Healing Children through Creativity Workshop

Anchorage Art Museum participants, Anchorage, Alaska 2008.

Institutional Hosting

The Healing through Creativity Workshop is appropriate for the professional development of staff in educational institutions, companies, corporations, medical and mental health facilities, children's museums and fine arts museums in the USA, Canada and Europe. Workshops are always conducted in English.

Reservations for this workshop usually require a minimum of 3 months lead time.

Host Facility in-kind services:
1. Space in a studio, activity room or conference room with seating at tables for up to 15 participants.

2. LCD projector, screen, and remote.

3. Nearby source of water, ideally a sink in the room.

4. Space must be appropriate for the use of stoneware clay, tempera water-based paint, charcoal and chalk pastels.

5. A staff member liason from the hosting facility must be available during workshop hours.

6.  As a professional courtesy two staff members from the hosting institution may attend the workshop free of cost. After the hosting facility has registered its staff, the remaining vacancies shall be open to the public (unless otherwise arranged).
 
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What the Workshop Provides:
1. A 2-day training workshop event in Art Therapy principles and practice.

2. Registration and fee collecting services on-line. (Can be arranged by host when suitable.)

    A significant reduction in the workshop fee is available to institutions and groups who guarantee 20 participants from their organization.

3. All art supplies for drawing, painting and clay sculpture.

4. Power point presentations and 100-plus page training manual.

5. Two refreshment breaks per day. Participants have lunches at museum cafes or at nearby restaurants.

6. As a professional courtesy two staff members from the hosting institution may attend the workshop free of cost. 

7. Copies of the workshop evaluations to the host facility upon request.

8. Certificate of Completion documenting 14 hours of training for each participant.

9. Name tags are provided.

10. CEUs and Academic Credit are granted by educational institutions.

11. Presenter's fee, travel and lodging expenses are included for groups of 20 or more participants. Smaller groups or staff in-service workshops are negotiable for travel and lodging.

12. Advertising: approx. 500 announcement mailers per workshop location, (design, printing and postage costs).


References from past workshops will gladly be supplied upon request.

Portland Art Museum participants, Portland, Oregon 2008.