04/08/2026
Now introducing... ✨ Arts and Health: Exploring Interdisciplinary Connections ✨
This diverse panel of leaders in arts research, arts-in-health practice, and interdisciplinary creative scholarship will explore how the arts intersect with wellness, care, and public health. Panelists will discuss models of collaboration, ethics, and the conditions that make interdisciplinary work viable, including funding structures, evaluation and evidence, and community accountability.
🗓️ Friday, April 17, 2026
🕣 10-11:30 AM
📍Virtual Panel
🔗 Link in bio for more info & to register for Zoom
Panelists:
➡️ Sunil Iyengar, Director of Research & Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts
➡️ Sarah Hoover, Associate Dean for Innovation in the Arts and Health at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University
➡️ Sofie Clemmensen, Associate Professor, Department of Dance, UMBC
➡️ Dr. Ramana Vinjamuri, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC.
With discussant Elizabeth Johnson, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Dance, UMBC ✨
CIRCA events are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, s*x, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy.
