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MAY 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! Thank you so much for your ongoing interest and support! Before we enter the slower pace of summer, we offer you three workshops in May. We hope you will take advantage of *Being Your Own Village" with Cynthia Bydlinski and Muff Calderon *Painting Your Creative Wild" with Victoria Domenichello-Anderson *Expressive Arts Community Networking" with the Traveling Postcards Project. We will also be at the Speak Up for Kids Conference again this year! Kathleen is offering her two ONLINE Art as a Healing Practice series beginning in June. This is a great way to stay connected with your creativity over the summer months. Tamara is rescheduling the Waldorf-inspired Children's Enrichment class for September. During the summer, we will be busy finalizing plans for next fall and winter. More details will be announced soon! For now, save the date for our very first Expressive Arts Advanced Training Weekend and an IMAGINE workshop!  This month, we are honoring our Expressive Arts Florida Institute Certificate Program graduates. We have one new Level One graduate, and our first three Level Two graduates. This program is an intensive course of experiential and didactic study, preparing participants to work as practitioners and facilitators of the Expressive Arts - a significant accomplishment for each student, and something to celebrate! EAFI students participated in two weekend Intensives in April. Have a look at these wonderful photos from the Level One "Intermodal Expressive Arts" class, and some images from the Towles Court Art Walk, which was hosted by "Expressive Arts in the World" students! Join us in extending a heartfelt 'thank you' to the eight professionals who offered their time and expertise as guest presenters in the Expressive Arts in the World class, giving our students a glimpse in to their exciting work, both locally and around the world. Fay Wilkinson, Maria Gonzalez-Blue, Deborah McKeever, Janice March, Anne Alper, Roy Nelles, Tammi Peters, Fiona Chang. Learn more about them here. Thank you to Maureen Freehill for presenting Essential Embodied Arts - Butoh. We are planning for her return in 2014! Stay tuned. The IMAGINE Project continues to grow and evolve! We are working on kits, so that you may contribute to the project from your location. Please visit our FB page and see all the settings and locations so far!  | | IMAGINE Project pieces created at recent Networking event. |
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BEING YOUR OWN VILLAGE
"A celebration of your inner strengths"
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
 Cynthia Bydlinski has a certificate in Art and Healing from Ringling College and an extensive background in community-based organizations and partnership building. She brings creative expression to long-term care residents, hospice volunteers, and the general public. Marcia "Muff" Calderon has a Certificate in Art and Healing from Ringling College, 30+ years of meditation and spiritual study, art and healing experience at Rehab and Long Term Care facilities. Her dog "Charlie Ann" and she have done pet therapy at Rehab facilities, local schools and the public library. Cynthia and Muff are currently co-facilitating a weekly expressive arts workshop that incorporates gentle movements inspired by the seven chakras.
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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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EXPRESSIVE ARTS COMMUNITY NETWORKING
Wednesday April 29; 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 participate in a facilitated experience.
Reservations required.
 Traveling Postcards is a humanitarian organization founded on the premise that art has the ability to heal, feed and transform our lives. Hundreds of unique, hand -made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities, bringing awareness, hope, visibility, beauty and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression.
We connect hearts from around the world despite economic, cultural and geographical distance. Through hands-on art making workshops, leadership opportunities, educational resources, virtual galleries and open forums we create a platform that provides anyone with the ability to share art, power and potential with the world.
"We are currently focusing on the topic of domestic violence and women's resiliency and love. Please feel free to share the wisdom in your heart. Come July , all cards will travel with me in our mobile art booth across the US, in a trip called Shelter to Shelter. You cards will be hand delivered to a woman or girl who has been in a violent situation and is currently living in a shelter. She will know that another woman sees her, wants to help end violence against all women and is eager to share with her a story of resiliency." Caroline Lovell, Traveling Postcards Project At Networking this month, we will create hand made postcards that will be contributed to the Shelter to Shelter project.
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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. Through a series of lessons that each consist of a gentle and powerful blend of guided meditation, visual art, writing and sharing/witnessing, Whether or not you have worked with me before, there is an option for you! During the summer months, I teach online only.
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.
