Welcome, New GW Students! Join PATA!

The Potomac Art Therapy Association (PATA) is proud to offer art therapy students a special PATA membership. For an annual cost of only $15, you will be informed of opportunities, information, and events within the local art therapy community.

Through PATA’s Yahoo group, the PATA President shares art therapy, mental health and community related events, trainings, and job postings. In the past year, PATA members have enjoyed film screenings, discussions, potlucks, and involvement in DC’s annual Artomatic art show.

PATA currently boasts 120 members, which allows you access to a variety of perspectives and insight into the field, as well as possible mentoring relationships. PATA awards academic scholarships and assistance to students traveling to the annual AATA (American Art Therapy Association) conference.

Upcoming PATA event: Celebrating our Art Therapy Community! Join us for a potluck gathering in Silver Spring, MD (accessible by Metro, red line) Saterday Sept. 12th, 4pm.
Eastern Village 7981 Eastern Avenue (on the roof) Silver Spring, MD, Saturday, September 12, 4:00PM 914-602-9286

Local art therapists, artists, friends and families are invited to join the Potomac Art Therapy Association (PATA) for a late afternoon gathering on the roof. Please bring your favorite cultural/family dish to share for the potluck and $5 per person for beverages. PATA is excited to announce and honor our 2009 award winners at this event! There is also a gazebo and small playground on the roof. See you there!

Kennedy Krieger art therapy position

Kennedy Krieger art therapy position *

Kennedy Krieger School has a position immediately available for anart therapist. The school is located in downtown Baltimore. This arttherapy position primarily serves students who have autism spectrumdisorders. Although the job description says they are looking for an ATR,it may be possible that an art therapist who is nearing the completion oftheir ATR would be hired as an unregistered art therapist. There are tworegistered art therapists working at the Kennedy Krieger school locationswho may be able to provide supervision.

Individuals who are interested in the position can contactbuddemeyer@kennedykrieger.org for more information or KKI Human ResourcesDept., 2931 E. Biddle Street, Baltimore, MD 21213 (443)923-5800, (443)-923-5805 FAXART THERAPIST I Job ID: 47527 Location: US-MD-Baltimore Posted Date: 8/12/2009Paygrade: 28 Department: Special Education Street: 1750 Fairmount

# ofHours: 32**

Overview*:JOB ID 47527

In accordance with the needs of the ages of the population served by KKI,the Art Therapist-I provides mental health services on a non-verbal andverbal basis to students and their families facilitating the use of art as amedium of expression, develops appropriate treatment goals and acts as amember of the interdisciplinary team.*Responsibilities*: 1. Develops individualized goals and objectives for each referred student, based upon information concerning the student's emotional, perceptual, cognitive, physical, and social level of functioning gleaned from the art therapy assessment procedure and from the student's case history. 2. Maintains up-to-date documentation of contact, including nature of intervention, and prepares quarterly reports, and yearly reports for IEPs. 3. Incorporates the student's art therapy goals and objectives in the individualized education/treatment plan (IEP) and implements treatment plan by providing individual and or group services for the student. 4. Participates in ongoing staff meetings with interdisciplinary treatment team, collaborating with significant participants involved in case management. 5. Performs administrative tasks such as maintaining materials, equipment, requisitioning supplies and organizing art therapy room. 6. Participates in the mental department meetings and committees and demonstrates professional demeanor with colleagues.*Qualifications*:*EDUCATION:*-Master's Degree in Art Therapy is required.-Professional Credential of Art Therapist Registered (ATR), awarded by theArt Therapy Credentials Board, is required.*EXPERIENCE:*-Experience with ED/LD/DD children is required. At least two yearsexperience in art therapy with children is required.Heidi Diliberto, MAAT-ATRArt TherapistKennedy Krieger High School(443) 923-7855

