An International Arts & Wellbeing Conference
‘Building Bridges’ in Applied Arts and Health, Education and Community FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ARTS & HEALTH 2009 – 2019 PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAMME TUESDAY 6 August 2019 (EXTRA ADD-ON) Time
Activity
10:00 – 10:25am
Pre-Conference Delegate Workshop Registration Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Venue: The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Room: Conference Café
10:30am – 12:30pm
Pre-Conference Welcome Masterclass Workshop Part 1: Dr Mitchell Kossak Room: Telford III
12:30 – 1:30pm
Light lunch provided in the Restaurant
1:30 – 5:00pm
Masterclass Workshop Part 2: Dr Mitchell Kossak Room: Telford III Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided in Conference Café during a Break Dinner (own arrangements: The Telford Centre Hotel Restaurant, Telford Town Centre or Ironbridge)
6:30 – 9:30pm
JAAH Board Meeting (Board Members) Venue: to be advised
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Wednesday 7 August 2019 Time
Activity
10:00 – 10:55am
Delegate Registration at The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Sessions sign-up for today Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Book browsing/Posters/Exhibitors Venue: The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Room: Conference Café
11:00 – 11:15am
Conference Begins: Welcome & Information Professor Ross Prior & Dr Mitchell Kossak, Conference Co-chairs Room: Telford II
11:20 – 11:50pm
Opening Keynote: ‘Ten Years of “Building Bridges” in Applied Arts, Health and Education’ Professor Ross W. Prior (UK) Room: Telford II
11:55 – 12:25pm
Keynote #2: ‘Direction “East”: Taking Risks in the Arts and Mental Health’ Dr Patricia Fenner (Australia) Room: Telford II
12:30 – 1:35pm
Lunch provided in Restaurant Book browsing/Posters/Exhibitors Room: Restaurant
Papers
1:45 – 2:15pm
2:20 – 2:50pm
Room: Telford II
Room: Ironbridge III
Room: Ironbridge I
Room: Telford III
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The role of arts and cultural practices in fostering intergenerational relations: A case study of community theatre in Stoke on Trent
Reviewing the Correspondence Between the Decline in Funding of Expressive Subjects to the Rise of Mental Ill Health Cases
Building bridges between the criminal justice system and the community
Healing touch: Using the arts to promote health and wellbeing by increasing positive touch between people with PMLD and their carers
Dr Anthony Killick (UK)
Adam Davis (UK)
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Creative Journeys: The role of the arts facilitator in building community in residential care home settings
Music Therapy for Immigrant Patients in Inpatient Psychiatric Care
Art as a mediator for Liminality in Arts intimacy: An art-based pilot Education – Gaps and study Moments as legitimate Learning Spaces Dr Michal Lev (Israel) Dr Clive Holmwood (UK)
Dr Ceri Wilson, Dr Hilary Bungay, Professor Carol MunnGiddings & Anna Dadswell (UK)
Yu-Ying Chen (USA)
Professor Laura Caulfield (UK)
Leonie Elliott-Graves & Dr Thomas Doukas (UK) Paper
2:55 – 3:25pm
3:30 – 3:55pm
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Becoming our story: Emergent design through affect
This Grief Thing: The coalescence of arts and mental health practices
The Artist Researcher: Performative Dissemination for Arts in Health Work
How can art and culture in education enhance the quality of practice in mental health work?