Art as a Healing Practice 1
The Basic Series
Begins June 1
$175
Each week for 6 weeks, a session will be posted. This includes an audio guided meditation to  lead you into art-making, a written lesson, and some prompts for writing. The online forum is a place to share work, ask questions, give feedback to one another. I will provide input, inspiration and guidance throughout. I will set and uphold some clear guidelines and ground rules for sharing. At the end of the 6 weeks, the forum will stay active, with input from me, until Aug.31, allowing you to complete the series in your own time frame and to begin integrating the work and practice into your life. Session I: Introduction to the Process / Starting the Journey
Session 2: Art and the Emotional Landscape
Session 3: Art and the Physical Self
Session 4: Working with a Polarity in my Life
Session 5: Mandala - Wholeness and Integration
Session 6: Bringing it All Together
Art as a Healing Practice 2
Reclaiming Your Gifts
Begins June 8
$150 - introductory price
This is a brand new series, open
to anyone who has completed the
Basic Series, either online or in-person. Each weekly session includes an audio guided meditation, a written lesson, and some prompts for writing. The forum is a place to share work, ask questions, and give feedback to one another. I will provide input and guidance throughout, and will set and uphold some clear guidelines and ground rules for sharing. At the end of the 6 weeks, the forum will stay active, with input from me, until Sept. 8, allowing you to complete the series in your own time frame and to begin integrating the work and practice into your life.
 Session 1: Where am I Now? Session 2: My Creative Steppingstones
Session 3: Exploring a Steppingstone and Reclaiming its Gifts
Session 4: Exploring another Steppingstone and Reclaiming its Gifts
Session 5: Integrating the Gifts into my Present Life
Session 6: What is Next? (Making choices and moving forward
Online registration is open. If you would prefer to pay by check, please mail to Expressive Arts Florida, 200 S. Washington Blvd. Suite 1, Sarasota, FL, 34236.
Questions? Email me. I am happy to discuss and help you decide if this is for you.
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS FLORIDA INSTITUTE
Certificate Program Graduates!
 We honor
SUE KESTON
from Boulder, Colorado
She recently completed her Level One Certificate in Intermodal Expressive Arts! Congratulations, Sue!
We are very excited to announce our our first three LEVEL TWO GRADUATES:
Erica Jayne Dahlquist, Donna Papenhausen, Sherri Sutton.
Here they are!
 ERICA JAYNE DAHLQUIST works as an Artist In Residence at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida and has a business - Creative Counseling Solutions. Her business provides affordable site-based mental health counseling, and consulting services, as well as customized workshops in the Tampa Bay area. Her mission is to facilitate healing, growth, and creative abundance within the individual, couple, family, group and business. Her background includes previous work experience with the State of Florida in the Jail Diversion Program of the Public Defender's Office in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Presently she is on the State list of approved Forensic Evaluators and is trained in Competency to Proceed Evaluations. She has worked with Refugees in their early stages of resettlement, bringing expressive art and healing to refugee adolescents and their families. Currently, she is in the process of licensure with the State as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and is also seeking credentialing with the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) for Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator (REACE) and Registered Expressive Art Therapist (REAT).
Her specialties include: working with women, men, and children who are recovering from sexual trauma and violence, addictions, recovery and 12-Step based Expressive Art and group work; working with chronic pain, illness, cancer recovery; pregnancy and post-partum care; and grief and loss work. She loves bringing mind-body-spirit work to her clients in order to restore, empower and help them experience a more holistic and joyful life. She is honored and proud to be a graduate of Expressive Arts Florida Institute and looks forward to staying connected to her amazing peers and colleagues. When she's not doing any of the above mentioned she can be found in a family Taekwondo class or at the beach with her 5 year old daughter and husband.
DONNA PAPENHAUSEN was born and raised in western Pennsylvania. She graduated from Westminster College with a BA, cum laude, in Art Education. She and her husband and two children lived in CT for 28 years. During that time Donna taught art at Windsor Locks High School for five years. While in CT, Donna also became the Associate in Christian Education for the East Granby Congregational Church, studied at Hartford Seminary and received her Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 1992.
For the last 20 years, Donna has served churches in CT, MA, and FL as an Associate Pastor and Senior Pastor. Donna has co-taught the Associates in Christian Education Program for the CT Conference of the United Church of Christ. Now retired, Donna is a member of St. Andrew U.C.C. in Sarasota,FL.
For the last two years Donna has been a student in the Expressive Arts Florida Institute Program where she has continued to integrate her passions for teaching, healing, prayer and the arts.
For many years, Donna has used the healing power of art as she has visited the sick in hospitals and nursing homes, led retreats and study groups, and worked with youth and children. She has incorporated arts in worship in her local church, and in her own life as she recovered from an auto accident. She has an ongoing personal expressive arts practice.
Currently, Donna works with both hot and cold glass as a lampwork beadmaker and mosaic artist. Donna paints and draws, creates with mixed media and does work using Touch Drawing and mandalas. Donna also likes to drum.
