Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity | Preview
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Destigmatizing disabilities through stories, art and performances.
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.
Art + Medicine is presented by your local public television station.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity | Preview
Preview: Special | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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- Why is it important to talk about disability and medicine?
- Medicine's part of our everyday life and disabilities are also a part of everyday life.
- "You don't look like somebody with disabilities," and I was, like, what is that?
- In this show, we'll explore how artists help to create alternative perspectives on disability through disability and redefine what we perceive as normal.
How Limitations Lead to Creativity
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Gabriel Rodreick, aka Freaque, on how limitations lend to creative opportunities. (7m 22s)
Celebrating Disabilities in Ceramics
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Ceramicist Donna Ray aims to illuminate artists with disabilities in the visual arts. (2m 30s)
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Communication is key in Adrean Clark's comics, often depicting life as a Deaf parent. (3m 36s)
Gaelynn Lea on Disability Culture
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Musician and Disability Activist Gaelynn Lea on Disability Culture and Diversity (5m 50s)
"Heaven Is All Goodbyes, But I Hope..."
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Poet Said Shaiye performs "Heaven is All Goodbyes But I Hope It's Soft". (5m 40s)
Medical Student and VJ on Mental Health
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Medical Student and VJ, Carmen Aguirre uses art to talk about mental health. (4m 36s)
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Artist and Storyteller Kevin Kling performs his story "Perspectives." (3m 44s)
Poet Douglas Kearney: My Mind at Work
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Poet Douglas Kearney's midlife diagnosis of ADHD helps him see his work in a new way. (4m 54s)
Spoon Theory and Autoimmune Disease
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Allison Broeren describes what it’s like to live with an autoimmune disease. (6m 54s)
Why Inclusion in Medicine Matters
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Micheal H. Kim, MD, explains vital role of people with disabilities in medicine (2m 36s)
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