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CATANews
p r e s i d e n t ’ s m e s s a g e
With the new spring upon us we must take stock
of our incredible growth over the past few
months. For quite some time we had the idea
that elemental pieces of CATA needed to be re-
visited so we could begin on a solid foundation.
With quite a bit of organizational and logistical
help from our administrator, we managed to
have a visioning retreat in Vancouver in early
December 2014 with some new and old board
members. By the end of the two and a half day
meeting we not only hammered out our vision
and mission (published in this issue), but also
formed new and strong bonds among the board
members.
The next step was to revise and create a logo
that reflected the new CATA: Large, national,
bold and bilingual. We decided to stay in-house
for that project because we have so many tal-
ented graphic artists amongst us we did not need
to shop around.
Late last year we took a major step into the new
century; we handed over the publication of our
journal to Routledge Publishing. We still control
the editorial content but Taylor and Francis will
do the work of design, printing, as well as mar-
keting the journal to a wider audience. We look
forward to the new look and feel of the journal.
We also stepped into the “legislative lobby” arena
this January to take part in the professional coali-
tion in BC (formally called Federation of Associa-
tions for Counselling Therapists in British Colum-
bia or FACTBC) to help press the government for
the establishment of a formal college of health
professionals. Our ultimate goal is to have the
art therapy practice accredited in BC as has hap-
pened recently in Ontario.
We also launched an advocacy group. It is work-
ing, among other things, on a public campaign to
help protect our profession by educating employ-
ers on the qualifications of art therapists. The
goal is to inform our public about art therapy to
expose untrained practitioners who claim to
practice art therapy.
And finally, our hats off to the organising team
for the 2015 conference who has been hard at
work since the end of the last year’s conference.
I look forward to seeing most of you in beautiful
Halifax this October. I hope to have much good
news to announce when we meet.
Mehdi Naimi, MA, RCAT, RCC
Nanoose Bay
t h i s i s s u e P.2 editor’s notes
P.3 new CATA vision and mission
P.4 chapters and committees
P.6 around campus
P.10 cata conference
P.14 upcoming events
F A L L / W I N T E R 2 0 1 5
I S S U E
03 V O L U M E
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mehdi na imi Nanoose Bay, BC
o u r m i s s i o n
To encourage and sponsor
activities which enhance
knowledge of and skills in
art therapy.
To foster the dissemina-
tion of information about
art therapy services, prac-
tices and training oppor-
tunities to professional indi-
v idua ls , p rofess iona l
groups, educational and
mental health institutions
and other interested indiv-
iduals and groups in Can-
ada.
To provide a meeting
ground for adequately
trained and experienced
practising art therapists
who have professional
backgrounds in the field of
health and education.
To practise, maintain, ad-
vance, coordinate and pro-
mote interests in art ther-
apy and the practise of art
therapists in the field of
health in Canada.
I am a student member finishing up the practicum portion of my Masters in Counselling Psychology specialization in Art Therapy at Athabasca University and the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. This poem (pg. 10) was inspired by a self-portrait identity project that I offer to immigrant youth and adults considered to be "at-risk". The piece of artwork is a response to reflections on my own identity.
nadina dodd vancouver, BC
Dear CATA-ACAT community,
2015 is going to be a thrilling
year for CATA-ACAT. Firstly, we
have a new vision and mission
that encompass and clearly
explain what we will accom-
plish. Throughout the year, we
will continue to improve CATA-
ACAT’s image through different
communication platforms and
provide our members with
great opportunities to help us in
this pursuit.
We are making innovative
strides to become the future of
art therapy in Canada and will
continue to expand on our rich
history. CATA-ACAT is catching
up with the technology era, and
with the help of our new Social
Media Committee; CATA-ACAT
has created a CATA-ACAT Twit-
ter and Instagram, in addition
to our existing Facebook pages.
Through these popular and
accessible venues, we continue
to find new ways to reach out
to communities and inform
CATANews is the tri-annual
newsletter of the Canadian Art
Therapy Association, published in
February, June and October
annually and circulated by email
to our 440+ membership.
