CHI Memorial Foundation and the Hunter Museum of American Art are co-presenting the 16th annual Cam Busch Endowed Arts for Health Lecture Series. The event will be held on Thursday, May 12, 6 p.m. at the Hunter Museum of American Art. Minton Sparks will be the guest speaker.
Ms. Sparks is a speaker-song writer who established herself as Nashville’s first non-singing country singer with the 2001 release of Middlin’ Sisters. The Tennessee native is also a decorated poet, playwright and author, and first-ever Spoken Word Award recipient at the Conference on Southern Literature. She is also the founder of The Nashville Writing and Performance Institute.
Ms. Sparks has performed in the American Songbook Series at the Lincoln Center, appeared at the venerable Old Towne School of Folk Music, and served as teller-in-residence at the Jonesborough National Storytelling Festival. She has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, BBC’s Bob Harris Show and WoodSong’s Old-Time Radio. Ms. Sparks will be joined by guitarist John Jackson for this event.
The Cam Busch Endowed Arts for Health Lecture Series is part of CHI Memorial’s Arts Medicine Program which uses art to enhance healing, officials said.
“This lecture series is designed to educate our community about the benefits of using different forms of art in healthcare,” said Cam Busch, local artist, nationally recognized art therapist and registered nurse. “The arts enhance healing and provide a vehicle for the expression of feelings and emotions.”
Individual tickets are $50 and include heavy hors d’oeuvres, a host bar, a performance by Minton Sparks with John Jackson, and admission to the Hunter Museum of American Art. For more information and to purchase tickets, call the CHI Memorial Foundation office at 423-495-4438.