"As one of the first graduates of the Expressive Arts Florida Institute program all I can say is how grateful I am to Kathleen, Victoria, Elizabeth, and Tamara for sharing their wisdom with us! This has been a profoundly life changing experience for me and one I look forward to sharing with others. Thank you Expressive Arts Florida for being here and doing what you do for our community!"
SHERRI SUTTON leads the learning and development business unit for Firm Solutions. In this position she is responsible for the strategic planning, design, customization and assessment of all learning initiatives for client organizations as well as oversees the instructor-led and e-learning course programs. Sherri has her certificate in expressive arts from the Expressive Arts Florida Institute, and is certified in True Colors, DiSC, Leading Change, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Crucial Conversations, Instructional Design, ASTD ROI Measurement, Master Trainer with Langevin, and a Certified Educator in Pinellas County, Florida. She is also an active member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and a board member of the International True Colors Association (ITCA).
Sherri's success is attributed to her sharp problem solving skills, her ability to develop creative and sustaining results for her clients and, most especially, her passion for raising the standards for learning within organizations. She always takes a holistic approach to her work by integrating all she has learned and experienced both professionally and personally. Sherri uses expressive arts in her training courses because it integrates the right and left side of the brain and allows each learner to have a unique experience.
She lives with her husband and two children in Palm Harbor, Florida and is a Girl Scout Leader, Cheer Mom, and board member of the PTSA. When asked what she is most passionate about, her response is that she is "constantly exploring ways I can be better, more productive, give more, accomplish more while maintaining life balance and staying true to my core values and family."
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THANK YOU!
The generosity of spirit in the international Expressive Arts community is amazing! During our recent EAFI course - Expressive Arts in the World - eight guest presenters volunteered their time to inspire and educate our students. We are deeply grateful. Here they are:
H. FAY WILKINSON
Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator; Storyteller & Artist
The Creative Cocoon
Eagle Lake, Ontario, Canada
www.thecreativecocoon.com
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Skype sessions with EAFI students
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Fay is a Registered Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator with IEATA and a member of the Society of Arts in Healthcare. She is a graduate of and now instructs in the Expressive Arts Post Graduate Program at Fleming College. Fay has studied with master mask and puppet makers, renowned storytellers and voices coaches as well as at Sheridan School of Craft and Design. She investigates and works with the power of art making for self-discovery and healing. Awarded the Fellowship of Applied Education from Fleming, her current work focuses on raising awareness of mental health and seniors through the creative process. The Creative Cocoon was nominated for the Innovation and Creativity Award through the Chamber of Commerce this year. Fay joined us via Skype. She seemed to be right there with us as she presented her work and answered our questions.
We recommend that you take a few minutes and watch this inspiring video of Fay at work!  | | Visible Voices - Through The Looking Glass |
MARIA GONZALEZ-BLUE M.A.
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT)
Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator (REACE)
Sebastopol, California
Maria is an Expressive Arts Therapist and Consultant/Educator, facilitating personal, professional and spiritual growth with diverse populations. She is a founding member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association where, as a board member, she co-authored the first international registration for expressive arts consultant/educators (REACE). Maria was a core faculty member of the Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute for 12 years and currently teaches P-C expressive arts therapy at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Maria is bi-lingual and has taught in Mexico, Argentina and Guatemala. Her personal interest in the arts lies in the exploration of various modalities as doorways to spiritual/transpersonal experience.
Maria Skyped in from California, and led us in a discussion and a powerful and profound intermodal expressive arts process.
Maria leads an annual workshop/retreat based on the hero's journey motif. If you send her your email she will place you on her list.
ANNE FOLEY ALPER
MA, Holistic Counseling: MA, Education
Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator (REACE)
Tamalpa Expressive Arts Institute graduate and Master Instructor
Amherst Writers & Artists Foundation Instructor
AEA (Aquatics Exercise Association) Trainer
Through her MA in Holistic Counseling, her training at Tamapla Institute, and taking classes at California Institute of Integral Studies, Anne experienced the "world opening herself to me, preparing me to live larger than I had imagined". She has worked with many different populations, including developmentally and physically disabled, veterans, and seniors. She maintains a private Expressive Arts movement-based practice, is a water fitness trainer, and facilitates writing circles.
"The Expressive Arts create the container, provide the language in diverse modalities, inform and instruct one's spiritual and emotional growth".
Anne joined us live and facilitated our students in a powerful and accessible intermodal process - movement, visual art and writing.
