Monday, December 27, 2010

CAIP Research Series Award Nomination

Book nomination

The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP, is pleased to announce that the research book,"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change", Editor Cheryl L. McLean, Publisher IJCAIP, Associate Editor, Robert Kelly Ph.D., Faculty of Fine Art, University of Calgary, (Publisher, Detselig Temeron Press, Calgary) has been nominated for The International Center for Qualitative Inquiry, qualitative book award. This award is conferred annually to a member of the qualitative and ethnographic community who has published an English-language book that helps contribute to the study and practice of qualitative approaches. Criteria include success in experimenting with new and traditional writing forms, inclusion of critical reflections on the writing and research process, contributions to living meaningful lives, and insights into creating a socially just world.

ICQI hosts the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry May 18-21, 2011

at The University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

The recipient will be announced by the judges in 2011 and the award will be presented at the annual ICQI meeting. It is expected there will be many exceptionally high quality nominations submitted for this prestigious qualitative book award. For our editors, publisher and all who contributed to our research text it will be an honour to be a part of the process as we participate in this international competition.




"The book "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" was created as an illustrative collection of articles which would show by example how the creative arts in research working actively with qualitative (and other aligned approaches) can help point to a new path for hope and change while making a meaningful difference for individuals and society. This is a contemporary research collection targeted to a very broad interdisciplinary audience which crosses borders and includes academics and non academics, educators, researchers and artists, healthcare professionals, those active in social service and advocacy work, activists and policymakers. In keeping with our broad communication goals, articles and chapters are written intelligently in accessible language and include illustrative examples of work in practice. It was our intention to show, by way of example, the considerable breadth and scope of the research. The accounts traverse methodological borders while addressing multiple challenges and serving diverse populations in practice. That being said articles share a common interest in mobilizing communities for justice and social change."


About the book

Table of Contents

Editors

Inside news contributors




Monday, December 6, 2010

Seeking Book Reviews, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice


Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change, Editor Cheryl L. McLean, Associate Editor Robert Kelly, Publisher Detselig Temeron Press, Calgary was released in August 2010. Since its release, the book has been purchased by educators, students and professionals across Canada, the U.S., Australia and Europe. If you have purchased a copy of this book and would like to submit a book review contact IJCAIP, International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice office by email at CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com. A number of these reviews will be published in the next issue of The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP, the international open access journal of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice @ http://www.ijcaip.com and on our IJCAIP blogs.

Music Matters, TVO Presents Music of the Brain

TVO presents another winning documentary,

Music of the BrainNorth American premiere



SEE IT!

Tuesday December 7, 2010 at 9 pm ET;

encore Thursday December 9 at 10 pm ET

The art of music may stir the soul but scientists are learning more each day about how it affects our development. This documentary, part of TVO’s World of Wonder science, math and technology programming, examines the role music plays in developing our brains. Beginning with premature infants in neonatal intensive care wards, the film moves through the role of music in enhancing performance in childhood to the role of music therapy in hospital patients, and finally looks at older persons. (from the website)


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Books of Note

New Book,

THE DRAMATIC LEGACY OF DOROTHY DAVIS AND VIOLET WALTERS

The Montreal Children's Theatre, 1933-2009

By Muriel Gold, C.M., Ph.D.

"It was 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression. Montrealers, like their counterparts in other countries, were inundated with financial burdens. Uppermost in most parents’ minds was the task of supporting their families. Dance lessons, music lessons, drama lessons were considered in many quarters as “frills.” This pervasive mood did not daunt two young women, Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters, from initiating their mission. Instead, it spurred them on. Difficult times , they believed, were all the more reason to inspire children through the love of the arts, in this case drama and theatre Muriel Gold tells the story of these two dynamic women through innumerable anecdotes, often hilarious, sometimes moving, but always a compelling and fascinating read."

