Science, Art and Graphic Medicine

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A lecture by Kriota Willberg, MFA-IA, LMTSince 2007, comics and graphic novels whose narratives intersect with medicine, healthcare, the body, and the mind, have been categorized as an emerging genre of cartooning called graphic medicine. Sharing examples of her own work, and others' graphic memoirs, comics, and 'zines, Kriota Willberg explores this dynamic interdisciplinary narrative art form that communicates personal, clinical, cultural, and educational narratives through text and image.BIOGRAPHYKriota Willberg makes comics, illustration, and needlework exploring narratives of the body sciences, medical history, and bioethics. Her book, Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists and Visual Artists, is published by Uncivilized Books. Her comics have appeared in: 4PANEL.ca, SubCultures, Comics For Choice, The Graphic Canon, and Intima: Journal of Narrative Medicine, among others. She writes a self-care column for the Comics Beat called “Get A Grip!” Willberg, a licensed massage therapist specializing in sports- and oncology massage, has a certificate in bioethics and medical humanities from Montefiore-Einstein College of Medicine and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts. In 2017 Willberg was the inaugural Artist In Residence at the New York Academy of Medicine Library. She teaches in the Department of Humanistic Medicine at NYU. Her comic book, Silver Wire, was nominated for a 2019 Ignatz Award.


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Laura Shackelford
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When and Where
October 16, 2019
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Room/Location: 1025
Who

Open to the Public