Join renowned soprano Renée Fleming and an esteemed panel of experts in neuroscience and music therapy at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art for an enlightening discussion on the arts’ profound impact on the brain. Discover how music can shape neurons, aiding cognitive development, healing, and therapy across all stages of life, from infancy to older age. Ms. Fleming will lead a Q&A and follow the session with a signing of her new book, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness in collaboration with Rainy Day Books.
This program is co-presented by Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Lyric Opera of Kansas City in conjunction with the exhibition Infinite Regress: Mystical Abstraction from the Permanent Collection and Beyond, which includes individual works by Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, and the presentation of The Brightness of Light, an opera that explores the relationship between the two artists.
Book Signing
After this event, Renée Fleming will sign copies of her new book, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness. Participants are encouraged to pre-order copies of the book. Click here for more details about the signing and place your pre-order.
Featuring
Editor, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness; Artistic Advisor at Large, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Founding Advisor, NEA/UCSF Sound Health Network; Co-Chair, Aspen Institute/Johns Hopkins NeuroArts Blueprint
Participating Panelists
Director, PoweR Of MUSic (PROMUS) Lab, Department of Neurology at The University of Kansas; Assistant Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Neuroimaging Core at The University of Kansas
Dr. Deanna Hanson-Abromeit, PhD, MT-BC
Associate Professor of Music Therapy and Music Education, The University of Kansas
Executive Director, Music Mends Minds, Inc.
Arts & Health Lead, World Health Organization; Founding Co-Director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab
Cash bar opens at 5:30 p.m. Kemper Museum members receive two free drinks.
Please note that Kemper Museum is an unconventional performance venue, and seating is first come, first served.
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Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946), Portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe, 1920, gelatin silver print on paper, 4½ x 3½ inches, Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, 2002.02.01. Photo: EG Schempf, 2019.
Details
Who All Ages Where Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art When Thursday, September 26 Time 6:00 p.m. Tickets FREE! Registration Required
