Visiting Speaker: Dr. Sari Hannila

This talk is FREE and open to everyone! 
Hosted by Sarah Fuller, School of Art Sessional Instructor

About the Talk:
Experimentation, discovery, and creativity are just a few of the elements that connect art and science.  In this seminar, Dr. Sari Hannila will discuss her collaborations with local arts organizations, beginning with partnerships that she created between artists and neuroscientists for the Manitoba Craft Council and Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, and ending with her recent residency project where artists were invited to her laboratory to explore using scientific techniques and equipment in artmaking.

About Dr. Sari Hannila:
Dr. Sari Hannila received her Bachelor of Science degree in Life Sciences and her PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology from Queen’s University.  She joined the University of Manitoba in 2010, and is currently an associate professor of Human Anatomy and Cell Science and the Deputy Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Program. Dr. Hannila also serves as the neuroanatomy section head for the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, teaching human neuroanatomy and gross anatomy in health professional programs across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.  She is a distinguished educator who has received eight teaching awards from the Manitoba Medical Students' Association.

Dr. Hannila is a neurobiologist whose research interests lie in neural plasticity and regeneration.  Her work has been published in journals such as the Neuroscientist, Experimental Neurology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Neuroscience.  She has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Paraplegic Association, and the Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation (Austria).

From 2014-2023, she served as director of outreach for the Manitoba Neuroscience Network and in 2017, she was nominated for CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 in recognition of her outreach activities.  In conjunction with the Manitoba Craft Council and Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), she has initiated and led the art-science collaborations Neurocraft and Dura Mater:  Objective/Subjective, which were exhibited at the C2 Centre for Craft, the Buhler Gallery, and Visual Voice Gallery (Montreal).  She also leads anatomy drawing workshops for MAWA members, and contributes to community events exploring the connections between art and science.
 

Presented by the School of Art Visiting Speakers Series.