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MNATA
President
Tracy Mclachlan MS, ATR
Dear
fellow art therapy supporters,
I
was happy to sit down with 15 other interested parties and
take part in the Soul Collage workshop with Joan Ungar and
Kathleen Grittner. I was intrigued by the process and
feel that it will be useful in different forms for all
participants. Thank you, Joan and Kathleen.
Although
the weather is delightful, the color of the leaves is telling
me it is fall. We are deep in the season of new
schoolwork, new routines, fresh art supplies, and new goals.
I have been thinking about some goals for MNATA for the
next several months, and hope you can join me for the fall
meetings. The October meeting is a week LATER than
usual, as the Adler Graduate School is closed for Yom Kippur.
Our
fall meeting are going to be October 15 and November 12, at
Adler in the gallery from 10-11:30 am.
In
October we will hear from Melina Weir on the trip to the
national conference in Washington DC in July. We are
looking for leadership and that will be a continuing
discussion. I hope to plan a time for our holiday
gathering, and perhaps a theme. Childcare could be offered at
the October meeting if you could contact me ahead of time,
perhaps by October 12. Let's take out our supplies and
enjoy some time for free art work as we talk.
Joan
was kind enough to offer to host us at her studio for a follow
up Soul Collage activity for our January meeting. If you
haven't seen her studio, that alone should draw you up to NE
Minneapolis for the meeting January 14.
In
closing, many thanks to Nancy Ward for your gracious
hospitality for a patio gathering in August. It is a joy
to hear reports of positions, international dialogue, and
interest in the art therapy field.
Minutes
from our October 15th meeting below
Sincerely.
Tracy Mclachlan, MS, ATR
President,
MNATA
tracymclachlan@gmail.com
MNATA
10/15/11 Meeting
submitted
by Nancy
Tracy
McLachlan, Melina Weir, Nancy Ward, Amy DiGennaro, Bevie LaBrie,
Paula Christiansen, Erin Dolan, Bonnie Brabson, Connie Cohen,
Jackie Seavey, Marisha Weine, Analiese Hanson, Tami Swiggum
Goals/Needs/Interests:
- Getting
work as an art therapist.
- art
making/food for individual practice, resources and community,
- connect
faces and names in AT field, experientials, AT with youth
- wants
to be able to attend other meetings, noon-1pm lunch works
- Service
opportunities, community volunteering, collaborating, social
networking
- bring
AT into neighborhoods where people can’t afford therapy
- community
building and networking really important, help from seasoned ATs
- Events
that bring professionals and students, which provide CEUs
- Tech
workshop could be very useful for new and older ATs,
applications in the field.
- We
need to re-establish connection in a more regular way with the
Adler Student group.
- art
therapy supply boxes and volunteers to be sent in crisis
situations, ie the N Mpls tornado, Red Lake, etc
- snow-based
art making, ie at St Paul Winter Festival
Melina:
We need to have more openings for art therapists career wise.
This
requires networking nonstop, grantwriting, making your career
position needed, working w/ teachers, in schools, with EBD and DD
individuals, counselors
She
also recommends attending conferences
Meeting
dates:
Adler
registers for 3 months, but only 2 weeks ahead of semester.
Classes vary between Saturdays and Sundays. This makes it hard to
schedule consistent meetings and get regular attendance and
participation. It is hard for students to plan ahead also.
NOON
MEETINGS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND, EVEN IF ONLY FOR
30 MIN and provide childcare when class is not in session. RSVPs
would be needed to make this happen.
Membership:
Priority:
develop student membership and activity by having meetings at
Adler at lunch
How
is this different from the Student Art Therapy Assn? We
need to contact them
Melina
described the way she broke the membership list into catagories of
“types” of members. She expressed a desire to have some
representation of each of those groups. Membership in AATA is
required for all board members, and having an MA in AT is required
for pres and VP roles.
