Announcements

updated November 2008

PATA Holiday Event

Potomac Art Therapy Association and The George Washington University
Present a
PATA Holiday Event
December 7th, 2008
3:00pm – 5:00pm*

The George Washington University Education Center
925 Ballenger Ave.
Alexandria, Virginia

Located in the Carlyle neighborhood near the King Street Metro
To map GW's new location enter this address into your search:
413 John Carlyle Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

The Art of Happiness:Positive Psychology and Art Therapy
with
Gioia Chilton, MA, ATR-BC
and
Rebecca Wilkinson, MA-ATR-BC

What makes people happier? What is happiness anyway?

And how do creative endeavors contribute to happiness?

These questions will be explored through a mini introduction to Positive Psychology, the science of happiness. Positive psychology seeks to help us identify and build upon character strengths as tools to increase satisfaction, meaning, and engagement in life. We will explore the connection between Positive Psychology and the arts and define strategies for using creative endeavors to increase engagement, mastery, and flow. GW graduate students who recently completed the advanced issue course on the topic will share about their experience performing "Secret Good Deeds," daily practice of keeping a gratitude journal, and applying positively oriented art therapy themes and directives.

Objective 1) Attendees will be able to list two characteristics of Positive Psychology.

Objective 2) Attendees will be able to list three strategies for implementing positive art therapy approaches into their practice.

Immediately following we will have a fun networking/socializing time and opportunity for art-making in GW's open art studio. Please bring some favorite art supplies or materials to share with others during the event. We will also recognize our PATA scholarship winners at this event-don't miss it!

This event is free to PATA members and open to the public
guests please donate $5 at the door.

GWU Art Therapy Program Annual Conference Reception

Dear Art Therapy Alumni, Students, Faculty and Supervisors,

Are you traveling to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2008 AATA Conference? If so, please join the George Washington University Art Therapy Program for our annual conference get-together/reception. Alumni will have the opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, faculty, current students and the department. This year’s event will be extra special, as we are celebrating many new aspects of the GW Art Therapy Program.

Thursday, November 20
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Holden Room
24 Public Square
Cleveland, OH

This event is free for all GW Art Therapy alumni, students, faculty and supervisors. Please register by Friday, November 14 so we can get a headcount.

Mandala Series at Smith Farm Center

Using Mandalas for Meditation and Healing
Tuesday, January 6, 2008 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, January 13, 2008 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, January 20, 2008 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.483.8600

$70 for all three session/$25 /each
(2 CEC's available for each session/$10 administrative fee*)

Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning circle. Mandalas have traditionally been associated with spiritual practice and self- exploration. They are manifest universally across cultures in symbolic representation of the universe and the self. The practice of creating mandalas and meditating upon mandala imagery is found in diverse spiritual and religious practices. It has been used to help focus attention, to clear the mind, to access deeper levels of consciousness, to attain spiritual connection and knowledge, and to work towards wholeness and integration. Designed both for anyone affected by illness and for caregivers to bring an increased sense of grounding and balance in our personal lives, this workshop aims to heighten access to creativity, connection and empowerment in our relationships with ourselves and others.

Previous art experience is not needed in order to benefit from this arts, healing, and creativity program—these workshops are designed for all ranges of artistic experience--you need not consider yourself an "artist" to attend.

To Register Please contact Darien Reece
Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U St. NW | Washington, DC 20009
202-483-8600 or email

VATA's Tidewater Area Mixer

Virginia Art Therapy Association's Tidewater Area Pre-Conference Mixer
Location:
Walls Fine Art Gallery
Monticello Arcade
204 East Plume Street
Norfolk, VA 23510 US

When:
Saturday, November 15, 3:00PM
Phone: 804-632-8696

To RSVP, please drop a line to above number or email

Dear Art Therapists:
Help kick off the AATA Annual Conference with a local event. Come network and mingle while you enjoy art and refreshments. Get to know who is who,who does what and who works where. The mixer is open to all art therapists in Virginia and students of the field. Please feel free to invite other expressive therapists that you know as well!

Art at the Center

We have just posted our schedule for December workshops and winter classes.

Also, check out our new blog. We welcome feedback from parents about the articles and other topics you would like to see related to doing art with kids.

