Redefining the Medical Artist

If you live in Chicago or happen to be in town visiting, come see work by the students and faculty of UIC's Biomedical Visualization Program at the International Museum of Surgical Science this Friday, August 7 from 5–8pm. It's one of the few nights where you can take in some new art and wander around the entire museum for free!

Here's the synopsis:

“Redefining the Medical Artist” features state-of-the-art scientifically accurate representations of the body in various media by students, alumni, and faculty of UIC’s Biomedical Visualization graduate program. Their work stems from the tradition of medical illustration founded by the 16th-century physician Vesalius, who first sought to communicate anatomical knowledge through visual means; however, these contemporary medical artists have grown far beyond drawing from dissection. They now create animations, digital renderings, and three-dimensional models to depict biomedical procedures, processes, and phenomena—illustrating the progress of medicine as well as that of visual technology. The Biomedical Visualization program at UIC is the only accredited program focusing on this field in the Midwest and one of just a handful of such programs in the United States. UIC’s program is among the largest in the nation with regard to enrollment and the only one to have a Virtual Reality in Medicine Laboratory. For more information about the program, please visit www.ahs.uic.edu/bhis/programs/bvis.php