Medicine and the Arts: NYC provides a unique opportunity to experience artists’ representations and expressions of the human story through the arts. "The human splendor of medicine" provides a privileged and unique window on the full range of human emotions and experience. (William Carlos
Williams).
OBJECTIVES:
1. Consider contributions made by visual and verbal storytellers who provide vital insights for understanding the human condition.
2. Explore how complexities, nuances, and ambiguities presented in stories contribute to, complement, and enhance the medical text and clinical experiences
3. Consider, when appropriate, how medical advancements and modern technologies have altered the medical landscape for patients, physicians, and societies.
4. Explore profound differences between subjective and objective voices in medical situations and differing abilities to communicate (articulate vs. inarticulate)
5. Enlarge perspectives in regards to complex BPS factors in illness and/or medical contexts
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Each participant will:
Dr. Nixon will provide a list of all plays, films, museums, meetings, etc. at the dinner meeting. At the meeting students will check those they intend to visit. At the end of the course, students will document what was actually attended in the form of a journal (due no later than February 8th, 2012, Barbara
Pearce, MDC 4130).
1. Attend of two to three plays from the list on the Medicine and the Arts webpage. The matinee
performance of "WIT" is required on January 25th, 2012.
2. See all three required films PRIOR to arrival in NYC. The required films are identified on the Medicine and the Arts webpage.
3. Explore the Diego Rivera exhibit at MOMA on January 27th. Develop a one-page written interpretation of his works as they relate to the course objectives. Visit at least one other museum.
4. Photograph as many examples of public art as you can find during the days you are there, but especially on our SUNDAY IN THE PARK on January 29th. Be sure that you know the artist and something about the individual piece. For example, all of us will see Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture and Botero’s Adam and Eve figures in the Time/Warner building.
5. Have a great time! Think Rockefeller Center, the Rockettes, Columbus Circle, Dean and DeLuca,
Central Park, the Hudson River, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the Highline, Cupcakes, roasted chestnuts, expensive and inexpensive restaurants, and the Chelsea Market.