Quote from i Universe
more information


Perhaps this sets an example in terms of our challenging economic times and the vital importance today of fostering creativity and supporting the arts and arts education. cm




Friday, November 5, 2010

Artists and the Drum Beat Inspires, Teaches, Creates Community



Great clip from the NFB. Shows how artists and the drum beat inspires, teaches and fosters community.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Shaping Change Transforming Communities, Upcoming Presentation



Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Shaping Change, Transforming Communities


November 10, 2010


Creative and Critical Studies

UBC, Okanagan Campus

Kelowna, BC



Presenter Cheryl McLean


Cheryl McLean, Publisher of the International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice and Editor of The CAIP Research Series and books, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Inquiries for Hope and Change" and "Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change" will be speaking at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna campus, about the vital role of the arts in interdisciplinary practice shaping change and transforming communities. Drawing on illustrative examples from topical research this talk will demonstrate how the arts in inquiry and in research and practice across disciplines can lead to creative and community based solutions addressing some of the most critical challenges of our modern and challenging times.

Information about this presentation at CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com
Booking for 2011-2012

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Poetry for the Missing, Exhibit and Reading Museum of Ontario Archaeology

Forgotten Women, Dreaming Ourselves Alive Again

Multi Media Art Exhibit

until November 18

by Dr. Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy

at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, London




Through powerful photographs, enlightening text, poignant film and thoughtful poetry this exhibition puts a human face on more than 580 missing and murdered women from across Canada.



Poetry Reading


October 29, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Museum of Ontario Archaeology

Poetry reading by Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy from the book "Borderlands and Bloodlines"

CU there! CM


See the pdf for more information

Friday, October 22, 2010



See you Saturday for a great day of creative exploration!
CM


Creativity as Soul Work with Isabella Colalillo Kates

· Creativity & Design with Robert Kelly

· Poetry Explorer with Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy

· The Undoing Dance Workshop with Srividya Natarajan

· Looking Inward & Looking Outward with Lynette Richards

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

IJCAIP Announces Supplementary Edition Featuring Arts in Health Based Research



IJCAIP business news

IJCAIP Offers International Platform for Leading Edge Research

There is growing international interest in arts methodologies applied in health research and scientists and others across disciplines hope to discover more about new and emerging methodologies that use the creative arts in health research.
The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice
(IJCAIP Journal) will be providing an international platform for leading edge information in this area of research with a special IJCAIP supplementary issue to be published in early 2012 dedicated to Explorations in Arts Based Health Research. The supplementary issue will focus on an ongoing Arts-based Methods in Health Research project involving over 60 individuals and partners from across disciplines. The project is currently under the leadership of Dr. Katherine Boydell, Senior Scientist and Scientific Director of Qualitative Inquiry in Child Health and Evaluative Sciences at The Hospital for Sick Children and Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at The University of Toronto.

As the international and open access journal in the field at IJCAIP we are pleased and proud to support initiatives that have the potential to add to the knowledge base while opening up new research opportunities for the creative arts as applied in inquiry and in practice.

Inquiries about our paid IJCAIP supplementary issue programme can be sent to
the publisher at CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com.



C. McLean, Publisher IJCAIP Journal
http://www.ijcaip.com

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Monument, Moving Performance for Peace

We would like to draw your attention to this moving reading of the play, "The Monument"
written by Colleen Wagner and directed by Jennifer Capraru. Read more about "The Monument" in this Toronto Star article by Kelly Toughill.



Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Kings Features Workshops and Five Ways Leading to Creativity


Creativity-Five Ways

The Centre for Creativity

Kings University College, University of Western Ontario

Workshops, Saturday October 23rd


The Centre for Creativity is pleased to announce that we have an exciting participatory workshop entitled Creativity-Five Ways that is taking place at King’s University College on Saturday October 23rd.

