Art Therapy Beyond Borders
9th Annual Conference

Co-sponsored by the Art Therapy Programs at Caldwell College & the New Jersey Art Therapy Association

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Caldwell College • Caldwell, NJ

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Doris Arrington, Ed.D., ATR-BC
Dr. Arrington is the founding Chair and Professor Emeritus of the Art Therapy Psychology Department at Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA. and author of Home Is Where The Art Is: An Art Therapy Approach to Family Therapy, and Art, Angst & Trauma. Dr. Arrington, a Fulbright Senior Specialist, has trained caregivers, counselors, pastors, and physicians in China, Ethiopia, Poland, So. Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the Ukraine to work with disabled, difficult, and traumatized clients.

Approval pending for 6.5 CECs from the American Art Therapy Association, an approved provider for the NBCC.

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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Alumni Theatre

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION and COFFEE SERVICE

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. WELCOME

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Doris Arrington, Ed.D., ATR-BC
Women for Women: Art Therapy Interventions with Globally Marginalized Females
Today, 66 million girls do not have access to community education, thus increasing poverty, disease, maternal mortality, child marriage, domestic violence, mass rapes, genital mutilation, honor killings, prostitution, and slave trafficking. Countries that nurture terrorists are disproportional to those where women are marginalized. This presentation will address the oppression of women and girls in the developing world and how art therapists can become part of the solution. Dr. Arrington's international work has taken her to the Ukraine, Poland, China, Tibet, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, Ireland and Ethiopia.

10:15 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. MORNING PLENARY
Laura Loumeau-May, ATR-BC
Megu Kitazawa, ATR-BC
Saadia Parvez, ATR-BC
Janina Diaz Solari, ATR-BC
Heather Williams, ATR-BC
Cultural Diversity & Art Therapy Identity
This panel, composed of culturally diverse art therapists, will explore how cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender identity informs and enriches their practice, and how it interfaces with their choice of art therapy as a career

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MORNING PRESENTATIONS
1. Forgiveness: A Healing Tool
Doris Arrington, EdD, ATR-BC
To err is human, to forgive is divine…everyone has struggled with a hurt inflicted by another. Participants will have opportunity to look at global questions of forgiveness, the definition & neurobiology of forgiveness, how it works, and three principles of practical forgiveness. Participants will briefly explore Luskin's theoretical model of forgiveness, HEAL and Arrington's additions. Experiential.

2. Presenting Your Art Therapy Best
Mary Ellen McAlevey, ATR-BC
Ever read an art therapy conference brochure and think, "same old, same old"? It's time to do something about it by submitting a proposal for an art therapy conference yourself. Preparing a proposal might seem daunting, but the benefits of presenting are numerous. This presentation will delineate the points that potential presenters need to follow in order to have a conference proposal accepted and for the proposal to comply with Continuing Education Credit (CEC) guidelines.

3. The Art Therapist's Legal Duty to Protect Third Parties
Shannon McGinn, JD, ATR-BC
The 30-year-old legal conflict between the duty of confidentiality and the duty of disclosure will be explored from the art therapist's perspective. Although law varies by state, key elements that trigger these duties will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on whether artistic expression, alone, can forecast a threat of danger serious enough to trigger the art therapist's duty to protect a third party. In addition to her work as a lawyer, this presenter remains interested in researching the unique intersection between the divergent fields of Art Therapy and Law.

4. Yoga & Art Therapy
Johanna Rosenfield, ATR-BC
The Physical and mental space created in Yoga is reminiscent of the "transitional space" of Winnciott and and the container offered by the art process itself. Goals are to introduce simple ways to reduce stress, increase breath and body awarness and to relate Yoga exercises and concepts to those found in Art Therapy. Exercises are simple and do not require great physical effort. Participants should dress comfortably

5. Contemporary Art for the Art Therapist:
Revisiting Concepts, Media & Practices
Michael Ryan Noble, MAAT
In what ways can contemporary art be therapeutic? How can an art therapist merge contemporary art into their therapeutic practice? This presentation will examine the interface of art therapy with contemporary art and explore the mutual benefits of art therapy with current fine art practices.

1:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS*

6. Puppets in Charge
Bonnie Berkowitz, ATR-BC
In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore simple puppet making dialogue/script writing, and experience small ensemble groups designed to tell personal stories of conflict and resolution through the metaphor of puppetry. (Participants please bring scissors, masking tape/duct tape miscellaneous scraps of fabrics/yarn/string, a black shirt for rehearsal, an instrumental piece of music either on CD or IPOD).

7. Mandala Assessment: Kellogg's Archetypal Approach
Laura Loumeau-May, ATR-BC
This workshop will introduce Joan Kellogg's MARI© theory and card test, specifically the "Archetypal Stages of the Great Round of Mandala." Cross cultural examples of Mandalas, as well as client work will illustrate psychological and spiritual dimensions of the stages described by Kellogg.

8. Power in Powerlessness
Allison Miskulin, ATR-BC
We will explore the madness of the addiction in the substance abuser as they create, destroy, deny and finally accept their artwork as reflections of themselves. Emergence from the fog brought on by substance abuse requires a witness and holding environment. Through dialogue and art experiential, participants are given a closer view of the trials specific to those in early recovery including the necessities of surrender, powerlessness and willingness combined with the use of the 12-step program. *Each of the afternoon workshops may require an additional $5. materials fee, payable to presenter.

9. You're Wildly Creative! Groups on the Move
Jennifer August, ATR
In this fast-paced, hands-on experiential, participants will solve an Original "Wildly Creative!" Team Challenge, building artifacts from unusual supplied objects that move the solution forward. After the Team's/Teams' "Wildly Creative!" Showcase Performance(s), we will consider the particular advantages Art Therapists offer in the Essentials of Creativity and Change.

*Each of the afternoon workshops may require an additional $5. materials fee, payable to presenter.

SPECIAL EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

• Buffet Lunch (free with registration)
• Caldwell College Bookstore
• Book Signing with Doris Arrington
• Poster Sessions
• New Comers Welcome Table
• Student Art Market

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

• To charge art therapists with the responsibility to bring services to communities and populations within all settings
• To challenge art therapists to experiment with various media and new therapeutic approaches
• To inspire art therapists to partner with agencies and providers in order to enhance the lives of those that seek solace in the curative factors of art