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		<title>Arts in Medicine programs</title>
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		<title>What is Arts in Medicine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ When I first discovered Arts in Medicine, I was amazed at the number
of programs around the United States within hospitals.  People often ask,
&#8220;What is Arts in Medicine?&#8221;   The next thing that they do is to try to answer
the question themselves with:  Oh, I know, it&#8217;s Art in the Lobby, or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong> When I first discovered Arts in Medicine, I was amazed at the number</strong></p>
<p><strong>of programs around the United States within hospitals.  People often ask,</strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;What is Arts in Medicine?&#8221;   The next thing that they do is to try to answer</strong></p>
<p><strong>the question themselves with:  Oh, I know, it&#8217;s Art in the Lobby, or art in</strong></p>
<p><strong>the hallways&#8230;.These answers are reflective of what people experience when</strong></p>
<p><strong>they go into hospitals, however, Arts in Medicine goes much deeper.  The</strong></p>
<p><strong>emerging field of Arts in Medicine is the process of creating at bedside with</strong></p>
<p><strong>Patients, and their families.  This can include painting, writing, poetry, music,</strong></p>
<p><strong>storytelling, as well as dance and movement.  In addition to these processes,</strong></p>
<p><strong>performers move through hallways, and into the rooms of Patients, to bring</strong></p>
<p><strong>another dimension to the processes of &#8220;healing.&#8221;</strong></p>
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		<title>More on The Cucumber Plant&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of the story that Mary told about the cucumber plant&#8230;&#8230;
And to this I add the rest of the story….
As the fall came into season I wondered what would become of this
glorious vine. I did not want to awaken one morning to a blackened plant
killed by a frost, and as it turned [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>This is a continuation of the story that Mary told about the cucumber plant&#8230;&#8230;</strong></p>
<pre class="msgPlainWrap"><strong>And to this I add the rest of the story….
As the fall came into season I wondered what would become of this
glorious vine. I did not want to awaken one morning to a blackened plant
killed by a frost, and as it turned out, I did not have to.
One afternoon I decided to take down the altar to Frank that had been up
since his crossing. I wanted to move it and make it smaller,
acknowledging the new place I had come to with my grieving. As I did so,
the winds of change blew in fiercely, whipping round the house. These
winds were so strong they tore the vine off the door, where it had been
secure for almost three months!

I felt it was a cosmincidence, reminding me that all of our doings have
cause and affect throughout the entire cosmos. The spirit of Frank and
the vine felt inexorably intertwined.

I gathered up the vine and took it to the firecircle where we had held
the memorial and a four-day fire for him when he died. A month later, on
lunar Samhain (Celtic sabbat), the time when the veil is thinnest
between the worlds, I made a fire, burned the vine and said a prayer for
a continued embrace of love and light to hold sweet Frankie as he lives
in his new home in the heavens.</strong>

Another letting go. Another acceptance of change, the only constant</pre>
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		<title>Dancing Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Buffalo Intensive, Laurie Lundsford, (a participant), showed a video of 
working with her dancing hands. These are percussive instruments that Laurie
developed, and uses with her Patients.  Here is a photo of Laurie and the folks that
she works with.


 Laurie Lunsford just returned from the Minnesota Statewide  Activity Professionals Convention.  &#8221;Life&#8217;s Your Legacy&#8230;Live It&#8221;  was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>During the Buffalo Intensive, Laurie Lundsford, (a participant), showed a video of </strong></p>
<p><strong>working with her <em>dancing hands. </em>These are percussive instruments that Laurie</strong></p>
<p><strong>developed, and uses with her Patients.  Here is a photo of Laurie and the folks that</strong></p>
<p><strong>she works with.</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-99" title="LaurieLunsford" src="http://artsinmedicine.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/LaurieLunsford.jpg" alt="LaurieLunsford" width="300" height="300" /><br />
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<p><span> <strong>Laurie Lunsford just returned from the Minnesota Statewide  Activity Professionals Convention.  &#8221;Life&#8217;s Your Legacy&#8230;Live It&#8221;  was the  topic of the keynote speaker, Renee Rongen.    Laurie reports, &#8220;It  was a  wholesome, inspiring and humorous presentation by someone who is living  creatively out of &#8220;who she is&#8221;.   Laurie, one of the workshop presenters, shared  her experiences of working with the elderly in the creative interactive arts.   It was very well received and there were promises to take creative art, drama,  poetry, and music back to skilled care nursing home facilities.</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Plant Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not read, &#8220;The Secret Life of Plants,&#8221;  you might want to pick up a copy and read
about the extraordinary life of plants.  While I was gone this summer, a dear friend, Mary
Morgaine lost her partner, Frank  Cooke, who was a world renown Herbalist and StoryKeeper
of the plants.  Frank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>If you have not read, &#8220;The Secret Life of Plants,&#8221;  you might want to pick up a copy and read</strong></p>
<p><strong>about the extraordinary life of plants.  While I was gone this summer, a dear friend, Mary</strong></p>
<p><strong>Morgaine lost her partner, Frank  Cooke, who was a world renown Herbalist and StoryKeeper</strong></p>
<p><strong>of the plants.  Frank travelled the world, telling the story of plants, and teaching people how</strong></p>
<p><strong>to<em> listen</em> to plants.</strong></p>
<p><strong> Weeks before his death, a cucumber plant emerged (out of no where), made it&#8217;s way across</strong></p>
<p><strong>the porch, and covered the door of Mary&#8217;s house (where Frank was ill).  The plant covered the</strong></p>
<p><strong>entire front door of her house, making shadows inside, and illuminating the doorway with green.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It is as if the plant was paying tribute to Frank, communicating thanks to him for his treasury of</strong></p>
<p><strong>knowledge about the plant kingdom, and to give him a cloak of protection, as he passed from this</strong></p>
<p><strong>world into a new world&#8230;..</strong></p>
<p><strong>This is a picture of Mary (also a world renown plant healer) beside the wondrous cucumber plant.</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-90" title="Maryedited" src="http://artsinmedicine.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Maryedited.jpg" alt="Maryedited" width="400" height="400" /><br />
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		<title>Hand Program at Duke</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, I visited Olivia Woodford, Director of the Hand program at Duke.  The offices
of the Hand program are located in a very old stone building that is attached to the hospital.
