Sign up for this AGO Class: Seeing Through Art: Medicine, Art, and Histories of Looking
Seeing Through Art: Medicine, Art, and Histories of Looking
What story does art tell of the body and our relationship to it? Through a mix of gallery
tours, discussion, and drawing classes, this course introduces how art can help us think
about the body, and our social engagement with the body, including how these
representations have di=ered across time and cultures. We aim to foster a discussion
about the intertwined history of medicine and the visual arts, and to encourage ‘critical’
looking.
Wednesdays, March 26 - April 23 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (5 weeks)
7-8 PM Gallery tour and discussion
8-10 PM Life drawing class
This course is co-led by AGO’s artist-instructor Bogdan Luca together with Allison
Crawford.
Allison Crawford is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of
Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a
psychiatrist and Senior Scientist at CAMH, with a PhD in English Literature. She is the lead
for arts and medicine at the Department of Psychiatry and is the Founder of HeART
Lab which brings together the arts, technology, and health.
Bogdan Luca is a Romanian born and Toronto based artist. By combining a background in
animation and digital imaging with a studio painting practice, the artist produces
composite images which begin to suggest a strange and yet to be understood relationship
between the 21st century body and its environment.
LINK to course website: https://ago.ca/learn/courses/seeing-through-art-medicine-artand-
histories-looking
This course is open to medical learners at all stages, at medical school, postgraduate, and
Fellowship levels. The course is free for medical learners, but students need to commit to
attend the whole course. If you are a faculty member who is interested in participating,
please contact us at the email below. No drawing or art experience is necessary.
Drawing materials are provided.
To register: Please email Emily.Cloutier@camh.ca, with a copy to
allison.crawford@camh.ca. Provide your name, contact phone number, and your current
training site/ level.
Deadline to register is March 10, 2025. Admission to the course is according to firstcome-
first served.