workshops
The list below is intended to give an idea of the kind of sessions we deliver both within the curriculum at medical schools and extra curricularly. We are constantly developing new workshops - responding to the needs of both staff and students.
Practical Skills
Non-Verbal Communication
Suzy Willson
Do others see us as we intend? An exploration of physical states and communicative
messages. If we imagine that a doctor is ‘performing medicine’
how does his/her stage presence impact on the well-being of the patient
and affect the dramatic narrative of the consultation?
Who Do You Think You Are? Power
& Status
John Wright
A theatre workshop that addresses power and status transactions and examines
the idea of status using a number improvisational games and archetypal
masks.
Voice
Barbara Houseman
Evidence suggests that a doctor’s tone of voice has a significant
impact on communication between doctor and patient. In this session,
leading voice coach Barbara Housemann will help you to have more control
over the affect your voice is having in a consultation.
Anatomical Art (Life Drawing)
Sarah Simblet
How can the experience of drawing a human body enhance our understanding
of how it functions? This life drawing class encourages participants to
draw through a study of anatomy, and to study anatomy through the practice
of drawing.
Examining Cultural and Ethical
Issues Through the Arts
Difference
Peggy Shaw
Legendary New York performance artist Peggy Shaw will introduce
you to ideas of difference, especially in relation to sexuality. What
assumptions do we make about other people’s bodies?
Body Politics
Dominic Johnson
While we might think of ourselves as having full control over our bodies,
to what extent does the government, medical practice, and other institutions
- including the family - claim ownership of our bodies? This seminar explores
how artists have represented and explored these ideas in performance, including
Franko B, Ron Athey, Kira O'Reilly, Karen Finley and Genesis P-Orridge.
Embodiment
Liz Ellis
A session at Tate Modern examining a range of modern and contemporary
artworks, which investigate ideas of the body. This workshop takes place
in the public gallery space, using a variety of activities and handling
resources. Students have the opportunity to use sketchbooks to record
their ideas.
Artists Working in Healthcare /
Science Settings
Perceptions Of Pain
Deborah Padfield
Artist Deborah Padfield talks about her award-winning project developed
with consultant Dr Charles Pither, the medical Director of INPUT Pain
Unit at Guy's, which uses photography to search for a visual language
for pain.
How To Live
Bobby Baker
Bobby Baker and psychologist Richard Hallam talk about their collaboration
which led to the award -winning show How To Live . Drawing on her own
experiences of mental health professionals, Bobby will show how useful
it is to 'put yourself in someone else's shoes’.
An Introduction To Arts In Health
Vital Arts
Vital Arts is a charitably funded arts project running across three hospital sites, which delivers a collaborative programme of integrated arts projects for comfort, healing and well-being of patients, staff and the wider hospital community. This seminar elaborates on the role of arts in healthcare and includes a visit to the acclaimed state-of-the-art breast care centre at St Bartholemew's Hospital.
Arts In Palliative Care
Rosetta Life
An introduction to Rosetta Life, an artist-led organisation that enables
those facing the end of their life to tell the stories that matter to
them, shape them into an art work and share them with an audience of their
choice via the internet. Participants will learn the role of an arts practice
specifically targeted to one group of people and will be given tools to
reflect upon their own responses to the stories they hear.
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