Programme of events

Details of the programme of events for the Arts and Health conference can be found below. Alternatively, download and print the programme of events (PDF 225KB):

Monday, 7 September, 2009
Tuesday, 8 September, 2009
Wednesday, 9 September, 2009
Thursday, 10 September, 2009
Friday, 11 September, 2009

Monday, 7 September, 2009

(pre-conference Master class)*

TimeActivity
9:30-10amRegistration & Coffee
[Main Reception Area]
10am-5pmMaster class: Carole Tarlington, Canada (Playbuilding for Healthier Communities: A Play in Day)
[Isham Dark Studio]
Includes light lunch and refreshments
7pmDinner (optional extra) Venue TBA

Tuesday, 8 September, 2009

TimeActivity
9:30-11amRegistration & Coffee
[Main Reception Area]
11-11:10amConference begins: Welcome by Cath Poyser & Dr Ross Prior (Conference convenors)
Welcome address: Paul Middleton, Dean of the School of The Arts & Dr. Sue Allen, Dean of the School of Health, The University of Northampton
[Main Hall]
11:10 -12noonOpening keynote: Dr Alida Gersie - UK
[Main Hall]
12noon-12:55pmLunch & book browsing, poster viewing
M[ain Reception Area]
1-1:50pmKeynote: Dr Philip Taylor - USA
[Main Hall]
2-3:40pmPapers
Session A:
[MR 5]
Stephen Clift - England - The arts and global health inequities
Moira Toomey - Canada - Window to the Soul: Art and Transformation in Cancer Treatment
Theo Stickley - England - Mental Health Promotion through Community Arts
Session B:
[MR 33]
Josie Aston - England - Arts co-ordinators: an accidental profession?
Lisa Dowler - England - Improvising on the Ward
Grete dalum-Tilds - England - The place for art and suffering in Hospital?
Session C:
[MR 34]
Brigid Schutz - South Africa - Puppets to the Rescue
Teresa A. Fisher & Leslie L. Smith - USA - Strengthening the Bridge
Gordon Bilbrough - South Africa - Playing For Keeps
Session D:
[MR 36]
Nikki Clayton - England - Opening Minds: Mental Health, Creativity and the Open Museum Project
Jeanette Allan - Scotland - Lead a Festival, Who Me?
Chris Rawlence - England - Dynamics of Dependency on Camera
3:40-3:55pmCoffee Break
[Main Reception Area]
4-5pmPerformance: Playbuilding for Healthier Communities (Dir. Carole Tarlington)
[Isham Dark Studio]
5-5:45pmLondon Arts & Health Network Forum
Chair: Damian Hebron, Director of LAHF
[Main Hall]
5:50-6:15pmPoster Presentations - Helen Taylor, Sarah Woolf, Katie Racokzi, Ruth Price, Angeles Fiallo Monterro, Sarah Cocks, Marcella Purnell, Michele McMorrow, Emma Ross & Pat Finnegan
[Boardroom]
Different Journeys - Andrew Shaw, Fundraising Coordinator, CAN-drugs, alcohol and homelessness
[Main Reception Area]
6.15-6.30pmFree time
6:30-7.15pmOpening of gallery exhibition, wine and Canapés provided
[Gallery]
7.20pmTransportation to dinner venue
[Meet at Main Reception Area]
7.30-9pmDinner: F & M Restaurant, 40 Bridge Street Northampton
9pm-lateConference Club Bar Upstairs at F & M Bar
Entertainment: Rob Gee, performance poet, comic, workshop leader and 'reformed psychiatric nurse'
Note: taxis will depart from F & M at times to be advised. Delegates are also welcome to make their own way back to Avenue Campus.

Wednesday, 9 September, 2009

TimeActivity
8-9amBreakfast
9-9.20amRegistration for Day-only delegates
Workshop sign-up (All Delegates)
[Main Reception Area]
9.30-10.20amKeynote: Dr Frances Reynolds - UK
[Main Hall]
10.20-10.40amCoffee & book browsing
[Main Reception Area]
10.40am-12.15pmWorkshops
W1 - Esther Walker Tess Allen - Scotland - Disseminating research through storytelling
[MR 5]
W2 - Galia Boneh, Iddi Saaka, John Hamilton - USA - Make Art/Stop AIDS – Africa Initiative
[Main Hall]
W3 - Nick Clements - Wales - Tribe, Community and Creativity
[MR 8]
W4 - Mike Lowis - England - Humour therapy
[MR 7]
W5 - Jeffrey Tan - Singapore - Drama exploring Healthcare
[Isham Light Studio]
W6 - Linda Wheildon - England - More than words can say: From Image to action
[MR 1]
12.15-1.20pmLunch & book browsing, poster viewing
[Main Reception Area and Boardroom]
1.30-3.10pmPapers
Session E:
[MR 5]
Katherine Boydell - Canada - Research Based Dance As Knowledge Translation
Helen Zigmond - Australia - Good for the Soul and Good for Health
Sven van Geel - Belgium - The wisdom of the owl
Session F:
[MR 36]
Jill Hayes - England - Creative Approaches to Dementia Care
Stephen Clift - England - Community singing groups for health and wellbeing
Jenny Elliott, David Grant, Susan Morison - Northern Ireland - Creative Ageing
Session G:
[MR 34]
Roger Wooster - Wales - Theatre in Education: more than just a message
Katharine Low - England - Risk-taking, sexual health and applied theatre: positive or dangerous outcomes?
Valerie Kaneko Lucas - England - Hidden Voices: Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence
Session H:
[MR 33]
Jill Riley - Wales - Creativity shaping textile-making
K.A. Finlay et al - England - Audio-analgesia and Pain Management
Jessica Bockler & Elizabeth Lovell - England - Creative Alternatives: Medicine for the Soul
3.10-3.25pmCoffee Break
[Main Reception Area]
3.30-5pmWorkshops
W7 - Rod Paton - England - Lifemusic – connecting people to time
[MR 36]
W8 - Jane Bentley - Scotland - Rythym-Based musical intervention: the basics
[MR 1]
W9 - Mark Wentworth - Portugal - The Hero’s Journey – In search of Black Gold
[MR 8]
W10 - A. Diedrich, C. Johns, A. Nunes, A. Price - England - Climbing Walls
[MR 7]
W11 - Nick Rowe - England - Out of Character: a performance and workshop
[Main Hall]
W12 - Clare Williams - England - MerseyBEAT: A workshop in the therapeutic benefits of reading in relation to depression and well-being
[MR 34]
5-6pmFree time & networking
(Meeting of JAAH Board members in MY120 at 5:20pm-5:50pm)
6-6.25pmIntroduction & Brief Tour of Portfolio Innovation Centre, Avenue Campus
[Portfolio Innovation Centre]
6.25-6.45pmJournal of Applied Arts and Health: official launch with cocktail reception
[Portfolio Innovation Centre]
7pm-lateDinner & Conference Club Cabaret: Isham Studios (on campus)
Entertainment provided including Comedy Asylum followed by music by The High Sierras with special guest Vikki Clayton
[Isham Dark Studio]

