Lectures and Talks
Art Connects | Art and Health
Fri May 29, 2020 | 4:30 PM
Vancouver Art Gallery
with Aaron Levy
Friday, May 29 | 4:30 PM
Stay home. Stay safe. Stay connected with our new series of online gatherings, Art Connects!
What is on your mind right now? Think of a time when you were a patient or were caring for someone who was a patient. What did it feel like to have someone listen to you or to really listen yourself? Who would benefit most from hearing your story?
These are the questions asked by the Penn Medicine Listening Lab, an immersive visual and auditory storytelling initiative created by patients, caregivers, staff and providers that embraces the power of listening as a form of care.
Storytelling builds compassion, strengthens relationships and allows us to discover ourselves in others. In this edition of Art Connects, Aaron Levy, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Slought at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss the Penn Medicine Listening Lab, a recording line, immersive exhibition and online experience launched in October 2019 that aspires to help people become better listeners and enhance the well-being of our community. Levy will also share a selection of stories submitted to the project, as well as the Pocket Guide to Mindful Listening.
This discussion will be in conversation with Melissa Lee, Director of Education and Public Programs.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Aaron Levy is the Executive Director and Chief Curator at Slought and a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of English and the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught since 2002. He is also Director of the Health Ecologies Lab, as well as the Social Justice and Arts Integration Initiative in the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Special Advisor for Health and Humanities Initiatives at Penn Medicine Academy, where he directs the Penn Medicine Listening Lab. His publications include On Listening as a Form of Care (2020) and The Poetics and Politics of Health (forthcoming, 2021). For more information on the Penn Medicine Listening Lab, visit www.pennlisteninglab.org.