Content is provided by members
and is subject to editing.
copy & advertising deadlines
Sep 1st - Oct to Jan
Jan 1st - Feb to May
May 1st - Jun to Sep
Advertising rates are $5/sq in.
newsletter committee
chair/editor
Haley Toll (ON)
designer
Krista Schneider (ON)
proofing
Dianne Shannon (SK)
administration
Lynn Holloway (BC)
(Tel) 250-954-3883
mailing address
PO Box 658, Stn Main
Parksville, BC V9P 2G7
website
www.canadianarttherapy.org
them about what art therapists
do (and how much fun we
have).
Another significant develop-
ment is that the Canadian Art
Therapy Association Journal
has a new guest chief editor,
Marilyn Magnuson, MSW, RSW,
CCAT, DVATI, RN. Her exten-
sive academic background and
30 years of practice will give
the journal a new flavor and
perspective. Routledge will be
the journal’s new publisher,
which will improve the quality,
international profile and elec-
tronic access to our journal. I
encourage all of our student
and professional academic
members to submit their inno-
vative research to our journal.
Working with enthusiastic vol-
unteers who are passionate
about furthering our art therapy
community inspires me. Thank
you to all of the hard working
volunteers, board members and
our indispensable administra-
tive assistant in supporting
CATA-ACAT’s new and fresh
outlook. I would like to invite
anyone with dynamic ideas
about how to improve CATA-
ACAT’s communication and
image to contact me. Please
share your thoughts and en-
ergy. An example would be
how to improve our website.
Our community is interdepend-
ent and our progress depends
on our visionary members.
Furthermore, I would like to
thank the talented and creative
participants who submitted
designs for the new Canadian
Art Therapy Association logo.
The next newsletter will be
distributed in July 2015 and
CATA-ACAT wants to promote
your work, research and pro-
fessional perspectives. Please
share what you do and your
passions with our community
a n d s u b m i t t o
cata.communications.chair@gm
ail.com.
Sincerely yours,
Haley Toll
Ottawa ON
e d i t o r ’ s n o t e s
haley to l l Ottawa, ON
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cover artwork by Nadina Dodd
Painting Representing CATA’s Materializing Future Possibili-ties, 2014, Acrylic on Canvas, 24” x 36” by Haley Toll
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CANADIAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION D’ART THERAPIE CANADIENNE
Would like to announce our NEW and EXCITING vision and mission:
Canadian Art Therapy Association: The Future of Art Therapy
OUR VISION:
We are the Canadian voice of Art Therapy. We bring together art therapists to raise standards and advance the profession.
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Happy New Year! 2015
has brought new momentum
and motivation for the CATA
Prairie Chapter to mobilize
our current membership and
reach out to new colleagues
and community mem-
bers. As such, we have
some exciting plans in the
works, including a CATA-
hosted creative gathering in
February and an upcoming
workshop on March 21 & 22,
2015.
The CATA Prairie Chapter
joined for a creative, fun,
collegial afternoon of art-
making/ self-care in Calgary.
The session began with a
creative experience facili-
tated by Calgary artist and
art therapist Kristin Boettger,
and was followed by a lively
and collaborative discussion
around building community
and capacity for all mental
health workers and students
that use creative expressions
in their practice. Art thera-
pists were able to meet and
connect in order to feel reju-
venated.
Wishing you all a wonderful
and inspired year of creativ-
ity, depth and connection.
by laws upda te
waqas yousafzai Edmonton, AB
Hello and Happy New Year to
all CATA-ACAT members!
In line with our promise
at CATA-ACAT's Annual General
Meeting held in Nelson in Sep-
tember 2014, CATA-ACAT is
now making the bylaws text in
its totality accessible to our
entire membership for com-
ment and feedback. If you are
interested in reviewing, com-
menting, and having your say
towards the future of our or-
ganization, this is your opportu-
nity to join in! The change is
brought upon the organization
by a much larger external force
- The Canada Not-for-profit
Corporations Act. CATA was
originally incorporated federally
under the Canada Corporations
Act in 1981, and the new NFP
Act has set a transition deadline
for all NGOs to update their
Articles of Incorporation to be
inline with the act within three
years of October 2011 (the
date the act received royal ac-
cent in Canada). The penalty
for not complying is severe and
failure may lead to CATA being
rendered inactive and subse-
quently dissolved.
