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MARCH 2013 News 200 S. Washington Blvd. Suite 1 Sarasota FL 34236 Towles Court Pavilion (941) 366-9595 www.expressiveartsflorida.com institute@expressiveartsflorida.com Creative Partners and Core Faculty Victoria Domenichello-Anderson, MA, Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator Elizabeth Bornstein, MSSA, LCSW Tamara Teeter Knapp, BA, Certified K-12 Teacher Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator 
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Hello Expressive Arts Friends!   In a workshop recently, following a brief guided meditation, a quick art process, and a a few phrases of writing, a participant exclaimed -
"That was incredible; I have a whole new perspective on my life!!" She was amazed that the entire process had taken just 20 minutes! "After spending a few minutes in spontaneous movement, I was able to return to my work project with increased clarity and efficiency." Five minutes well spent!
These are a couple of small examples of the power and efficiency of expressive arts.
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time".....Thomas Merton Let this 4-minute music video from Playing for Change inspire and renew you! | | A Better Place |
Thank you... *to the Coalition for Arts and Health, for inviting us to present at the recent Community Meeting at the Center for Building Hope. We loved the opportunity, and we are grateful for everyone who participated in the event. *to Marta Davidovich and the Florida Creativity Weekend for inviting us to facilitate a collaborative Flower of Life. *to all of you who have participated in our workshops, classes, and events.
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ART AS A HEALING PRACTICE
Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator 
Art as a Healing Practice is an expressive arts process that embraces the positive power of creative work/play to change lives. Each session is a gentle and powerful blend of guided meditation, visual art, writing and sharing/witnessing,
Friday mornings 9 am - noon
March 29, April 5 April 26
$40 per session
These will be the last in-person sessions in Florida until the fall.
Watch for online options during the summer months.
"Whether or not you have worked with me before, there is an option for you! I love facilitating this process as I hold the space for you to dive in to your own creativity and allow its light and healing to permeate your life. This work has changed my life, and I am deeply honored each time some one trusts me as a guide on their unique sacred creative journey." Kathleen
If you would like to explore your creativity and healing in a guided, accepting, safe, format, and be a part of a small sharing circle, this may be for you!
Individual sessions, in person or via Skype, are also available.
 CEU's and EAFI elective credit available for most Art as a Healing Practice offerings.
Additional fees apply.
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS  
1-Day Training Modules
for Mental Health TherapistsKathleen Horne, MA, LMHC Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator
Elizabeth Bornstein, MS, MSSA, Certificate in Art and Healing
CEU's for LMHC, LCSW, LMHC
One-day trainings for mental health therapists and counselors. Each module is a self-contained and stand-alone combination of personal practice and professional applications. The morning is personal practice; the afternoon is professional applications. Add some basic Expressive Arts skills to your work with clients Earn CEU's (6 per module) EAFI elective credit available $125 per training; ($105 without CEU's) Last one until Fall...
MANDALAS  Friday March 22 9-4:30 Objective: Learn how to use mandalas to facilitate centering, grounding, wholeness, integration. Morning session: Each participant creates their own personal mandala, in response to a meditation on centering. Afternoon session: Topics included are: *history of the mandala *Carl Jung and the mandala *introducing mandala making as part of the therapy process *when to use and when not to *role plays *Q and A Back to top |
We are excited to present a
TOUCH DRAWING STUDIO WORKSHOP
Monday April 15
Noon - 4:30 pm
$65
Facilitated by: Expressive Arts Florida Faculty
Join us for an inspiring afternoon -
Take time to explore the possibilities of this wonderful process!
Through Touch Drawing, artists of any level, including absolute beginners, can experience inner authentic imagery coming alive on the page.
We will have the studio open and set up for both Touch Drawing
and also for mounting and developing your drawings.
You may dive deeply in to the process, or you may bring finished drawings
to mount and develop.