The five workshops featured include:

· Creativity as Soul Work with Isabella Colalillo Kates

· Creativity & Design with Robert Kelly

· Poetry Explorer with Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy

· The Undoing Dance Workshop with Srividya Natarajan

· Looking Inward & Looking Outward with Lynette Richards

For further information about the event or the workshops, and to register please go to www.kings.uwo.ca/cfc You can click on the download brochure link to see a description of the workshop and information about the presenters. The cost of each workshop is $10.00 ($5.00 for students). You are welcome to join one or two workshops (one in the morning and/or one in the afternoon). Lunch is included. There is a 20 person limit per workshop and the first 20 people to register for the workshop will be accepted. All are welcome.

If you have any further questions please contact me at lweber@uwo.ca

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Living Stories of Hope and Change, Opportunity to Witness Creative Arts in Research and Action



Cheryl McLean has presented keynote presentations in Canada and the U.S. which feature the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice and applications of story in research and action for hope and change. Her current presentation "Living Stories of Hope and Change" has been well received by academic audiences and diverse organizations across disciplines.

Cheryl McLean M.A. is CEO, Founder and Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP, and Editor of the CAIP Research Series and groundbreaking texts , “Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change and “Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change, Associate Editor, Dr. Robert Kelly, University of Calgary, (publisher Detselig Temeron Press, Calgary). She graduated (Social Sciences, University of Western Ontario) and after close to twenty years as a journalist, adult educator and arts administrator attended graduate school at Concordia University, Montreal (MA, Faculty of Fine Art, Creative Arts Therapies) studying creative arts and drama methods in group therapy and interning in gerontology at Maimonides Jewish Geriatric Hospital and The Rene Cassin Institute of Social Gerontology.

She trained as an actor in projects for two years (Stanislavsky, realism) under the mentorship of Dr. Muriel Gold, formerly the Artistic Director of The Saidye Bronfman Theatre, Montreal. In research and therapeutic work with older persons (a number who were Holocaust survivors) Cheryl McLean used drama and creative arts methodologies in research and practice to help individuals express their stories and lived experiences. This research, based on true stories, became the basis for a thesis performance/ethnodrama called “Remember Me for Birds” about aging, mental health and autonomy. The work was presented as keynote performances in 2005 for The Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Educators National Conference (CASSWE),Congress of the Humanities, University of Western Ontario, 2005; Celebrating Gerontology, Interdisciplinary Programs in Gerontology, Centre for Education and Research in Aging and Health (CERAH), Lakehead University, McGill Interdisciplinary Geriatric Seminar, McGill Medical School and NADT, National Association of Drama Therapy, Rhode Island and was produced as an educational film in 2007.

Living Stories of Hope and Change




The presentation “Living Stories of Hope and Change” (l hr. 15) is delivered in a narrative style and is a collection of “tellings” made up of illustrative and linked stories that draw on personal experiences as well as true stories of creative arts in research and action for change. The talk also features other dramatic examples of story used in research and practice by artists, researchers and professionals across disciplines featuring topical research examples drawn from the recently released research text, “Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change” (released August 2010) and upcoming


text, Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change.” (upcoming December 2010) both edited by Cheryl McLean, Associate Editor Dr. Robert Kelly,( publisher Detselig Temeron Press.) In sharing these authentic accounts and narratives through story, narrative, performed monologues, readings and original film and poetry, Cheryl McLean demonstrates compellingly how the creative arts in contemporary research and action across disciplines can lead to hope and change.


Currently booking engagements through 2010 and 2011-2012.
Information: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Monday, September 13, 2010

Staging Sustainability Conference, Arts, Community, Culture and Environment key topics


Staging Sustainability

Arts Community Culture Environment


April 20 - 22, 2011
York University, Toronto


About the Conference

How can we produce art that reflects, celebrates, critiques and advances the cultural life of our community without contributing to the destruction of the setting that inspires these artistic endeavours?

The goal of the Staging Sustainability conference is to create an opportunity for artists and those who support the arts in a myriad of ways – from scholars, critics, producers and designers to policy-makers, industry and government – to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue about the issues and challenges associated with the creation of environmentally sustainable arts practice and performance.

