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Center for Arts in Medicine
Faculty Position Announcement
Service Learning Lecturer

Position Description: Full-time, twelve month, promotion-accruing faculty position
Date of Expected Hire: August 1, 2019
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

The University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine, College of the Arts, invites applications from individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives for one (1) Lecturer position.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for equity on local and global levels.

This position is dedicated to increasing health equity by developing avenues that encourage social cohesion among diverse community members as a means of building a healthy community through the arts.  This position is focused on service learning through teaching, mentorship, research and service. This position will function in keeping with the Center’s by-laws and promotion guidelines, in arts in medicine, with an emphasis on community engagement.

Application Deadline: Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system at https://apply.interfolio.com/57236 by November 19, 2018. Online applications must include the following: (1) a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community; (2) a curriculum vitae and (3) names and contact information of three references. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time.

Position will remain open until filled.

Inquiries may be sent to:

Tina Mullen

Chair, Lecturer Search

Email: [email protected]

Tenure-Line Faculty Position: Associate/Full Professor in Arts & Health and Associate Dean for Research

Summary: The University of Utah’s College of Fine Arts seeks an Associate or Full Professor with research expertise on the intersection of the arts with health or well-being to serve as the Associate Dean for Research and as a faculty member in one of the five academic units in the College of Fine Arts (i.e., Art & Art History, Dance, Film & Media Arts, Music, or Theatre). Applicants should have a strong understanding of the workings of research universities, grant-writing, the role of the arts in a research university, and the breadth of research in the arts. The Associate Dean for Research is responsible for overseeing, encouraging, and supporting the pursuit of external grant funding in the CFA, advocating for the recognition and support of arts research at the university, and building relationships with units across the institution to facilitate interdisciplinary research collaborations. Faculty responsibilities include continuing research in the domain of arts and health/well-being, teaching undergraduate or graduate courses in arts and health/well-being, and providing service to the institution and profession.

Minimum Requirements
• A record of research on the impact or relationship of the arts to some aspect(s) of health and well-being using qualitative, quantitative and/or practice-based methods or measures.
• A record of successful grant-writing
• Three years, or the equivalent, of college-level teaching experience beyond assistantship
• Terminal degree in relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Experience advancing institutional or programmatic goals in higher education

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience conducting research in health or social care settings (e.g., hospitals, nursing facilities)
• Experience seeking and stewarding grants from foundations or federal agencies
• History of interdisciplinary research or project collaboration
• Experience collaborating with or working in an academic medical center
• Experience teaching arts & health or arts & public health (or related curriculum) in a university or college setting

For priority consideration, materials must be received by December 5th, 2022.

Position will remain open until filled.

Start Date: July 2023

Employer Information: The College of Fine Arts is committed to building a diverse intellectual and artistic community, and encourages applicants of all races, ethnicities, genders, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply. For more information visit https://www.finearts.utah.edu/about/justice-equity-diversity-inclusion. The University of Utah is the state’s public flagship institution of higher education with an enrollment of approximately 23,900 undergraduate and 7,800 graduate students, and is classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the 115 research universities with the “highest research activity” in the nation. Forbes recently ranked the University of Utah as one of America’s best employers and U.S. News & World Report ranked it as one of the best national universities: www.utah.edu The University has a number of campus-wide diversity initiatives that contribute to a rich campus climate, attract academic and professional talent, improve access to higher education for historically underrepresented groups, and strengthen the U’s ability to educate the next generation of leaders: https://diversity.utah.edu/. The University is located in the Wasatch Mountain range foothills overlooking Salt Lake City, the Great Salt Lake, and the Great Basin’s west desert. In addition to an active arts culture, the area also offers unparalleled outdoor recreational opportunities within easy access from the city. Salt Lake City is currently ranked 7th in the nation for its vibrant LGBTQ+ community.

