Creativity & Expression: The Healing Power of the Arts in Healthcare

June 4, 2010 ~ 9:00am - 5:00pm
Marran Theater, Main/Quad Campus, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Conference Description

Lesley University and Whittier Street Health Center will host a regional conference to increase awareness of the use of the arts in healthcare. This one-day conference will highlight best practices and research on creativity, arts and healthcare that have emerged over the past 25 years.

The clinical applications of dance, drama, art, poetry, writing, music and expressive arts therapy is used in the care of patients at hospitals, community health centers, community programs, nursing homes, and numerous other health settings. The arts are also used to educate wider communities about the risk, prevention, and care for wide ranging public health, environmental, and medical issues including: obesity, asthma, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancer, heart disease, and violence as a health epidemic. Personal expression through creativity and the arts has the potential to access a body, mind, spirit continuum and has proven to be helpful in the process of healing and recovery.

The 'Creativity & Expression' conference is intended for a wide range of professionals interested in the arts and healthcare and the relationship between the two.

**6 LMHC CEU's are available for this conference.

Conference Schedule

Presenters:

• Daniela Aguilar Felix, Arts Therapists, Whittier Street Health Center
• Shikha Anand, Pediatric Director, Founder and Director of Healthy Weight Clinic / Race Around Roxbury, Whittier Street Health Center
• John Auerbach, Commissioner, MA Department of Public Health
• Sean Caulfield, Creative Director, ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimer's®
• Paula Conrad, Co-Executive Director, Express Yourself
• Katherine Domoto, Consultant, Tewksbury Hospital
• Joan Drescher, Founder of Moon Balloon Project Arts, Artist in Resident, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
• Evelyn Francis, Education Director, The Theater Offensive, Boston Youth Arts Evaluation Project
• Edwina Howard, Arts Therapist, Whittier Street Health Center
• Ilanga, Artistic Director, BalletRox
• Robert Macy, Founder and Director of International Center for Disaster Resilience-Boston, Founder and Executive Director of The Boston Children's Foundation
• Martha McKenna, Provost, Lesley University
• Judy Rollins, President, Rollins & Associates, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Vivien Marcow Speiser, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, Lesley University
• Stan Strickland, Co-Executive Director, Express Yourself
• Anita Walker, Executive Director, Massachusetts Cultural Council
• Anthony Williams, Founder & Artistic Director, BalletRox
• Frederica Williams, President and CEO, Whittier Street Health Center
• Lisa M. Wong, President, Longwood Symphony Orchestra
• Gail Zarren, Project Director, Young Audiences of MA

To Register

COST:
$45 standard fee ($55 if postmarked after May 15)
$35 for Lesley students, alumni and faculty ($45 if postmarked after May 15)
Note: Cost includes lunch.

CEU's:
6 LHMC CEU's are available for this conference for an additional $25 (will be collected the day of the conference)

To register, please download and complete the registration form [.pdf] or email kfrothin@lesley.edu to have one sent via mail.

If paying by credit card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa), please mail or email the completed registration form to kfrothin@lesley.edu and call Kate at 617.349.8320 to complete credit card authorization process over the phone. Please have your card ready. A registration is not complete until after this credit card authorization process.

If paying by check, please mail completed registration form with enclosed check (made out to Lesley University) to:

• Kate Frothingham
  Lesley University, GSASS Continuing Education
  29 Everett St.
  Cambridge, MA 02138

Sorry, we do not accept cash payments.

For more information, please e-mail Kate at kfrothin@lesley.edu or call 617.349.8320. Thank you!