To borrow a phrase from the art critic, author, curator and environmentalist John Grande, we want to foster discussions that will “engage the borderline between art and what is perhaps the most pressing global concern in the new millennium – the quality and sustainability of the environment.”

The conference will consider how the arts engage questions of sustainability from a dual vantage point: cultural and ecological. Thus, the conference encourages an approach to sustainability that encompasses aspects of subjectivity with respect to community and identity.

Staging Sustainability is produced and presented by the Faculty of Fine Arts, York University with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

For more information about this conference

Friday, September 10, 2010

4elements Living Arts Seeking Artists for Field Study

Four Elements Living Arts is partnering with the geography department at Queens University and is seeking artists to develop a Manitoulin based field study course. We'll bring 18 - 24 3rd year students to the island. We are looking for 4 local artists (writers, visual artists, sculptors, land artists) Each artist will be paired with a group of students to research the same place using your own approaches and media. The goal is to use arts and academic research and to build depth about our knowledge of place.


Please send a short bio. 3 images of your work (low res.) , a short para. about why you would like to work on this project and any experience you have working interdisciplinarily by Sept. 30.


More info:

4elements@manitoulin.net

Fellowship Ethnographic Writing, University of Toronto

Fellowship in Ethnographic Writing
The Centre for Ethnography (CE) at the University of Toronto, Scarborough (UTSC) is pleased to announce an annual Fellowship in Ethnographic Writing. Writing is a key component of the work of an anthropologist but it takes time and benefits from some distance from the fieldwork itself and from other obligations. In recognition of this fact the CE is introducing a Fellowship in Ethnographic Writing. The Fellowship will be awarded for one academic term (Fall or Winter, for 3 months) and will be held at UTSC. The successful Fellow will be expected to be present at least two days a week at UTSC, to participate in all events at the Centre during that term, including colloquia, to offer a seminar presentation of the work in progress, and possibly to offer one or two guest lectures in undergraduate courses, as appropriate.
The call is now open for a fellowship during winter 2011. Applicants should supply a statement of no more than 5 double spaced pages describing their writing project, indicating the stage which it is at, and precisely what they wish to accomplish during the duration of the fellowship.
Explicit attention to questions of genre, narrative, and audience are welcome but not essential. Successful applicants will be either at the postdoctoral stage (engaged in transforming a thesis into a book or
articles) or in the process of completing the doctoral thesis.
All applicants must have completed their doctoral fieldwork and begun writing up. The current stipend is set at $10,000; during tenure of the Fellowship it is expected that the Fellow will devote full attention to the writing and thus not serve as a course instructor or teaching assistant.
The closing date for applications for winter 2011 is September 30 and a decision will be announced within 2-3 weeks thereafter. Please send all applications, including the names of two referees, to Professor Michael Lambek, Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough ON M1C 1A4, Canada and also an electronic copy to lambek@utsc.utoronto.ca



Enter for an Opportunity to Win, Tell us about Creative Arts, Hope and Change



CAIP Research Series
Inquiries for Hope and Change Essay Contest
Do you think the creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice can help lead to hope and change?
If so tell us why in 250 wds. or less and you could qualify to enter a draw for a new copy of the book
We'll draw for the book December 5 and announce
results at the book blog at http://www.creativeartpractice.blogspot.com. Top essay entries will be published at
the CAIP book blog at http://www.creativeartpractice.blogspot.com.

Here's how to enter the Hope for Change Essay Contest:
Send your essay by email to CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com "Hope for Change Essay" in subject line.
250 wds. or less
Word attachment
Double space
Entries must be original and not previously published.
Be sure to include name and email address.
To qualify all entries must be received before October 30.
We will look forward to your entries.


