Course Description

Instructors: Leslie Blackshear, Anna Coronata, Erin Falk, Lily Gage, Benjamin Meyer, and Caroline Reed

The liberal arts have been utilized to capture personal and societal health for centuries. Starting with an assessment of this process within a historical period, this class will offer the chance to reflect on your own health experiences through the lenses of literature, poetry, art, and theatre. Each week will focus on a different medium, giving participants the chance to try their hand at each. The course will culminate in a capstone class to allow participants to share their work. Leslie, Anna, Erin, Lily, Ben, and Caroline are first year medical students at Emory - each with a background in the arts. They are interested in the idea of art as agency and a role for the arts in wellness at all ages.