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FYI of an exciting upcoming event:
The Secret Club Project lecture and exhibit comes to Providence, RI
Event Description: Although 900,000 miscarriages occur in the United States each year, pregnancy loss remains a surprisingly taboo topic. The Secret Club Project breaks the silence by exhibiting powerful works of art by women from around the country. Their words and images provide a glimpse into the hidden dimensions of infertility, pregnancy loss and stillbirth. This award-winning project has 45 participating artists and features a traveling exhibition, lecture series, and website (www.secretclubproject.org).
Laura Seftel, the Founding Director of the project and author of the book
Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss Through the Arts, will present a narrated slide talk on the emotional impact of pregnancy loss and how families around the world use the creative process to heal their grief. A reception with an exhibit of plaques displaying the art from The Secret Club Project, a local grief and loss resource section and Laura’s book will be available for sale following the lecture.
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Place: Women and Infants Hospital Auditorium
101 Dudley Street
Providence, RI
Cost: Free and open to the public
Please RSVP by April 23 to Liz Mearkle, Bereavement Coordinator of Beacon Hospice Inc. Harbors of Hope Bereavement Program at 508-324-1900.
Sponsors & Hosts: The exhibit and lecture are sponsored by Beacon Hospice Inc. and hosted by Women and Infants Hospital with the support of Miscarriage Infant Death & Stillbirth Group (M.I.S.). & Pregnancy After Loss Support (P.A.L.S.).
Respectfully, No children please.
New England Art Therapy Association Spring 2007 Workshop
second session added!
Altered Art/Altered Perspectives
Techniques for making Altered Books and Clinical Applications of Altered Art
Saturday, May12 10-1
Porter Exchange Building, Room TBA
In this hands-on workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn many exciting techniques for creating altered books. Participants will learn how to use this art form as a therapeutic intervention with their own clients.
What to bring: A children’s board book or a hard cover book. Check out your local Goodwill for old books. The book should be at least 2″ thick with sturdy pages (not paperback pulp). Look inside books to see if there are any illustrations or text you may wish to incorporate into your design.
Presenter: Jenny Navarro, ATR-BC, LMHC is an art therapist and mixed-media artist. Her current work incorporates many altered art processes. Jenny works at Tewksbury Hospital and Goddard House Nursing Home with adults and elders and she has experience in adapting art techniques for persons with physical disabilities. Jenny is also adjunct faculty at Lesley University and has a private practice providing ATR and LMHC supervision.
LMHC CEUs will be offered for this workshop for an additional $10
Cost: Non-Members $15 Member/ Students $10
Contact Jenny Navarro at jennavarro@hotmail.com or 617-633-1378 to register
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As part of community outreach, NEATA is now opening an art pantry which will supply available art supplies and musical instruments to art therapists working in programs with next to nothing for a budget. You may donate new or gently used non-toxic art supplies and musical instruments to the Pantry or request supplies for your program. If you are in need of supplies you will need to fill out a simple form stating
1. Who you are.
2. Where you will be working
3. What the supplies are for.
4. What your general budget is.
You may also fill out a wish list for your program for possibilities of future fund raising activities.
To use the ART PANTRY and/or request more information email: lucylafleche@comcast.net