The Art of Perceiving

Anne Willieme, multimedia artist and creator of The School of Seeing, combines artistic insight and structured practice to help people see more, differently, and broadly.

Willieme brings to The School of Seeing over 25 years of experience as a visual artist, art lecturer, collaborator with leading American museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, designer of innovative educational programs, and passionate creator of art, perception, and learning synergies.

For over a decade, she also led ArtMed inSight, an organization dedicated to providing medical students, physicians, and healthcare practitioners with pioneering perceptual-art training programs to help them strengthen their visual diagnostic and communications skills. In this context, her seminars, based on her proprietary The Art of Seeing methodology have been the subject of research studies, have been offered at institutions such as Columbia University Medical Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Massachusetts General Hospital, among many others.

A frequent speaker on art and perception as well as art and medical education, she has presented and participated in conferences both in the U.S. and abroad.

Willieme writes on art and health as well as art and sensory perception. Her articles have appeared in publications such as Alive as well as Spirituality and Health Magazines.

Her independent art practice explores perception through immersive, interactive experiences—informing the school’s philosophy while remaining a distinct, experiential space for exploration. Willieme works with diverse art forms including choreography, photography, printing, painting, and installation. Her exhibition and art installations have been shown in galleries and public spaces in major cities in both the U.S. and Europe. She is currently based in Washington DC and New York City.