We are therefore required to
work as an association on our
charter documents (bylaws) to
get our Certificate of Continua-
tion. Together, the membership
of CATA-ACAT is the national
voice of art therapy in Canada
but the task of getting a large
500+ membership organization
to sit together to draft by-laws
is too large, and understanda-
bly quite platitudinal. To speed
up the process, members of
the CATA-ACAT board got to-
gether in July 2014 to re-write
the by-laws. They have there-
fore provided the membership
with a skeleton of what the by-
laws may look like. They have
utilized the official Industry
Canada bylaw builder and tried
their best to maintain the conti-
nuity and integrity of CATA’s
previous bylaws.
To have your say, you can ac-
cess the forum online by visit-
ing our website at http://
canadianarttherapy.org.
Upon logging into your account,
you can access the ‘Forums’
area on the left panel of the
website. By clicking ‘Bylaws’
under this tab, you would be
taken directly to an online and
public discussion of CATA-
ACAT's bylaw review. Having
your say in the affairs of your
organization through the by-
laws is just one way to get in-
volved. As a small nonprofit
non-governmental organization,
CATA-ACAT is always looking
for volunteers to help make the
voice of Canadian art therapy
louder and clearer. Please con-
tact us if you would like to
get involved.
chapters and commit tees
pra i r i e chap te r news
kr i st in boettger Calgary, AB
As an art therapist working in
the Cariboo Region, I wonder
some days what kind of an
impact I’m making. I have an
established contracting busi-
ness, Art 4 Life Therapy, and I
was managing a group home
with adults with disabilities one
year ago in Burnaby, BC. Early
last January, I moved to the
10,000 population of Williams
Lake, BC. Now, working full-
time at a Wellness Centre with
First Nations youth and fami-
lies, conducting art therapy
there and with individual cli-
ents, I figured I could take on a
volunteer position with the Ca-
nadian Art Therapy Association.
Having been a member with
CATA for a decade, I figured it
was time to get involved in the
governing body. I am in charge
of the new Twitter account
@cata_art. Please follow and
suggest others to follow!
Digesting the year, the most
impressive thing I did was fol-
low my heart! Working with
First Nations in the Cariboo, I
work with a wonderful multi-
cultural team in a wholistic en-
vironment that supports Métis
and Inuit clientele also. Attend-
ing Sophia’s Schneider’s
‘Medicine Wheel’ workshop at
the Adler School of Professional
P s y c h o l o g y a n d
Fyre Jean Graveline’s ‘HeART as
Ceremony: An Indigenous Path
to Wholism and Balance’ work-
shops at the annual CATA con-
ference were certainly high-
lights supporting my work.
At the end of the 2014 CATA
conference, held in Nelson,
B.C., Monica Carpendale asked
the attendees to make a pledge
and create a postcard repre-
senting our ‘Call to Compas-
sionate Action’. I took this task
seriously and I am continuing
my call to you that I believe
can make an impact. I pledge
to assist in bringing art therapy
to remote communities and to
individuals that are segregated
or have limited access to main-
stream society. Art is a lan-
guage that we can all speak
and therapy is a framework
that supports this language. We
are on a co-creative journey
and we are all involved. Please
find me on Facebook, LinkedIn
and Twitter. I’d love to connect
and share ideas with you!
It is an absolute pleasure to
be new to the Ethics Commit-
tee as the chair. The Ethics
Committee values what it
means to be an art therapist
in Canada, and emphasizes
the importance of a practice
that is held by qualified and
knowledgeable art therapists.
Currently, there are new and
exciting ideas being put forth
that will strengthen the con-
nection and practice of Cana-
dian Art Therapists. I am
reaching out to invite all in-
terested members to contact
me with their ideas and
thoughts, so we as a commit-
tee can add to the discussion
of what ethical practice looks
like in Canada.
