You are invited...
(InSIDE)/Out!, art as healing therapy
June 10th, 2010
6-8pm
Featuring Entertainment by:
“E-Rock”
Innermotion
Ann Storck Center's Music Program
Opening Night Workshops:
6:10 am Art Therapy after the Haiti Disaster,
presented by Raquel Farrell Kirk, President of the Florida Art Therapy Association
6:45 pm Music Therapy Presented by Hazel Phillips, Music Therapy Instructor
The reception will also see the launch of After Hours Pediatrics Urgent Care's "Every Child Makes a Difference" program, which honors the exceptional contributions of Young Heroes with Big Hearts to their communities.
FATA's 2010 Conference
"Art Therapy: Creating Connections"
Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd
Wyndham Resort, Orlando
FATA Board Members at Orlando Conference 5-2010
(from left to right) Sonia Thomas, Raquel Farrell-Kirk, Lisa Wasserman, Poppy Scheibel, Merrillee Jorn)
Click HERE to download the brochure and registration form.
Register TODAY!
Client artwork from: Tallahassee Memorial Behavioral Health, Client artshow 2008
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Letter from the President
(posted 2/27/10)
Touching another life, reaching out, creating connections, fostering community… these actions lend meaning to our personal and professional lives. The theme of creating connections was decided upon for our FATA conference many months ago; because we wanted to explore the important ways in which art therapists connect to their colleagues, to other disciplines, to their clients, and to the community at large. This theme has become ever more important in the months since we first decided upon it.
We have seen new FATA connections to the larger art therapy community, with our treasurer Craig Siegel stepping down from that post to accept a Position on the AATA Board of Directors. We have seen yet another Florida colleague, Dr. Peg Dunn-Snow completes her AATA Presidency.
Some of you participated in the Miami Dade County Public Schools Art Therapy exhibit at the Frost Museum, connecting the art therapy and art worlds. We have all witnessed the importance of connections and the strength of communities during the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Many of us have been involved with about art therapy services for Haitian and Haitian American children and families.
Take these examples as reminders to us all to connect to our professional communities, to foster our personal relationships, to strive for authentic, fully connected interactions with our clients…who know in what far place your touch will be felt!
Raquel Farrell-Kirk, ATR
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The FATA Mission Statement
The Florida Art Therapy Association is dedicated to providing education, professional development, training, and political action for its members. Further, FATA will pursue the highest Professional and ethical standards to protect the public for which it serves.