2017–2018 Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School Annual Report Contents About the Initiative .................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Mission .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Goals ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Leadership ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Directors .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Executive Committee .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Steering Committee ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Accomplishments .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Marmor Artist in Residence Program .................................................................................................................................. 8 Leslie Jamison .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Yo-Yo Ma ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Winter Session for Undergraduates .................................................................................................................................. 19 Open Mic Nights in Vanderbilt Hall ................................................................................................................................... 20 Musical Events ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Afternoon of Music and Tea at the Home of Kitty Pechet ................................................................................................. 21 At the Still Point: Medicine from the Inside ....................................................................................................................... 22 The Longwood Chorus ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Street Symphony String Quartet ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Music, Conversation & Community ................................................................................................................................... 23 Music for Public Health ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 Partnership with Boston Symphony Orchestra ................................................................................................................. 24 Writing ................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Sessions for Medical Students ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Poetry: The Hippocrates Symposium ................................................................................................................................ 26 Community Service................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Cancer Survivorship Day at Mount Auburn Hospital ..................................................................................................... 28 Retreats ................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 A Day of Renewal and Creativity – 2017 ............................................................................................................................ 30 A Day of Renewal and Creativity – 2018 ............................................................................................................................ 31 Drawing Sessions ................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Give Yourself a Break ............................................................................................................................................................. 35 Special Events ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Graphic Medicine .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 Cultivating Humanism ....................................................................................................................................................... 37 Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School | 2017-2018 Annual Report Page 1 of 62 Film Screenings ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Unrest ................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Medical Drama Pilot "HMS" ............................................................................................................................................... 40 Readings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Autobiography of a Disease ............................................................................................................................................... 41 Poetry Slam ........................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Story Slam .......................................................................................................................................................................... 43 ARTZ@Jefferson comes to HMS ............................................................................................................................................ 44 Conversations on Medicine and the Arts .......................................................................................................................... 45 thirdspace Journal .............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Press Coverage ...................................................................................................................................................................... 47 In Tune with Students........................................................................................................................................................ 47 Art, Peace and Health ........................................................................................................................................................ 49 Doctors are taught early about patient histories. Is it time for different questions? ........................................................ 50 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 A parody of “CAN’T STOP THE FEELING! ........................................................................................................................... 52 Publications ........................................................................................................................................................................... 58 2018 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 58 2017 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 58 The Soul of