Please contact me if you
would like to be part of the
discussion!
a message f rom the new soc ia l med ia cha i r
kayla cardinal Winn ipeg, MB
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new e th i c s cha i r
andrea hrysko Williams Lake, BC
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t a t i ’s h igh - l eve l v i s i t w i th the f i r s t l ady pence o f i nd iana
On October 8, 2014 TATI was
honoured to host the Governor
of Indiana’s wife, First Lady
Karen Pence, for a visit and
tour. We had received notice
that she and her husband were
visiting Toronto that day and
TATI was one of the places she
wanted to visit while in our fair
city. We invited some of our
graduates and current stu-
dents, instructors and board
members to join us to talk
about art therapy with First
Lady Pence. She shared with us
her history of teaching art in
the public school system and
her passion for doing artwork
herself. Her specialty is water-
colors of homes and historical
buildings.
First Lady Pence is honorary
chair of the Art Therapy Initia-
tive at Riley Children's Hospital
in Indianapolis as well as a
member of Riley Children’s
Foundation Board. She also
serves as a board member for
Tracy's Kids, an art therapy
program for several children's
hospitals in Washing-
ton, D.C. We also in-
vited Lynne Jenkins,
Clinical Director of the
Barbara Schlifer Clinic
in Toronto to speak
about the clinic’s art
therapy project with
the Gardiner Museum
and Suzanne Thom-
son, RCAT, DTATI.
First Lady Pence initiated a
project in Indiana in which peo-
ple could donate their old cell
phones to women in domestic
violence shelters and was very
interested to hear about the
Barbara Schlifer Clinic/Gardiner
Museum art therapy project for
women who have experienced
trauma in their lives.
he lene burt Toronto, ON
around campus
January 5th, 2015 was a his-
toric day when the Adler School
of Professional Psychology offi-
cially became Adler University!
To celebrate the event the
un ive r s i t y c rea ted the
#IBelieveOneDay Project, a
video series inspired by Adler
University students, faculty,
staff, and alumni committed to
creating a more just society.
We invite you to take a peek at
the Vancouver Campus
#IBelieveOneDay video in
which MCP: Art Therapy stu-
dent, Elizabeth Ramsey makes
a passionate statement about
her beliefs in the role of crea-
tivity and the arts in healing.
Enjoy!
Links:
Video 1
http://vimeo.com/116171770
Video 2
http://vimeo.com/116171613
dr . duan ita g e len iak Vancouver, BC
i n t roduc ing ad le r un ive rs i ty !
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Dr. Eleniak with MCP: Art Therapy students Raman Samara and
Cassandra Evans during an open studio in Studio One.
Did you know that CATA has
its own Facebook group?
Facebook offers three pri-
vacy levels for groups:
Open, closed and secret.
We have chosen a “closed
group” format to ensure the
people joining are actually
interested in art therapy and
will not try to sell anyone
anything.
The names of closed groups
are visible, as are the lists of
members, but only members
can see the content that is
posted on closed groups.
You can become a member
by requesting inclusion in
the group. This “invitation
only” policy allows the CATA
Facebook group adminis-
trators to approve each per-
son that joins. All CATA
members are welcome in
this group!
The opportunity is to be able
to be in discussion and bring
topics of interest to the Ca-
nadian art therapy commu-
nity. We hope you’ll con-
sider joining soon!
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From Haley Toll,
CATA Communications
Committee Chair:
Thank you Andrea Hrysko
for joining the team and
becoming the new Social
Media Committee Chair!
Your willingness to dedicate
your time to improve CATA’s
visibility through our new
Twitter, Instagram (through
Julie Lemelin), Facebook and
eventually LinkedIn is truly
appreciated and inspiring! I
am so excited for all of the
great things we will accom-
plish!
CATA would also like to
thank Nathalia Gagnon
and Marjorie Lavoie for
their hard work translating
and proofreading the Cana-
dian Art Therapy Associa-
tion’s publication content!
Your work in making CATA
more accessible to our val-
ued French members is
priceless.
On November 29, 2014 our full-
time diploma cohort concluded
their studies at VATI with a
memorable potluck lunch and
graduation ceremony. Oozing
creativity and the spirit of art
therapy, VATI staff presented
us with our ‘unofficial’ hand-
made diplomas (which would
later be accompanied by their
official counterparts).