Emeritus Professors Juliana Saxton & Carole Miller (Canada)
Marie Fitzpatrick (UK)
Dr Rebecca Stancliffe & Stella Howard (UK)
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Book browsing/Posters/Exhibitors Room: Conference Café
Workshops/Activities (See sign-up sheets at Registration Desk and note your allocated venue)
Wigdis Saether (Norway)
4:00 – 5:30pm
Room: Ironbridge III
Room: Ironbridge I
Room: Telford II
Workshop: 1
Workshop: 2
Workshop: 3
Creating a Successful Submission: Navigating your JAAH Proposal
Bridging the Role of the Arts and Supporting Community Advocates
What a wonderful world: How the expressive arts help bridge cultures and disciplines through clinical practice, education, and research
Jennie Kristel (USA)
Dr Teresa A. Fisher (USA) & Jessica Lovett (UK)
7:00pm
Dr Hillary Rubesin (USA), Dr Yu Ying Chen (USA), Dr Laura Teoli (USA), Dr Dina Fried (Israel) & Dr Michal Lev (Israel)
Dinner (own arrangements: The Telford Centre Hotel Restaurant, Telford Town Centre or Ironbridge) Bus Departs for Ironbridge restaurant options (or your own transport)
9:45pm
Bus Departs Ironbridge (Museum of the Gorge Carpark) promptly at 9:45pm returning to The Telford Centre Hotel
Thursday 8 August 2019 Time
Activity
8:45 – 9:15am
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Sessions sign-up for today Venue: The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Room: Conference Café
9:15am – 9:20am
Welcome/Notices – Day Two
9:20 – 9:30am
In Memory of Professor Emeritus David Booth
Room: Telford II
Dr Philip Taylor (USA) Room: Telford II
9:30 – 10:00am
Keynote #3: ‘Assessing and communicating the value of a comprehensive arts in health hospital based programme’ J. Todd Frazier (USA) Room: Telford II
10:05 – 10:35am
Keynote #4: ‘Dramatic Change: Outcomes from the NYU Theatre and Health Lab’ Dr Nisha Sajnani (USA) Room: Telford II
10:35 – 10:55am
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Book browsing/Posters/Exhibitors Room: Conference Café
Papers
11:00 – 11:30am
11:35am – 12:05pm
Room: Telford II
Room: Ironbridge III
Room: Ironbridge I
Room: Telford III
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Paper
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Participatory Art and Participatory Action: The Inclusion and Engagement of People Living with Dementia and their Carers in Research Meghánn Ward, Professor Christine Milligan, Professor Emma Rose & Mary Elliott (UK) Paper Dance for Health: Challenges to implementation, delivery and evaluation of a programme of dance sessions for older people in an acute hospital setting Dr Hilary Bungay, Natalie Ellis & Filipa Pereira-Stubbs (UK)
Sounding Out: Understanding the impact of music on the wellbeing and resettlement of ex-prisoners
Music Activities Effects on the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients
Exploring the potential of Auto-Driven Photo Elicitation (ADPE) with art therapists
Dr Yanyi Yang (China) Dr Rachel Massie, Andy Jolly & Professor Laura Caulfield (UK)
Paper Drama and forum-play in Nursing Education reflecting on practice in mental health care Eva Bjørg Antonsen, Ingrid Femdal & Professor Margret Lepp (Norway/Sweden)
Professor Megan Lawton (UK)
Paper Planning and executing a music-based community action research project for community well-being: An Australian primary school case study Melissa Kirby (UK), Dr Amanda Krause (Australia), Dr Samantha Dieckmann (UK) & Professor Jane Davidson (Australia).
Paper The 'Four Ps' model of participatory arts interventions Dr Andrew Fletcher & Dr Simon Hackett (UK)
Paper 12:10 – 12:40pm
The Performance of Ageing - An Embodied Location for Transdisciplinary Dialogue
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Read Between the Lines: Using drama as a tool to change attitudes towards suicide among young people
The impact of free improvisation on student learning, engagement and wellbeing
Dr James Layton (UK)
Kate Andrews (UK)
Lisa Schouw (Australia)
12:40 – 1:25pm
Lunch provided Book browsing/Posters/Exhibitors Room: Restaurant
1:30pm
Bus departs The Telford Centre Hotel for off-site venue (Workshop 8 only)
Workshops/Activities (See sign-up sheets at Registration Desk and note your allocated venue.)
