UT Southwestern Medical Center

On My Own Time is a corporate arts competition offering employees and their families a unique opportunity to showcase their literary and visual arts talents.

UT Southwestern, one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution’s faculty includes many distinguished members, including six who have been awarded Nobel Prizes since 1985. The faculty of more than 2,800 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide medical care in about 80 specialties to more than 105,000 hospitalized patients, nearly 370,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits a year.


Visual Arts


Literary Arts

The Cost – Robert Pendry

Waiting for the Stars – April Ju

Arranging Hope – April Ju

Worth – Adan (Adam) Mora

White Coat – Joshua Liao

Palpable – Joshua Liao

Space – Joshua Liao

Nopalitos – Lidia Ortiz

Victory – Mercy Alexander

He Heard You – Mercy Alexander

Nurse: A Special Person – Mercy Alexander

Do Everything – Adan (Adam) Mora

Resurrection of the Public Universal Friend – Jennifer Wang

Otsukimi – Jennifer Wang

My Mind – Jennifer Cardin

Outast – Jennifer Wang

Echoes of the Universe – Tracy Haas

Doctor’s Visit – Yuri Rapp

Whorls of You – Jasmine Paden

In Many Forms, I AM Me! – Jasmine Paden

A Marathon Below – Benjamin Popokh

How will I find you – David Doucette

Please Die in the Sun – Benjamin Popokh

[NOON MEAL.] – Benjamin Popokh

I’m thinking, I think, I thought – Benjamin Popokh

Our Memory – Benjamin Popokh

The Rest Stop – Benjamin Popokh

Face in the Clouds – Benjamin Popokh

Dual-Pathway Training Model – Benjamin Popokh

Understanding the Language of Measles: A Historical and Medical Perspective – Benjamin Popokh

From Cowboy-Astronaut-Rockstar to Family Medicine – Benjamin Popokh

Dust – Benjamin Popokh

Life’s Breath – Benjamin Popokh

To Rise – Benjamin Popokh

The Dragon’s Curse – Benjamin Popokh

Stoplights – Adam Itani

Beginnings and Ends – Adam Itani

Cacophony to Symphony – Anthony de Leon

Echo of the Bell – Aditi Manjrekar

listening – Tina Wilkonson

Beautiful Torture – Kimberly A Pikschus

City Whisper – Aditi Manjrekar

The End – Aditi Manjrekar