“The graduation ceremony was
intimate, creative, and a lovely
conclusion to our time to-
gether,” said Amy Ruttan, a
fellow graduate.
After the ceremony we enjoyed
our final group studio session
facilitated by Gretchen Ladd. It
was a meaningful opportunity
to make art together one last
time as a group. To ease the
goodbyes Gretchen provided
each of us with a small canvas
to paint for one of our class-
mates, reflecting on what they
had taught us throughout the
year. As a final conclusion we
presented our works of art to
each other and shared our
thoughts about the tight bonds
we’d built with one another.
After Graduation
After spending 15 consecutive
months with my cohort it’s hard
to believe we are now ventur-
ing off on our own journeys. I
checked in with a few class-
mates to share with you what
they have been up to since
graduation.
Hayley Lee
– As we concluded our studies
at VATI Hayley was presented
with a job offer from her practi-
cum site where she provided
individual art therapy services
to seniors living in residential
care. Eager to enter the work-
force and passionate about her
work with seniors Hayley ac-
cepted the opportunity and
now works four days a week at
two residential care facilities in
Burnaby and Vancouver.
Zehra Kizilbash – Zehra is
employed full-time as an em-
ployment counsellor working
with refugees and recent immi-
grants. She is also completing
her final paper which investi-
gates the effectiveness of using
arts-based interventions with
refugees. In her group work-
shops she utilizes art therapy
theory and looks to the creative
process for inspiration and as a
method of communication. Due
to client language barriers she
often finds that visual commu-
nication is the most effective
tool to use with clients and
fosters self-expression and con-
nection.
va t i g raduat i on hanna verhagen Vancouver, BC
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The Pollution Within or LowTide Collection
They say: “A human need can still be commoditized,
whereas if water is declared a human right, it can no longer be sold, traded,
or denied to those who can not afford it.” Lucy the Clown has a Frown.
This is Not Funny. Big Money. is Killing Us.
Water. Beautiful Sacred Blood of Earth Mother. is our Teacher. Healer. Gives Nourishment. Cleanliness.
We cannot Survive. without Water. Yet. every Second.Minute.Hour.Day.
Industrial Wastes.Pollutants are Spilled.Seep.are Dumped. into Waterways.Watersheds.Watertaps.
When the Tide is Low. there is so much to Show. Top 10 No-No Ingredient List:
Ammonia; Chlorine Bleach; DEA (diethanolamine); TEA (triethanolamine);
Parabens; Phthlates; Formaldehyde; Nonylphenol; ethoxylates
Triclosan; SLS/SLES. Look them Up. If Water has No-Nos.
Your Blood.Sweat.Tears. are full of them too. We must Liberate ourselves. on the Spot.
from their Power over Us. over Water. Name.Own.Challenge.Change.
the Pollution Within. the Pollution Without. Freeing Ourselves means:
Speaking Out. Against Greed.
Against Delusion. Against Hatred.
Against Big Money. We know Swimming Against the Stream.
the MainStream. that is. can be Painful.Exhausting.Lonely.
Activists. Learn to Recuperate. Simply. Connect with the Waters of Life.
Rains. Snows. Rivers. Ponds. Streams. Waterfalls. Oceans. Slow. Go with the Flow.
Accept. the Natural Ebb and Flow. of Tide’s Highs and Lows. of Waters Toos and Fros.
Sometimes. be Racing and Rocky. Sometimes. be Still like Glistening Glass.
The Pollution Within, in heART for eARTh blog fyre jean grave l ine Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
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Continuing on the theme of Abuses against our Earth Mother. And how these Abuses are Internalized by Us. as Disease. I offer The Pollution Within. or Low Tide Collection.
If you would like to be in touch you can connect with her at [email protected]
From Mehdi Naimi,
CATA President:
If I have to choose one per-
son out of all of our volun-
teers to thank I will do two
things: First, scream in pro-
test that it is not fair and
that it is too hard to choose
only one. And second, once
I accept the rule you have
set up, I would choose
Waqas. He came to volun-
teer his time and his energy,
his expertise and his pas-
sion, for us, without fully
knowing what he was get-
ting into. And now, after
about eight months of work-
ing with him, I have to say I
am quite impressed by his
willingness to focus on the
hard stuff and to get the job
done in a concentrated and
timely manner, with profes-
sional grace, and always
with a great smile. Thank
you Waqas for being such a
great and inspiring team
player.
