilience
12:15-1:45 Concurrent Sessions
2:00-3:00 Special Report: Jill Sonke, CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Report and Discussion
3:15-4:45 Concurrent Sessions
Saturday 9.25
11:00-12:00 Plenary Lecture: Sunil Iyengar, Research at the National Endowment for the Arts: Linking the Arts to Clinical Practice
12:30-2:00 Incubator Sessions: Tane Danger, moderator
2:15-3:45 Workshops
4:00-5:30 Incubator Sessions: Tane Danger, moderator
Tuesday 9.28
6:00-7:30 Workshops; Performance
7:30-8:30 Optional Networking, Special Interest Small Groups
Thursday 9.30
6:00-7:30 Concurrent Sessions
Saturday 10.9
11:00-12:30 Concurrent Sessions
1:00-2:00 Plenary Panel Discussion: Tane Danger (moderator), Catie Cuan, Experience Bryon, Anthony de Mare,
Ebony Payne-English, Sunil Iyengar
2:00-2:30 Conference Summary: Theatre of Public Policy

Plenary Speakers
Catie Cuan: Dancer/Choreographer/Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Experience Bryon, PhD.: Director/Choreographer/Author
Anthony de Mare: Concert Pianist/Creator/Co-Producer
Ebony Payne-English, Writer/Performer/Educator/Author
Sunil Iyengar, Director of the Office of Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts
Tane Danger, Founder, Theatre of Public Policy/Director, Westminster Town Hall Forum

Course Directors: Johanna Rian, Ph.D., Daniel Hall Flavin, M.D.

We extend sincere thanks to our conference sponsors: Mrs. Sissel Cooper Bos and The Irving S. Cooper Institute for Advanced Studies in Medicine and the Humanities for their support of Mayo Clinic and Mr. Paul Lavins, whose generous support of our center in Rochester honors the memory of his wife Dolores, who provides inspiration for all of our work.

Contact: HIMSYM@mayo.edu
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Snow City Arts Development and Communications Internship

Part time (10 hours/week), temporary (June 3, 2024- August 23, 2024, dates flexible), non-exempt
Hybrid; some evening and weekend work may be required for events; $17/hr

About Snow City Arts

Snow City Arts (SCA) inspires and educates children and youth in hospitals through the arts. SCA provides one-on-one
and small group instruction in the visual arts, creative writing, theater, music, dance, and media arts to patients at Rush
University Children’s Hospital, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and Children’s Hospital University of
Illinois. SCA’s curricula in arts education are steeped in studio practices and benchmarked on state and national learning
standards. Student workshops are assessed and documented in a customized database and an extensive portfolio
archive. SCA works in close partnership with Chicago Public Schools and suburban school districts. With permission,
student’s learning outcomes and portfolios are sent to their schools in order to generate credit assignments for work
completed with SCA. The SCA team includes an administrative staff of 6; an artistic staff of 7 part-time Teaching Artists
(TA’s); and some interns and volunteers.

SCA is a small but dedicated, efficient, and creative organization with broad reach. Our team values an “all hands on
deck” approach balanced with a commitment to wellness. The ideal candidate for this internship has the ability to
respond to shifting priorities with enthusiasm and integrate into a role that supports multiple aspects of development,
communications, and administrative projects. Snow City Arts is committed to generating a work environment that
centers learning, equity, and inclusivity. A cohort member of Enrich Chicago, SCA is committed to advancing systemic
change in the arts and is building a vision and framework for anti-racist work across the organization.

Summary of position

Snow City Arts is seeking an intern interested in gaining hands-on experience in fundraising and marketing at an arts
education nonprofit that works across all creative genres in hospitals. The Development and Communications Intern will
support the administrative staff with a variety of tasks, including our annual fundraising event Gallery Night. In addition
to project work, interns may attend staff meetings and become an integral part of the Snow City Arts team. The
Development and Communications Intern will obtain a view into the inner workings of a small arts education nonprofit,
gain office experience, and learn practical skills, including juggling priorities and deadlines.

Development and Communications Intern Responsibilities

The following is not a comprehensive list of projects, and interns may not necessarily work on all of these projects.
Specific projects will be determined by staff in collaboration with the intern.

