Third arts and quality of life research center conference

"Arts for Healing - Arts for Wellness"

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Conference Program

 

8:45-9:00

Opening and Welcome

Provost Lisa Staiano-Coico

Dr. Cheryl Dileo

9:00-9:55

Healing Trauma through the Arts

David Read Johnson, Ph.D., RDT-BCT, Director of the Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy (NYC); Co-Director, Post Traumatic Stress Center (CT); Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University

Abstract: The relationship between traumatic experience and artistic expression goes deep: the first is a descent into the inexpressable, and the second is the journey back.  We will discover that while trauma makes the present absent, the arts make the absent present. The role of the arts and the arts therapies in trauma treatment, and their relationship to other forms of trauma treatment such as cognitive behavioral interventions, will also be described.

 

9:55 - 10:15

Coffee Break

10:15-11:10 

Arts for Wellness in the Community

Pepón Osorio, MA, Laura Carnell Professor of Community Arts, Tyler school of the Arts, Temple University

Abstract: In Loving Memory of… a dialogue between Prof. Osorio of Tyler School of Art and graduate students Leila Macbeth and Kate Sclavi reflecting on personal process and outcomes of a current multidisciplinary community based arts project titled In Loving Memory of… In Loving Memory of… is a multifaceted arts project directed by Osorio in collaboration with  Prof. Karen Turner (SCT) to bring awareness of the impact of youth violence on the Latino community of North Philadelphia. The project was designed to give community participants a forum through which to memorialize their loved ones and includes the participation of Temple students, North Philadelphia families, social service organizations and local artists. The conversation will center on the methodology and dynamics of collaborating with families in the community. Prof. Osorio, Macbeth, and Slavik will present and discuss their individual interventions in developing street banners, installation art, photography, sculpture, and video relating to the unique stories of seven families. This conversation will create a space for the audience to reflect and consider ways in which they can create change.

11:15-12:10 

Arts Programs for Healing and Wellness at the Arts and Quality of Life

Research Center

Cheryl Dileo, PhD, MT-BC, Carnell Professor of Music Therapy, Coordinator PhD Program in Music Therapy, Director Arts and Quality of Life Research Center   

Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC, Assistant Director, Arts and Quality of Life Research Center,

Temple University

Abstract: It is well recognized that the arts play a unique role in the enhancement of quality of life. Access to the arts is even more critical for those whose quality of life is compromised by physical, mental, emotional, social, environmental and/or economic problems. In response, Arts at Your Side has been created as the community service initiative of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center.  Drs. Dileo and Bradt will discuss several of the Arts at Your Side outreach programs, including a music therapy stress management program with Latino women at risk for cardiovascular disease and innovative songwriting programs with at-risk youth and youth with spinal cord injury. They will also present their experiences in training visual artists and musicians in the Center’s competency-based Artist in Healthcare Training Program.

12:15-1:15

Lunch on your own

1:15-2:10

Music and Music Therapy for Healing from Depression and Stroke

Jaakko Erikkilä, PhD, Professor of Music Therapy;  Esa Ala-Ruona, PhD, Music Therapist and Researcher, Music Therapy Clinic for Research and Training;  Jörg Fachner, PhD, Finnish Center of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)

 

Abstract: Psychodynamically oriented music therapy in an individual setting helps to reduce symptoms of depression and improve other health-related outcomes (Erkkila et al., in preparation). That result is based on the study (Erkkila et al. 2008) of 79 clients with depression, carried out in Finland. According to the recent study on stroke, merely listening to music during the early post-stroke stage can enhance cognitive recovery (Sarkamo et al. 2008). These results will be presented. In addition we will present the clinical model of an ongoing RCT, where the effects of active music therapy on stroke are examined. On the basis of clinical experiences, active music therapy may be beneficial in post-stroke recovery, as well. In addition to traditional outcome measures, psychometric, electrophysiological and musicological outcome measures are used in these studies.

2:15-3:10

Promoting Wellness through Access to the Arts

Ermyn F. King, MA, Director of Hospital & Hospice Programs, ArtStream, Inc.; Cultural Access Project Manager/Accessibility Consultant, VSA arts of Pennsylvania

                                                         

Abstract: Universal design, a design process framework prompting inclusive solutions, has been referenced by the World Health Organization as a concept that helps enhance everyone's well-being.  How can a universally accessible and inclusive approach become an integrated, systemic part of arts/arts in healthcare initiatives, ensuring that all constituents (including those with temporary or long-term disabilities) can participate/benefit?  Innovative and effective universal strategies, multimodal tools, a multisensory evaluation methodology, and resources that strengthen outreach and service to existing and new populations across varied arts disciplines, and which comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (commemorating its 20th anniversary in 2010), will be highlighted.  

                                                                  

3:10-3:25

Break

3:25-4:30

Building Community: Random Acts of Dance

Rhonda Moore, Ed.M. candidate, Sound and Movement Stage Artist and Educator, Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance,Temple University

Abstract: Conceived and created in response to a recognized personal need to create, connect, and in some way impact both privately and publicly on the relationship with self and with the world, a three-minute dance brings to light some major life issues:  Who am I?  Can I make a difference in my life, in the lives of others?  How can I express myself and communicate with others?  What makes me feel good? The presentation revolves around the teaching and performing of "Almost Good". A precis of the phenomenological research methods applied to the project will be presented, including video clips of diverse populations executing a random act of dance "ATTACK!"