Ethics Workshop in Fredericksburg, VA

The Virginia Art Therapy Association Presents:
Saturday, October 17, 2009
RCASA
2601 Princess Anne Street, Suite 104, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-371-6771 www.rcasa.org
Individual Box Lunch is offered for $10 – see application for more information
10:00am – 3:00pm
Ethics in Clinical Services presented by Carol Olson, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC
$65 ($60 for VATA Members)
*4 hours of CEU’s offered - $15 Fee *
Approval by The American Art Therapy Association pending
The AATA has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
as a provider of Continuing Education Credits.
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Group supervision
$20 (Free for VATA Members)
Print out the following application or open the attached application.
Refund/Cancellation policy: Cancellation up to a week prior to workshop will result in a refund of the registration fee minus a $5 processing fee. Cancellation after October 10th will result in a refund of registration fee minus $25 processing fee.
Ethics in Clinical Services presented by Carol Olson, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC
This course is designed for art therapists and mental health professionals who work in a variety of clinical settings. The content focuses on professional ethics and ethical concerns in clinical practices for practitioners who work in sites that fall under a multiple levels of regulations. Topics included: confidentiality and record keeping in diverse clinical settings, HIPAA, ethical concerns regarding artwork, mandated reporting, and concerns regarding artwork.
Virginia Art Therapy Association
P.O. Box 17553, Richmond, VA 23226 / (804)632-8696

Recently published in the national association update!

Chapter Spotlight: Potomac Art Therapy Association (PATA)
By: Gioia Chilton, ATR-BC, Blogger & Publications Chair

The Potomac Art Therapy Association (PATA) was created in 1975 to increase contact and communication among art therapists in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Since its inception, PATA has grown and expanded services to its membership and the community.

PATA has over 100 members! Since 2007, PATA's Blog http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102658744625&s=649&e=001qGMmieDpTxwRPNNfy6HetMOjAR4-v6dhLa-MhNlScjP4vQCEzrkjNjKbOsKVdpU9HPv-_JOVYmaaVjUjB1gsWfnuAXQ2I4E2yJTrref9MJgMfwBPqm_xv41oR9U6QzZhvnJMHwyCuYtAgjS7BfBlEA== has allowed us to stay more current and connected as an art therapy community in and around Washington, DC. Information about upcoming workshops, legislative action, art slide shows, and job and scholarship opportunities are frequently posted. Feel free to follow our blog if you'd like to be in touch.
Led by Elva Anderson, MPS, ATR, PATA's Multi-cultural committee promoted a series of film screenings in 2008-2009. PATA's aim was to eliminate negative stereotypes by presenting information through film and other types of artistic formats and to encourage appreciation and discussion of other cultures. In February, the series culminated in the showing of the award winning documentary 'Born Into Brothels,' which chronicles the use of photography through the eyes of children living in the red light district of Calcutta, India (The Co-Executive Producer, Pamela Tanner Boll is a Keynote Speaker at the 2009 AATA Conference!). The event was held at the lively Busboys and Poets restaurant & bookstore as a part of their 'Focus in! Cinema for a Conscious Community' series. After the screening, PATA's guest speaker Sangeeta Prasad, ATR-BC, led a discussion on her experiences as an art therapist working with children in India and the USA. The large audience participated in an engaging conversation with Ms. Prasad.

In the spring, PATA's Alternate Chapter Delegate, Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC led two board retreats. The retreats were well attended and much ground was covered. In May, at the "Focusing on our Vision," we delved into the rich information that was generated from our initial Visioning Retreat in March. At this second retreat, the board identified concurrent planning for the following areas: updating our current website, interfacing with the public, increasing membership, creating an operating budget, and starting the nominating process for the 2010-2012 PATA board.

In May and June, The Potomac Art Therapy Association was proud to be featured at Artomatic, DC's one-of-a-kind multimedia event, involving an art show and performances by hundreds of regional artists, musicians, and poets. PATA promoted art therapy to the general public in the Automatic Arts Resource Center, by offering informational brochures, posters, and a free informal lecture led by PATA board member Gioia Chilton.
In July PATA held its Open Board Meeting at the newly opened National Office for AATA in Alexandria, Virginia. AATA has created an art display for Chapters, and PATA was honored to be the first participant in the gallery.

