Arts and Music

Art + Medicine

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.

Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity

56m 40s

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.

Episodes

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    Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity

    56m 40s

    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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    Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging

    56m 39s

    Exploring heathy aging with Drs. Jon Hallberg and Tseganesh Selameab 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.

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    Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race

    56m 40s

    Hosted by Dr. Jon Hallberg and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab, Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race connects the arts and healthcare through the power of storytelling. In this one-hour special, physicians share their experiences with race, racism, disparities in health care and representation, and anti-racist efforts in the medical community.

Extras + Features

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    A Human Space

    5m 9s

    Dr. Anthony Williams shares stories of being a Black Hospitalist. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School

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    The Consequences of Advocacy

    5m

    Dr. Parrisha Roane performs her story, "The Consequences of Advocacy" addressing the racism she faces as a Black physician. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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    What Shakespeare Actually Did During the Plague

    7m 7s

    Short Film adapted from Daniel Pollack-Pelzner's "What Shakespeare Actually Did During the Plague," originally published by the New Yorker. Featuring actor Mark Nelson, MD. Directed by Tess Nelson. Made in partnership with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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    Unspoken by Anthony Williams, MD

    4m 30s

    Anthony Williams, MD, reads his story "Unspoken" that delves into the racial inequities in the medical industry and prison system. "Unspoken" originally aired as a part of Hippocrates Cafe: Reflections on the Pandemic.

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    Bouquet by John Patrick Murray, MD

    1m 7s

    Healthcare professionals recite, "Bouquet" written by John Patrick Murray, MD, reflecting upon the coronavirus pandemic. "Bouquet" was originally published in JAMA.

  • Volovets' A Meadow by the Sea and Nahum's Portraits: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Volovets' A Meadow by the Sea and Nahum's Portraits

    2m 59s

    Honoring healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic, guitarist Daniel Volovets, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School) plays "A Meadow by the Sea" as portraits of healthcare workers by Avi Nahum, MD (HealthPartners Regions Hospital) are shown.

  • A Virtual String Quartet: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Virtual String Quartet

    4m 16s

    From balconies and backyards, virtual quartet principal violinist Sarah Grimes (MN Orchestra), violinist Emilia Mettenbrink (MN Opera Orchestra), violist Sifei Cheng (MN Orchestra), and cellist Sarah Lewis (The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) perform an excerpt from Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, "American" – II. Lento.

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    Nachito Herrera’s "Esperanza"

    3m 44s

    Nachito Herrera performs "Esperanza," written upon waking from a two-week coma he endured while battling Covid-19.

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