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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By the way, are any of you on the East Coast or
elsewhere going to attend this Expressive Arts conference? I'm interested in
building more bridges with our sister organizations.
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><B>Expressive Arts in Social Action: Peace-ing our world
together</B></SPAN><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B>International
Expressive Arts Therapy Association </B><B>8th International
Conference<O:P></O:P></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>Lesley
University Cambridge MA August 12-15, 2009 <O:P></O:P></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal>February 23, 2009 <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have an exciting line-up of activities
planned for the week of Aug 10-15.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Prior to the actual start of the conference, attendees are invited to
participate in a two-day intergenerational Social Action Project that is an
extension of a call to communities to come together and utilize the arts for
peace-making. Peace-Arts Zone, Peace-ing our Communities Together will take
place on Monday and Tuesday, August 10-11 in the greater Boston area and will
allow participants to work with youth and elders to create an arts-based project
that brings these disparate groups together to envision and create symbols of
peace.</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>The conference will officially begin on Wednesday, August
12 with several all-day pre-conference workshops.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our pre-conference workshops will
include many familiar and some new presenters including Shaun McNiff,
Vivien-Marcow Speiser and Phillip Speiser, Robert Macy and Dickie Macy, Stephen
K. Levine and Ellen Levine, Kate Powers, Jason Cruz and RAW Art Works, Natalie
Rogers and Mutki Khanna, and Kathleen Horne, Victoria Domenichello-Anderson and
the Expressive Arts Florida team.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Wednesday evening, Lesley University in conjunction with
the IEATA conference will kick off its Centennial Celebration with performances
by Expressive Arts community groups run by Lesley’s Expressive Therapy Alumni,
and with recognition of our founders.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Thursday, August 13 begins our conference with a gathering
of our IEATA community by our Executive Co-Chairs and Conference Committee.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our keynote address on Thursday will be
by Robert and Dickie Macy (Children's Trauma Recovery Foundation) (Founder,
Center for Trauma Psychology and author of numerous books), experts in using the
arts with trauma around the world. The Macy’s have implemented an expressive
arts based psychosocial intervention projects in the United States, Netherlands,
Norway, Palestine and Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Burundi, Eritrea and South Africa.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>In the afternoon, we will begin our workshops, where over 60
presentations, both lecture and experiential will take place.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thursday evening we will have a
performance by Paolo Knill and Elizabeth McKim, topped off by an Open Mic
event.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Friday, August 14 we will continue with IEATA Committee
reports and a second keynote address by David Gere. Dr. Gere teaches at the
University of California at Los Angeles and is the Director of MAKE ART/STOP
AIDS, an international network of artists intervening in the AIDS epidemic,
Director of the Art/Global Health Center, and Associate Professor in the
Department of World Arts and Cultures. Dr. Gere was the 2008 Sonnabend
Fellow.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His presentation “Please
Listen, People,” HIV/AIDS Scrolls of West Bengal represents a multi-media
project incorporating an ancient technique of storytelling, art making, poetry
and song.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the afternoon, we will
begin our workshops, where over 60 presentations, both lecture and experiential
will take place.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Friday evening
will bring an Educational Fair and a Poster Session followed by an Awards
Banquet and Community Dance.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Saturday, August 15 our conference will “officially” end
with a celebration of IEATA and an ending ritual.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The conference will then open up to a
menu of half-day post-conference workshops that will allow participants one last
chance to connect with familiar and new faces. Post conference presenters will
include Sally Atkins and the Appalachian Expressive Arts Collective, Kyoko Ono,
Anin Utigaard, Graciela Bottini and Maria Gonzalez-Blue, Julia Byers, and
Adriana Marchione.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Conference registration will officially begin April 1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All registration will take place on-line
through <A href="http://www.ieata.org/">www.ieata.org</A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lodging<B> </B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">will be provided by</SPAN><B> Sheraton Commander
Hotel</B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> in Harvard Square, Cambridge
(</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
href="http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/IEA"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/IEA</SPAN></A></SPAN>)
for both room discounts and for a <I>banquet/awards dinner/dance</I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> with a live band that will take place on the Friday
night of the conference. A separate ticket will have to be purchased ($25) for
the banquet. </SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in">A second lodging option will be
staying in the <B>dorm rooms at </B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Lesley
University. Most dorm rooms are spacious air conditioned and located in
Victorian Houses on campus. The rate for these rooms are: </SPAN><B>Single Room
</B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">$65/PP/no AC - $85/PP+ AC </SPAN><B>Double
Room </B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">$55/PP/noAC - $75/PP/+AC. Information
will be available at the time of registration for how to apply for dorm
lodging.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in">A third lodging option we are
exploring is doing a <B>student-student exchange</B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">, where a student at Lesley or alumni will volunteer
their couch or spare bedroom.</SPAN></P></FONT></DIV><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:112pt; height:56pt'> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/edwardschreiber/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" o:althref="file://localhost/Users/edwardschreiber/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image002.pct" o:title=""/> </v:shape><![endif]--></BODY></HTML>