This event is cancelled.
The Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling’s Expressive Arts Therapy program is celebrating its 35th anniversary at Appalachian State University on April 24-25, 2020. Join in the celebration with an exhibition featuring expressive arts work by the program’s faculty, students and alumni!
Learn more, 35th Year Celebration!
Schedule
Expressive Arts Exhibition and Reception (cash bar)
- Date: Friday, April 24, 2020
- Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
- Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Guest Speaker, Dr. Sally Atkins, REAT, REACE*
- Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
- Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: Reich College of Education room 124ABC
Lunch**
- Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
- Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Location: Reich College of Education room 124ABC
Expressive Arts as World Care and Self Care – Interprofessional Panel**
- Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
- Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
- Location: Reich College of Education room 124ABC
Southeastern Regional International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Networking Reception - Membership not required**
- Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
- Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: Reich College of Education room 124ABC
Expressive Arts Exhibition
- Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
- Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
*The morning presentation is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number M01HP31283 titled “Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program” as part of an award totaling $1,754,806 with 0% funding from nongovernmental sources. The information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U. S. Government.
**Please pre-register by April 17th, 2020. The cost is $35 and includes all events plus lunch and afternoon tea and snack.
Professional Development
Two National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Clock Hours offered for the morning session, which is free and open to the public. Lunch and afternoon session is open to those paying the registration fee.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
- Understand the interprofessional nature of expressive arts as developed at Appalachian.
- Understanding how the expressive arts are utilized in various health care settings.
- Explore ways that expressive arts can assist in transitional moments in human life.
Complete the online registration form here. Please pre-register April 17th, 2020. The cost is $35 and includes all events plus lunch and afternoon tea and snack.
A block of rooms is available at the Super 8 Motel in Boone. To book rooms at the special EXA rate. call 1-828-355-6590.
About Sally Atkins
Dr. Sally Atkins is an expressive arts therapist, psychotherapist, licensed psychologist and poet. She is Professor Emerita of Human Development and Psychological Counseling at Appalachian State University where she and her colleagues founded the Expressive Arts Therapy Program and the Expressive Arts Collective. Her publications include Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy, Presence and Process in Expressive Arts Work, Picking Clean the Bones, Sourcebook in Expressive Arts Therapy as well as numerous book chapters and journal articles.
Expressive Arts artwork
