Programs

Nurses & the Humanities

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Nurses & The Humanities was founded in June 2006 to present programs that demonstrate and encourage the healing power of the arts and the humanities for caregivers and their patients.

Programs addressing diverse themes of nursing and the humanities (art, literature, history, philosophy, music, theater, and dance) have various formats, including lectures, workshops, classes, and excursions. The programs are geared towards nurses, caregivers, medical professionals, and nursing students, but are open to the general public.

Upcoming Events

RSVP to Lila Haile at lila.haile@hektoen.org or 312-768-6028

Response Art: The Art of the Caregiver

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Time: Refreshments: 5PM–5:30PM; Program: 5:30PM–6:30PM

Location: UIC College of Nursing, 845 S. Damen, Chicago, Room 158

Cost:$20 suggested donation

Response art is the artwork of the caregiver. Dr. Barbara Fish provides stories of personal challenges in therapeutic work with youth from hospital, residential, day treatment, and school settings. It offers response art as a tool to contain, explore, and express the experience of treating others while caring for ourselves. More...

Art as the Road to Healing

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Time: Refreshments: 5PM–5:30PM; Program: 5:30PM–6:30PM

Location: The Awakenings Foundation, 4001 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago

Cost: $20 suggested donation to support The Awakenings Foundation. Complimentary admission for students.

April is Sexual Abuse Awareness month. This program explores how to give long term support to sexual abuse victims and how art helped them on their road to healing. Jean Cozier, a sexual abuse survivor, will discuss her personal story and explain the issues of retraumatization, which keeps survivors from getting the health care they need. Walking us through the galleries, Cozier will tell the stories of the exhibited artists and the results of their healing process after utilizing art as a form of expression. More...

AIDS "The Destroyer": Public Health Campaigns, Conversations, and Stories from Kenya

Co-presented with Chicago Society of History and Medicine and the

Section of General Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago

Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Time: Refreshments: 5PM–5:30PM; Program: 5:30PM–6:30PM

Location: University of Chicago School of Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago

Cost: $20 suggested donation

This presentation will examine the public health campaigns, conversations, and stories of HIV and AIDS in Kenya. Dr. Patricia Kay Felkins will present information from her ethnographic research, her grassroots experience with AIDS organizations, and support groups for women living with AIDS. The goal of her research is to document the language, images, and perceptions related to the virus and how people create meaning in their conversations and stories. This knowledge teaches us how to communicate more effectively with young people about HIV and AIDS. More...