Event

HEART: A Symposium at the Junction of Health & Art

Organized by Cristin Millett, Professor of Art, School of Visual Arts, with Keynote Presentation by Oron Catts director of SymbioticA, the Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts within the School of Human Sciences at The University of Western Australia

This one-day symposium will bring to light the ways in which artists of all genres, along with practitioners, educators, researchers, and others in the fields of health and medicine, are joining forces to explore and envision new approaches to pervasive questions in these fields.

The full schedule of speakers and topics will appear on the website, http://sites.psu.edu/arthealth2019/.

Registration is required for the full-day, which includes lunch: https://art-health-2019.eventbrite.com

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
No registration is required to attend the keynote presentation.
Oron Catts, director of SymbioticA, the Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts within the School of Human Sciences at The University of Western Australia
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Pavilion Theatre

No registration is required to attend performance excerpts from “Frozen in the Toilet Paper Aisle of Life”
William Doan, Professor of Theatre History, Penn State School of Theatre
Time: 3:30-4:15 p.m.
Location: Pavilion Theatre

No registration is required for “Art at the Pavilion”
Stop by Pavilion Theatre throughout the day to view photography, multimedia installations, sculpture, films, and a selection of texts from Penn State’s Special Collections Library, representing transdisciplinary research on topics of health and medicine.