About Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
About Smith Farm Center’s philosophy, programs, services and art gallery.
About Smith Farm Center’s philosophy, programs, services and art gallery.
THE NEW SCHOOL | www.newschool.edu Creative arts therapy is rapidly gaining recognition as an essential part of health care in the United States. By tapping into expressive aspects of body, mind, and spirit through modalities such as music, sound, imagery, role, and movement, creative art therapists facilitate self-actualization and healing. In Mind-Body Healing Through the Arts, a lecture series presented at The New School, prominent creative arts therapists discuss principles and practice. The first lecture/panel discussion introduces the Healing Empowerment Center, a final thesis project by the late Sam Hanser, a graduate of Parsons’ Architecture and Design program. The center offers a new model for mind-body healing in which the clinical environment is an integral part of the healing prescription. The presentation touches on sustainable design, an East/West mind-body healing approach, somatic therapy, and spirituality as crucial elements in healing. The panel features world-renowned experts including Sam Hanser’s mother, Suzanne Hanser, EdD, MT-BC, director of the Music Therapy Program at Berklee College of Music; Jean Gardner, PhD, an art historian, author, consultant on sustainable design, and professor in Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments; Robert Norwood, senior associate and designer at NBBJ architecture firm; and Louise Montello, DA, LCAT, LP, MT-BC, director of Performance Wellness, Inc., and of the Creative Arts Therapy program at The New School. THE …
Writer/Producer: Janina Birtolo Sickrooms become places for creativity, relaxation and even laughter, thanks to the volunteer Arts in Healing program at NCH Healthcare Systems two hospitals. Meet the people who share their artistic talents and discover how they do it. Resources: NCH Healthcare System/Arts in Healing: www.nchmd.org Lee Memorial/Arts in Healthcare: www.leememorial.org/art/index.asp Tidewell Hospice/Creative & Caring Connections: www.tidewell.org/connections.html Hope Hospice: www.hopehospice.org/volunteers Avow Hospice: www.avowhospice.org Guitarist Frank Smiths new CD, Gardens of Hope, was inspired by his work in the Arts in Healing program. The CD was chosen Best Instrumental New Album by New Age Review in 2007: www.justlovemusic.com
Learn the various dance arts of Nia fitness and healing techniques in this free online video workout with Neuromuscular Integrative Action. Expert: Helen Terry Contact: www.nianow.com Bio: Helen Terry is an international mind and body fitness specialist. She has taught in the UK, US, Japan, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. She is a certified Black Belt Nia Teacher and Nia Trainer. Filmmaker: kyle saylors
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Floydfest 2011 Lineup (July 28th – July 31st) Floyd,VA FloydFest, the annual music and arts festival described by one on-line reviewer as a “unicorn in a horse pasture of music festivals” celebrates it’s 10 year anniversary this July 28-31, 2011. Held in the non-commercial National Park environs of the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway, the event site features beautiful wooded camping, as well as hiking and bike trails. Spanning four full days, and offering 9 unique stages of entertainment, ranging from the beautifully timber framed Dreaming Creek Main and Hillholler stages to the campy ‘Pink Floyd Garden Stage’ and the homey ‘Virginia Folklife Workshop Porch,’ FloydFest spans genres and generations to truly create a “something for everybody” experience. True to long-standing tradition, FloydFest will offer deep discount holiday ticket packages through December 31, with 4-day weekend tickets available for under $100. A limited number of special ticket packages, fittingly dubbed ‘X-spot’ packages, include early arrival, primo camping, and on-site parking. Limited number VIP tickets include backstage catering, parking, on-stage seating, pre- and after-party admission. A family-friendly event, FloydFest features a centrally-located ‘Children’s Universe,’ Healing Arts Village, Blue Ridge to Bayou Dance Tent, Sustainability programs, a Beer and Wine Garden featuring local and regional wines and microbrews, over 100 art and craft vendors, and a ‘Global Village.’ Initial Lineup Taj …
Arts in Medicine is a comprehensive outreach program initiated by the Watson Clinic Foundation. The program is designed to use healing arts to promote comfort and wellbeing for patients and families at the Center for Cancer Care & Research (CCCR) in Lakeland, FL. A group of volunteers dedicate their talents to inspire patients in a variety of creative activities, including music therapy, music performance, painting, beading, origami, beading and much more. Visit watsonclinic.com for more information.
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MD Anderson Cancer Center’s NIA (neuro-muscular integrative action) instructor Carla Warneke defines this exercise form as a blend of martial arts, dance and healing arts. Carla and her students have fun demonstrating NIA can be very energizing for cancer patients. Video by Deborah E. Thomas
On March 29, 2010; theCoffee Klatch at the Windhorse Healing Arts Center hosted a Spoken Word Open Mic event to celebrate the 2010 All Together Arts week in Mercer County, WV. The featured speakers were the Inkslingers Writers:) This fun filled evening was a community sharing event that brought art to life.