Artist-in-Residence with the Humanistic Medicine Program

Kriota Willberg, MFAIA, LMT is best known for Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists and Visual Artists (Uncivilized Books) Her comic Silver Wire was nominated for a 2019 Ignatz Award. Once the inaugural artist-in-residence at the New York Academy of Medicine Library, she's now the artist-in-residence with the Humanistic Medicine Program at NYUGSOM. In her capacity as artist-in- residence, she designs and facilitates art workshops each semester that are open to students, staff, and faculty. These workshops intersect across her areas of expertise, from massage therapy to drawing, bioethics, anatomy, and embroidery. Additionally, she leads Art and Anatomy, one of the most popular Humanistic Medicine seminars, where people have the opportunity to draw from bones, organs, and cadavers.

Wednesday, April 26, 6:30-8:00pm

Murphy Auditorium