2007 Program
The conference program included more than 40 concurrent presentations, workshops, performances, and a research poster session.
Keynote Panel
Paolo Knill, Provost and Founder of the European Graduate School, Professor Emeritus, Lesley University, co-author of Minstrels of Soul and Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy
Shaun McNiff, Professor, Lesley University, author of Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul, Arts-Based Research, and Art as Medicine: Creating a Therapy of the Imagination.
Natalie Rogers, Distinguished Consulting Faculty, Saybrook Graduate School, Founder of the Person-Centered Expressive Therapy Institute, author of The Creative Connection and Emerging Woman
Karen Estrella, IEATA Board, Lesley University, Panel Chair
Plenary Speakers
Jack Weller, Rudolph Schaeffer Professor of Arts and Creativity and Founding Director of the Expressive Arts Therapy Program, California Institute of Integral Studies
Stephen Levine; Co-Director of ISIS Canada, Dean of the Doctoral Program of the European Graduate School, author of Poiesis, co-author of Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy
Sam Gladding, Chair of the Counseling Department, Wake Forest University, immediate Past President of the American Counseling Association, author of Counseling as an Art
Gene Cohen, Director of the Center on Aging, Health and Humanities at George Washington University, author of The Creative Age and The Mature Mind
Paulus Berensohn, Deep ecologist, artist and teacher, Penland School of Crafts, author of Finding One’s Way with Clay
The Appalachian Expressive Arts Collective, Faculty of Appalachian State University, authors of Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Process in Art and Life
Special Events and Entertainment
Opening Reception
Poster Session and Reception
Luncheon and Business Meeting
Community Art
Conference Clown – Isabelle Roch
Poetry Reading hosted by Elizabeth McKim
Open Mic
Music and Dancing
Educational Displays
Vendors of Arts and Art Supplies
Conference Bookstore