Table of Contents

"At over 400 pages, this is a rich and multifaceted collection of articles and chapters about the creative arts in health and interdisciplinary practice, an accessible yet highly informative text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, stories of the work in practice, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references."


Best wishes,
We look forward to your entries.




INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CREATIVE ARTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE IJCAIP

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Groundbreaking Book Illustrates Creative Arts in Research and Action for Hope and Change

Just Released!

Press Release, September 2, 2010

A project of the
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CREATIVE ARTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE


A new book featuring illustrative examples of the creative arts in research and action will help shape the emerging field of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice.
The inaugural book in the CAIP, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, research series, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" has been released today and is now available for purchase. The book (editor Cheryl McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, associate editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Fine Art, University of Calgary) is a project of IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, and is published by Detselig Temeron Books, Calgary. The groundbreaking book introduces an emerging and rapidly growing field with a dynamic collection of illustrative articles featuring artists, leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edged research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will learn how the creative arts can offer unique opportunities to embody and re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience.
At over 400 pages, this is a rich and multifaceted collection of articles and chapters about the creative arts in health and interdisciplinary practice, an accessible yet highly informative text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, stories of the work in practice, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references.


"Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" is a contemporary research collection that features methods that are participative, communal, active and experiential. It speaks of approaches that actively re-illuminate lived experiences and foster and encourage deep and multi-sensory communication and embodied forms of expression with elements visual, emotional, physical and spiritual. In this book, we bring together a field that stresses the vital importance of creativity and the human story, a body of work that seeks to help give voice to the silenced, the oppressed and the marginalized, narrative accounts of personal transformation that honour creative expression as fundamental and at the very source of human meaning and purpose. We invite you to journey through these articles and share in accounts of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice for hope and change" Editor, Cheryl McLean, Publisher IJCAIP Journal.





About the book



Table of Contents

Editors



Inside news contributors


Here is a list of just a few of the contributors featured in the book, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change:
Izumi Sakamoto Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto
Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Ph.D., artist/researcher and Assistant professor, Critical Disability Studies, York University
John Sullivan, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Preventive medicine and Community Health, Public forum and Toxics Assistance, University of Texas Medical Branch

Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba

Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Olga Idriss Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University
Lata Pada, choreographer, Adjunct Professor, York University, Dance (Order of Canada recipient)
Johnny Saldana, playwright/actor, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University
Ian Prinsloo MFA, (former AD, Theatre Calgary)
Lorna Boschman, Documentary and Media Artist, PhD (in process) Simon Fraser
George Belliveau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
Susan K. MacRae, Registered Nurse, (former Deputy Director, University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics)
Jacqui Gingras PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University
Sherry Fontaine Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Healthcare Leadership, Park University
Seema Shah MD, MSPH
Kim Bullock, MD, Director of Community Health Division, Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
John J. Guiney Yallop Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education , Acadia University
Ardra Cole, EdD, Professor and Co-director, Centre for Arts informed Research, OISE, University of Toronto
Maura McIntyre Ed.D, Adjunct Professor, OISE, Centre for Arts informed Research, University of Toronto

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Nick Nissley Joins IJCAIP Advisory Board

September 1, 2010.

IJCAIP PRESS RELEASE


We are pleased to announce that Nick Nissley, EdD has recently joined the International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP Advisory Board.

Nick Nissley, EdD, is currently Executive Director for The Banff Centre’s Leadership Development programs. The Banff Centre is located in Banff National Park, a world heritage site in the heart of Alberta surrounded by Canada’s spectacular Rocky Mountains. The Banff Centre is Canada’s only post secondary learning institution dedicated to the arts, mountain culture, and leadership programming.

Dr. Nissley is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in the practice of arts-based learning in management education and leadership development. Under Nissley’s leadership, The Banff Centre’s public programs, customized offerings, and Aboriginal programs have developed a world-wide reputation for inspiring creativity in leaders from many disciplines.

