Arts + Health: A USC Arts Now Symposium

Mon Feb 23 2026 at 09:30 am to 03:00 pm

Ginsburg Hall | Los Angeles

USC Visions and Voices
Publisher/HostUSC Visions and Voices
Arts + Health: A USC Arts Now Symposium
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The first-ever USC symposium on the intersection of the arts with health, medicine, and wellness.
About this Event

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Description

How does dance benefit neurology? How does music help healthy aging? How does a radiologist read a painting? How can accurate health storytelling move audiences to action?


Explore these questions and more in the first-ever USC symposium on the intersection of the arts with health, medicine, and wellness. Featuring USC faculty, researchers, artists, healthcare professionals, and community partners, the half-day symposium will explore groundbreaking arts-based innovations in healthcare, healing, and medicine through a dynamic mix of panels, lightning talks, demonstrations, performances, and a keynote conversation with special guests from the award-winning HBO Max series, .


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

9:30 AM to 12 NOON: MORNING SESSION

OPENING REMARKS
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KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION

FIRESIDE CHAT
: A conversation with (star/executive producer), (showrunner/creator), and (executive producer)

DEMONSTRATION

Dance, Neurology, and Embodied Practice

LIGHTNING TALKS

Music, Memory, and Healthy Aging

Case Studies from the Intersection of Health Humanities, Cinema, and Interactivity

Telling Stories Saving Lives: The Change Making Media Center
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12:00 PM: LUNCH

1 to 3 PM: AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL DISCUSSION

Arts of Healing and Aging
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DEMONSTRATIONS

Building Community Around a Shared Cancer Journey: A Narrative Medicine Approach
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Music Appreciation for Cochlear Implant Users
, Chrysa Kovach, Julianne Papadopoulos

Radiology Live
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Click here to read more.


Presented by USC Arts Now. Organized by Josh Kun, Vice Provost for the Arts; Michele Kipke, Associate Senior Vice President for Strategic Health Initiatives, Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Affairs; and Shri Narayanan, USC Vice President for Presidential Initiatives. Co-sponsored by USC Visions and Voices.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ginsburg Hall, 1031 Downey Way, Los Angeles, United States

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