I felt like I was in a maze, as I wandered down corridors  into  strange new hallways, that led
to completely different [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>In September, I visited Olivia Woodford, Director of the <em>Hand </em>program at Duke.  The offices</strong></p>
<p><strong>of the <em>Hand </em>program are located in a very old stone building that is attached to the hospital.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I felt like I was in a maze, as I wandered down corridors  into  strange new hallways, that led</strong></p>
<p><strong>to completely different corridors.  It is a beautiful building that is very easy to get lost in. </strong></p>
<p><strong> Olivia and I had lunch together where she told me of her creative journey that led her to the</strong></p>
<p><strong>work as Director of <em>Hand. </em>She lived in Asheville for awhile and developed a &#8220;healing theater,&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>that enacted people&#8217;s stories of healing. </strong></p>
<p><strong> <em>Hand </em>has several galleries, as well as diverse programs in the literary arts, (the Osler Literary</strong></p>
<p><strong>Round Table.)  The Round Table offers readings of poetry, fiction, films, and discussions of</strong></p>
<p><strong>film.  In September, <em>Hand </em> highlighted a collection of African dance costumes in the Touchable</strong></p>
<p><strong>Art Gallery, and the 31st Annual Employee Art Show, which featured current and past employees, </strong></p>
<p><strong>volunteers,and their families&#8217; artwork.  There were also courtyard concerts on Tuesdays and a </strong></p>
<p><strong>diverse musical lineup on various floors of the hospital, including   Guitar, Accordion, </strong><strong>Saxophone, and</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dulcimer.<br />
</strong></p>
<p><strong> Duke&#8217;s <em>Hand</em> program is one of the oldest Arts in Healthcare programs.  <em>Hand</em> stands for  Health Arts </strong></p>
<p><strong>Network at Duke.  If you would like to read more,  <a title="click here" href="http://hand.duhs.duke.edu/" target="_self">click here.</a><br />
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		<title>Summer Intensive University of Buffalo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caty</dc:creator>
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I discovered the field of Arts in Medicine through a research paper that I wrote about the Medical Culture in the United States.   Google is my hero, as I typed in &#8220;Arts and Medicine,&#8221; and landed on Shands doorstep.  I was so enamered with what I read about Shands&#8217; Arts in Medicine [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>I discovered the field of Arts in Medicine through a research paper that I wrote about the Medical Culture in the United States.   Google is my hero, as I typed in &#8220;Arts and Medicine,&#8221; and landed on Shands doorstep.  I was so enamered with what I read about Shands&#8217; Arts in Medicine program,  that I walked around with my mouth open in awe for weeks.  I had been to Shands with my Father, 4 years earlier, as he was a Patient there.  The experience of going into the hospital as a visitor, or family member, is pretty awe inspiring .  There is artwork everywhere.  I recall the mosaic above the desk where you check in, and when I asked the Nurse, receptionist about the Artwork, she said, &#8220;Oh we have Artists everywhere here.&#8221;  At that time, I did not know about the &#8220;field&#8221; of Arts in Medicine. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Becoming mesmerized by the field of Arts in Medicine  when I first discovered it, I immediately jumped in with both feet.  After one week of the summer intensive at Shands, in Gainesville, I knew that I wanted to dive deeper into Arts in Medicine, and decided to go to the Buffalo intensive in August.  The Certificate program at that the University of Florida CAHRE has initiated a Certificate Program for Arts in Medicine.  There is an initial study which can be taken one of two ways.   One is a co-llaboration with the University of Buffalo (Center for the Arts) and the other is a class through UF in Florida.  (There may be more to this story than I know, so I am just reporting what I do know! </strong></p>
<p><strong>The two week intensive in Buffalo was so amazing.  As a lifelong maker, and professional Artist, I can honestly say that it was inspiring, healing, challenging, and two of the most  wonderful weeks of my life.    The two weeks had just the right amount of clinical work (at two hospitals).The workshops with the Artists in Residence were so uplifting and inspiring, that we all came away with pure Joy and wonder at what happened there&#8230;..I&#8217;m sure I am not alone, so chime in everyone who was there&#8230;..</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>I will add more to this post at a later date, but let me just say that if you have not experienced Arts in Medicine,  Jill Sonke, Director of the Center for the Arts in Healthcare at UF,  and Tom Burrows, Director of the Center for the Arts at the University of Buffalo, have created a dynamic fusion between the two centers, and I enjoyed it so thoroughly, I want to go back next year!  I am not including links here, but I will very soon, so that you can sign up for one or the other of these excellent learning experiences.  Below are some pictures from the summer intensive at the University of Buffalo.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Orb is above Lorilee&#8217;s head</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>She is the gateway for Nurses into Arts in Medicine- Nursing Program Faculty Researcher UB.<br />
