Celebrating Art and Medicine at the UM Mailman Center

In this conversation, Xavier Cortada, Artist and Professor of Practice at UM Miller School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, and Dr. Daniel Armstrong, Director of the Mailman Center for Child Development, discuss the origins of their extensive collaboration in the field of arts and medicine, which has been ongoing since the late 1990s.

This video was screened on Oct 1, 2023, as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Mailman Center for Child Development. It showcases four collaborative murals created by Cortada over two decades ago with pediatric patients:

• Xavier Cortada, “Lifescape” mural (created with the Children’s Cancer Clinic for the University of Miami Mailman Center, Florida), 48″ x 144″, mixed media on canvas, 1999. (https://cortada.com/art1999/lifescape/)

• Xavier Cortada, The Art of Inclusion: A Children’s Collage, 48 x 108, mixed-media on canvas, 2000. (https://cortada.com/art2000/the-art-of-inclusion/)

• Xavier Cortada, “Cries of Anguish: Violence in the Home,” 48″x108″, mixed media on canvas, 2000. (https://cortada.com/art2000/domestic-violence-mural-for-university-of-miami-heroes-program/)

• Xavier Cortada, “The History of Disabilities,” 36″ x 60″, mixed media on canvas, 2003. (https://cortada.com/art2003/the-history-of-disabilities/)

Learn more about the 50th anniversary celebration here: https://news.med.miami.edu/mailman-center-celebrates-50-years-of-improving-lives-through-innovation-impact-and-connection