Nick Nissley is an accomplished academic whose formal education includes a Doctorate in Education from George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., and an undergraduate degree in geology and mineralogy from Ohio State University. He has been a professor in the department of organization learning and development at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, where he served as co-chair, department of organization learning and development, and program director for the master’s program in human resource development. Nissley has also held affiliations with the College of Business, Management Center, and Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas. While in academia, he consulted and presented to a variety of client organizations, including schools, government, for-profit, non-profit, and faith-based communities, local, regional, national, and international audiences.

At the center of Nick Nissley's research is applied imagination – helping individuals, organizations, and communities transform themselves through learning as they confront real-world challenges.


Over the past 10
years, Nick has helped define the field of arts based learning in management education. Story and narrative in the workplace is a special interest. In a recent article in "Issues and Observations" Nick Nissley writes, "the business world in recent years has shown increasing interest in the narrative lens and more specifically in the relationship between leadership storytelling and organizational change."

“In these times of economic distress, we should take a lesson from the pages of our history books – economic adversity can inspire extraordinary innovation, if we choose to engage the arts as enablers of business creativity.”

Nick Nissley, Journal of Business Strategy

Nick Nissley's interests in the arts, education, environment, and social service has led him, over the past fifteen years, to serve on the boards of organizations including: Editorial Advisory Board for Aesthesis: International Journal of Art and Aesthetics in Management and Organizational Life; Editorial Review Board for The Journal of Management and Organisation (Special Issue: Re-Conceiving the Artful in Management Development and Education); the Arts and Business Council’s Creativity Connection National Advisory Board in New York City; Minneapolis’s Springboard for the Arts; the Minnesota Association for Continuing Adult Education; the Hershey Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania; Duquesne University’s Capital Region Campus Advisory Board; and, presently in his home of Banff, he serves on the Board of Directors for Banff’s Mineral Springs Hospital and the Whyte Museum of The Canadian Rockies, as well as the Canadian Rockies Public Schools’ Futures Planning Advisory Board.

As an artist, Nick has also performed semi-professionally with Playback Theatre working as an actor on stages in Canada, Denver, London, and Krakow. He continues to engage with Playback Theatre, serving on the International Centre for Playback Theatre’s Strategic Action Plan Steering Committee.

We are honoured Nick Nissley has joined us to share his creativity, knowledge and expertise with The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice and the IJCAIP Advisory Board. As we continue to strive toward our publishing and organizational goals as the leading international journal in the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice, we will be sure to benefit from Nick Nissley’s international reputation in management education, arts and leadership development as well as his passionate interests in the creative arts as a force for transformative community change.

Cheryl McLean, Publisher

International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice


The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

IJCAIP Advisory Board


George Belliveau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

Subrata Sankar Bagchi, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa

Lace Marie Brogden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina

Michael Hutcheon MD, FRCP, Deputy Physician and Chief of Education, Toronto University Health Network

Robert W. Kelly Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Calgary

Pia C. Kontos Ph.D., Research Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Patricia McKeever Ph.D., Health Sociologist, Senior Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Nick Nissley EdD., Executive Director, Banff Centre for the Arts, Leadership Development

Lubomir Popov Ph.D., Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences, Interior Design, Bowling Green State University, Ohio

Johnny Saldana MFA, Professor of Theatre, Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona State University






Sunday, August 22, 2010

Aiding Dramatic Change in Development Workshop

Aiding Dramatic Change in Development is a non-profit organization working to empower
communities in Canada and abroad through participatory arts processes reflecting the culture, desires, and life experiences of the people in the community.
They draw heavily on Theatre of the Oppressed and Jacques LeCoq physical theatre approaches. Their approach evolved while creating the Zisize Drama Group in rural South Africa - both during rehearsals, and within a program of community-led interventions around the schools of Ingwavuma (an area with a 30+% HIV/AIDS prevalence).

