EXPRESSING THE VOICE WITHIN
Images of Eating Disorders
Sponsored by The Renfrew Center Foundation
May 20, 2008 - June 16, 2008
Coral Springs Museum of Art
Lobby Gallery
Hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily
MEET THE ARTISTS COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7 -9 pm
Fundraising event to benefit patient treatment scholarships $25 Tax Deductible Donation For more information, please contact:
Karen Polin, BFA, ATR, Clinical Art Therapist
The Renfrew Center of Florida, at 954-698-9222 ext 2077
or email at kpolin@renfrewcenter.com
Click here for the symposium flier
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Michelle Weyant, Public Relations Coordinator,
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art to Host
An Art Therapy Symposium
The Creative/Expressive Arts Therapies in Pinellas County
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art will host The Creative/Expressive Arts Therapies in Pinellas County, an art therapy symposium, to be held on Saturday, April, 12, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Museum.
The cost is $15 for students and Museum members and $20 for the general public; deadline for registration is April 4, 2008.
The event will begin in the Museum Auditorium and will include a keynote address, professional presentations, and a panel discussion. Boxed lunches and beverages will be provided and are included in the admission price.
The keynote speaker, Dr. Myra F. Levick, a distinguished psychologist, art psychotherapist, and author, will present Art, Body, Mind and Health: Developing and Utilizing Successful Expressive Arts Therapies Programs. Dr. Levick coordinated the first graduate art therapy program leading to a Master’s degree in 1967 at Hahnemann University, now Drexel University, and she continues to contribute to the research and practice of art therapies.
Lin Carte, artist, art psychotherapist, and leader of the Museum’s youth art therapy program, ArtHaven, will present Signs of Life, Signs of Hope: The Reflection of the Visual Arts Therapies for Teenagers at-Risk.
Grace-Anne Alfiero, executive director and Jenny Baxley Lee, assistant director, Creative Clay, Inc., will lead Making the Arts Accessible for All, a didactic and interactive program.
Julie Rowe, director of education, American Stage Theatre Company, will present Changing Lives Through Theatre, an outreach program serving Hospice of the Florida Suncoast patients, hearing-impaired children, and incarcerated teens.
Steve Turner, drum circle facilitator, Giving Tree Music, will perform Community Drum Circles for Human Empowerment, an interactive and cohesive musical program.
The community is invited to participate in this hands-on opportunity designed to facilitate the act of creating for therapeutic healing. Anyone interested in the expressive arts – art therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music therapy – is encouraged to attend.
For further information or to register, contact Education Coordinator Patti Buster at (727) 712-5226 or buster.patti@spcollege.edu
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is located just west of U.S. Highway 19 at 600 Klosterman Road, on the Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, with extended hours until 9 p.m. on Thursday.
Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free to children and students with ID. Sunday admission is free and docent tours are offered at 2 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays and major holidays. Please call ahead for information or directions (727) 712-5762
This project is funded in part by the Pinellas County Commission through the Cultural Development Grants Program of the Cultural Affairs Department.
Public Relations
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art
727.712.5762