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  • Collection: Visual Art and Nursing Student Collaboration: Portraying Chronic Illness in Aging Adults

The Ebbs and Flow of Bipolar_Installation_reduced.jpg
Artist statement: As a former biology pre-medicine student, I have found scientific illustrations the most beneficial for understanding and retaining information. When researching imagery related to Bipolar Disorder, I noticed a lack of work that…

The Four Stages of Tooth Decay.jpg
Artist statement: When we were discussing tooth decay and how we can incorporate the illness into a piece of artwork, a conversation came up centering around the vastly detailed textbook images of illness progression that you would see in doctors’…

Sickle.JPG
Artist statement: The piece titled “Sickle” portrays one patient’s experience with Sickle Cell Anemia and the treacherous journey that comes along with such diagnosis. While Sickle Cell patients can still live relatively normal lives, they…

Copy of Nothing to be Ashamed of.png
Artist statement: Seborrheic Karatosis is an illness that tends to present itself in aging individuals. It causes skin lesions to grow on the surface of the epidermis, dark in color and rough in texture.Karatosis is benign, meaning it is not…

Copy of Unseen Joint Jolts.jpg
Artist statement: For my piece, The Unseen Joint Jolts, I wanted to highlight how with rheumatoid arthritis it makes it hard to do the most basic tasks. Like brushing your hair as shown in my piece. When I think of Unseen, I think of black lights…

Copy of covidcore.png
Artist statement: Given the extensive list of symptoms associated with COVID-19, I decided to emphasize the respiratory and cardiac aspects. As I brainstormed potential designs, it became clear that the artwork must incorporate lungs and a nebulizer.…

Copy of You Can Do It.png
Artist statement: I wanted to reflect ovarian cancer and how to combat in a hopeful, triumphant, and encouraging way. As scary and debilitating as ovarian cancer can be, it is treatable and you are not alone, and as scary as pap-smears and other…

Ask About Hypothyroidism screenshot.jpg
Artist statement: In this video, titled “Ask About Hypothyroidism”, I chose to animate a scene that portrays the signs and symptoms that people may typically experience if they have Hypothyroidism. The woman portrayed in the video is seen in a…