Arts in medicine

The festival will celebrate the work of artists across all genres from the disability community, amplify voices and experiences, and advocate for change.

AIM’s Virtual Mental Health Monday series offers discussions on such topics as suicide prevention, accessibility in the arts and more.

Holiday fun includes Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Creole Christmas on Dec. 13, affordable events for families and a giftwrap workshop for adults. Plus, concert tickets and art classes are great gifts for all ages.

For her UAB residency, the artist is creating a two-part collaborative exhibition: “Manjari Sharma: तत् त्वम् असि (Tat Tvam Asi) The Universe is a Mirror” for the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts and "Looking for a Silver Lining" for UAB Arts in Medicine.

See the powerful documentary “The Last Ecstatic Days” at UAB's ALys Stephens Center and hear about the cultural and spiritual considerations of dying from UAB caregivers and Aditi Sethi, M.D., with The Center for Conscious Living & Dying, with guest artist Manjari Sharma.

This free evening of art and music will now be held indoors at AEIVA and the Alys Stephens Center due to weather considerations, with a lecture by artist Odili Donald Odita and performances from Halo Wheeler, Swanglish, The BIG Reveal, and Steph and the Web.

The Alys Stephens Center’s most diverse season yet will feature artists Dru Hill, Samara Joy, “Encanto,” Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Vitamin String Quartet, Napoleon Dynamite Live! and more.

Alabama musicians can submit an audition now through June 30, and up to four finalists will be selected to perform live onstage Sept. 13 at the Arts Block Party, presented by UAB Arts.

A bone marrow donor registration and a panel discussion will be available to all attendees before the screening of the documentary.

Their artistry is acclaimed as one of the world’s most vibrant contemporary textile traditions. During their UAB residency, the quilters will set up public sewing spaces and workshops.

Human bodies are made to move, says UAB Arts in Medicine artist-in-residence Melissa Turnage, and “magical” energy can happen in the brain. Here are her tips for adding dance to your day.

COVID-19 changed the way we communicate, care for others, educate our children, work and more. Experts from UAB weigh in on these changes.

The study, from UAB’s Institute for Arts in Medicine, shows that learning tricks in a magic camp can boost feelings of self-esteem and confidence in children and adolescents with disabilities.