{"id":111464,"date":"2023-02-24T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=111464"},"modified":"2023-02-24T09:17:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:17:26","slug":"from-embroidered-hemoglobin-to-mosaic-hurricanes-a-wealth-of-talent-on-display-at-art-days-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2023\/02\/24\/from-embroidered-hemoglobin-to-mosaic-hurricanes-a-wealth-of-talent-on-display-at-art-days-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"From Embroidered Hemoglobin to Mosaic Hurricanes, a Wealth of Talent on Display at Art Days 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Golden Moon painting by Ruby Bartolome, DO, assistant professor of pediatrics on display at Art Days exhibit of BUMC student, faculty and staff artwork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keith Tornheim, PhD, an associate professor of biochemistry, was not surprised by the creative output he\u2019s seen as Art Days faculty advisor for the past 20 years. If anything, he thinks it underrepresents the number of artists on the medical campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe medical field, the health field, they have this other side, this creative side, in abundance,\u201d he said. In its 33rd<\/sup> year, Art Days is a two-day celebration and Tornheim estimated more than 100 artworks created by approximately Medical Campus 50 students, faculty and staff were on display in Hiebert Lounge Feb. 21-22.<\/p>\n

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Second-year medical student Noah Siegel’s “Exacerbation of Chronic Illness”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some were drawn directly from work and study: the snake-like intertwining of embroidered hemoglobin; the glass and polyvinyl installation that resembled blood platelets draped over an IV line and bag; a photograph of vegetables and fruits assembled as an exposed ribcage and heart. Others were fanciful: a celestial migration of whales; Van Gogh\u2019s \u201cStarry Night\u201d over BU\u2019s new data sciences building.<\/p>\n

Bhavana Ganduri, a physician trained in India and a graduate student at the School of Public Health, was overcome with admiration for a painting of three dancers by Ashley Davidoff, MD, a clinical professor of radiology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful,\u201d said Ganduri, of the Davidoff painting, an explosion of pink resembling the windblown petals of a chrysanthemum.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people are already great at their jobs, but I came to see how good they are at art, and Wow!,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if artwork makes a person more complete, but I think it makes them more interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second-year dental student Nathan Faynzilbergim came to the show, in part, to see the work of friends and found fellow dental student Han Chaoshi\u2019s intricate miniature sculptures of a pair of fantasy creatures fit his personality and professional choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can just see the immaculate detail he put into them, the steady hand it takes, and it makes sense he is in dental school,\u201d said Faynzilbergim.<\/p>\n

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Architectural photos by LaKedra Pam, MD, assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LaKedra Pam, MD, likes to focus on things other people overlook, \u201cor maybe don\u2019t necessarily think are the prettiest, and make them look awesome.\u201d An assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology, Pam said it\u2019s architectural details that grab her, like the lines of a building rising into clouds and an impossibly blue sky in one of her two photos mounted on woodblocks at the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think creative thinking is a big part of obstetrics,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd so, anything you do that engages another part of your brain helps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fourth-year MD\/PhD student Kristen Segar\u2019s knit dress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019ve got that creative side, it\u2019s best to let it out, said Kristen Segars, a fourth-year MD\/PhD candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can try not to do creative things, try not to focus on art, but in the end, you\u2019ll always find yourself doodling in your notebook,\u201d said Segars, standing in front of the polychromatic dress she knit for the event. Art, she said, is a de-stressor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt kind of keeps everything in perspective,\u201d Segars said, \u201cEspecially when there\u2019s so much emphasis on the grind and always working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her whirling mosaic maelstrom of jagged tiles arose from a time of emotional turmoil, and a love of meteorology, said second-year medical student Alexis Fearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt is a source of inspiration and it\u2019s important to seek out sources of inspiration because that\u2019s how we have growth, how we make changes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Attendees view more than 100 pieces submitted for Art Days 2023, including a driftwood sculpture by Ashley Davidoff, MD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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