C A T A C O N F E R E N C E The Beautiful City of Nelson, British Columbia
Welcomes a Huge Increase in Participants in the Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference, September 2014
Elizabeth Cunningham, MA. Expressive Arts Therapy
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I attended the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) conference this year in Nelson BC, centered at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, both as an expressive arts therapist and as a photographer. Manoeuvring between the roles of engaged participant and observer/recorder was a chal-lenging exercise, which gave me a unique perspective on the workshops and presentations that I was able to attend. Sometimes I could stand back and watch the fascinating proc-ess of the groups immersed in art making and the dynamics of relationship while other times I could step into the role of par-ticipant to experience the crea-tive shift that happens with any arts-based process. The three-day conference was a colourful kaleidoscope of presentations and workshops
offered by art therapists from every province and territory across Canada and as far away as Israel and Spain. It was a lively, diverse cohort of 150
participants, a significant in-crease over last year’s enrol-ment of just under 100. There were so many more registrants than expected that extra ven-ues in Nelson needed to be engaged for the diverse work-shops.
Monica Carpendale, Director of
the Kutenai Art Therapy Insti-tute in Nelson and coordinator of this year`s CATA conference, introduced her long-time men-tor and colleague, Margaret Jones-Callahan on Friday morn-ing for the key note presenta-tion. Margaret`s heartfelt pres-entation highlighting mindful-ness in the work of art therapy was moving in its depth and range of experience. An inno-vative “elder” in the field, Mar-garet continued to inspire therapists of all ages through-out the weekend with her tire-less participation and significant insights. International perspectives were provided by such participants as Judith Siano from Haifa, Israel, and Sibylle Cseri from Barcelona, Spain. Juanita Kiff, dressed in polka dots and swirling skirts, offered us the opportunity to have a lively time making hula hoops. Moving with a hula hoop while being engaged in a therapy session is one of her extraordi-nary specialties as an art therapist. During his presentation of Afri-can storytelling, art and music, Chartwell Dutiro, in full Zim-babwe costume complete with porcupine head dress, told a thoroughly engaging folktale while playing his fascinating gourd-shaped mbira. The chil-dren participating in this family-oriented workshop were mes-merized and gave very creative artistic feedback.
Keynote Speaker,
Margaret Jones-Callahan
Hula Hoop Workshop
with Juanita Kiff.
Identity
and
the Transcendent
Power of Art
I stand amidst a field of curious
eyes
From other worlds
Blinking and hoping eyes
Ready to be immersed in the
knowing of their own identities.
Verbal language is a barrier
That does not dissuade me
For I know that art will tran-
scend these linguistic walls.
The newcomers before me are
“at risk”
But their courage is palpable.
Stories of loss and hope arrive
like new buds in Spring.
In a new land
The uncovering and creating
begins,
Life-sized,
With bits of the old
And pieces of the new.
History and culture
Are shed and strengthened.
Dreams and desires
Are grasped and let go.
Two worlds are balanced,
One afar and one underfoot.
I learn about love and terror
Anger and faith
And get tied into a dream
catcher at the end of the day.
