Art + Medicine

Arts and Music Series

Art + Medicine explores healthcare through story, song and the arts. This series is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

56m 40s / TV-PG

Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity | Preview

30s / TV-PG

Artists and healthcare clinicians create alternative perspectives on disability, through disability, stories and performances, and redefine what we perceive as normal. Hosted by artist and storyteller Kevin Kling, Professor Jessica Horvath Williams, PhD, and Doctor Tsegaensh Selameab. Created in collaboration with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Why Inclusion in Medicine Matters

2m 36s / TV-PG

Physician Michael H. Kim and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Minnesota Medical School explains the vital role and advantages of having people with disabilities in healthcare today. Audio Description track available.

Deaf Culture in Comics

3m 36s / TV-PG

Author and artist Adrean Clark uses comics and visual art as a tool for communication, often depicting her life as a Deaf individual, parent and the musings of her beloved cats. Integral in her work is a written form of American Sign Language that she helped develop. This story is a part of Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity. Audio Description track available.

Poet Douglas Kearney: My Mind at Work

4m 54s / TV-PG

How can you convey multiple ideas in a poem simultaneously? Poet and professor Douglas Kearney layers ideas in his poetry like hip hop artists sample music tracks. A midlife diagnosis of ADHD brought a new appreciation for his fascination with simultaneity, "If certain kinds of poems reflect a mind at work, this is my mind at work." Audio Description track available.

Medical Student and VJ on Mental Health

4m 36s / TV-PG

Medical Student by day and visual artist and VJ Neurite by night, Carmen Aguirre uses art as a tool for kids and adults to talk about mental health. This story is part of "Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity," a collaboration with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Audio Description track available.

Gaelynn Lea on Disability Culture

5m 50s / TV-PG

What is Disability Culture? Musician and Disability Activist Gaelynn Lea performs "I Wait" and "Watch the World Unfold" and discusses disability culture in the context of the music industry with fellow artists Stephen Letnes and Gabriel Rodreick. Lea is focused on reframing the cultural conversation around disability to one of a form of diversity that can be celebrated. With Audio Description.

"Heaven Is All Goodbyes, But I Hope..."

5m 40s / TV-PG

Poet Said Shaiye performs Heaven is All Goodbyes, but I Hope it’s Soft on identity and life experiences being an Autistic Black man in Minnesota. Performed at the American Swedish Institute for Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity, a collaboration between Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. With Audio Description.

"Perspectives" by Kevin Kling

3m 44s / TV-PG

How can changing our perspective teach us new ways of understanding? Artist and Storyteller Kevin Kling performs his story "Perspectives" at the American Swedish Institute for Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity. Audio Description track available.

Spoon Theory and Autoimmune Disease

6m 54s / TV-PG

Actor and Strike Theater Founder Allison Broeren uses “spoon theory” to describe what it’s like to live with an autoimmune disease in her solo show "Fire in My Veins" at Open Eye Theatre. This performance excerpt is a part of Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity, a collaboration with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the U of M Medical School. Audio Description track available

Celebrating Disabilities in Ceramics

2m 30s / TV-PG

Texture has dictated ceramicist Donna Ray's love for pottery for more than 25 years. As a Blind artist, she is often the only artist in the room with disabilities. She aims to encourage and celebrate fellow artists with disabilities in the visual art world. This story is part of Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity. Audio Description track available.

How Limitations Lead to Creativity

7m 22s / TV-PG

Multidisciplinary Artist Gabriel Rodreick, aka Freaque, on how limitations lead to creativity in his music, performing "Broken Puuppet" with Karl Remus, and dance, at an All Abilities class at Young Dance. This is a part of Art + Medicine: Disabilities, Culture and Creativity. Audio Description track available.

Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging | Preview

30s

Exploring heathy aging with Drs. Jon Hallberg through the 4M’s framework of Mobility, Mentation (more commonly thought of as mood and memory), Medication and What Matters to older adults, all with an artistic lens. This is a co-production with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Looking Toward Legacy

8m 7s

Visual artist Seitu Ken Jones and poet Soyini Vinelle Guyton are preparing to leave a legacy for the arts community. They plan to build an arts space in the Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul called "The Black Gate." The Black Gate will house a gallery, their archives and two long-term artist residency apartments for the benefit of the next generations of artists.

Serving Older Patients in the Pharmacy

4m 15s

Pharmacist Sharon Kahnke of St. Paul Corner Drug and pharmacist Elias Usso of Seward Pharmacy, explain the importance of medication therapy management and de-prescribing when serving elder populations.

Dementia-Friendly, Amazing Grace Chorus

7m 4s

The Amazing Grace Chorus celebrates Black culture and history through gospel music in a dementia-friendly environment for members 55+. Founded at the Walker West Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota the choir aims to decrease isolation for elders, give culturally relevant tools surrounding dementia and pass down the traditions of gospel music from one generation to the next.

King Lear Excerpt Featuring Raye Birk

2m 3s

Raye Birk performs an excerpt of Shakespeare's King Lear for Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging. This is a TPT co-production with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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