Workshop description:

Day I – Playing with our perceptions of space. Learn how three elemental spaces of
performance (inner psycho-physical; concrete “real”; and outer “ethereal”) can aid community
actors explore personal and social realities. See how these principles can be used in other
contexts to create supportive environments that promote dialogue, debate and change.

Day 2 – Transforming meaning using spacial awareness and image theatre. How can
we encode emotional content contained within our minds and bodies into spacial relationships?
What new possibilities result from using space to represent cultural meaning, and how can conflict be explored more objectively using space rather than violent poses?

Workshop is relevant for:

• People interested in developing their interpersonal skills

• Those interested in experiencing a shared sense of play

• Workshop facilitators and educators

• Those developing community based research, or community development projects

• People with theatre skills wanting to work in community, social and political contexts


At the end of the workshop there will be an opportunity to reflect and unpack the exercises.
Facilitators will be available for private follow up discussions with participants after the workshop regarding their individual needs.
More Information: contact Stephen Sillett at: Stephen@adcid.org (or tel: 416 823 4957)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Shaping a Field, New Book Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Features Leading Edge Research



Press Release, August 10, 2010
IJCAIP office, London, Ontario


The inaugural text in the CAIP, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, research series,
(editor Cheryl McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, associate editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Fine Art, University of Calgary) is a project of IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, and is published by Detselig Temeron Books, Calgary. The groundbreaking text introduces an emerging and rapidly growing field with a dynamic collection of illustrative articles featuring leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists, artists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edged research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will learn how the creative arts can offer unique opportunities to embody and re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience.
At over 400 pages, this is a rich and multifaceted collection of articles and chapters about the creative arts in research and action, an accessible yet highly informative text that enlightens the reader about the inquiries and the processes while offering first hand insights into approaches, stories of the work in practice, how to method based exercises and lists of comprehensive references.


Here are just a few of our contributors featured in the book, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change:

Izumi Sakamoto Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Toronto

Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Ph.D., artist/researcher and Assistant professor, Critical Disability Studies, York University

John Sullivan, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Preventive medicine and Community Health, Public forum and Toxics Assistance, University of Texas Medical Branch

Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba

Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Olga Idriss Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Lata Pada, choreographer, Adjunct Professor, York University, Dance (Order of Canada recipient)

Johnny Saldana, playwright/actor, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Film, Arizona State University

Ian Prinsloo MFA, (former AD, Theatre Calgary)

Lorna Boschman, Documentary and Media Artist, PhD (in process) Simon Fraser

George Belliveau, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

Susan K. MacRae, Registered Nurse, (former Deputy Director, University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics)

Jacqui Gingras PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Sherry Fontaine Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Healthcare Leadership, Park University

Seema Shah MD, MSPH

Kim Bullock, MD, Director of Community Health Division, Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program

John J. Guiney Yallop Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education , Acadia University

Ardra Cole, EdD, Professor and Co-director, Centre for Arts informed Research, OISE, University of Toronto

Maura McIntyre Ed.D, Adjunct Professor, OISE, Centre for Arts informed Research, University of Toronto


Table of Contents

Editors

Inside news contributors


Visit the CAIP book blog and find out more

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Music Care Conference Features Therapeutic Uses of Music

Music Care Conference, Waterloo, Ontario


The first of its kind in Canada, this one day conference will bring together a cross section of community caregivers to provide information and inspiration on the difference the effective therapeutic use of music can make in our quality of life and well-being. The capacity to care is the thing that gives life its deepest meaning and significance and music touches every part of us: our bodies, emotions, minds, relationships and souls. The Music Care Conference is an opportunity to transform the way we care for one another in our neighborhoods.