Special Instructions for Applicants:
For full consideration, please submit the following documents via the University of Utah’s applicant portal:
• Cover letter (addressed to Search Committee Chair, Dr. Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell) describing your qualifications, interest in the position, and engagement with diversity and inclusion in your work in academic or professional settings
• Curriculum vitae
• Two samples of published/disseminated research
Names and contact information for three (3) professional references (letters will be required of applicants who advance to the campus interview)

The AMA Journal of Ethics is planning its June 2025 issue, “Embodiment in Art Practice”  which will aim to explore how art practices influence embodiment experiences and promote healing among artists and their audiences.

To commemorate the 5th anniversary of the AMA Journal of Ethics’ Art of Medicine internship program with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, we are inviting artists to submit their work for consideration in this special issue. We highly prioritize art submissions that delve into the critical role of embodiment in artistic practices. Specifically, we seek submissions that:

1. Broaden and deepen inquiry in health care ethics and health policy.
2. Forge new insights into the intersections among ethics, aesthetics, and health care.
3. Prompt innovation in how we draw upon and apply our humanistic impulses in health care.

We welcome submissions from artists at all educational and career stages, working in nearly any medium. The thematic content may include, but is not limited to:

• Movements an artist’s body repeats in their practice.
• Mitigating bodily wear and tear to develop longevity in art practice.
• Art materials that have fallen out of use due to toxicity.
• Partitioning of creative space within artists’ studios or collectives based on material use.
• Art practice as a source of comfort.
• Accommodations made to artistic expression due to changes in the artist’s body.
• The body as a source of creative inspiration.

To ensure your art is considered for review and inclusion in the June 2025 issue, please ensure that your submission complies with the requirements outlined in our “Call for Art Work.” The deadline for submission is 30th July 2024.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to Erik Schiller: [email protected]

April 21, 2020
Skid Row, Los Angeles

For further information Contact: Clancey Cornell
Phone: (310) 980-2411
Email: [email protected]

In response to COVID-19, The Skid Row Arts Alliance, a consortium of Skid Row Arts Organizations (Urban Voices Project, Los Angeles Poverty Department, Street Symphony, Piece By Piece, Studio 526), are acting to simultaneously bring their programming online and into the community with various immediate relief efforts. The arts are a lifeline for many in the Skid Row community. Normally, one of the strengths of the Skid Row community is that people interact face to face. As social distancing rules leave us all in isolation, maintaining connection is essential.

Recognizing this health and social crisis’s acute impact on the residents of Skid Row, The Skid Row Arts Alliance is initiating a multi-pronged response.

· We have started a campaign to increase internet and tech access for Skid Row artists and residents. The Skid Row Arts Alliance is exploring immediate relief efforts combined with long-term strategies to address this digital shortage. Clancey Cornell with the LA Poverty Department launched a gofundme page to buy data SIM cards for Skid Row artists and residents as well as research other tech access efforts. Internet access is now a public health issue, with regular internet access in places like the library shut down and a lack of WiFi hotspots in Skid Row.

· We have created a web page: “Skid Row Arts TV Guide” http://www.artstvguide.com/ that provides a weekly calendar of on-line Skid Row arts activities with culturally literate instructions on how to connect created by Leeav Sofer, Artistic Director for Urban Voices Project with Daniel Villa, of Arts Alliance member Piece by Piece, and Cornell. The intention is to promote neighborhood based #Connectivity as best as possible in the face of #COVID-19 and the hardships of social distancing. All Programs are accessible by either calling in, through Facebook Live, Zoom or Youtube. These resources are being distributed to all Skid Row residences from the tents to SRO tenants.

· We are assembling near 200 Arts Care Packages that are due to be distributed the week of 4/20 to artists in the community who are regular attendees of these programs. Packages include a Skid Row Arts TV Guide Magazine, with offerings from each organization, art supplies, headphones, masks and more. Support included from USC Arts in Action program and Roski School of Art & Design.

· In line with the Skid Row Arts Alliance’s relief efforts, Sofer created a website that provides the most accurate and up-to-date information in the county on the availability of shelter beds and food access in response to a gap of intercommunication between city and county organizations. www.homelesscovidresource.com.

Skid Row has a dynamic arts community. In Skid Row people make art where they are, on the street, in parks, in tents, missions and hotel rooms. Last year the Skid Row Arts Alliance created the Skid Row Arts Map. The map recognized arts as a community connector and identified the times and locations of all the arts activities that are free and open to anyone living in Skid Row.

The Skid Row Arts Alliance, is a consortium of: Urban Voices Project, Los Angeles Poverty Department, Street Symphony, Piece by Piece, Studio 526. This project is the second collaboration between the Skid Row Arts Alliance and USC Arts in Action program who partnered with the SRAA to create the Skid Row Arts Map last year. Additional organizations participating in these efforts are: Creative I Community Arts Space and The Los Angeles Community Action Network . Read the LA WEEKLY article about the Skid Row Arts Map. www.lapovertydept.org

Submitted by Kathy Sullivan:

Ashes2Art Program is a nonprofit that provides creative services for emergency services personnel as a preventative wellness initiative. WE are working through Zoom currently with a specific format that has been great. Due to our growing demand we relooking for artists to teach our men and women drawing, painting, and possibly sculpting. Since we are a non profit money is tight but probably will probably improve soon. This initiative has had great success and plans to expand significantly. We will be interviewing and gathering a list of people for our expansion. Please reach out if you fit the description of being humorous, open, energetic, and responsible. THANKS!

Deadline: September 25, 2020… for now

Website: www.ashes2art.org (launching mid-august!!)

Email Kathy Sullivan: [email protected]

At the National Arts Program, we empower organizations across the country to host art exhibitions that showcase the creativity of their employees and families. By providing resources and support, we create the opportunity for venues to build art exhibitions that encourage employees to be creative. NAP exhibitions are open, with no restrictions, to anyone who wants to showcase their art—regardless of age, background, skill level, or job title. We invite employees to bring their whole selves to work and show others their creative side. Whether art is a passion, hobby, or another career, we help artists of all levels and backgrounds transform themselves through creative expression.
Art brings people together, forges new connections, and builds creative communities. We connect artists across an organization to each other through their shared and powerful experiences with art. By fostering a strong and inclusive community that builds confidence, encourages risk-taking, and values self-expression, we grow and strengthen workplaces and communities. We ensure that creativity is recognized and validated, sometimes for the first time, with prizes, scholarships, and awards programs.
For more than 30 years, we have empowered organizations to host employee and family art exhibitions and to transform the workplace environment into an inviting space infused with creativity, passion, and personality that enriches lives and open doors for employees, families, and the public.

A Place To Be is a community of people dedicated to the values of inclusivity, respect, acceptance, love, and hope. APTB helps people with medical and mental health struggles face, navigate, and overcome life’s challenges using the clinically based practices of music therapy.
APTB is looking for an energetic person to be a part of its fast growth. The Development Associate supports all development activities related to annual appeals, donor research, grant research, donor relations, and gift processing. This role maintains communications with existing donors and identifies prospective donors capable of making major gifts to the organization. Additionally, the Development Associate supports various special events and the submission of applications and proposals for funding.
This is a full-time position based in Middleburg, VA, and the work will primarily take place in the office. The Development Associate reports to the Executive Director. Candidates should:
• Have at least 3 years of experience in development, membership, or donor engagement.
• Be proficient with donor prospecting through research, wealth screening, and other analytical methods.
• Show the ability to work independently, under deadlines, without close supervision.
• Have superior communication skills, including writing and speaking persuasively for diverse audiences.
Application link: https://driconsulting.com/position/aptb-development-associate/
Development Resources, inc. (DRi) is leading this search for A Place to Be.

Development Associate

The Holland Community Opera Fellow will act as a primary performer/artist in the company’s engagement programming initiatives.

He/She will contribute meaningfully to the success of the Community Opera Fellowship and serve as an ambassador of the company by developing relationships with community leaders and members of the Community Artist Panel. He/She will design and implement unique projects combining artistry and musicianship, leadership, advocacy, and citizenship. He/She will represent Opera Omaha while serving a broad and evolving community through engagement with civic and community organizations and institutional leaders; programming for adult, family, and community members; the development of educational resources; and the development of partnerships and programs with community institutions. The ideal candidate will be a practicing, professional artist interested in community collaboration and learning in a broad social context.The work of the Holland Community Opera Fellowship is done in collaboration with community partners to encourage change in many areas primarily: human services, health & well-being, and youth development.

Posted by: Opera Omaha

Deadline: January 1, 2019

For more information or to apply click here.

Peabody Institute seeks musicians working in diverse genres to join Sound Rounds, bringing music to patients’ bedsides to provide comfort and companionship throughout the Johns Hopkins Healthcare System. Baltimore- and DC-based artists from a wide range of musical genres are encouraged to apply for these two new part time faculty positions under the umbrella of the Peabody Preparatory. Pay starts at $40/hour based on experience. A great opportunity for independent teaching artists seeking 8-10 or more hours per week with the possibility of benefits.

Apply here!
Preference will be given to applications received by January 2.

When it comes to arts in health, Houston Methodist’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM) is a leader and innovator. CPAM, a sponsor of NOAH since 2017, is committed to the focus areas of the 2023 NOAH conference, including equity and belonging, community and public health, collaboration and partnerships, and advocacy.

CPAM’s mission is to effectively translate the collaborative potential of arts and medicine to the holistic healthcare environment. We support artists’ health and the use of the arts in environments of care through arts-oriented programming, creative arts therapies, research, community collaborations and educational outreach.

Founded in 1996 by C. Richard Stasney, MD, CPAM has become one of the largest and most comprehensive centers of its kind in the world. With daily music performances in public areas and rebroadcasts on patient TVs, creative arts therapies in clinical areas, visual art throughout the hospital, artistic staff support programming, and specialized artist health care, Houston Methodist supports an arts-enriched work environment for staff and a holistic environment of care for artists, patients and visitors.

CPAM is led by J. Todd Frazier, past president of NOAH. “I am very proud of NOAH’s commitment to the field of arts in health,” says Todd. “This is an inspiring, important yet young field as far as its integration into national standards of practice and education, so having a national organization uniting the field and focusing on supporting needed advances in the field, such as education, professionalization and community, is essential and worthy of our support and attention.”

CPAM provides that support through its programming and practices. Initiatives are guided by the Houston Methodist I CARE values: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. These values also guide the way CPAM helps shape patients’ experience.

The arts integration team implements artistic programming for employee and patient enrichment. This summer, employees throughout Houston Methodist Hospital participated in Bloom, an artmaking process and artwork installation that allowed employees to create, share and take in art.

Our creative arts therapists make up one of the largest creative arts therapies teams in the world. Music therapists and art therapists work with patients to achieve individualized goals that enhance overall well-being in areas such as physical rehabilitation, behavioral and mental health, acute care, outpatient infusion, and neonatal care. CPAM-affiliated doctors and therapists care for performing artists from around the world, including those of the Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera and Ensemble Theatre.

CPAM’s research seeks to harness the broadest potential of the arts in therapy, rehabilitation and human performance. We examine themechanisms of music therapy, explore different applications of the arts in health care, and provide opportunities for research scholarship. CPAM interacts with the fields of music therapy and music medicine by identifying key differences between the two fields and expanding methodologies based on a foundation of evidence-based practice.

On February 7, 2023, CPAM will host the Music in Health Care Symposium, a one-day symposium exploring the applications of music in health care settings and the fields of music therapy and music medicine.

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