Army Veteran Willie Weaver-Bey showcases the healing power of art at the 2016 National Veterans Creative Arts Festival. The ex-con turned to VA’s at-risk and creative arts programs after serving 40 years in prison for drug convictions. Weaver-Bey is one of more than 120 Veterans who participated in the 2016 festival held in Jackson, Mississippi.

Air Force Veteran Chris Smith says VA health care helped him deal with the anxiety of losing his eyesight. The Chicago musician and singer found healing and rehabilitation with music therapy at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. Smith was one of more than 120 Veterans to participate in the 2016 National Veterans Creative Arts Festival in Jackson, Mississippi.

A short documentary that shows how the arts can strengthen the well-being of service members, veterans, and their families.

Medicine, like magic, is a performance. In his talk, Professor Rosencranz focuses on the overlaps between medicine and magic in terms of a doctor-patient relationship and how we can use that information to better society.

Professor David Cranston takes us on a little trip through art and medicine using illustrations of works that portray the changing role of medicine in society.

What do the arts have to do with medicine? Dancer and medical researcher Jill Sonke explores the important relationship between creative expression and health for patients with serious medical illness.