The Changing Perspectives Through the Arts series is a collaboration of The Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics, Eastman Performing Arts Medicine, and Rochester community organizations. Each month, typically on the second Friday, we host artists who share how their work helps to facilitate difficult conversations, and how art can be a catalyst for changing perspectives. 

All sessions will be hosted on zoom, and when possible, also hosted live in K207 of the Medical School. 

CME is available for these events. Please indicate on the zoom registration that you are requesting credit. 

Register here for the presentation link. 

May 12 - Heather Layton - The Aesthetics of Kindness: An Artist Talk and Workshop

HEATHER LAYTON is an interdisciplinary artist and associate professor of art in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Rochester. Her work explores themes including intercultural bridgebuilding, art diplomacy, and women's history. Layton has exhibited nationally and globally in spaces including the Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island (Patchogue, NY), the International Gallery of Contemporary Art (Anchorage, Alaska), and PortIzmir 3 International Contemporary Art Festival (Izmir, Turkey). Over the past 10 years, she has collaborated on bridge-building initiatives with artists in countries including Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Gambia, Slovakia, Myanmar, and South Korea. Layton received her MFA from SUNY New Paltz in 2002.
 

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September 9 - Kinetic Light

October 7 - Allison Ogawa

November 11 - Dalton LaBarge

December 9 - Davy Ran

January 13 - Rachel Hall

February 10 - Alison Ogawa (reschedule of October)

March 10 - Kriota Willberg

April 14 - Sarah Sutton

May 12 - Heather Layton