Interviews
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Watch our first ARTandMED interview with London Based artist Liz Arkin. Liz was in Los Angeles for her solo show at the Geffen School of Medicine LRC Gallery, and talks at both UCLA and USC medical school.
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Daphne Hill talks about her fear and fascination of germs and bacteria and how that became the focus of her "Venereal Narratives and Other Catchy Tales" series.
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London based photographer Alison Romanczuk discusses her her work with burned children in Africa and portraits of people with scars in London.
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Discussing my work and show in Grand Rapids, Mich with Shelley Irwin of WGVU TV
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Watch my Interview with Elizabeth Bailey as discuss her autistic daughter's artwork.
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Ted Meyer and Simi Rahman interview Siobhan Hebron, a patient-artist living with a brain tumor. Siobhan's art is multi-disciplinary and explores such themes as cancer and the sick female body to create an honest dialogue about the experience of illness.
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Ted chats with artist and CF patient Dominic Quagliozzi about how he manages to get artistic inspiration while in the hospital. Filmed at Keck Medical Center of USC in Los Angeles for the website OurHeartSpeaks.org.
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Ted Meyer interviews Annette Ramirez for the website OurHeartSpeaks.org about her life, mood, dreams, and transitions since becoming a quadruple amputee.
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Ted Meyer interviews Daniel Leighton for the website OurHeartSpeaks.org about his art, and living with Crohn's Disease, and how the two effect each other.
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Artist and cancer survivor illustrates the power of the human spirit to shine through in this engaging interview between Siobhan Hebron and artist Ted Meyer.
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Ted talks to Cat Gwynn about her photo project and book "Ten Mile Radius". (Sorry about the echo).
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Ted Interviews Artist Carol Es about her art, illness and living in the desert.
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Ted talks with Georgia Weston, Executive Director of the group CHYP (Creative Healing For Youth In Pain) about growing up with chronic illness.
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Ted interviews artist and musician Wendy Lee Gadzuk about how becoming a caregiver for her partner lead her to create medical themed art.
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James Payne, a photographer with vision loss from diabetes offers a new perspective with artist Ted Meyer on the power of vision to see what is often missed. His perseverance and passion inspite of his disability is a lesson for us all.
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Ted Meyer chats with pathologist and artist Mohammad A. Kamal, M.D. about how he make art form the cell samples that arrive at his lab each day, the art world, and how perfection in nature works for both art and pathology.
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Ted Meyer talks with video producer Joseph Barrett about how Multiple Sclerosis has changed his life and his video shoots.
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Artist and Multiple Sclerosis patient Susan Trachman talks with Ted Meyer about art, illness and how the changing effect s of MS keep her making new artworks.
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Mexican multimedia artist and patient advocate Felipe Osornio Lechedevirgen Trimegisto chats with Ted Meyer about how his mother's gift of a new kidney affected his artwork, changes their relations ship and lead to a new role as advocate for organ donations
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Corinne Lightweaver talks about her art, her new book project and how she depicts her bout of depression and cancer
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Ashley Bravin discusses her life since the onset of a variety of different illness and how her art reflects those changes.
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Imagine being one of the most powerful people in the country, if not the world, and suddenly you loose your ability to speak. General Michael Hayden retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence chats with Ted Meyer about how Aphasia changed his life, how he learned to speak and drive again, and how it changed his relationships.
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How would you deal with your life, art and possessions if your doctor told you that you only had a year to live?
Mojave desert Artist Cathy Allen chats with artist and patient advocate Ted Meyer about how her recent cancer diagnosis has changed her artwork and daily routine. Kathy talks about adapting her art practice to the realities of cancer, less energy, fatigue and how she is choosing to tell her final story. |
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Shelly Propson Tyshka shares her story about her father, Dr. Propson, who was a Traumatic Brain Injury survivor. He lost most of his vision and found art and painting opened up a new world for him. He helped to bring his love of art to his community through Paint a Miracle studio which first opened in 2002. The studio continues to thrive and provide programs and possibilities for those of us with disabilities and other challenges to explore the arts in an atmosphere of hope, growth and encouragement.
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Imaging hitting your head and losing 30 years of memories. Your house, your kids, your hobbies, all gone. This is what happened to Tod O'Donnell. Tod's not sure all those memories are really that important.
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Lizz Cassler who is a traumatic brain injury survivor of 15 years with speech therapist Dave Anders share their story as partners together on this rehab voyage. Lizz now offers her wisdom, care and lived experience to other TBI patients who are just embarking on their journey as a member of the team at On With Life.
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Penny Phelan traumatic brain injury survivor and artist, illustrate along with her occupational therapist and fellow artist at Paint A Miracle that beyond the standard rehab process, it is through community which honors our full potential, we can thrive.
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I was lucky enough to moderate a conversation about Safi Alia Shabaik's show Personality Crash at Open Mind Art Space in Los Angeles. The talk was sponsored by the Parkinson's Foundation and feathered 2 writers and two doctors. We all talked about the living realities of Parkinsons. With Heather Kennedy, Miguel Sanchez and Safi Alia Shabaik |
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Marcus Engel and his physician Dr. Tim Jones share a powerful connection that has touched both of their lives and has endured to this day. In his freshman year of college, while driving Marcus was broadsided by another vehicle. He sustained significant trauma that resulted in becoming legally blind and crushing every bone in his face. Marcus required significant reconstructive surgery, rehabilitation and most of all being seen as a "whole person".
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