Nadina Dodd
November 4, 2014
tremendously challenging voca-tion they share and to pass on their enthusiasm and courage to each other and to the stu-dents attending. Like every other aspect of the conference, the social element was carefully orchestrated and it blossomed beautifully. From the delicious, healthy meals, to the fantastic array of local musicians per-forming at the Capitol Theatre on Friday night, the lively luncheon conversations and the wild abandon of the Saturday night dancing at the Hume Ho-tel with music by the fabulous band of Clinton Swanson with singer Bessie Wapp, the week-end was full of fun for every-one involved. The closing ceremony, clearly
an example of community gath-
ering and celebration, was held
in a conference room in the
Prestige Hotel. This venue was
engaged at the last moment
with incredible flexibility by the
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The Collage Process workshop, facilitated by Medhi Naimi, was so popular that a larger hall had to be rented in order to accommodate all the partici-pants. On a gloriously sunny autumn morning, Will Parker took us outside to connect to nature, engaging with the small natural beauties of the urban land-scape. Trained in environ-mental science, Will uses the stories we all share about our experiences with nature to help heal mental health challenges. There was even a workshop, presented by Germany’s Mar-tina Danzer, on horses and art therapy, which explained how working with horses relates to the skill of being an art thera-pist. Stand and wait for the horse (or client) to approach rather than assertively going towards them seemed to be her gentle message. Although the topic of the con-ference “Art Therapy in the Service of Peace” had an ear-nestly serious intent and the presentations were thoughtful and often profound in their depth, my overall impression of the conference was that it was a joyful and fascinatingly di-verse celebration of the work that art therapists do in the world. The conference was also a phenomenal example of how important it is for practitioners to come together to affirm the
Friday night performance with Chartwell Dutiro and Nicole LeBihan.
conference planning team be-
cause of an early morning fire
at the originally-planned site.
Monica Carpendale gathered
her versatile colleagues early in
the morning and together they
quickly created a colourful,
welcoming space for all the
conference participants to
come together to say farewell.
Native Métis Elder, Donna
Wright led the large circle in a
prayer of affirmation and clo-
sure, just as she had opened
the conference in celebration
and hope.
Mehdi Naimi collage workshop with Judith Siano from Haifa, Israel.
The Closing Ceremony.
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u p c o m i n g e v e n t s
2-DAY WORKSHOP WITH LANI GARITY-GLANVILLE A World of Possibility: Characters, Narratives and Murals (Day 1) Maintaining Possibility (Day 2) Edmonton, AB March 21-22, 2015
This workshop will be a very hands-on puppet making/ action figure making story
telling experience. Day two will involve discussion around positive psychology,
neuroscience research, applying the workshop with diverse cultures and building
community. More detail TBA– check the CATA website for more information as it’s
released.
Cost: Prairie chapter members $75.00/ non-members $100.00
Location: St. Stephen’s College, U of A Campus
c a t a e x e c u t i v e
c o u n c i l 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5
executive president
(BC) Mehdi Naimi
vice-president
(BC) Michelle Winkel
secretary
(MB) Kayla Cardinal
treasurer
(MB) Kayla Cardinal
directors by-laws (advisor to the board)
(AB) Waqas Yousafzai
partnership development
(BC) Sherry-Lynn Widemark
education & training
(BC) Michelle Winkel
communications
(ON) Haley Toll
membership
vacant
committee chairs conference
(ON) Gilda Raimondi
registration
(MB) Adriana Leinberger
social media chair
(BC) Andrea Hrysko
advocacy
(MB) Tzafi Weinberg
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f o l l o w u s o n :
Twitter: CATA-art: Andrea Hrysko
Instagram: CATA_photos_atac: Julie Lemelin
Facebook: Canadian Art Therapy Association (Closed Group) Canadian Art Therapy Association (Fan Page)
Linkedin: Canadian Art Therapy Association-l’Association canadienne d’art thérapie
2015 4th Annual MBAT (Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy) Summer Institute with Margaret Jones-Callahan The Centre for Peace, 1825 W 16th Ave., Vancouver, BC Level 1: July14 - 15 Level 2: July 16 - 17 Level 3: July 18 new program
MBAT focuses on cultivating positive social and emotional health, self-management skills,
gratitude and compassion. More than learning to focus attention and simply be, we look at the
transformative power of contemplative art and the awakened heart. Participants explore the
sense fields and embodied presence focusing on Mindfulness of Body and Mindfulness of
Life. Participants apply these through practices of calligraphic brush work, gentle inquiry,
photography, mindful drawing, collage, and painting. Issues explored may include conflicted
emotions, pain management, addiction recovery, anxiety, stress and work place issues. This
course emphasizes Mindfulness for cultivating personal presence in the counselling and
coaching dynamic.
For information or to register: [email protected] or www.truepnt.ca programs/calendar page.