Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

This update is from the Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM)’s Director, Todd Frazier, regarding a new grant that CPAM has received to use the arts to educate the Houston community about COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccine safety and efficacy:

The Centers for Disease Control Foundation, in an effort to “Support Arts and Cultural Organizations to Build Confidence in COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines” has awarded a grant to a unique collaboration between the University of Houston’s College of the Arts, Houston Methodist’s Department of Patient Engagement, Diversity, and Education and Houston Methodist’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine.

The project is entitled: “Activating Digital Storytelling and Mobile Arts to Reduce Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy in the Greater Houston Area of Texas”. Through this unique Houston arts in community health collaboration the project will commission new art projects and digital stories, host culturally tailored public events and social media dissemination to key communities with higher rates of vaccine hesitancy.

Look for detailed schedules and further information will in upcoming newsletter installments. For more information on the CDC grant:

https://www.cdcfoundation.org/pr/2022/arts-and-cultural-organizations-build-vaccine-confidence

The CDC Foundation is collaborating with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support organizations using the arts and culture to educate local communities about vaccine safety and efficacy.