Art + Medicine

Doctor Blanche Chavers (Pediatric Nephrologist) and David Hamlar (MD, DDS , Otolaryngologist, Craniofacial Surgeon , Retired Major General Minnesota National Guard) reflect on how Black representation in the medical field has changed over their careers and what more needs to be done for heath equity.

Doctor Brenda Her reveals how asking for help healed wounds of intergenerational trauma. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Artists' reflections on the pandemic, hosted by Dr. Jon Hallberg and Dr. Renée Crichlow. Partnership with the University of MN Medical School.

Master pipa player, composer and professor Gao Hong plays an excerpt from her original composition "Flying Dragon".

Short Film adapted from Daniel Pollack-Pelzner's "What Shakespeare Actually Did During the Plague," originally published by the New Yorker. Featuring actor Mark Nelson, MD. Directed by Tess Nelson. Made in partnership with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Anthony Williams, MD, reads his story "Unspoken" that delves into the racial inequities in the medical industry and prison system. "Unspoken" originally aired as a part of Hippocrates Cafe: Reflections on the Pandemic.

Honoring healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic, guitarist Daniel Volovets, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School) plays "A Meadow by the Sea" as portraits of healthcare workers by Avi Nahum, MD (HealthPartners Regions Hospital) are shown.

From balconies and backyards, virtual quartet principal violinist Sarah Grimes (MN Orchestra), violinist Emilia Mettenbrink (MN Opera Orchestra), violist Sifei Cheng (MN Orchestra), and cellist Sarah Lewis (The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) perform an excerpt from Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, "American" – II. Lento.

Nachito Herrera performs "Esperanza," written upon waking from a two-week coma he endured while battling Covid-19.

Capturing quarantine, band Cabin of Love performs "Slowly Exploding" alongside Scott Streble’s photograph series "Porch Portraits".

"In the Cut: Being Asian American During this Pandemic, A Word Find Puzzle" by Sun Yung Shin. "In the Cut" was originally published by Pollen Midwest.

Healthcare professionals recite, "Bouquet" written by John Patrick Murray, MD, reflecting upon the coronavirus pandemic. "Bouquet" was originally published in JAMA.