What is different about working with difference?

ARC Conference

ARC CONFERENCE ‘What is different about working with difference?’ 27 April 2007 10am – 4pm

Venue: Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London (opposite Euston Station)

The Art Therapy Race and Culture sub group of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) is holding a conference that aims to:

* Promote and foster inclusion within the art therapy profession.

* Explore different theoretical approaches for working with difference. Keynote speakers from diverse theoretical and cultural backgrounds will address how their particular theoretical approach makes a difference in working with difference.

Keynote speakers include: Camila Batmanghelidjh and Professor Di Waller Workshop leaders include: Marian Liebmann, Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq and Deirdre McConnell Through this conference we plan to

* Develop a theoretical and practical toolbox of approaches which art therapists will be able to use in their work settings.

* Influence the ways in which art therapy and equalities are addressed and taught in art therapy training institutions.

* Have a positive impact on practice and the development of the profession.

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Art therapy and political violence

Art Therapy Initiative

ati Art Therapy Initiative

ATI is an independent London-based art therapy service working in the context of political violence and trauma.

It was founded by Debra Kalmanowitz and Bobby Lloyd in 1994. In addition to clinical practice, ATI regularly develops and runs workshops, seminars, consultation and training.

ATI has worked with and alongside Goldsmiths College, London University; War Child; the Bosnian Support Trust; the Art Works Trust and the University of Durban Wesrtville (South Africa); Save the Children and DFID (Department for International Development) in Kosovo; and the Bayswater Families Centre in London. To date, ATI has worked in Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and South Africa, and most recently in Kosovo and the UK.

 What we offer     

•	Individual and group art therapy to children, adults and families who have been directly effected by political violence.
•	Supervision, consultation, training and support to carers and professionals working in the context of political violence and trauma.
•	Research into the above, where and when it would directly contribute to the work and enhance the understanding of the subject for art therapists and related professionals.
•	Exchange of knowledge and insights gained, as well as enter into a discourse with a wider audience through publications, workshops, exhibitions and seminars.

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