Coming up
Amherst Writers & Artists newly created Writers Circle, facilitated by Anne Foley Alper starting
Monday May 13 6:30 - 8:30. Will continue for 6 consecutive weeks; $20 per session and held at 2305 Grove St, Sarasota. Any questions please call Anne @ 941.806.9655 or email annefoleyalper@gmail.com No experience necessary.
JANICE MARCH
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor
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Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor
jmarchSRQ@gmail.com 941-360-0059
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Janice brought our students a taste of the healing power of Sand Tray work. We experienced the power of sand and miniatures, by working individually first in the EAFI studio, and then walked over to Janice's enchanting healing space and created a group tray together.
Janice lives and works in Sarasota. She has a private practice with children from 2 1/2 to pre-teens using representational play therapy and sandplay therapy. She also works with adults using verbal therapies, with sandplay as an option. Email Janice and visit her website for more information.
DEBORAH McKEEVER
Bradenton, FL
debmckeever@yahoo.com 941-932-1336
M.A. Psychology
Certificate in Art and Healing, Ringling College of Art and Design
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Expressive Arts Therapist
Deborah is the owner of
Still Life in G Gallery in the Village of he Arts in Bradenton, Florida. She is a Public Art Advisory Board member. She works for Manatee Glens as a expressive arts therapist, where she leads a wide variety of groups, both inpatient and outpatient. She works with adults and children who have mental heath and/or addiction issues. Deborah also creates and hosts an annual client art exhibit at her gallery. Deborah gave an inspiring talk on exhibiting client art work and then facilitated a fun and spirited puppet-making experience with our students. We recommend this video! Deborah and a client are interviewed about her Expressive Arts Work at Manatee Glens  | | Manatee Glens - Expressive Art - October 2012 |
TAMMI PETERSSarasota, FL Bachelors of Science in Specific Learning Disabilities K-12 Masters of Arts in Guidance and Counseling K-12 Certificate in Art and Healing from Ringling College of Art and Design
Tammi was a school counselor for 11 years with Sarasota County Schools. She is currently the counselor at St. Martha Catholic School in Sarasota, working with children age 3 through grade 8. She uses the arts to help children express themselves more freely in dealing with grief and loss, divorce, abuse, conflict resolution, and personal expression. Tammi presented her adaptation of Soulspeak to our class. Soulspeak was created by Justin Spring, and you can learn more about it at www.soulspeak.org
ROY NELLES
Sarasota, FL
roynelles@gmail.com
Roy Nelles, MA is an expressive arts therapist/facilitator. Hi is a graduate of the
Art Therapy Program at George Washington University. He has many years of practice in a variety of settings using art, movement, play therapies and psychodrama. Roy is also experienced at leading hand drumming circles and recently graduated from the Spacial Dynamics training. Spacial Dynamics is the study and enhancement of the relationship between the human being and space through various movement techniques and activities. Roy led us in a variety of interactive processes and practical tools for self exploration and communication.
FIONA CHANG
Hong Kong
www.personcenteredexpressivearts.com
fionafoo@socwork.hku.hk or eatahk@gmail.com
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Social Worker
Master of Social Science (Family Therapy and Health Care)
Although last minute Skype failure prevented Fiona's presentation to our class this year, she has shared resources and information that assist our students. Fiona is a person-centered Expressive Art Therapist and an IEATA Board member. Watch this exciting video to learn about EXA in Hong Kong.
http://animoto.com/play/kz47mLjqok09zfSHLWVGsA
We look forward to seeing Fiona
in 2015 when Hong Kong hosts the IEATA Conference!
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SPEAK UP FOR KIDS CONFERENCE 2013
"Creative Solutions"
Friday May 24
8:15 am - 3 pm
A FREE regional conference for families, professionals, and concerned community members... in recognition of National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. State College of Florida, Center for Innovation & Technology (Lakewood Ranch Campus) 7131Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, FL34240 This year, we will once again be there with the IMAGINE Project! Please join in.
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A selection of the LIFE-SIZED PORTRAITS from EAFI 110 - Intermodal Expressive Arts Intensive
April 2013 Each one began as a body tracing and was developed, over the course of the weekend, as the "refection" and "container" for explorations in movement, sound, writing, and more.
In intermodal, or multi-modal, expressive arts, each of the arts modalities informs and builds on the next, facilitating a holistic growth process that encompasses body, mind, and spirit. back to top |
  TOWLES COURT ART WALK APRIL 19 Collaborative art-making hosted by Expressive Arts Florida Institute students! As part of their course - Expressive Arts in the World, EAFI students engaged gallery visitors in some community art projects. |
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WALDORF-INSPIRED CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT CLASS
Age 6 - 12
Instructor: Tamara Teeter Knapp
Duration: 5 weeks in September
Dates announced soon.
