Creative Care Conference To Explore The Power Of Arts In Health, Oct. 15-18
The conference, hosted by the Institute for Applied Creativity, will cover topics involving art therapy, arts for well-being and movement-based therapy.
The Institute for Applied Creativity will host the inaugural four-day Creative Care Conference starting Wednesday.
The conference is co-led by Matthew Campbell, Ph.D., instructional associate professor in the Performance and Visual Studies program and Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Ph.D., associate dean for research and creative works and director of the institute.
The conference aims to gather a multidisciplinary community to explore the power of arts in health care. Panels and workshops will cover topics involving art therapy, arts for well-being and movement-based therapy. Interactive demonstrations will showcase innovative work from Texas A&M students and faculty.
The conference will also feature a community event highlighting care-centered projects and practices. Seo said the goal is to explore how creativity is a tool for healing and community connection.
“This event offers students and community members a unique opportunity to discover diverse career pathways in arts and in health,” she said, “while connecting with leading professionals, artists and researchers in the field.”
Campbell said he hopes guests recognize the ways in which “creativity and aesthetic immersion permeate the most mundane features of everyday life.”
“I’m excited to see how our students will absorb and transform our practitioners’ empathetic tools to improve the relational lives of their peers and loved ones,” he said.
Seo encouraged faculty and students to attend and to build meaningful networks for future collaboration.
“We invite everyone to attend as many sessions as possible and fully experience the creativity, connection and inspiration that this conference has to offer,” she said.
Schedule of Events
Oct. 15
- Noon: LASER Talk Series featuring William Doan at J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the Memorial Student Center.
- Class visits open to currently enrolled students.
Classes include:
9:10 a.m.: Game/Interactive Design Vertical Studio led by Mason Smith, instructional assistant professor in Visualization; and Anatol Bologan, M.F.A., instructional associate professor in Visualization; with speaker Benita Ozoude.
3 p.m.: Acting Fundamentals led by Anne Quackenbush, lecturer in Theatre, with speaker William Doan.
4:10 p.m.: Story for the Screen led by Emily Bujnoch, M.F.A., instructional assistant professor in Visualization, with speaker Michelle Yeoman.
Oct. 16
- 9:30 a.m.: Opening session in Adams Presentation Room in Langford Architecture Building A, Room 212, led by Matthew Campbell.
- 9:45 a.m.: Arts-based therapy panel in ARCA 212.
- 10:15 a.m.: Arts-based therapy student workshops: Liz Mayher in ARCA 212; Anysia Palmer in the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities Building, Room 120; and Kayla Kroeker in Langford Architecture Building C, Room 400C, Studio B.
- 11:30 a.m.: Keynote address by J. Todd Frazier, senior director for the Center for Performing Arts Medicine, in ARCA 212.
- 12:30: Faculty panel moderated by Lynn Vartan, D.M.A., associate professor in Music Performance.
- 4 p.m.: Opening reception in ARCA 212.
- Class visits open to currently enrolled students:
9:10 a.m.: Modern Dance led by Vanessa Reiser, associate academic undergraduate program director for Dance, with speaker Mary Scott.
10:50 a.m.: Fundamentals of Ballet led by Diane Bedford, M.F.A., clinical associate professor in Dance, with speaker Anysia Palmer.
11:30 a.m.: Acting I Fundamentals led by Anne Quackenbush, lecturer in Theatre, with speaker Kayla Kroeker.
Oct. 17
- 9:30 a.m.: Opening session in Adams Presentation Room in Langford Architecture Building A, Room 212, led by Matthew Campbell.
- 9:45 a.m.: “Performing Pain” panel in ARCA 212.
- 10:15 a.m.: “Performing Pain” student workshops: Houston Carson in LAAH 120; Andrew Roblyer in ARCA 212; and Kat Rothman in LAAH 110.
- 11:30 a.m.: Alumni panel, moderated by Angenette Spalink, Ph.D., in LAAH 255.
- 3 p.m.: “Deep Listening” workshop by Mary Hanson Scott in ARCA 212.
- Class visits open to currently enrolled students:
9:30 a.m.: Interaction Design/Interactive Virtual Environments led by Jimin Rhim, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor in Visualization; and Jong-In Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in Visualization; with speaker Benita Ozoude.
9:35 a.m.: Sport as Performance led by Anna Holman, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor in Performance and Visual Studies, with speaker Houston Carson.
2:20 p.m.: Drawing for Visualization led by Dmitri Koustov, senior lecturer in Visualization, with speaker William Doan.
Oct. 18
- 10 a.m.: Community panel moderated by Grace Adinku, Ph.D., senior lecturer in Performance and Visual Studies, at DeGallery, 930 N. Rosemary Drive in Bryan.
- 11:15 a.m.: Poster session at DeGallery:
- “Creative Aging Research” by Brittany Garcia-Pi, Lynn Kim, Ishan Mishra and Kayley Vu.
- “Near-Death Experience Virtual Reality Study” by Zhipeng Lu and Parya Khandan.
- “VR in the ER: Facilitating Change After an Opioid Overdose” by Lydia Kang, Emma Tillery, Eric Bocciardi, Elle Gillespie and Zina Trost.
- “Virtual Reality vs. Pain: Applications to Spinal Cord Injury and Knee Osteoarthritis” by Rachel Smet, Sriram Koneru, Misha Shah, Jackson Gutierrez, Mathew Avendaño, Ami Lisenbee and Zina Trost.
- “Adapting Virtual Reality Environments to People with Different Physical Configurations” by Raquel Cabrera Araya.
- “Creating Augmented Reality Techniques for Emotional Regulation” by Graciela Camacho Fidalgo.
- “Preventing Overstimulation Via Distraction-Aware Diminished Reality” by Kyper Bezanson.
- “A Visuo-Haptic Approach to Perform Remote Motion Rehabilitation” by Blain Judkins.
- 11:15 a.m.: Closing reception at DeGallery.
For more information, visit the Creative Care Conference website or email arthealth@tamu.edu.