Thank you,
Kathryn and Teresa
Art at the Center

Chakra Workshop, Charlottesville

Round Oaks Creative Center
presents with
Phyllis Frame, M.A., ATR & Karen Montgomery, M.S. AT:

*THE CHAKRA SYSTEM and SELF-HEALING*
A Multi-level approach

*PLACE: Round Oaks Creative Center*
*1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA*
*Phone: 434-973-7543 email

**DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2009*
TIME: 9-5 pm**e Stages in the Great Round

*COST: $135 includes *
*art materials and printed material*
*There is a $50 non-returnable deposit .*

*A certificate of completion will be awarded and CEU's are available for additional cost of $25.*

*INSTRUCTORS:
**Phyllis Frame* is the founder & director of the Round Oaks Creative Center, and is a registered art therapist, having practiced in Charlottesville, VA for over 20 years. She was a founding board member of the Association of Mandala Teachers, now inactive, has given mandala and art therapy workshops at many conferences, and is a published author in numerous professional journals. g *Karen Montgomery *is a practicing art therapist at North Spring Behavioral Healthcare in Leesburg, VA. She is certified in MARI Mandala Assessment, a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, and has facilitated myriad workshops on the healing powers of mandalas, labyrinths, and chakras.

*DESCRIPTION:*
*This workshop presents an in depth view of the 7 chakra energy centers in the body, coupled with experiential activities. It will reveal their importance in the healing of not only the body, but of the mind and spirit. This information is important to the person working with others as it brings together and adds a greater depth of understanding to the importance of an open chakra system to our mental, physical, and spiritual health. Many will be interested in this workshop for their own growth, as well. We will experience the chakras through many lenses and experiential activities such as sound (toning), guided imagery and visualization, drawing, and poetry. Each chakra is associated to a part of the body, a color, energy, archetype, and emotions. A power point presentation of mandalas reflecting the chakra energies as seen in Joan Kellogg's theory of the Stages in the Great Round of the Mandala will be shown.*

Reservations, directions, and housing information will be sent upon receipt of your $50 non-refundable deposit.

Please mail to Phyllis Frame, 1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA 22901.

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Roommate wanted for AATA Conference

Art therapist on a very tight budget needs roommate(s) in order to attend the AATA conference. Interested in reserving a room either at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel or a less expensive local alternative. I hope to be there Wednesday-Saturday nights. Please email Susan Cummins

Call for Entries-Takoma Park Trashy Art Contest-October 18th

Befitting its reputation as both a model of recycling and an artistic enclave in the DC area, Takoma Park is proud to launch a new art movement- the School of Trash-Can Art.

This art contest is sponsored by the City of Takoma Park and the Takoma Park Arts and Humanities Commission. Anyone is eligible to submit an original 2 or 3 dimensional work of art made of 100 percent trash or recyclable materials. Works are to be delivered to the Takoma Park Community Center (7500 Maple Avenue) no later than 11 AM on Saturday, October 18.

The "Trashy Art" will be on display throughout the day as a part of the Commission's Arts and Humanities Day celebration on October 18. Awards will be presented by a panel of distinguished judges (TBA) and by popular vote at 2 PM.

Residents are encouraged to hold back on your recycling and start creating.

This is your opportunity to make a unique artistic and environmentally sustainable statement.

For more information, please contact the Arts and Humanities Commission at 301-891-7224, by email.

DC Celebrates National Community Planning Month With a Photography Competition

This competition is open to all residents of the District. It begins on October 1 and will end October 31. The winning entry will be announced in December.

Upcoming Conference October 25, 2008
9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

The Washington School of Psychiatry *presents*
Clinical Conference: The Impact of Race and Socio-Economic Status on the Lives of Our Clients and on the Therapeutic Dyad*

more details listed in PATA blog

Sponsored by
The Washington School of Psychiatry,
The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing,
Howard University Department of Psychiatry,
and chaired by Bruce Sklarew, MD

*CE/CME AWARD* – 6
*Fee *- $ 180 **
$ 70 for clinicians working in public service agencies
$ 25 for graduate students with ID

*CONTINUING EDUCATION*

The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School maintains responsibility for the program.

The School is approved by the Social Work Board of the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers.

The School is approved by the Medical Society of Maryland (MEDCHI) for continuing education for psychiatrists.

*TO REGISTER***

Please call the School at 202-237-2700 to register.
You can also use the conference registration form to register for this conference by faxing it to WSP at 202-237-2730,
or
mail the form to:
Washington School of Psychiatry,
5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 400,
Washington, DC 20016.

