Events

Emergent Play: Connecting to Play Through Art, Eco, and Body-Based Practices

A virtual professional development series facilitated by Dave Cho, Jacquie Compton, and Dr. Evelyn Kissi

Explore the inherent connection between play and creativity in a transformative journey of self-reflection and discussion. This virtual professional development series invites participants to engage in art-based and somatic inquiry to redefine play, understand its significance in working with children, and integrate it into their practice. Open to students and practitioners in psychotherapy, art therapy, care work, and education practices.

What participants will explore:

• Personal histories and beliefs about play
• Embodied and ancestral wisdom
• Decolonizing and redefining play
• Cultivating nature, creativity, and imagination
• Enhancing self-reflection, curiosity, presence, and mindfulness skills

Virtual learning structure:

• Asynchronous component for self-paced learning
• Two live, interactive, facilitated sessions

Dates:

• Asynchronous component with recorded presentations and invitation to arts-based, self-reflexive practices
  • Opens on Sunday August 18, 2024
    
• Two live sessions to discuss, consult, and connect with the co-facilitators and participants via Zoom:
  • Friday Sept 27, 2024 – 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET / 6:00 – 8:00 pm Ghana
  • Wednesday Oct 9, 2024 – 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET / 6:00 – 8:00 pm Ghana 

*Please note: As the live sessions will invite personal sharing, they will not be recorded.

Fees – Sliding scale:

• $110 CAD for those who can pay for themselves as well as contribute to others’ participation
• $55 CAD discounted rate for those affiliated with the University of Ghana, and TATI students and alumni
• $35 for those experiencing financial limitations

Space limited. More details and registration:

Registration by payment with credit card: https://buytickets.at/torontoarttherapyinstitute/1247658

Registration by payment in GHS/Cedi:
Please fill out this Google Form and more information will be provided to you.

TATI x OATA Student Research Symposium

Sunday June 23, 2024
10am – 5pm ET

The TATI x OATA Research Symposium is a student-led event that will feature research and projects by art therapy / creative arts therapies students and new grads, with the intention to:

• Connect research and practice
• Make space for new voices to be heard
• Promote diversity in art therapy / creative arts therapies knowledge
• Learn from and inspire each other and make research more accessible

Symposium Schedule:

Each presentation is 30 min. There is a Q & A period and break / art-making time between each presentation

10:00 am ET: Welcome and art-making meditation

10:30 am ET: Artful Ag: Supporting Female Farmers’ Mental Health with Community-Based Art Therapy – Sydney Adams (Concordia University)

11:30 am ET: Cognitive-Behavioural Theory in Art Therapy: A narrative-systematic review – Mollia May Weidman (TATI)

12:30 pm ET: A FASD Story: A Therapeutic Space for Voices Through Art Making – Candice Burnett (KATI)

2:00 pm ET: Somatosensory and Attachment-Based Group Art Therapy for Autistic Adults: Found Objects Interventions – Emmily Lai (Concordia University)

3:00 pm ET: Āiotanga – Using Trauma-Informed Art Therapy to Nurture a Māori identity and Bring Balance to the Self – b Hope (KATI)

4:00 pm ET: Exploring Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapeutic Tool in Art Therapy – Leanna Scheitrowsky (TATI)