Paper Arts & Health in the Nordic countries: A historical overview and current developments Dr Anita Jensen (Denmark) & Dr Wenche Torrissen (Norway)
2:00 – 3:30pm
Room: Telford II
Room: Ironbridge III
Room: Commences Outside Jackfield Village Hall (off-site)
Workshop: 4
Workshop: 6
Workshop: 8
Remixing Trauma: Performing Rising From the Ashes
Voice, Movement, Imagination, Improvisation, multimodal selves, psyche, experiential, expressive
Jackfield Trail Walking Tour including Maws Craft Centre Visit
Dr Michael Viega (USA)
Christine Isherwood (USA)
Professor Ross W. Prior (UK) Note: This activity requires considerable leisurely walking with some slight inclines. There are frequent stops along the route. Comfortable walking shoes and suitable weather protection are advised. Items are available for purchase at Maws Craft Centre. 3:45pm Bus Departs Jackfield Village Hall returning to The Telford Centre Hotel
3:30 – 4:25pm
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Book browsing/Posters/Exhibitors Room: Conference Café
Workshops/Activities (See sign-up sheets at Registration Desk and note your allocated venue)
4:30 – 6:00pm
Room: Telford II
Room: Ironbridge I
Room: Ironbridge III
Workshop: 5
Workshop: 7
Workshop: 9
….Like A Dance: Embodied Cognition The Arts, Otherness, and Contested and Physically-based artworks as Identities: A Creative Conversation educational methodologies within arts Dr Michael Watson (USA) and health contexts
…how marvellous is thy face… Dr Daniel Stolfi (UK)
Dr Anthony Schrag, Margaret Smith & Fiona Kelly (UK) 7:00pm
Dinner (own arrangements) (The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Town Centre, Ironbridge etc) Bus Departs The Telford Centre Hotel for Ironbridge restaurant options (or your own transport)
9:45pm
Bus Departs Ironbridge (Museum of the Gorge Carpark) promptly at 9:45pm returning to The Telford Centre Hotel
Friday 9 August 2019 Time
Activity
8:45 – 9:15am
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Sessions sign-up for today Venue: The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Room: Conference Café
9:15am
Welcome/Notices – Day Three Room: Ironbridge Suite
9:30 – 10:00am
Keynote #5: ‘Art Therapy and Crisis: Supporting Communities through Art’ Dr Debra Kalmanowitz (Israel) Room: Ironbridge Suite
10:05 – 10:35am
Keynote #6: ‘Art Is the Evidence: Making the Case for Convincing Public Communication’ Professor Shaun McNiff (USA) Room: Ironbridge Suite
10:35 – 10:55am
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Posters/Exhibitors Room: Conference Café Papers
11:00 – 11:30am
Room: Telford III
Room: Ironbridge I
Room: Ironbridge III
Room: Bridgnorth
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The art of walking: Exploring relationships between aesthetic experiences and well-being
The Arts in Post Conflict Regions of War: An Alchemy of Anger and Hope
The Internal Landscape of Practicing Music Educators: An Expressive Arts Exploration
Bad Facilitation or the Wrong Approach?: Unpacking the Failure of a Theatre for Health Project
Dr Helga S. Løvoll & Dr Wenche Torrissen (Norway)
Dr Alpha Woodward (USA)
Dr Tawnya Smith (USA)
Dr Teresa A. Fisher (USA)
11:35 – 12:05pm
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Exploring mutuality through art-making in an open studio mental health setting
The Ceremony of Innocence: The Evisceration of Childhood in Education
Bridging Group Singing Leaders’ practice, training and research
Applying collaborative and site-specific ephemeral artwork in Higher Education: A student and SEN pupil focused casestudy of interdisciplinary workshops for creative health and wellbeing
Dr Lydia Lewis & Helen Spandler (UK)
Professor Malcolm Ross (UK)
Dr Trish Vella-Burrows & Dr J. Yoon Irons (UK)
Ian Randall & Dr James Williams (UK) 12:15 – 12:50pm
Field Trip Begins (wear comfortable clothing for outdoors and suitable footwear) Bus Departs 12:15pm The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford via the famous Iron Bridge (for group photo opportunity) Bus Departs the Iron Bridge at 12:50pm promptly for the Black Country Living Museum
1:45 – 5:45pm
Black Country Living Museum, Dudley (of Peaky Blinders TV series fame) Lunch (own arrangements with various options available for purchase at the museum) Please meet outside the Bottle and Glass Pub near the entrance to the Canal Trust (see your map) no later than 5:45pm
6:00 – 9:45pm
Conference Dinner Evening: ‘A Black Country Tea Party’ Dudley Canal & Tunnel Trust Evening commences by sipping Pimms on a leisurely 45 minute Canal and Tunnel Boat Cruise Please note: Hard Hats will be Provided for the boat trip. You may experience darker, cooler conditions in the tunnels and a light show. Followed by Tea (Dinner), Dancing & General Merriment at the Gongoozler* Music by the band ‘The Over the Hillbillies’ * noun: gongoozler - early 20th century (originally denoting a person who idly watched activity on a canal); rare before 1970: perhaps from Lincolnshire dialect gawn and gooze ‘stare, gape’.
