Creating Background Pages
Use watercolor or acrylic paints and prepare at least 3 pages using one or more of the following methods: Paint a page a single color....
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Orientation - 9 August 2017
Theme: Engaging with Art to Enhance Patient Care Skills In this session, participants were given an introduction to the program of Art in...
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The Artwork of David Tineo
On Display Feb 13 – August, 2017 David Tineo is a globally recognized painter and muralist whose bold, colorful works bring the myths,...
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From House Calls to Hospitals
Practicing medicine in Tempe has radically changed since the late 19th century. Early Arizona had no hospitals. Doctors had home offices...
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Starting a New Art Journal
Art journaling is the creative process of pulling together color, words and images as a way to express yourself, experiment, play and...
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Visual Memory and Value
May 3, 2017 “A painter tries to convey to us a picture of the world as he sees it; an ophthalmologist tries to enable us to see the world...
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PhoenixMed: New Program Uses Creative Expression to Improve Care of Patients with Dementia
Creativity in Eldercare, a program presented by AIM, has been featured on the College of Medicine - Phoenix website.Click here to read...
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Descriptive Language
March 8, 2017 “There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record...
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Questioning
January 1, 2017 “Let someone say of a doctor that he really knows his physiology or anatomy, that he is dynamic – these are real...
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Impression and Bias
November 30, 2016 “Knowing that one may be subject to bias is one thing; being able to correct it is another.” Jon Elster. Explaining...
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Allies For Sexual Minorities - Prevention of Self-Harm and Suicide
In a partnership with the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF) and the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA), the program of Art...
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Training Medical Students in the Use of Creative Expression to Improve Elder Care
In partnership with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project (APP) based in Brooklyn, New York and directed by Gary Glazner, a series of...
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Creativity in Elder Care
Seventeen first and second year medical students are on their way to completing the requirements for the Creativity in Elder Care...
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Perspective Bias
Research has shown that we have an overwhelming tendency to look for what confirms our beliefs and ignore what contradicts our beliefs....
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Featured Artwork: LGBTQ+ Allies Leadership Program
Jenna DelBalso Administrative Assistant Masquerade, 2016 Charcoal, color pencil and watercolor pencil Aishan Shi, MSII Enrojecimiento -...
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Featured Artwork: Matisse Cutouts
During our fourth art journaling session, we were inspired by Henri Matisse to create paper cutouts to make a journal page. Here are some...
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Mirror Neurons and Art
Mirror neurons are thought to be the seat of empathy in the brain. The mirror neuron system can explain how students connect to and are...
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Featured Artwork: Art Journaling Session 2
During our most recent art journaling session, we focused on creating mixed multimedia background pages, and positive postcards addressed...
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The Neuroscience of Color
Bevil Conway at Wellesley College examines artists practices. The retina of the eye has 3 types of cones that are responsible for our...
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Julie Comnick - Ashes to Ashes
We had the opportunity to exhibit Ashes to Ashes, by Flagstaff artist Julie Comnick. The collection is a series of drawings depicting...
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