The Knee Center for Strong Families at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work is honored to host The Arts and Social Practice Symposium on March 7, 2015. The purpose of this event is to bring together service providers, community leaders, artists, faculty and students for a day of interactive discourse regarding the importance of arts engagement in social services and communities. The symposium will present social work and the arts from clinical, cultural and community perspectives, and provide participants with opportunities to learn about the integration of the arts within practice and community settings.
Keynote Speaker
Norman Hammon, MSW
Falling in Among Artists... A Tale of Social Work
Speaker Roster:
Chandra Boyd, Joshua Lunsford and Molly O'Connor,
Oklahoma Arts Council
We're Here to Serve: Your Oklahoma Arts Council
David McLeod, PhD, MSW,
Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work
Neuroscience Meets Education: Exploring the Use of Fine Art to Facilitate Higher Order Learning
Gregory Jerome - Elemental Hip Hop
Johann Kimbro, Shawn Dawson and Jackie Ledbetter - Bring Back the Music
Building Avenues for Arts Access for At-Risk Youth
Danny Cavett, Ashley Simpson and Kay Tangner - Cavett Kids Foundation
The Value of Art Engagement for Children Battling Life-Threatening Illness
Nathan Lee - Inclusion in Art
Strong Communities and Identities through the Arts
Joan Phillips, PhD, LMFT, LPC, ATR-BC, ATCS - Art Therapy Center
Kim Woods and Meghan Mueller - The Homeless Alliance
Kiona Millirons- fresh stART Teaching Artist
The fresh stART Studio: Empowering Artists Experiencing Homelessness
Hepi Wachter - OU College of Architecture
Healthy Aging: Creativity Matters
Julia Jernigan - NAMI
Ted Streuli - The Colby Foundation
Open Minds
Rachel Jackson - OU Writing Center
Survivors in Motion: Digital Storytelling and Reflective Writing for Tornado Recovery
Renee Boone - Alma Music Center
Jane Lawson - Firehouse Art Center
Art Across the Ages
Guests are invited to tour the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at 3:00
Registration limited to first 100 guests
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