Thursday, 10 September, 2009

TimeActivity
8-9amBreakfast
9-9.20amRegistration for Day-only delegates & Coffee
Workshop & Performance sign-up
[Main Reception Area]
9.30-10.20amKeynote: Prof Shaun McNiff - USA
[Main Hall]
10.25-11amNarratives
N1 - Lydia Towsey - England - Showcase Live
[MR 5]
N2 - Tamara Donn, Wendy Grant & Sue - England - Birth Art Cafe
[MR 34]
N3 - Malcolm Learmoth - England - Developing a training model for artists in health
[MR 36]
N4 - Ann Loach & Fiona Meagher - England - A community based pottery project: promoting positive mental health
[MR 8]
N5 - Simon Tipping - England - Me and my cancer
[MR 1]
N6 - Betsan Corkhill - England - Exploring the Effects of Knitting on the Experience of Chronic Pain
[MR 33]
N7 - Doran George - USA - Film-making as a creative process for people with Alzheimer's and their spouses
[MR 57]
11-11.20amCoffee Break
[Main Reception Area]
11.25am-12.30pmPerformances/shared work:
Dancing with Difference, Dance Voice, Bristol
[Isham Light]
Creating Radical Transformation, ESC, Tom Magill
[Main Hall]
A Dog with a Tail at Both Ends, ARTE, A.N. Williams
[MR 1]
Prison? Charlie Ryder, Anne Peaker Centre
[MR 7]
12.30-1.20pmLunch, book browsing, poster viewing
[Main Reception Area and Boardroom]
1.30-3.10pmPapers
Session I:
[MR 33]
Caspar Jones & Selena Nylander - England - A Space to Give Birth in
Carol Bristow & Bev Lamey - England - The Role of the Service User in Design
Rosalind Pearmain - England - Transformative Spaces
Session J:
[MR 36]
Judy Rollins - USA - Art Talks: Children’s Thoughts about Hospitals
Christina Nunez - Italy - The Photo: Self-Portrait as a Tool for Self- Therapy
Andrew Williams - England - Taking for a Walk ‘A Dog with a Tail at Both Ends’
Session K:
[MR 34]
Mark Seton - Australia - ‘Post-dramatic stress?’
Lucinda Jarrett - England - Performing our Lives
Zoe Zontou - England - Applied and Social Theatre with Problem Drug & Alcohol Users: Transformation or Transportation?
3.10-3.25pmCoffee Break
[Main Reception Area]
3:30-5pmWorkshops
W13 - Lucinda Jarrett - England - Movement in Still Life
[MR 1]
W14 - Teresa Fisher - USA - Understanding Obesity through Theatre
[MR 7]
W15 - Miranda Tufnell - England - GETTING IN TOUCH – movement, place and story
[Isham Light]
W16 - Jane Turner - Straying into Science: Creating Emergent Organisms
[MR 8]
W17 - Christopher Johns - England - My mother’s dying: a lament on caring shame
[Main Hall]
W18 - Simon Tipping - England - What gets you out of bed in the morning?
[MR 36]
5.15-6pmPlenary Session: Future Agendas & Debates
Chair: Dr Ross Prior
Panel includes: Dr Alida Gersie - UK, Damian Hebron - UK, Prof. Shaun McNiff - USA, Dr Philip Taylor - USA
[Main Hall]
6-6.50pmFree time & Networking
6.50pmDepart for dinner venue
(7 minute walk – please see an ambassador if this is problematic)
[Meet at Main Reception Area]
7-10pmFarewell Banquet & Conference Club: Jade Restaurant, Racecourse Pavilion, Kettering Road
Conference Close
Return to Avenue Campus at your leisure in groups

Friday, 11 September, 2009

(post-conference Master class)*

TimeActivity
9:30-10amRegistration & coffee
[Main Reception Area]
10am-4pmMaster class: Prof Shaun McNiff, USA
Total expression: Integrating all of The Arts in therapy
Includes light lunch and refreshments
[Isham Light]

* Master classes sessions are in addition to the conference and cost.

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