10:00pm
Bus Departs Venue 10:00pm promptly Arrive: The Telford Centre Hotel 10:45pm (approx.)
Saturday 10 August 2019 Time
Activity
8:45 – 9:15am
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Sessions sign-up for today Venue: The Telford Centre Hotel, Telford Room: Conference Café
9:15am
Session sign-up for today Welcome/Notices – Day Three Room: Telford II
9:30 – 10:00am
Keynote #7: ‘Dance as/in therapy and dance as/in research: current trends in an evolving field’ Professor Vicky Karkou (UK) Room: Telford II
10:05 – 10:35am
Keynote #8: ‘Bridging the Past, Present and Future: Applied Arts and Health Theory, Practice and Research’ Dr Mitchell Kossak (USA) Room: Telford II
10:35 – 10:55am
Tea/Coffee & refreshments provided Posters/Exhibitors Rooms: Conference Café Papers
11:00 – 11:30am
Room: Ironbridge I
Room: Ironbridge III
Room: Telford II
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Paper
Paper
Wellmaking: creative making as community activism
Crossing the bridge: from artist to psychologist
Gesture and handling in Theatre Practice: New insights for wellbeing studies
Professor Fiona Hackney & Jayne Howard (UK)
Dr Hannah Newman (UK) Dr Rea Dennis (Australia)
11:35 – 12:05pm
12:10 – 12:40pm
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Sculpture as an experiential metaphor for internal emotional and psychological narrative: Insights from personal healing, towards social contribution
Building Bridges: Two Model Partnerships within the University of Nebraska that Bring Together Music and Medicine
Living in Silence: Artists give voice to the hidden stories of British South Asian Women suffering with IBD
Holly Bennett (UK)
Dr Matthew Brooks & Dr Mary Perkinson (USA)
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Art of Recovery: Migrating Art
The Art of Being Commissioned: A Dramatist’s Guide to Socially Engaged Theatre
The art studio: philosophy, love, politics, and aesthetics
Professor Emma Rose, Dr Amanda Bingley & Dr Macarena Rioseco (UK)
12:45 – 1:40pm
Maggie Ayliffe, Dr Satvinder Purewal, Rebecca Homer & Helen Sargeant (UK)
Lunch provided Posters/Exhibitors Room: Restaurant
Gavin Rogers (UK) James Kenworth (UK)
Keeping 1:45 – 3:00pm
Closing Remarks Award Presentations 10th Anniversary Celebration Tribute & Toast: Professor Shaun McNiff Official Conference Photograph Tea/Coffee/Prosecco & Celebration cake provided
ELITE PERFORMERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Room: Telford II • •
The Pre-Conference Masterclass workshop (includes lunch and refreshments) is in addition to the conference fee to attend. The programme schedule is subject to change without notice and is provided here to assist your general planning only.
Keeping
ELITE PERFORMERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT At Houston Methodist, we’re proud partners in helping artists achieve peak performance, week in and week out. We treat artists and their unique needs while bringing the same level of specialized care to every patient we serve.
At Houston Methodist, we’re proud partners in helping artists achieve peak performance, week in and week out. We treat artists and their unique needs while bringing the same level of specialized care to every patient we serve. Visit houstonmethodist.org/cpam to learn more about the Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine.