Art, empathy, and spirituality

2. RE: Art, empathy, and spirituality

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Lucy Harper

Posted 06-10-2016 08:35 AM

David, you might want to contact the Memorial Art Gallery's Susan Dodge-Peters Daiss (sdaiss@mag.rochester.edu), a long-time museum educator & trained hospital chaplain who currently works at the museum and at the Department of Medical Humanities in the Medical School at the University of Rochester. Susie has recently authored an article describing the Art at the Bedside program she has developed that shares works of art with patients in palliative and long-term care units, as an opportunity for listening and reflection. You can find her article in the March 2016 issue of Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling.

She and I have been compiling a bibliography that includes articles on empathy--I'd be happy to share the references if you email me directly.

Lu Harper
Librarian
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
lharper@mag.rochester.edu

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Lucy Harper
Director Library Service
Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester
Rochester NY

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Original Message:
Sent: 06-09-2016 01:45 PM
From: David Brinker
Subject: Art, empathy, and spirituality

Greetings, all.

I work at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), a small university museum that focuses on contemporary art that engages the religious and spiritual dimensions. We take an interfaith approach and work from an ample and inclusive understanding of religion and spirituality.

Saint Louis University is a Jesuit school with a major school of medicine and teaching hospital. One interesting development over the past several years has been a collaboration with the Clinical Pastoral Education program. Essentially, the program helps to train chaplains to exercise pastoral care in a hospital setting, through supervised training and peer review. The CPE supervisor likes to include elements in the training that try to get the students out of both the clinical and seminary "boxes." One of those activities is a visit to MOCRA, in which we explore parallels and connections between art and spirituality, do some group exercises on "conversing" with a work of art, allow for individual time spent exploring the museum, and have group discussion on making connections between the experience of visual art and the work of pastoral care in a hospital setting. These sessions are, I'm told, a highlight of the CPE training, and are also one of my favorite activities as a museum educator.

Over the years, I've come across a few articles on the role art and/or museums can play in areas such as cultivating empathy or observation skills among healthcare workers and medical students, and of course there has been a lot of emphasis in recent years about the connections between museums and empathy (as evidenced by some excellent sessions at the 2015 AAM gathering). I am wondering if anyone has any articles, books, blog posts, or other resources to suggest relating to these topics. It's a broad arena, so for now I'm specifically interested in examples of how museums are working with healthcare students and practitioners; of ways museums are seeking to connect art and spirituality in an educational setting (in contrast to "experiences" for general visitorship); and research on how efficacious programs that seek to cultivate observational skills or empathy among folks in the healing profession.

This forum is an excellent resource on so many topics; I look forward to hearing what people have to say on this one.

David Brinker
Assistant Director
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
Saint Louis University
mocra.slu.edu

5. RE: Art, empathy, and spirituality

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Pat Villeneuve

Posted 06-10-2016 11:13 AM

A few possibilities:

Martin-Hamon, A., Woods, B., & Villeneuve, P. (2012). Pharmacy students in the art

museum: Lessons learned from an unlikely collaboration. In S. Jandl and M. Gold (Eds.), A handbook for academic museums: Exhibitions and education (pp. 462-489). Edinburgh: Museums, Etc.

Villeneuve, P., & Erickson, M. (2008). The trouble with contemporary art is… Art

Education, 61(2), 92-97.

Villeneuve, P., & Erickson, M. (2006). A taxonomy of understanding: Reflective

art response and issues arising from the teaching of religious art. Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, 24, 1-14.

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Pat Villeneuve PhD
Professor
Florida State University
Tallahassee FL

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Original Message:
Sent: 06-09-2016 01:45 PM
From: David Brinker
Subject: Art, empathy, and spirituality

Greetings, all.

I work at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), a small university museum that focuses on contemporary art that engages the religious and spiritual dimensions. We take an interfaith approach and work from an ample and inclusive understanding of religion and spirituality.

Saint Louis University is a Jesuit school with a major school of medicine and teaching hospital. One interesting development over the past several years has been a collaboration with the Clinical Pastoral Education program. Essentially, the program helps to train chaplains to exercise pastoral care in a hospital setting, through supervised training and peer review. The CPE supervisor likes to include elements in the training that try to get the students out of both the clinical and seminary "boxes." One of those activities is a visit to MOCRA, in which we explore parallels and connections between art and spirituality, do some group exercises on "conversing" with a work of art, allow for individual time spent exploring the museum, and have group discussion on making connections between the experience of visual art and the work of pastoral care in a hospital setting. These sessions are, I'm told, a highlight of the CPE training, and are also one of my favorite activities as a museum educator.

Over the years, I've come across a few articles on the role art and/or museums can play in areas such as cultivating empathy or observation skills among healthcare workers and medical students, and of course there has been a lot of emphasis in recent years about the connections between museums and empathy (as evidenced by some excellent sessions at the 2015 AAM gathering). I am wondering if anyone has any articles, books, blog posts, or other resources to suggest relating to these topics. It's a broad arena, so for now I'm specifically interested in examples of how museums are working with healthcare students and practitioners; of ways museums are seeking to connect art and spirituality in an educational setting (in contrast to "experiences" for general visitorship); and research on how efficacious programs that seek to cultivate observational skills or empathy among folks in the healing profession.

This forum is an excellent resource on so many topics; I look forward to hearing what people have to say on this one.