Conference Playing with the Tiger: Using Play Therapy to Address Trauma and Loss, November 1
registration due October 24

Playing with the Tiger: Using Play Therapy Interventions to Address Trauma and Loss"
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
9:00am-1:00pm
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
4805 Edgemoor Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814

Whether your therapeutic setting is an outpatient clinic, school, private practice office, hospital or community based program, more and more it is becoming evident that many of the young people we serve are experiencing trauma. This workshop will explain the interconnectedness of trauma, attachment and loss and how play therapists can better recognize and address these issues within treatment.

Death, abandonment, divorce, incarcerated caregivers, abuse, foster care, witness to violence; all are reasons why children need effective treatment. This workshop will explore a variety of play therapy interventions that can help children recover from traumatic experiences.

Conference Objectives:
1)Participants will learn 3 principles of play therapy that relate to treating trauma, attachment and loss.
2) Participants will understand how trauma, attachment and loss interrelate in the play therapy setting.
3) Participants will learn 5 play therapy interventions that address trauma, attachment and loss.

The Presenter:
Stephanie Handel, MSW is a child and family grief therapist at the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing. She has facilitated therapy groups for children affected by homicide as well as teens who have experienced traumatic death. Stephanie is the Coordinator and member of the Wendt Center's RECOVER team, which provides early intervention bereavement support and crisis intervention at the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.Stephanie serves as the Director of Camp Forget-Me-Not, the Wendt Center's 3day grief camp for children and teens who experienced a death related loss. She was a mental health first responder for the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina. Stephanie has been actively involved with research initiatives with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network focusing on correlates and prevalence of Child traumatic grief. She has presented, trained and published on topics of HIV/AIDS, children, crisis response, traumatic death, 9/11, play therapy, trauma, grief, loss and alternative interventions. She has served on the Board of the DC/MD Chapter of the Play Therapy Association, is an American Red Cross Mental Health Responder and volunteers as a Grief group facilitator for Camp Wabanaki- a hospice based grief camp for adults. Stephanie is a contributor to the recently published "Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children."

9:00-9:15: Registration and Coffee
9:15-9:30: Welcome and Introduction
9:30-10:45: Stephanie Handel, MSW
10:45-11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:45: Stephanie Handel
12:45-1:00 Evaluations, Networking and Purchases

Note: There will be no meals provided at this workshop. However, there are plenty of restaurants in thesurrounding area. Please consider sharing a meal with your colleagues following the presentation.

FEE:
$65 non-members
$50 APT members--American Play Therapy Association
$30Students
$40 Group Rate (3 or more people from the same org/agency)
Make check payable to: MD/DC APT
(Fee includes 3 CE credits)

Please print or type:
Name, Degree/Title:
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Address:
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City, State, Zip:
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Business/Employer/University:
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Business Phone:
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Home Phone:
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Fax/Email:
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Special Accommodations Needed:
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Discipline CE credits Needed for:
Psychology
Social Work
Counselor
Play Therapy

REGISTRATIONS DUE BY OCT. 24th 2008

Send form to:
NICOLE ANSELONA
Wendt Center for Loss and Healing
4201 Conn. Ave NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008
Fax: 202-624-0062

For more info send an email

DCARTS International Grant Program, November

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce a new grant program, DCARTS International, which will offer support for D.C. art's organizations traveling abroad. Please see the attached guidelines. Please note the guidelines will not be available online until October 15, 2008. For more information contact the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities at (202) 724-5613.

Deadline: November 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

A letter of intent is required by close of business, Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Please submit to the attention of DCCAH, DCARTS International, 1371 Harvard Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009.

About this Program

DCARTS International is an inaugural grant program offering support for District of Columbia arts organizations to travel abroad to participate in cultural festivals, exhibitions, touring programs and other opportunities to share their talents. The DC Arts Commission recognizes the important role cultural communication plays in increasing international understanding. This program aims to cultivate the globalization of Washington's rich tradition of diverse cultural expression and support for highly accomplished artistic talent.

What does this grant fund?

DCARTS International offers funds ranging between $3,000 and $20,000 dollars for District of Columbia arts organizations to travel and tour abroad. This program is intended for District arts organizations to build viable arts experiences with other cultures and to strengthen global creative exchanges with international artists and arts organizations. As a requirement of the grant award, grantees must plan to share their cultural experience with District residents through a presentation, exhibition or workshop upon their return to the District.

Shyree Mezick
Executive Assistant
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

Art and Alzheimers article

news article from the Boston Globe

US News & World Report Article

The Fine Art of Healing the Sick

Art Therapy in the News

Art Therapy Bookstore

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Salary Information & Salary Survey

A brief anonymous survey and compilation of healthcare worker salaries

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