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University
of Illinois at Chicago Office of Public Affairs (MC 288)
601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607-7113, (312) 996-3456, www.uic.edu/depts/paff
UIC
ARTS-MEDICINE PROJECT HOLDS CONFERENCE
WHAT:
UIC's
Arts-Medicine Project is holding the "Health in the Arts" conference
to help identify, control, medically manage and prevent injury and illness
from work in the arts.
Among
the artists, occupational safety and health experts, arts educators
and administrators scheduled to present and participate in panel discussions
are:
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Dr.
Katherine Duvall, co-director of the UIC Arts-Medicine Project
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Dr.
David Hinkamp, co-director of the UIC Arts-Medicine Project
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Lorraine
Conroy, UIC associate professor of occupational and environmental
health
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Robert
Kameczura, artist · Monona Rossol, president of Arts, Crafts & Theater
Safety, New York City
Friday, Nov.
3
5 to 8 p.m.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Ballroom
Saturday,
Nov. 4
9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
UIC Chicago Illini Union
828 S. Wolcott Ave.
The Arts-Medicine
Project in the UIC School of Public Health's Great Lakes Center for
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health is the only program
of its kind geared toward artists, museum and stage workers engaged
in all forms of artistic expression. It is one of only a few programs
that take an occupational health approach, emphasizing prevention
as much as treatment. In addition to creating an interdisciplinary
network of specialists to treat arts workers in a clinical setting,
UIC's Arts-Medicine Project offers educational programs and workplace
evaluations, including a research component. The conference is part
of the educational mission of UIC's Arts-Medicine Project. It is targeted
toward musicians, dancers, actors, visual artists and others working
in the arts, as well as occupational safety and health professionals,
arts educators, students, policy advocates, administrators and legislators,
and union leaders. The conference will address the major health and
safety hazards faced in a variety of specific art practices. Participants
will learn about injuries and illnesses that artists experience, the
conditions that cause the injuries and illnesses, and strategies for
the recognition, control and elimination of hazards and injuries from
work in the arts.
"Health in the
Arts" is funded by the UIC School of Public Health, the UIC College
of Architecture and the Arts, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
and the CDC's National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health.
It is a collaboration of major Chicago arts organizations including
the Chicago Artists' Coalition, Columbia College Chicago's Center
for Arts Policy, the Art Institute of Chicago, and United Scenic Artists
Local 829.
To
register or for more information, contact Laurel Berman or Joe Zanoni
at (312) 996-6904, or look under Seminars and Conferences at www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/ce/
5 p.m.
Reception
6 p.m.
Welcome by Susan Scrimshaw, dean, UIC School of Public Health and
Judith Russi Kirshner, dean, UIC College of Architecture and the Arts
6:15 p.m.
Panel discussion: Artists discuss health issues related to their work
in the arts
7 p.m. Open
forum on health in the arts
7:45 p.m.
Closing comments by Dr. Katherine Duvall and Dr. David Hinkamp, co-directors
of the UIC Health and the Arts program
9 a.m.
Welcome by Susan Scrimshaw, dean, UIC School of Public Health
9:15 a.m.
"The Arts are Hazardous Professions," presentation by Drs. Duvall
and Hinkamp
9:45 a.m.
"Prevention and Industrial Hygiene," presentation by Lorraine
Conroy, industrial hygienist and UIC associate professor of occupational
and environmental health
10:30 a.m.
Panel discussion: "One Dangerous Thing You Do Not Want to Give
Up," artists discuss psychosocial and other obstacles to making changes
in how they work
11:30 a.m.
"Strategies for Prevention," presentation by Monona Rossol, president
of Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, New York, and author of "The Artist's
Complete Health and Safety Guide," and "STAGE FRIGHT: Health and Safety
in the Theater"
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1 p.m.
Panel discussion: "Bridging the Gap: Exploring Artists' Health Care
Policies," Jeff Abel, program development coordinator for Columbia
College Chicago's interdisciplinary arts department will moderate
this panel discussion
1:45 p.m.
Workshops: Workshops geared to specific artistic disciplines and
one geared to art educators and administrators
3:30 p.m.
Plenary session: Workshop leaders report findings from workshops
and participants respond
4:15 p.m.
Evaluation and closing
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