Under the energetic leadership of current President, Amy Tatsumi, MA, ATR and incoming President, Deborah Bunkley, MA, PATA is looking forward to continued efforts in 2010.

September events

I am looking forward to PATA's September events and know this will be the beginning of creative stimulation and art making.

Network & Experience Fine Art with Us!

The Potomac Art Therapy Association


You are invited to join

“The Arts and Art Therapists- Social Networking Series”

PATA and the Phillips Collection

Thursday, September, 3rd at 6pm- sharp
1600 21st St NW (Near Dupont Circle Metro)
21street and Q Street NWWashington, DC 20009
As we tour the Phillips Collection exhibit of Paint Made Flesh
*$12.00 entrance fee
Paint Made Flesh exhibition examines the ways in which European and American painters have used oil paint and the human body to convey human vulnerabilities, such as anxieties about desire, appearance, illness, aging, war, and death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyELKVYwDwo

Thirty four internationally renowned modern artists whose work is rarely seen together-including Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, Alice Neal and others!!!!

Experience how these artists used paint to represent skin and express the emotional, sensual and tragic aspects of the human experience and used oil paint's visual and tactile properties to mirror those of the body, while exploring the body's capacity to reflect the soul (sounds like Art Therapy)
The exhibition exploits strong colors and vigorous brushwork associated with German expressionism.
Come see great figure paintings from private collections and museums around the world.

*After tour participants will be able to enjoy live Latin Jazz by the Felix Contreras Latin Jazz Trio, food, wine tasting, cash bar and discuss their thoughts on the Paint Made Flesh exhibition
RSVP to PATA’s Programming Chairperson, Elva Anderson at
elvaanderson@hotmail.com

Gioia Chilton's new blog

Come check out my new blog at:
http://joyfularttherapy.blogspot.com
let me know what you think!

New from Round Oaks

ROUND OAKS CREATIVE CENTER SCHEDULE
Fall 2009 through spring 2010
1443 Glenside Green, Charlottesville, VA 22901
434-973-7543 pframe79@aol.com
Phyllis Frame, M.A., ATR, Director*

ON GOING OFFERINGS:
Individual art therapy and sand tray sessions- $85 –( 1½ hour).
Couple Relationship Assessment. Using the MARI Card Test and Mandala Drawings-$150-
2 ½ hour session.
Individual MARI Card Test and Mandala Drawing Assessment - $85 1 ½ hour session.
Art Therapy, Sandtray, or Mandala/MARI Supervision: individual $50 hour

WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS:
THE LIFE CYCLE: KELLOGG COURSE IN MANDALA ASSESSMENT: A 3 day course, with a certificate of completion based on the theories of Joan Kellogg and the Archetypal Stages of the Great Round of the Mandala. Prepares you to use the Mandala in your therapeutic work. Includes lecture, slides, experiential mandalas, and course workbook. Fee: $365 Time: Friday -Sunday 9:00-5:00pm Date: Nov.6-8,2009. Phyllis Frame, M.A., ATR and Carole McNamee, PhD, instructors. CEU’S available. Call for flyer.

SOUL COLLAGE AND EXPRESSVE THERAPIES WOMAN’S GROUP
Session A (12 sessions) A woman’s growth and support group that starts, Monday October 5, 2009, 10-12:30pm, Includes chakra toning, meditation, and a variety of creative experiences, with a special focus on the use of the soul collage cards as a tool in developing consciousness, inner awareness and integration. $125 a month. Call or email for flyer. Limited space. Pframe79@aol.com or in Maine until August 27,09 call 207-734-6783.

MARI AND MANDALA REFRESHER AND SUPERVISION ALL DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 9-5PM... This workshop is for those who have taken the MARI Course in Mandala Assessment with the cards and the Life Cycle: Kellogg’s Mandala Asssessment course here at Round Oaks or the MARI Resources course and would like a refresher and time for questions and sharing. Cost: $105 with a certificate of completion. Flyer available.

