Who We Are

Male and female actors performing "Shadows".

Our Mission

By telling human stories through performances and workshops, Articine integrates the arts and medicine to inspire healthcare providers to deliver more empathetic and effective patient care.

Our History

Articine was co-founded in New Hampshire in 2020 by two performing artists and one physician, and is proud to be an LGBTQ- and woman-led company. Articine integrates the arts and medicine to inspire healthcare professionals to deliver more empathetic and effective patient care to all. Our powerful theatrical performances coupled with professional development workshops targeting the healthcare workforce have garnered national attention and awards, and have reached over 3500 healthcare professionals across the country. Articine is one of only a handful of performing arts-based healthcare training nonprofits in the United States that offers Continuing Medical Education credits.

Our Founders

BOBBY KELLY (he/him), MD, MPH, FAAFP - Clinical Advisor & Director of Education

Bobby is a triple-boarded physician (Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine & Addiction Medicine) who has worked in primary care, physician leadership and public health in New England over the last decade. After completing medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia where he received the Academy of Family Physicians award, he trained at the NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency at Concord Hospital. Dr. Kelly completed his Leadership Preventive Medicine fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and received his MPH degree at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He is currently Medical Director of Addictions Treatment Services at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Massachusetts. Additionally, he is a local content expert in Addiction Medicine and LGBTQ+ Health, as well as a hospitalist in the NH Seacoast area where he was named a 2024 NH Healthcare Hero and received the 2019 Exemplary Community Service award from Exeter Hospital. In all of his endeavors, Dr. Kelly is passionate about creative collaboration opportunities.

AMANDA WHITWORTH (she/her), ME.D - Associate Artistic Director

Amanda Whitworth is a cofounder of Articine and a teaching artist with an M.Ed in Integrated Arts Education who leads and consults on interdisciplinary projects across sectors. She served as the 8th NH Artist Laureate as confirmed by the Governor’s Executive Council and now serves as an Arts Councilor for the NH State Council on the Arts. She is an Associate Professor of Practice at Plymouth State University dedicated to the Habits of Mind Experience Program that serves all students. In her teaching and service Amanda has integrated interdisciplinary thinking and collaborative performance into curriculum and spearheaded networks of growth, service and advocacy across New England through innovative cross-sector partnerships. Named one of NH Union Leader’s “40 Under 40” in 2019, and awarded a Vermiel Medal from the Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters in Paris, France, Amanda assumes the alias of Lead with Arts, working as a performer of dance and physical theatre nationally and internationally. She also collaborates on experimental, design-forward works of moving sculpture with Unrestrained Gesture. www.leadwitharts.com #unrestrainedgesture

C. ROBIN MARCOTTE (he/him), MFA - Producing Artistic Director

Robin is an international award-winning physical theater artist and educator. He is an Associate Professor of Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Robin has served as the Executive and Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Hotel Obligado Physical Theatre Company and was a company member of Mum Puppettheatre, both located in Philadelphia. In his 20 years of working in the professional world, he has toured nationally and internationally, performing, teaching and creating works of theatre. Robin has formal training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction from UMass Medical School and is a certified Standardized Patient Educator. He holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College and is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

http://www.robinmarcotte.com/

Our Board

Patsy Collins Bandes (she/her), President

Abigail Childs, MD, MBA (she/her), Treasurer

Abigail Childs, MD, MBA (she/her), VP, Treasurer

Katherine Cox, MSW (she/her), Secretary

Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH (he/him) Officer

Mary Talen, PhD (she/her), Officer

Company Members

Ori Harris
(he/him)

Janelle Abbott Staley
(she/her)

Clients & Partners

CLIENTS, PARTNERS, & ENGAGEMENTS

American Academy of Family Physicians - Physician Health & Well-being Conference, Palm Springs, CA
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association Conference 2023, Phoenix, AZ
Concord Hospital, Concord, NH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency, Lebanon, NH
Exeter Health Resources – LGBTQ Health Symposium 2020, Exeter, NH
Exeter Health Resources – Wellbeing Series, Exeter, NH
Exeter Hospital Nursing Symposium, Exeter, NH
GoodWork Seacoast, Portsmouth, NH
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, Portsmouth, NH
Museum of the White Mountains, Plymouth, NH

NH Academy of Family Physicians Annual Conference, Whitefield, NH
NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, Concord, NH
NH Medical Society Annual Scientific Conference, Portsmouth, NH
NH State Council on the Arts, Arts in Education Conference, Dover, NH
Northern New England Healthcare Executives Annual Conference, Portland, ME
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, NH
Senior Helpers, Stratham, NH
Through It Together, Southern NH/Northern MA

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