REGISTRATION OPEN
2013 BATA SYMPOSIUM
Art Therapy: Self Expression and Healing
BEFORE YOU PROCEED
CHECK OUT THE BROCHURE
DECIDE IF YOU WANT WORKSHOPS:
THEY COST $5.00 a piece EXTRA
Ohio Counseling and Social Work and NBCC CEUs are available:
6 hours for Friday and 5.5 hours for Saturday
This year the Symposium will begin at 11:30 AM on Friday, September 27.
BATA is pleased to host Harriet Wadeson as our Keynote
Harriett Wadeson, Ph.D., LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM is a pioneer in the art therapy profession. She has published 8 books on art therapy, approximately 70 journal articles, and numerous chapters in art therapy and psychology texts. She is an international guest lecturer and teacher, having taught and presented her work in 14 countries, as well as leading professional exchange delegations to many of them. Harriet has won numerous awards for her work, including a first prize for art from the Smithsonian Institute, a distinguished teaching award from Northwestern University, a resolution of commendation from the Illinois legislature, a bronze medal award for research from the American Psychiatric Association, first prize for research from the American Art Therapy Association, and the highest honor in the field, Honorary Life Membership from that association, and many other awards for her artwork. She directed art therapy graduate programs at the Univ. of Houston (2 years), the Univ. of Illinois (23 years), and Northwestern Univ. (9 years), as well as the Art Therapy Annual Summer Institute for the Univ. of Illinois (20 years). She began her career conducting art therapy research at the National Institutes of Health (13 years). Currently she has been engaged to develop an art therapy program at Truman College.
Friday Keynote Lecture: 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Caught in the Clutch of the Crab: Journaling Cancer in Words and Images
The American Cancer Society reports that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and that 41% of Americans will have cancer at some time during their lives. As a result, most of us will encounter cancer, either in ourselves or in a loved one. Dealing with serious illness and the threat of death is a part of the human experience, and more than other prevalent illnesses, cancer conjures up fears of suffering, helpless debilitation, and death. This presentation encompasses Dr. Wadeson’s perspective, not only as an experienced art therapist, but also from the subjective vantage point of her own cancer diagnosis and treatment. In addition to keeping a written journal, she created an “altered book” of over 70 images throughout her cancer treatment. The presentation will cover this experience with an emphasis on the importance of creative self-expression in facing a severe illness. In her book that that grew out of this experience, Journaling Cancer in Words and Images, Caught in the Clutch of the Crab, Dr. Wadeson states: “I think creative expression is very important for those living in dread of a possibly fatal illness and undergoing harsh, debilitating medical treatment. Cancer is life sucking. It is easy to become your cancer with all the medical appointments and treatment side effects that take over your life. Cancer can suck out all other life you have. But writing and painting, even if about the pain in your current reality, lift you beyond that reality into a world of your own creation. There is a strange paradox here. Although the focus is on what may be suffering, that focus is enveloped in another focus, which is the creative experience itself. What’s more, creative self-expression can affirm your own special personhood, what in you is strong and unique. You are not simply a cipher in an unending march of patients into the operating room, the radiology department, the chemotherapy suite. You are expressing your own individual response to the tsunami that has wrecked your life and the flood that is drowning so much of it.” The presentation will also compare writing and making art, which for the presenter were very different modes of expression in both PM The process and the outcome.
Saturday Keynote Workshop: 9:00 - 11:00 AM
The Impact of Illness on Self-Image
The image we hold of ourselves is core in how we relate to others and see ourselves in the world. This workshop will explore the change that serious illness and other life crises can have on self-image. There is no better way to observe this important dynamic than through art making.
The annual membership Luncheon will be held at 12:00 PM on Saturday. Price included in Saturday and Full Symposium Registration.
Saturday Breakout Sessions begin at 1:45 PM.
Program and Brochure
BATA MEMBER RATES:
Professional
$160/Full Symposium
$85/Friday Only
$110/Saturday Only
Student*
$110/Full Symposium
$60/Friday Only
$85/Saturday Only
NON-MEMBER RATES:
Professional
$210/Full Symposium
$110/Friday Only
$130/Saturday Only
Student*
$140.00/Full Symposium
$75.00/Friday Only
$100/Saturday Only
PLEASE NOTE:
· Workshops offerings require an additional $5.00 material fee and are registered on a first come, first served basis. Space is limited, so please register early.
· Buffet lunch is included in the Saturday and Full Symposium rate.
· Registration deadline is August 26. After August 26, attendees will need to register on-site. Attendees registering on-site will have a $50.00 surcharge added to their Symposium rate.
· *A copy of your student ID is required if you are registering as a student.
· BATA will honor our member rate to colleagues that document they are a member of another AATA chapter.
· If you have a child or adult with you who is not registered for the Symposium and will be eating lunch on Saturday, you will need to purchase an additional $25.00 meal ticket at the Registration Table.
Please note: Any individual on-site during the Symposium must be a paid registered Symposium attendee.
