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Ruth Slavin (BA, history of art, UC Berkeley; MA, communications, University of Pennsylvania) has been a museum educator for thirty-five years, most recently as deputy director for education at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. At UMMA, she initiated partnerships with U–M faculty in nursing, medicine, and social work. Since 2009, she has designed gallery experiences, workshops, and elective courses with and for physicians, residents, and medical students on topics including complexity and ambiguity, empathy, storytelling, and mindfulness. Since 2015, she has been the only non-physician member of the core faculty team for the University of Michigan Medical School’s Path in Medical Humanities, an elective that students participate in for all four years of medical school. This rare opportunity to work closely with medical students throughout their training has deepened her understanding of the experiences and needs of both students and clinicians. Ray Williams (MA, art history, UNC-Chapel Hill; EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education) is the director of education and academic affairs at the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as teaching faculty for the Harvard-Macy Fellowship on Art Museum-Based Health Professions Education, consults to the Kern National Network of Caring and Character in Medicine, and recently completed work with the Association of American Medical College’s committee on integrating the arts and humanities in medical education. While director of education at the Harvard Art Museums, he initiated several partnerships with Harvard-affiliated hospitals that continue today. At the University of Texas, he teaches three museum-based workshops of small groups reaching all first-year medical students at the newly established Dell Medical School, and also works with interprofessional teams in the Departments of Family Medicine, Women’s Health, Psychiatry, and Palliative Care. His work with health professionals has focused on developing curiosity, empathy, and spiritual health; improving team dynamics; and supporting young clinicians in dealing with grief and loss. Corinne Zimmermann (MA, art history, Tufts University; MEd, Harvard Graduate School of Education) has been a museum educator for thirty years. She currently works as a consultant custom designing museum-based workshops for the health professions, business organizations, and museums. Areas of expertise include improving communication and team dynamics; cultivating leadership skills and empathic capacities; mitigating biases; and promoting well-being. Since 2010, she has worked with a broad range of healthcare professionals and organizations including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, UMass Memorial Medical Group, Harvard Medical School, and Emory School of Medicine. Corinne is a founding co-director of the Harvard Macy Institute’s Art Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellowship and co-founder of VTS@WorkÔ, which offers interprofessional training and certification in the Visual Thinking Strategies. She has co-authored articles in the Journal of Museum Education and the Journal of Medical Humanities, and contributed a chapter on compassion in museums for the forthcoming book Flourishing in Museums: Toward a Positive Museology (Routledge).
An excellent presentation of the ways art museums engage in innovative programs with health professionals by connecting the fields of art and medicine. Written by three renowned museum educators the publication offers keen insights into the need for thoughtful collaborations, approaches to teaching in the galleries and addresses important themes such as empathy, storytelling, nurturing wellness and more that give new insights to this important new field of interpretation. --Bonnie Pitman, director of Art-Brain Innovations, The University of Texas Center for BrainHealth and former director of Dallas Museum of Art Complementing their own reflections, Slavin, Williams, and Zimmermann have thoughtfully collected a compelling set of case studies, programs, and insights from art museum educators, medical practitioners, as well as healthcare and museum leadership. A must-read for anyone curious about the creative and inspiring ways to connect art with medicine, care, and healing. --Michelle Grohe, Esther Stiles Eastman Curator of Education, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum In this timely and inclusive new work, Slavin, Williams, and Zimmerman provide a holistic look at how thoughtfully designed art museum experiences are fostering well-being, empathy, and humanity among healthcare professionals, patients and museum practitioners. The creative and affirming personal narratives and practical applications in each chapter illustrate the value of art museums at a time when their innovative thinking and resources are needed more than ever. --Brenda Cowan, professor exhibition and experience design, SUNY FIT The authors of Activating the Art Museum generously share their first-hand experiences and collective knowledge, providing an invaluable resource to the field of art and medicine. Bringing together museum-based activities and the research that supports them into a single source for the community is an exciting contribution to this growing discipline. --Brooke DiGiovanni Evans, director of Visual Arts Education, Brigham & Women's Hospital, lecturer, Harvard Medical School Weaving together powerful storytelling with clearly-described activities, this inspiring book explores how art-museum-based experiences can profoundly support the development and well-being of today's health professionals. Indeed, the book will be compelling to anyone interested in activating the power of art to spark meaningful conversation, develop human connection, and build caring and equitable professional communities. --Shari Tishman, senior research associate, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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