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DRAWING
TOGETHER
Newsletter of MNATA as
of July 26, 2010
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MNATA
President
Nancy Ward
Greetings!
May 2010
Hello MNATA members,
Our butterfly making at the SAH conference was very well received.
At one point a group showed up, and just dived in. Melina said they
just stood back and watched. Beauty emerged!
The parade too was great--butterflies of transformation capped the
parade, whose themes were health-- personal, economic, social and
environmental, coupled with tiger energy: power and forcefulness.
There was an especially wonderful moment when people burdened under
large boxes wrapped with orange tape (carrying the weight of their
woes) suddenly rearranged themselves to become parts of a huge
tiger, that together leaped so gracefully across the
grass--breathtaking!
Also, two synchronicities: The ceremonial end of the event
includes a flotilla, which rows the huge sun across the pond at
Powderhorn Park. As soon as it was brought up onto the shore, the
sun came out from behind the huge clouds which had filled the sky
all day! The crowd went wild...Then they raised the Tree of Life
(20' arm span, at least) and again the sun came out, and this time,
it stayed out the rest of the day!
The clouds that had filled the sky evaporated!
May life unfold in health, abundance, beauty and for all.
Nancy
Ward
president,
MNATA
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BOARD
MEETINGS
USUALLY meets every
2nd
SUNDAY of the month
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Nancy Ward's contact info
3532 Holmes Ave S, , #1
Minneapolis, 55408
612-824-1343
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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/)
GOOD
NEWS
for art therapists seeking
licensure
LPCC legislation was
included in the Omnibus Health and Human Services Bill signed by
Governor Tim Pawlenty late Thursday evening, May 14. As of August 1,
2009, licensed professional clinical counselors will be mental
health professionals in Minnesota.
If there are any further developments, we will keep you posted.
There are other legislative issues to confront, such as Medicare
eligibility for LPCCs (for information on how to make this happen,
visit
http://www.counseling.org/PublicPolicy/).
Our chief authors were Representative Jim Abeler, who has advocated
for LPCCs for several years, and Senator Ann Lynch.
Our co-authors in the House were Mindy Greiling, Diane Loeffler,
Paul Thissen, Linda Slocum, and Phillip Sterner. In the Senate, John
Marty,Tony Lourey, Rick Olseen, and Kathy Sheran.
The Conference Committee included Representatives Thomas Huntley,
Larry Hosch and Karen Clark, Senators Linda Berglin, Yvonne Prettner
Solon and Julie Rosen.
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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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