David Brinker
Assistant Director
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
Saint Louis University
mocra.slu.edu

6. RE: Art, empathy, and spirituality

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Mark Osterman

Posted 06-10-2016 12:31 PM

I recommend you look into the work that Hope Torrents has been doing at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. Her program The Fine Art of Health has been around for years and has impacted many future healthcare professionals. Ms. Torrents also has a blog that she uses to compile articles and research in some of the areas you are interested in. See below for 2 useful links.

Fine Art of Health Care

Fineartofhealthcare

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Fine Art of Health Care

I have developed an innovative and interdisciplinary program at the University of Miami that uses art to hone observation and communication skills in the service of clinical diagnosis. Working in partnership the Lowe Art Museum, Miller School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Department of Psychology have filled a gap in medical education to strengthen healthcare.

View this on Fineartofhealthcare >

How The University Of Miami Uses Art To Train Future Doctors

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How The University Of Miami Uses Art To Train Future Doctors

The University of Miami is adding Baroque paintings and Greek vases to its diagnostic arsenal. Medical, nursing and physical therapy students at UM are supplementing their clinical training with visits to the Lowe Art Museum at the university's Coral Gables campus. There, they discuss works of art in small groups and make connections to health care.

View this on Wlrn >

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Mark Osterman
Guiding Programs Manager
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Miami, FL 33141

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Original Message:
Sent: 06-09-2016 01:45 PM
From: David Brinker
Subject: Art, empathy, and spirituality

Greetings, all.

I work at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), a small university museum that focuses on contemporary art that engages the religious and spiritual dimensions. We take an interfaith approach and work from an ample and inclusive understanding of religion and spirituality.

Saint Louis University is a Jesuit school with a major school of medicine and teaching hospital. One interesting development over the past several years has been a collaboration with the Clinical Pastoral Education program. Essentially, the program helps to train chaplains to exercise pastoral care in a hospital setting, through supervised training and peer review. The CPE supervisor likes to include elements in the training that try to get the students out of both the clinical and seminary "boxes." One of those activities is a visit to MOCRA, in which we explore parallels and connections between art and spirituality, do some group exercises on "conversing" with a work of art, allow for individual time spent exploring the museum, and have group discussion on making connections between the experience of visual art and the work of pastoral care in a hospital setting. These sessions are, I'm told, a highlight of the CPE training, and are also one of my favorite activities as a museum educator.

Over the years, I've come across a few articles on the role art and/or museums can play in areas such as cultivating empathy or observation skills among healthcare workers and medical students, and of course there has been a lot of emphasis in recent years about the connections between museums and empathy (as evidenced by some excellent sessions at the 2015 AAM gathering). I am wondering if anyone has any articles, books, blog posts, or other resources to suggest relating to these topics. It's a broad arena, so for now I'm specifically interested in examples of how museums are working with healthcare students and practitioners; of ways museums are seeking to connect art and spirituality in an educational setting (in contrast to "experiences" for general visitorship); and research on how efficacious programs that seek to cultivate observational skills or empathy among folks in the healing profession.

This forum is an excellent resource on so many topics; I look forward to hearing what people have to say on this one.

David Brinker
Assistant Director
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
Saint Louis University
mocra.slu.edu

8. RE: Art, empathy, and spirituality

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Carole Krucoff

Posted 06-16-2016 11:26 AM

Dear David,

The latest issue of of the Journal of Museum Education, Health and Wellness in Our Communities: The Impact of Museums, could be helpful (Vol. 41, No. 2, June 2016). It's table of contents and how to obtain the issue can be be accessed at the Taylor and Francis website: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjme20/current

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Carole Krucoff
Chicago IL

Original Message

Original Message:
Sent: 06-09-2016 01:45 PM
From: David Brinker
Subject: Art, empathy, and spirituality

Greetings, all.

I work at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA), a small university museum that focuses on contemporary art that engages the religious and spiritual dimensions. We take an interfaith approach and work from an ample and inclusive understanding of religion and spirituality.

Saint Louis University is a Jesuit school with a major school of medicine and teaching hospital. One interesting development over the past several years has been a collaboration with the Clinical Pastoral Education program. Essentially, the program helps to train chaplains to exercise pastoral care in a hospital setting, through supervised training and peer review. The CPE supervisor likes to include elements in the training that try to get the students out of both the clinical and seminary "boxes." One of those activities is a visit to MOCRA, in which we explore parallels and connections between art and spirituality, do some group exercises on "conversing" with a work of art, allow for individual time spent exploring the museum, and have group discussion on making connections between the experience of visual art and the work of pastoral care in a hospital setting. These sessions are, I'm told, a highlight of the CPE training, and are also one of my favorite activities as a museum educator.

Over the years, I've come across a few articles on the role art and/or museums can play in areas such as cultivating empathy or observation skills among healthcare workers and medical students, and of course there has been a lot of emphasis in recent years about the connections between museums and empathy (as evidenced by some excellent sessions at the 2015 AAM gathering). I am wondering if anyone has any articles, books, blog posts, or other resources to suggest relating to these topics. It's a broad arena, so for now I'm specifically interested in examples of how museums are working with healthcare students and practitioners; of ways museums are seeking to connect art and spirituality in an educational setting (in contrast to "experiences" for general visitorship); and research on how efficacious programs that seek to cultivate observational skills or empathy among folks in the healing profession.

This forum is an excellent resource on so many topics; I look forward to hearing what people have to say on this one.

David Brinker
Assistant Director
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
Saint Louis University
mocra.slu.edu

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