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Come and explore this simple yet profound process of "Touch Drawing", in which the fingers and hands take the place of pen or brush. Paper is placed over a piece of Plexiglas to which paint has been applied. Wherever the paper is touched, an imprint is made. Impulses from within take form on paper through the movement of the fingertips on the page. This intuitive, meditative process moves us deeply into ourselves, whether it is our first time or an ongoing practice.
If you have done Touch Drawing and would like to learn about how to turn a drawing into a "finished" piece, this workshop is also for you. We will have a room set up to teach the mounting and developing process. Adhere your Touch Drawing to canvas or watercolor paper and develop it with paint, collage, text, and more. Bring a few of your favorite touch drawings with you, and let us assist you in this further exploration. Deborah Koff-Chapin, with whom the instructors have studied, developed "Touch Drawing". See www.touchdrawing.com for more information. . Fee includes TD supplies and materials, including everything for basic mounting and developing EXCEPT canvas or watercolor paper.
Bring you own canvas or watercolor paper, or purchase from us. ($15 per canvas, approximately 16" x 20", $10 per full sheet wc paper.
or email us your intent to register and send a check to Expressive Arts Florida, 200 S. Washington Blvd., Suite 1, Sarasota, FL, 34236 EAFI elective credit available.
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INTERMODAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS INTENSIVE 
April 11-14
25 hours; Thursday-Sunday
An immersion into expressive arts. Engage the power of your own creative process for personal growth and change. Participate in a multi-modal flow of visual art, writing, movement, music, drama and more. Registration is open soon for both EAFI Certificate Students and stand-alone workshop participants. Email us for more information.
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ESSENTIAL EMBODIED ARTS - BUTOH
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Maureen Freehill, MFA, CYI
Monday April 22
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
The unique art of Butoh originated in Japan. It is based in authentic experience & revelation of the soul's landscape as it arises through body sensation, felt senses and the imagination. Butoh can enhance performance or therapy by developing a "body poetry" in which meaningful metaphors & images are directly accessed and embodied through movement & sometimes voice. As with much of Japanese traditional arts, these basic metaphors arise primarily from nature.
This day will be a nourishing, magical and gentle immersion in our own felt senses & aesthetic responses; especially those that arise when we contact the inspiring presence of natural world. We begin in the studio using evocative music & poetic imagery for the morning butoh lesson; then head out to enjoy the rich natural diversity of Selby Gardens for lunch & our afternoon session. Here we will identify & dialogue with significant plants, animals & elements of nature that can become life-long allies for ongoing creative process and healing. Participants will experience awakened attention, increased capacity for sensation & active imagination. This builds a sense of embodied connection & belonging in the natural world as well as confidence & freedom for full-bodied physical & vocal expression. Participants will leave with new & powerful tools for ongoing artistic practice & session work.
Participants will need to provide own transportation to Selby Gardens & pay additional admission fee if not members.
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Maureen Momo Freehill, MFA, CYI is an internationally recognized & sought after expert in the art of Butoh and a wide range of Embodied Arts practices including Asian Theater, Aerial Yoga, Embodied Voicework, Conscious Dance, Eco-Somatic Therapy & Sacred Geometry of the Body. She is an activist who brings together worlds of east & west; sustainability, science & performing arts. Maureen founded & now directs BUTOPIA: The Pacific NW Retreat Center for Embodied Arts in Nature and SOMA: Sanctuary Of Moving Arts on Whidbey Island in Washington State ( www.butopia.net). She created over 600 site-specific dance performance films, mostly based in nature, that can be viewed on line at www.dailydance.net.
Register online here.
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Expressive Arts Workshop
Cynthia Bydlinski & Muff Calderon
Thursday, May 16
6-9 pm
$40
Most of us have an intense desire to feel like we are being the best person we can be, that we are fulfilling our destiny and that our lives have purpose and meaning. At the heart of this desire is understanding and embracing who we are and what strengths we possess.
Being Your Own Village is a 3-hour expressive arts workshop designed to encourage you to maintain or regain power through your life's journey by celebrating your inner strengths.