AATA
Business
Melina-AATA
Conference
Erin
Dolan wants to go next year as delegate. Tami is also interested.
2011
AATA Conference focused on Collective energy, collaboration,
schools, VA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Admin
MNATA
needs to have general professional liability insurance for the
board. Nancy
will find out about this insurance before the November meeting They
also want similar look to for all the state orgs to create a more
cohesive appearance. The Brand (logo) could be plugged in.
AATA
wants us to communicate thru the “Glass Cube”. We
need to learn more about this. They have toolkits about
different applications-schools, vets, etc. They are on the AATA
website.
They
had a section on national advocacy.
The
Chapter Update that AATA offers may be useful info for others than
the chapter reps. This could be added as a tab on our MNATA
website.
MNATA
Business
Nancy
will develop a script in the next week for calling members and
pass it to the board for feedback. Then we can break the list into
groups of 10 to call, for personal contact before the Nov mtg.
We
will find out what the schedule is so we know when to schedule the
holiday gathering.
We
have about $1000 in savings. We spent about $300 for soul collage.
Most attenders joined to reduce their costs.
Tami
will take on Programming Chair role
Nancy
will continue as Communications Link
As
a way of increasing engagement and spreading responsibility Tracy
proposes expanding the roles within meetings. For example,
everyone is a member of the “Body of the Whole” who brings
forward many more of the skills than typically arrive at meetings.
We need a different leadership form than the traditional one.
EVENTS
Emily
Program Open House
open
mic for residents/clients
art
show
about
Feb 24th-to be confirmed, at the new St Louis Park location, near
Excelsior and Hwy 100. Followup discussion of the need to be
sensitive to public viewing of client art. It will be anonymous
unless client wants otherwise. Emily Program show is also reviewed
by staff and client’s therapist. Other artists can contribute
who are/have been touched by ED. To contribute, contact Kari.Clifton@emilyprogram.com Deadline
for submission is Jan 15, 2012.
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BOARD
MEETINGS
Next meeting
February meeting at Adler
date to come
Movie Night coming in March
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MNATA Group now on
LinkedIn
Join Linkin.com and then join
MN Art Therapy Association
Adler
Graduate School
In the Art Gallery
1550
East 78th Street
Richfield, MN
612-861-7554
x 115
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CLICK
HERE for
Employers/Agencies that have or had art therapy services or have
expressed an interest in art therapy.
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PAINT AWAY YOUR PAIN
Measuring and characterizing pain so that it can be understood
and treated is a real challenge in the medical world, with even
the most sophisticated facilities and physicians resorting to
simplistic scales using numbers and happy/sad faces to quantify
the intensity of a particular patient's experience.
Read the entire article HERE
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LPC
Licensure Application
All
applicants seeking licensure as Professional Counselors (LPC) must
use the new application form.
This form can be downloaded from this website
(http://www.bbht.state.mn.us/)
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CALL
FOR 3D ARTISTS
INSPIRE
ARTS @
HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
The
Inspire Arts program at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) is seeking proposals for exhibits of small scale, 3-dimensional
sculptures, ceramics, etc. for exhibition opportunities at the
Medical Center.
Individual artists or groups of artists within
Minnesota are eligible to submit proposals.
Submission
Deadline: on-going
Length of exhibition: 2-3 months
To
submit a proposal for consideration: Please send:
1) an artist
statement and contact information,
2) a detailed proposal for
exhibition that includes a short statement about how the work
contributes to a healing environment, and
3) slides or photographs
of the work.
4) a self-addressed, stamped
envelope of appropriate size and with enough postage to return
materials.
Mail
your submission to:
Wenda Lyons Ballinger
Arts Program Coordinator
Service League of HCMC
701 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Questions: Please call 612-873-2208 or
email Wenda Lyons
Ballinger at
wenda.ballinger@co.hennepin.mn.us
http://www.hcmc.org/a_z/serviceleague/inspirearts.htm
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