Art, Well-being and Medicine at the Barnes Foundation
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Art, Well-being and Medicine at the Barnes Foundation” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By William M. Perthes, Bernard C. Watson Director Adult Education, The Barnes Foundation” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732628553614{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] The Intersection of Science, Medicine, and Art On a recent Wednesday afternoon, a pair of first-year students from the Philadelphia College of […]
Outside the Frame: Thinking Beyond the Visible in Medical Education
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Kain Kim, BA, MD Candidate” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1699997126186{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Medical school can install students in locales both familiar and unfamiliar: the darkened hush of a lecture hall, the sheeted tables of an anatomy lab, the beeping monitors crowding an ICU. But students may now also find […]
Horace Pippin: Art, War, and Rehabilitation
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Christopher Uche Okafor” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1681407869317{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Introduction Horace Pippin began creating art as a hobby in his childhood; this practice later served as an important force in both his physical and mental-health rehabilitation. This article discusses how Pippin’s paintings reflect a range of his […]
Ease in Motion: Rehabilitation Inspired by Science, Guided by Art
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Ease in Motion: Rehabilitation Inspired by Science, Guided by Art ” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Francesca Tuazon, PhD” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1663427239275{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Although I am a formally-trained developmental biologist and scientific researcher, I am also an avid appreciator, and sometimes practitioner, of visual art. My current work leverages the overlap between […]
Viral Imaginations: Healing Through Pandemic Narratives
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Michele Mekel, JD, MHA, MBA; and Lauren Stetz, PhD Candidate, MA” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1648828025624{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Abstract” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Preserving and documenting the lived, pandemic experiences of Pennsylvanians through visual art and creative writing, the Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 project functions as both a historic archive and a […]
Art History as a Resource for Understanding Social Bias in Disability
[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Brick Johnstone, PhD, ABPP, Gretchen E. Henderson, PhD, Aimee Tessar, PsyD, Stacey Bayan, PsyD, Alexandra Chukabarah, MS, Pete Anziano, and Mark Johnson, MEd” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1635873805453{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Abstract” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Training guidelines for rehabilitation disciplines are generally based on medical models that focus on acquisition of […]
How Art Embodies Story: An Exploration of Basquiat Through a Physically Integrated Dance Performance
Melissa McCune reports on a recent dance project of Full Radius Dance—a company that integrates disabled and non-disabled dancers—which interpreted the works of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. As a child, Basquiat experienced a debilitating injury that greatly influenced his art. Encountering groundbreaking works such as these, McCune explains, can help clinicians look beyond basic anatomy to see the “layered nature” of pain and disability.
Reviving and Reflecting on “Portrait of Spirit: One Story at a Time”
Both a book and an exhibit, Portrait of Spirit: One Story at a Time by Billy Howard and Maggie Holtzberg offers new perspectives while challenging the way we view the lived disability experience. Using stunning photographs and beautifully written narratives from Portrait of Spirit, this piece serves as an ode to the groundbreaking stories that started it all while advocating for continued societal change for people living with disabilities.
Special Call for Submissions
The Historical Perspectives in Art Section is open to scholars and clinicians who are interested in researching art history as it broadly relates to rehabilitation medicine. We hope that you will reflect on your experiences in the humanities of rehabilitation and consider submitting a piece to our journal.
Historical Perspectives in Art: The Value of Art History in a Pandemic: Teaching as a Healing Force
In this powerful reflection, Siobhan Conaty shows how art history as a health humanities discipline can provide two uniquely different (yet equally important) teaching methods for students reckoning with a health crisis. One negative (a critical reading of graphic pandemic images) and one positive (looking to art as a powerful healing instrument), each serves an important purpose. Conaty details the positive approach she recently chose for her students — emphasizing art as a healing force.
