Opening Reception and Portrait Unveiling: Belonging Beyond the Diagnosis

Kick off Rare Disease Month with a special opening reception co-hosted by the HMS <a href="https://undiagnosed.hms.harvard.edu/">Undiagnosed Diseases Network</a> and Countway Library! This celebratory event marks the grand opening of the Belonging Beyond the Diagnosis exhibit, featuring nearly 40 portraits of children living with life-altering diseases, and includes the unveiling of the newest portrait added to the Beyond the Diagnosis collection. Join us to explore the powerful intersection of art and rare disease awareness. The portraits, created by artists from all over the world, are on loan from <a href="https://www.beyondthediagnosis.org/">Beyond the Diagnosis</a>, a nonprofit organization which unites art and science to raise awareness for children living with life-altering diseases. We invite the Harvard ID community to visit the exhibit anytime the library building is open. Members of the public are welcome to visit the exhibit on Saturdays and Sundays during our <a href="https://countway.harvard.edu/about/hours">public access hours</a>. More information about the exhibit can be found at <a href="https://countway.info/beyond">countway.info/beyond</a>. Program:<ul><li>Welcome, Meredith Solomon, Countway Library</li><li>Paul Mazur, UDN</li><li>Patty Weltin, Beyond the Diagnosis</li><li>Cadogan Family remarks</li><li>Portrait Unveiling</li></ul>--- We are committed to making this event accessible to all participants. The space is wheelchair accessible, microphones will be used for speakers, and assistive listening devices are available for use. Please reach out to <a href="mailto:countwayoutreach@hms.harvard.edu">countwayoutreach@hms.harvard.edu</a> if you have any accessibility needs or questions.

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Defining Graphic Medicine: Opening Panel for the NLM Traveling Exhibit "Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!"

Over the next six weeks, Harvard's Countway Library will play host to the National Library of Medicine's traveling exhibit on comics in medicine, titled Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!. Located on the first floor of the library near the Huntington Avenue entrance January 9 through February 17, this exhibit will be dedicated to the burgeoning field of graphic medicine. The exhibit will be accompanied by a series of graphic medicine-related events. Join us each week for a new opportunity to explore the role of comics in health!   Graphic medicine is a field of study, community of practice, and genre of comics that is commonly defined as the intersection of the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. Since Countway Library’s first graphic medicine acquisition in 2018, we have developed one of the <a href="https://harvard.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cee2960e75238725586796f1b&amp;id=bad0f252a8&amp;e=32a967a749">largest circulating collections</a> related to graphic medicine in the world. Join us for an opening panel discussion that will help frame and explore the emergence of the field, the community, and the genre that we call graphic medicine. Our panelists, Cathy Leamy, A. David Lewis, and Joel Christian Gill, bring a wealth of experience not only in comics creation, but in the study and teaching of comics across a range of disciplines. The panel will include a moderated discussion led by Countway librarian Matthew Noe and audience Q&amp;A. This is a hybrid event; attend in person or tune in via Zoom. Registration required. Visit <a href="https://countway.info/gmpanel">countway.info/gmpanel</a> to save your spot!   About the Panelists: Joel Christian Gill, a noted cartoonist and historian, actively advocates for storytelling nationwide. He authored the Eisner Nominated graphic memoir, Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence, hailed as one of 2020’s best graphic novels by The New York Times and winner of the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize. Gill also penned and illustrated the acclaimed graphic novel series, Strange Fruit and Tales of The Talented Tenth, highlighting figures like Bass Reeves, Bessie Stringfield, and Robert Smalls. He adapted Dr. Ibram Kendi's award-winning Stamped From the Beginning into a graphic novel, contributing further to the narrative against racism. Dedicated to building empathy and humanity through storytelling, Gill holds the inaugural Chair of Boston University’s CFA MFA in Visual Narrative, holding an MFA from Boston University and a BA from Roanoke College. Cathy Leamy is a Boston-based cartoonist and health communication specialist. She is known for using humor and plain language in health education, with health comics such as What the Hell?! Why is My Doctor So Late? and Diabetes is After Your Dick! When she’s not making comics, she works in healthcare IT as a content designer and UX writer. A. David Lewis is an Eisner Award nominee (2015) and judge (2023), as well as co-editor of both Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels and Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation. A founder of library collections at both Boston University and MCPHS University, Dr. Lewis is currently program director for the MHS degree at the MCPHS University School of Arts and Sciences where his teaching and research focus on Graphic Medicine, specifically the depiction of cancer in comic books and graphic novels. In addition to serving as the inaugural co-editor of the Graphic Medicine Review journal, he is the acclaimed author of such comics as The Lone and Level Sands and The Prophet graphic novel adaptation. Matthew Noe is Lead Collection &amp; Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School's Countway Library. He also teaches as a Part-Time Instructor at the University of Kentucky, School of Information. He is most well-known for work in comics librarianship, health sciences librarianship, and in particular, graphic medicine. Matthew was the 2021-2022 President of the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and has been the Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective since 2019. He is currently serving a six-year term on the Worcester Public Library Board of Directors. In addition to numerous book chapters on collection management and graphic medicine, Matthew is a comics reviewer for both Booklist and his Diamond Bookshelf column, Noe's Comics Nook. You can often find him overcaffeinated, ranting about all manner of things on Twitter, or curled up with two dogs, a book, and not enough hands. --  Learn more about the NLM traveling exhibit Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn and other related events at <a href="https://countway.info/graphicmed">countway.info/graphicmed</a>.

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Opening Reception and Portrait Unveiling: Belonging Beyond the Diagnosis

Defining Graphic Medicine: Opening Panel for the NLM Traveling Exhibit "Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!"