ANNUAL TRANSFORMATIONAL GROUP SANDPLAY JOURNEY: Explore, enliven and sustain the Circle of Life. October 23-25, 2009. Friday 4-8pm, Sat. and Sun. 9-5pm. Fee: $325 , CEU’S available from
Vision Quest for a $25 fee. Gisela Schubach DeDomenico, PHD, facilitator.

INTRODUCTION TO SAND TRAY for professionals, 2-4 persons, includes didactic and experiential sand tray work. Based on the theory of Sandplay/World Play developed by Gisela Schubach De Domenico. Date to be arranged. Time: 10am-5pm. Cost:$140 with a certificate of completion.

THE CHAKRA SYSTEM AND SELF-HEALING: A MULTI-LEVEL APPROACH. (Saturday, March 13, 2010 9-5pm. An all day chakra workshop with lecture and power point, sound and toning, guided imagery, color, and a variety of experiential creative exercises. $135 with a certificate of completion. CEU’s are available at extra cost.
Phyllis Frame and Karen Montgomery, instructors. Flyer available.

*Phyllis Frame, M.A., ATR has been a practicing art therapist in Charlottesville for 25 years. She is the founder and director of the Round Oaks Creative Center, offering individual art therapy, expressive therapy workshops, and special training to professionals in the use of art therapy, sand tray and Mandala Assessment. Her articles on the mandala,
sandtray and art therapy have been published in various professional journals.

RENFREW Center Job Posting

The Renfrew Center, a private, for profit outpatient day and intensiveoutpatient program for eating disorders, will be opening soon in Bethesda,MD. They are looking for either a FT art therapist who is licensed in MD asan LCPC or a PT art therapist (ATR-BC preferred) who can work around 4 hoursper week running groups. Groups would include 2 sessions during regularhours (9-2 PM) and one evening group (6 or 7PM) per week.Please contact Tally Schopek for more information 610-742-5041.

Fit, Fly & Flourshing

The Black Entertainment Television (BET) Foundation, in partnership with the Aetna Foundation, is pleased to announce the inaugural FIT, FLY & FLOURISHING Girl's Empowerment Summit coming to Maryland in 2009!The purpose of the Summit is to enlighten, encourage and empower African American girls ages 10-12 to take charge of their health, network with peers, and become agents of change in their homes, schools and communities. The summit will also include a parent track that will address the same topics of the girl's track.Admittance to the Summit is FREE and by invitation only! Participants must complete the essay form and share the reason they want to attend, why living a healthy lifestyle is important to them and how they can help their community become healthy, for an opportunity to receive an invitation to the summit. Essays will be judged by a panel based on responses, winners will be notified by mail and phone if they were accepted to participate in the summit and will receive a formal invitation packet.Here is where we need your help; we would like you to distribute the attached flyer and essay form to all 10-12 year-old African American girls and their parents in your network to give everyone an opportunity to participate in this GREAT event! All forms are due to back to BET Foundation by August 21, 2009.We are also looking for volunteers!

Thanks in advance,ZanetaDr. Zaneta BrownProgram DirectorBET Foundation, Inc.BET Networks Corporate Office1235 W Street, NEWashington, DC 20018202.608.2201 Direct202.608.2896 Faxwww.ahealthybet.com

News from VATA

We will be holding an Ethics in Clinical Services Workshop by Carol Olson LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC on Saturday October 17, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault Center. The address is 2601 Princess Anne Street, Suite 102 Fredericksburg, VA. The phone number is (540) 371-5581. The location is subject to change based on response. The cost is $60 for VATA members and $65 for non-members. 4 hour CEU’s offered for a separate fee of $15 and box lunches are offered for $10. There will be a group supervision offered from 3 pm to 4 pm for free to VATA members or a $20 fee for non-members. To register please contact carol@rcasa.org or check www.rcasa.org under the events section. Check with Carol Olson for the cancellation policy and fee or check VATA blogspot under the workshops section. Please make checks payable to VATA. This workshop is open to art therapists and therapists in other fields so please spread the word. Many professions need ethics CEU’s.

