College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Art at Noon: Expressions of Trauma, Journey Towards Care
Virtual Event
In Partnership with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, join Christiana Cruz-Council, curator of Strange Sensations: The Startling and Surreal in PAFA's Permanent Collection and College Fellow, Dr. Sami Khella, in conversation about the impulse to visually express experiences of trauma, illness and pain.
Christiana Cruz-Council, curator of Strange Sensations: The Startling and Surreal in PAFA's Permanent Collection, will be in conversation with Dr. Sami Khella, the Chief of the Department of Neurology at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, a Professor of Clinical Neurology, and exhibiting artist, about the artistic impulse to visually express experiences of trauma, illness, and pain. Centering the work in Strange Sensations, Dr. Khella and Cruz-Council will talk about how visualizing frightening experiences can help us better understand them, as well as aid the artist's individual journey of self-care.
About Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art's Art At Noon Series
Art At Noon lectures are supported by the Behrend Family in memory of Rose Susan Hirschhorn Behrend, a former docent at the Academy and great supporter of its education programs.
Please Note
This is a virtual event and a Zoom link will listed in your registration confirmation email.
Image Credits
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Gift of the artist. © 2006 Linda Lee Alter.
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Gift of the artist in honor of Brian Vincent Boston. © artist or artist's estate