Guest Speaker for Creative Care in Healthcare Course

Image: Amy facilitating the Living Poem session for the Nasher Museum’s Reflection Program.

In Fall 2023 and 2024, I was honored to be invited by Dr. Sarah Wilbur to serve as a guest artist in her Artists in Healthcare course at Duke University. I led a class on applied theatre and facilitated community-based workshops. In 2023, I partnered with the Durham Center for Senior Life, where I offered a unique performance yoga session blending movement and storytelling.

In Fall 2024, I was an artist-in-residence at the Nasher Museum at Duke, where I facilitated my signature workshop, Living Poetry. In this session, participants riff on a shared theme—like water—through story and dialogue. Together, we co-create a collective poem, then bring it to life through voice and gesture. Caregivers, students, and individuals in memory care all found joy and connection in these gatherings.