New at Smith Farm

CREATIVITY WORKSHOP

Using Creativity to Improve Health and Wellbeing With Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC Saturday September 12 10:00AM-3:00PM

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN 4.5 CECs Available*

Creative endeavors can increase our sense of engagement, of being in the "here and now," which generate positive emotions that further fuel our creativity, building an upward spiral that broadens and builds our intellectual and psychological resources. In this workshop we will use visual art, movement and writing to increase of awareness of and access to our own positive experiences and emotions. This workshop is designed for people living with illness and caregivers. No prior experience needed. Cost: $45 Space is limited. To register, please call 202-483-8600 or email darien@smithfarm.com.

COMMUNITY PROGRAM
In Shadow and In Light: The Healing Art of Photography [image: Carolyn Hendricks] With Connie Reider Thursday August 20 6:30-8:30PM Free & Open to the Public 2 CECs Available*

Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, Connie Reider used her love of photography and writing to heal, creating a book, In Shadow and Light... Looking for the Gifts of Cancer. This program will include a presentation of her book as well as a sampling of her expressive arts workshop, INSCAPE, the Healing Art of Photography. With discussion and hands-on exercises, we will investigate the shadow and the light in our lives, realizing the need to embrace both in order to live with full possibility, vitality, and passion. *Good News! Please note the new 6:30 start time which allows greater access to street parking without time restrictions.


CANCER HELP PROGRAM RETREATS

Upcoming Retreats Four-Day Residential Retreats Thursday - Sunday, September 24-27 One-Day Retreat Saturday, October 17 Our purpose in the Cancer Help Program is to help you live as long and as well as possible with cancer -- physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. The Cancer Help Program offers practical tools that enhance health and well-being, reduce anxiety and depression, and inform choices in both medical and integral cancer therapies. We have been offering this program for 10 years at Smith Farm Center. The schedule includes yoga, meditation, deep relaxation, and imagery. Support groups are led by gifted group leaders. Massage, individual counseling, expressive arts like sand-tray, and discussion sessions on choices in medical and integral therapies are all part of the program. Meals are delicious, primarily organic and mainly vegetarian. To apply, please call 202-483-8600 or email darien@smithfarm.com.

GALLERY EXHIBITION

Finding Beauty in a Broken World: In the Spirit of Frida Kahlo

A mixed media exhibition juried by F. Lennox Campello

Frida Kahlo remains one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, but her spectacular life experiences, writing and views on life and art have also influenced many artists. This exhibition will showcase the work of artists influenced not only by Frida's art, but also by her biography, her thoughts, and her writings. Exhibition Dates: July 1 - August 29 Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Friday 11:00AM-5:00PM, Saturday 11:00AM-3:00PM and by appointment.

YOGA FOR STRESS-REDUCTION

Gentle Morning Yoga With Corrin Bennett
Tuesdays 10:15AM-11:30AM $10/session or $25/month
Gentle Evening Yoga With Kim Weeks
Wednesdays 5:30PM-6:45PM $10/session or $25/month Both Morning and Evening Yoga classes are designed for adults who live with illness and caregivers who support them. Participants learn techniques to reduce stress and increase flexibility and strength while reducing symptoms related to illness. All levels welcome.

*SAVE THE DATE *

The 2009 Joan Hisaoka Make A Difference Gala
Assisting Those Living with Cancer
benefiting Smith Farm Center for Healing & the Arts
Saturday, October 24
The Mandarin Oriental, Washington, DC
www.joanhisaokagala.org

*In the Resource Center*
* *Cancer As A Turning Point by Lawrence LeShan, PhD
detailed strategies to promote psychological change and techniques that encourage people living with cancer to fight the disease. * *
Available for lending or for purchase at the SFC office.
**We Want to Hear From You*

I wish... I remember... I want to tell you... We want to hear from you: Your stories, your feedback, your ideas. Please feel free to send us an email to outreach@smithfarm.com or call us at 202.483.8600.