You may know the old proverb, It takes a village to raise a child. Being Your Own Village honors the assistance and guidance you receive from others, however, listening to and following your own inner voice of intuition is an acknowledgment of your natural ability to steer the course of your life's direction.
By using multiple modalities of visual art, spontaneous writing, gentle movement and sound we will lead you inward to connect with your own source of wisdom, power and peace. After a guided meditation you will create a 3-d art piece, a headdress, that reflects and honors your personal inner strengths. We will end with a celebration of sharing with gentle movement, sound and music.
Join Cynthia and Muff in a safe space as you begin to lift the layers of your inner landscape to feel, see and listen to what is beneath. All levels of art experience are welcome, including beginners, working artists, and people who think they aren't creative. The atmosphere will be safe and accepting; no critiques or interpretations.
Art materials will be supplied. However, you may bring objects found in nature or in your home to be used in the construction of your headdress.
Register online here
Or send check to Expressive Arts Florida, 200 S. Washington Blvd. Suite 1, Sarasota, FL, 34236
Registration Deadline: Sunday, May 12, 2013
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PAINTING YOUR CREATIVE WILD  WEEKEND STUDIO RETREAT Victoria Domenichello-Anderson, MA Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator
This weekend's theme:
"SEEING JUST BEYOND the VIEW"
SATURDAY, May 18th 10am to 5pm SUNDAY, May 19th 10am to 2pm. $125.00 plus $25.00 supply fee  Tap into and unearth your playful yet wise creative "inner wild" as a way to engage and balance your full potential for wholeness and happiness. Work from your
Inner core to your
outer edge, journeying inward, then outward, using the
creative edge as a holding point for new awareness.
*how can I use images as a way to identify my inner wild?
*what place does it hold in my current life?
* how do I balance it all in a comfortable and positive way?
Go to the periphery of your creative edge, challenge your comfort zone, and see what comes next. Open up to those things that seem just beyond your reach, and explore them through the art process. Gain new awareness of yourself and your life path. Receive new insights into your inner and outer worlds and explore merging the two.  
Focusing on a specific intention, you will be led through a centering exercise,do some spontaneous writing, and move in to your painting exploration. Victoria will mentor you
along the way, both individually and in the group.
Large canvas and basic acrylic paints and brushes supplied). You are welcome to bring your own acrylics and brushes to supplement ours . Please email your registration intention.  To pay by check: mail to 200 S. Washington Blvd. Suite 1, Sarasota, Fl. 34236 By credit card online here. Payment must be received 7 days prior to start date to confirm attendance. Registration is limited to 8. 941-366-9595. EAFI elective credit available. In addition to the workshop, Victoria is offering individual mentoring to assist in processing your images and outcome via online Skype or in person. Fee: $40.00 per 60 minute session. Inquire by email. back to top
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INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ASSOCIATION (IEATA) NEWS:
Next week! Registration still open!
"Expressive Arts in the Winds of Change"
March 14-17, 2013
Berkeley, CA
We hope to see you there! We will be presenting a workshop entitled
IMAGINATION - Reshaping the World, and we will be taking the IMAGINE Project to the Conference! 
If you are not an IEATA Member or if your membership has expired, join or renew here:
Any questions, interested in becoming more active in your region or assuming the role of a Regional Coordinator?
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS COMMUNITY NETWORKING
Wednesday March 27; 6:30-8:30 pm
$10
Networking is a monthly event for practitioners and students of the expressive arts and related fields. Come and share what you are doing, get support, and experience a facilitated experience by a guest presenter.
Reservations required.
Details will be out soon about this month's guest facilitator!
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS FLORIDA INSTITUTE
Certificate Training Program
APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! New student entry in April, October, January 2013 - 2014 Course schedule April 11: Orientation April 11-14: Intermdodal Intensive April 18-21:Expressive Arts in the World
Expressive Arts Florida Institute is a two-level training program for those interested in pursuing the Expressive Arts as a professional path, whether integrating it into an existing career, or beginning a career in the expressive arts field.
An INTERMODAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM, Expressive Arts Florida Institute is grounded in a firm belief that an integrated arts approach is a powerful agent of change. Students will participate in visual art-making of various kinds, writing, poetry, music, movement, drama, and guided visualization. An emphasis will be on the power of following the natural creative flow from one arts modality to another.
The learning format is THREE WEEKEND INTENSIVE COURSES per calendar year, generally in January, April, and October in Sarasota, FL. Each weekend is 25 hours of class time. In addition, there is a one-day orientation program for new students.There are also elective credits, which students can often earn in their own community, online communication with an advisor, and a Practicum/Internship at the end of the second year. We offer flexibility for entry of new students; they may start the program with any of the Level 1 weekend intensives. Our goal is to create a FLEXIBLE LEARNING FORMAT for students traveling to Sarasota from out of the area.
Here is a little video that we have created to introduce you to our program......
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GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR ARTS AND HEALTHThe Global Alliance for Arts & Health (formerly Society for the Arts in Healthcare) will hold its 24th annual international conference,
Healing Communities through the Arts, April 11-12, 2013, in Washington, DC, USA. This conference will focus on programs and initiatives that expand arts and health beyond healthcare settings and into communities, because, like individual patients, whole communities face stressful circumstances that can benefit from the arts. In the face of war, natural disasters, economic downfall, social marginalization, and public health concerns, arts and health programs, including those adapted from healthcare settings, promote community resilience by providing education, therapy, and an expressive outlet. New website coming soon!
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COALITION FOR ARTS AND HEALTH (CAH)
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Bornstein, LCSW and Hedda Matza-Haughton, LCSW
Our sister organization
Tampa Bay Arts in Healthcare
will be holding an Arts For Health Symposium...
Friday March 22nd 12:30-8:30pm at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Arts Building Auditorium
Featured Presenters:
*Jill Sonke, Director of UF Center for Arts in Medicine & Assistant Director of Shands Arts in Medicine
*Dayna Wood, EdS, NCC, LMHC, REAT
The Coalition for Arts and Health is a regional grassroots network of artists, healthcare providers, educational institutions, businesses, government, area organizations and individuals, working together to integrate the arts into health and wellness for the benefit of our community. Its mission is to promote creativity and the arts as commonly used tools in the pursuit of wellness and healing at all stages of life by: building a network that fosters partnerships and collaborations, providing a platform for information exchange, promoting and encouraging educational opportunities for artists and healthcare practitioners and advocating for funding and research.
If you are not currently on the email list or to learn more about the Coalition:
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ONGOING SERVICES
CUSTOM TRAININGS In Expressive Arts, Arts and Health, Art and Healing Are you looking for specialized training to meet your specific needs? We design customized training programs for individuals or groups interested in developing skill and expertise in these rapidly developing, and sometimes merging, fields. These programs are designed with your specific needs in mind and can include creative and business strategies along with training in whatever modalities or artistic mediums you are interested in. Please contact us with questions or to set up an appointment to discuss your needs. ARTS & HEALTH CONSULTATION SESSIONS Creative consultation for those who desire guidance in finding their way in the merging worlds of Arts and Health. These sessions are open to Artists, Therapists, Facilitators, Administrations, etc... - anyone interested in working or already working professionally in an Arts and Health setting. Sessions can be in person, telephone, email or Skype. One time or ongoing sessions are available. Call or email for available dates and fees. EXPRESSIVE ARTS BUSINESS CONSULTATION We offer consultation sessions to meet your needs. Please contact us to discuss. Student rates are available. back to top |
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MARCH HOURS & AVAILABILITY
Sorry, we will NOT be open for the Towles Court Art Walk this month, but you can visit the other wonderful galleries and studios! We will be in Berkeley at the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association conference! Hours this month are by appointment.
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With gratitude for your support
Kathleen, Tamara, Elizabeth, Victoria
Creative Partners and Faculty
Expressive Arts Florida
Expressive Arts Florida Institute
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