Cost: $75 Class schedule
Circle time with seasonal songs & movement
Math reinforcing activities with bean bags/clapping or kinesthetic math games
Short fable or legend story - told orally
Wet-on-wet painting
A little bit about the instructor: Tamara Teeter Knapp earned a B.A. in Art and Psychology from the University Alaska Anchorage and a Certificate in Art and Healing from Ringling College of Art and Design. She received Waldorf Teacher Training at Rudolf Steiner College and also holds a teaching certificate in the state of Florida for K-12 Art and Elementary Education. She has received special training in Creative Drama for Creative Learning provided by the Kennedy Center for the Arts and completed Collaborative Leadership Training with Torin Finser of Antioch New England.
As an educator, Tamara's roots are in the Waldorf movement. Her sixteen years of teaching experience began at the Aurora Waldorf School in Anchorage, Alaska where she taught second and third grades. She also taught first grade main lesson at Country Day School in Taos, NM before relocating to Florida. Here, she began teaching art in the public school where she most recently taught second grade. Tamara continues to teach expressive arts and studio art through Expressive Arts Florida Institute. She is always excited to share her passion for the arts with children and adults of all ages. back to top |
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FALL 2013
New offerings coming up!
ADVANCED EXPRESSIVE ARTS TRAINING!Nov. 7-10, 2013This will be our first Advanced Training Intensive. Designed for those who have some training and experience in Expressive Arts and are looking for further develop facilitation skills. More info coming soon! "IMAGINE" WORKSHOPSunday Nov. 17, 2013 Noon-4 pm Expressive Arts for personal exploration and community building! No prior expressive arts experience is necessary. Open to all with a willingness to explore and connect. A workshop based on the IMAGINE Project! More soon!
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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
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.
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GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR ARTS AND HEALTH
The Global Alliance for Arts & Health (formerly Society for the Arts in Healthcare) is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation in Washington, DC. Founded in 1991, the Global Alliance for Arts & Health is dedicated to advancing arts as integral to healthcare by demonstrating the valuable roles the arts can play in enhancing the healing process; advocating for the integration of the arts into the environment and delivery of care within healthcare facilities; assisting in the professional development and management of arts programming for healthcare populations; providing resources and education to healthcare and arts professionals; encouraging and supporting research and investigation into the beneficial effects of the arts in healthcare. Stay tuned - New website coming soon! For MEMBERSHIP information visit: http://www.thesah.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=10 For additional information visit: http://www.thesah.orgOr contact Elizabeth Bornstein, Board member: elizabeth@expressiveartsflorida.com
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ARTS FOR HEALTH SARASOTA-MANATEE
(formerly Coalition for Arts and Health)
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Bornstein and Hedda Matza-Haughton EXCITING NEWS
The Coalition for Arts and Health and Tampa Bay Arts in Healthcare Collaborative have chosen to join forces! Each organization will maintain its individual identity while working collaboratively to promote the use of the arts to enhance health and well-being in their respective communities and beyond.
As of March 15, 2013, the organizations have changed their names to become: Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee and Arts for Heath Tampa Bay.
The hope is that this will serve as a model for other Arts for Health groups to form throughout Florida. Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee will maintain its commitment to offering education and networking opportunities for artists and healthcare providers and looks forward to all of the exciting possibilities of this joint venture.
UPCOMING EVENT
Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee Reception
Tuesday May 14, 2013,
5:30-7:00PM
at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
Come celebrate the accomplishments and new collaboration.
Featured speaker: Sheela Chokshi, MD, Physician Leader of Integrative Medicine Program at Tampa General Hospital highlighting arts and health integration in hospitals.
NEW CONTACT INFORMATION
Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee, please email: sarasota-manatee@artsforhealthflorida.org or 941-266-3629
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INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ASSOCIATION
IEATAAre you a member of IEATA? If not, please consider joining. This is our professional organization. IEATA offers extraordinary professional conferences (the next one in Hong Kong in 2015); a quarterly newsletter, a social networking site, volunteer opportunities, and two professional registrations (REAT - Registered Expressive Arts Therapist and REACE - Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator). The recent conference in Berkeley, CA hosted participants from 22 countries! More information hereMembership info here 
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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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MAY HOURS & AVAILABILITY
Sorry, we will not be open for the May Art Walk! Please consider attending one of our workshops or Expressive Arts Community Networking. Email or call us at 941-366-9595. We are always happy to hear from you!
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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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