The intersection of art and medicine
To engage, challenge and transform
Together Krisztina and Alexandra from the Medical School and Elisa from the School of Art and Design have conceived and deliver the multidisciplinary course ‘The Exquisite Corpse’ at the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia). Through a genuine partnership between anatomy and art, students experientially discover the intricacies of human anatomy in the context of human culture , and express these in unique and highly personal artworks. The impact upon students is transformative and has led to opportunities to lead conversations about the benefits of cross-disciplinary education nationally and internationally.
Associate Professor Alexandra Webb
Dr Webb has more than 25 years experience teaching anatomy into undergraduate & postgraduate medicine, allied health & science programs in Australia & the United Kingdom. She currently leads technology enhanced learning (TEL) at the ANU Medical School where she is Deputy Director. Dr Webb is an ANU Distinguished Educator and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her educational practice has been recognised with multiple institutional awards. She is a member of the Association of Medical Education in Europe TEL committee and served four years as Secretary and Newsletter Editor of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA). In 2016, she organised the ANZACA conference ‘Artful Anatomy’ at the ANU Medical School.
Associate Professor Krisztina Valter
Dr Valter trained as a clinical ophthalmologist in Hungary before completing her PhD at the University of Sydney on retinal degeneration. She continues her vision research in the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the ANU. She has more than 20 years’ experience teaching neuroscience and anatomy and is currently Head of the Anatomy Discipline and Chair of the Medical Science Theme in the ANU medical program. She completed a graduate certificate in teaching in higher education, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her teaching has been recognised by several teaching awards, including an Australian Award for University Teaching: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2012. She presently serves as Vice-President of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) and with Dr Webb organised the “Artful Anatomy” ANZACA 2016 conference.
Ms Elisa Crossing
A graduate of the ANU School of Art & Design Painting department, Elisa Crossing has exhibited paintings, drawings and 3D installation works in a career spanning 30 years, with seven solo exhibitions and many group shows, locally and nationally. Elisa has been an enthusiastic arts educator for twenty years, lecturing at the ANU in Foundation Studies since 1998 and Painting since 2002. She collaborated with A/Prof Webb and A/Prof Valter to develop and deliver the integrated anatomy and art undergraduate course ‘The Exquisite Corpse’. Elisa is currently completing her PhD at the ANU.
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A/Prof Alexandra Webb
T +61 2 6125 1970
alexandra.webb@anu.edu.au
A/Prof Krisztina Valter-Kocsi
T +61 2 6125 8341
krisztina.valter-kocsi@anu.edu.au