● Provide support for our 2024 Gallery Night which includes but is not limited to:
○ Managing silent auction solicitations, donations, packaging, and other coordination
○ Supporting invitation mailings
○ Supporting data entry, tracking, acknowledgement letters, and other administrative coordination
● Provide support for marketing efforts including:
○ Social media: planning, writing, designing, and posting on various platforms
○ Monthly email newsletter
○ Content creation
○ Marketing data tracking and reporting
● Prepare acknowledgement letters and manage Development data entry and reporting
● Support mailings and other annual/semi-annual campaign initiatives
● Assist in the production of special events such as Board events
● Other Development and Marketing tasks as needed (graphic design asset management, emails, etc)

Priority Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will have a combination of the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and
characteristics. Snow City Arts will consider candidates who do not meet every single requirement.

Qualifications:
● Strong interest in nonprofit development (fundraising), administration, arts in health and/or arts education fields
● Flexible and adaptable to a fast-paced environment with high expectations
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
● Exceptional data management and computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Docs, Sheets,
and Drive
● Inquiry-based orientation to problem solving and gathering information.
● Active listener with the ability to synthesize information and translate into action plans.
● Superior organizational skills and excellent follow through
Desired Skills and Experience:
● Passion for working directly with youth and families, especially youth and families who identify as ALAANA,
queer or LGBTQI, newcomers, first-generation immigrants, and people with disabilities.
● Familiarity with the public school and arts education landscape of Chicago.

Compensation and Work Environment

This is a part-time, non-exempt position with some evening and weekend work required. The rate for this role is
$17/hour.

Snow City Arts Administrative team currently works in a hybrid work environment. We anticipate working with the
Development and Communications intern remotely from home, as well as occasionally together at our office space at
Rush University Medical Center and/or at other locations for events, to be communicated weekly. A schedule will be
determined around events, other needs on-site such as printing or access to items, and according to the intern’s and
staff’s availability.

Snow City Arts is an equal opportunity employer. Snow City Arts is committed to building a culturally diverse and
pluralistic team. ALAANA-identified individuals, trans and gender nonconforming people, people from poor and working
class backgrounds and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should send a resume to employment@snowcityarts.org. Applications will be reviewed and
candidates will be contacted for a Zoom interview on a rolling basis. Priority will be given to candidates who apply by
April 15, 2024.

Museum Exchange is proud to be a sponsor of the 2023 NOAH conference, marking our organization’s first time participating in this vital convening of professionals committed to the arts in healthcare.

Suzanne Caporael, No. 318 (Flaw Lead), 2000. Oil and glass on linen, 48 x 36 in. The Rogosin Institute, Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan.

Museum Exchange was founded in 2020 by art world experts to bring philanthropic giving into the digital age. Our digital platform connects donors with institutions across North America and manages every step of the donation process, making receiving gifts of art easy and accessible for organizations of all types, sizes, and locations. Having initially launched with a network of art museums, in summer 2022 we expanded to the healthcare and higher education sectors. This opened up membership to hospitals, universities, and other nonprofit organizations that support wellness and learning through the arts. Today we have over 250 art museums and 25 healthcare organizations in our network. And in the past year alone, we have placed more than 260 donated artworks in healthcare settings throughout the country—from New York to Illinois, Minnesota, D.C., North Carolina, Michigan, and Ohio.

Stephen Pentak, May I, 1999. Oil on panel. 29 3/4 x 63 5/8 inches (framed). The Rogosin Institute, Anonymous Gift.

We know that healthcare organizations often have small if non-existent budgets for art and that they are limited in the gifts that they can receive from their donor base. We offer a revolutionary alternative, providing organizations access to an ever-changing catalogue of artworks being offered for donation by donors across the continent. Not only can organizations find appropriate artworks for their facilities, but they can also develop relationships with donors who they might not otherwise ever have an opportunity to meet.

Bea Nettles, Suite of 5 Works, 2001-2007 (detail). Digital print on paper, 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (each).  The Rogosin Institute, Courtesy of the artist.

In our catalogues you’ll find a range of artworks, ensuring that there is something for any institution looking to enhance their collection or jumpstart a new one. Whether you’re searching for a major sculpture to welcome patients, staff, and visitors or a group of works to enhance a long, dull hallway; we can help be a resource for you. Our early adopters have had great success with the platform. We are already seeing the transformative impact that art can have in the healthcare environment, such as The Rogosin Institute where we installed over 50 artworks at their Dialysis Centers throughout New York City. Empty walls came to life with artworks that had been donated through Museum Exchange, ranging from a dreamy landscape scene by Stephen Pentak to conceptual photographs by Bea Nettles and a colorful abstraction by Suzanne Caporael. We would love to make a difference at your institution too.

To learn more about our services, please get in touch with us at joanne@museumexchange.com or visit museumexchange.com where you can sign up for a free account and begin browsing our donation offerings.