Workshop Topics Include:

· Music, memory and cognition

· Music and dementia care

· Singing for the soul

· Music and special needs children

· Improvisation and the creative spirit

· Music and palliative care

· Drumming

· Music, grieving and loss

· The psalms of David

· Prayer, meditation and music

Presented by: the Room 217 Foundation, Baycrest, Wilfrid Laurier Faculty of Music (Laurier Centre for Music in the Community and The Laurier Centre for Music Therapy Research). Please Join Us! Visit the conference website or call 905.852.2499.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Arts and Public Health Focus of Student led Conference

3rd Annual Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Conference: “The Art of Public Health”

Submission Deadline: August 6, 2010

Conference Date: October 1, 2010

Location: Toronto, Ontario

This student-led conference focuses on arts-based approaches to public health. This will feature an outstanding keynote address by Dr. Sarah Flicker, and informative sessions aimed at engaging participants by providing an opportunity for dialogue and debate pertaining to arts in public health research, knowledge translation, program planning, evaluation and empowerment. The organizing committee are seeking submissions from interested students, community organizations, practitioners, researchers and artists interested in sharing their research, experience or expertise in the use of arts in public health. Individuals or groups wanting to exhibit works of art, dance, theatre, film or photography are also encouraged to participate.

Information:

http://artofpublichealthconference.com/U_of_T/home.html


Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Nissley shares Passion for Leadership Storytelling and Organizational Change

We heard recently from Dr. Nick Nissley, Executive Director of Leadership Development at The Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. Nick earned his doctorate of education degree from George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development, in an interdisciplinary program, focused in human resource development (executive leadership in organizational learning). At the center of Nick’s work is applied imagination – helping individuals, organizations, and communities transform themselves through learning, as they confront real-world challenges.

Over the past 10 years, Nick has helped define the field of arts based learning in management education. In a recent article in "Issues and Observations" Nick reported "the business world in recent years has shown increasing interest in the narrative lens and more specifically in the relationship between leadership storytelling and organizational change."

Baycrest Bringing Creativity into Clinical Practice with Older Adults

Baycrest Social Workers are pleased to present
The Walter Lyons Memorial Social Work Clinic Day

Bringing Creativity into Clinical Practice with Older Adults

Friday, November 12, 2010
The Joseph E. & Minnie Wagman Centre
55 Ameer Avenue, Toronto, Ontario (on the Baycrest Campus)

Sponsorship generously provided by:
The Walter Lyons Memorial Fund
The Ben & Hilda Katz Centre for Gerontological Social Work

PROGRAM

8:00 Registration and Refreshments

8:45 Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Dr. William Reichman, President and CEO, Baycrest

Ms. Peggy Arden, Chairperson, Baycrest Social Work Clinic Day Planning Committee

9:00 Still Life!: Why Making Art Makes Sense

Robin Glazer, MS

The benefits of providing quality arts experiences to older adults have been proven and these
benefits include better health, stronger cognition, increased social interaction and,some suggest, longer lives. Developing best practices in providing arts to older adults can produce a rejuvenating effect on the entire community, from participants to their caregivers.

9:45 The Creative Spirit….
A View of the World
Joel Walker, MD, FRCPC

In this presentation Dr. Walker will discuss how a group of institutionalized elderly with varied
impairments became consciously involved in developing their own potential and growth through
the use of photography.

10:30 Refreshment Break

10:45 Using Drama to Humanize Dementia Care
Pia Kontos, PhD

This presentation will explore the effectiveness of drama in the context of the qualitative
evaluation of an arts-informed educational program on person-centred dementia care. Analysis of focus groups and interviews with nurses and allied health care practitioners who participated in the program suggests that drama is an effective pedagogical tool and is well positioned to
strengthen initiatives that seek to improve dementia care.

11:30 Q & A Panel with Keynote Speakers

12:00 Voices of the Terraces Theatre Troupe

The cast members of this theatre group are 80 years and over, and perform a range of mini-plays thematically based on the emotional, psychological and physical experiences of aging and living in a retirement setting.

12:30 Lunch

Followed by workshop sessions

For more information:Please contact Paula Ferreira at 416-785-2500 ext. 2363 or e-mail pferreira@baycrest.org