SYMPOSIUM

2021

FLOURISH: A Cluster-Forming Symposium on Arts-Wellness-Community

May 20 – 21, 2021

MAY 20

DAY 1

Somatosensory Kinetic Interface Networks (SKIN) (Keynote Address)

Nehal El-Hadi, PhD; Visual mapping by Annie Katsura Rollins, MABELLEArts

 In this talk, Nehal explores skin as material, organ, interface, site, metaphor, and symbol, and touch as a form of environmental literacy.

Annie Katsura Rollins, Mabelle Arts

Panel 1 – What is Wellness? What aspects of wellness is this cluster investigating?

Malika Daya, FLOURISH Undergraduate Fellow

Panel 2 – Arts-Wellness-Community: Describing the Mechanisms of Working Practice 

Sylvie Stojanovski, FLOURISH Undergraduate Fellow

Panel 2 – Arts-Wellness-Community: Describing the Mechanisms of Working Practice 

Mehdia Hassan, FLOURISH Graduate Fellow

Panel 2 – Arts-Wellness-Community: Describing the Mechanisms of Working Practice 

Liben Gebrekmikael, TAIBU Community Health Center

Panel 2 – Arts-Wellness-Community: Describing the Mechanisms of Working Practice 

MAY 21

DAY 2

Maikel Carrion, Artistic Intelligence Laboratory

Panel 3 – Impact, Measurement & Implementation

Derek Spooner, Scarborough Arts

Panel 3 – Impact, Measurement & Implementation