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		<title>Pocketful of Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caty</dc:creator>
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Charlotte Hunter is an amazing woman, working with Arts in Medicine (among other things)in Tanzania, Africa.   Charlotte&#8217;s non-profit organization, Pocketful of Joy, Inc., funds 3 primary schools in Tanzania.  Charlotte has helped to build cisterns to capture water for the students, as well as to provide porridge for each  student on a daily basis.  The [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Charlotte Hunter is an amazing woman, working with Arts in Medicine (among other things)</strong><strong>in Tanzania, Africa.   Charlotte&#8217;s non-profit organization, Pocketful of Joy, Inc., funds 3 primary schools in Tanzania.  Charlotte has helped to build cisterns to capture water for the students, as well as to provide porridge for each  student on a daily basis.  The students  grow food in a garden that she helped to initiate, and there is  a sewing project that includes the production of beautiful wraps that are designed and created by the students.  The students  also sew their own uniforms, with the older children helping the younger ones.  The Elders program is a program that was initiated to honor and help the Elders in the village.  Students help them with the tasks that are difficult for them to do, such as chopping wood, making a fire, and other tasks.  The Elders are honored within the community.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pocketful of Joy is an extraordinary accomplishment that serves over 1800 children. The organization is supporting two medical students in Tanzania. An arts in medicine project that needs funding, is a medical cart (that could be constructed by a master craftsman at the school), that could be moved from village to village and dispense medicine.  As you may be aware, Tanzania is a beautiful country, with very few roads to offer medical assistance to villagers.  The medical cart would not be motorized, but would supply  several villages  with ongoing medical aids, as well as medicine.  If you would like to become involved in helping with the medicine cart,  or if you know of funding that may be available for this project, please write a comment below.  You may also visit  <a href="http://www.pocketfulofjoy.org">www.pocketfulofjoy.org.<br />
</a><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-53" title="charlottehunter_edited-2" src="http://artsinmedicine.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/charlottehunter_edited-21.jpg" alt="charlottehunter_edited-2" width="200" height="300" /></strong></p>
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		<title>Art in the Garden</title>
		<link>http://artsinmedicine.info/?p=48</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plant Medicine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dear friend of mine has a farm in Marshall, N.C. near Asheville.  The Earth is one of the greatest healers.  Whether we grow things, or not, we can receive the bounty of beauty and peace that nature instills in us.  Here are some golden tomatoes that we picked one morning in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A dear friend of mine has a farm in Marshall, N.C. near Asheville.  The Earth is one of the greatest healers.  Whether we grow things, or not, we can receive the bounty of beauty and peace that nature instills in us.  Here are some golden tomatoes that we picked one morning in Debra&#8217;s garden.  <img class="size-full wp-image-49 aligncenter" title="tomatoes" src="http://artsinmedicine.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tomatoes.jpg" alt="tomatoes" width="300" height="300" /></strong></p>
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		<title>Summer Intensive, Shands and University of Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caty</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>Each summer, Shands, and the Center for the Arts at the University of Florida, sponsors a three week intensive in Gainesville, Florida.  It is a wonderful entry into the diverse ways that Shands and CAHRE have created a dynamic program for Arts in Medicine.   Jill Sonke, director of the Center for the Arts in Healthcare,  and Rusti Brown are the facilitators for the three week event.  The days include a comprehensive overview of the field of Arts in Healthcare, clinicals, (working at bedside with Artists in Residence at Shands) and a week of administrative components of the field.  The administrative week includes grant writing, a tour of the hospital (full of artwork that has been created over the years by Patients,) and a panel at the end of the week that includes the Administrative staff that you can ask any question of , regarding initiating, maintaining, and sustaining an Arts in Medicine program.   There are so many extraordinary projects that fill the hallways , it is inspiring to just visit Shands.  A leader in the field of Arts in Medicine, it is truly worth the time and resources to attend.</strong></p>
<p><strong> These pictures  are of students in the summer intensive, June 2009.  This  is a pot luck dinner  at Will&#8217;s house.<img class="size-full wp-image-35 alignleft" title="shandssummer" src="http://artsinmedicine.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/shandssummer.jpg" alt="shandssummer" width="300" height="300" /></strong></p>
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