Expressive Arts Therapy

ET Division Brown Bag lunch Series presents… our last BBL of the Fall semester Wednesday Nov 28 12-12:45, University Hall 4-022 (408) The Window Project: A Multimodal arts project with Elders with Emily Johnson and Hillary Rubesin This Wednesday at 12:00, Emily Johnson and Hillary Rubesin, two second-year Expressive Therapies graduate students, will be presenting a quick peak into "The Window Project." The Window Project is a collaboration of painting, collage, reminiscence, storytelling, and ten large window panes constructed last year during their first-year internship at the Elizabeth Seton Residence, a nursing home for nuns. Come out to hear how it was done!

Check out our January and Spring elective offerings in Expressive Therapy Lesley University is offering several courses this January and Spring that can add revitalization to your practice: For more info go to: http://www.lesley.edu/current/oncampus/index.html and click on the “Real-time course schedules” link January classes GEXTH 5010.J1 Intermodal Expressive Therapy: Principles and Practices of Expressive Therapy Thurs – Fri and Mon – Wed 9:00 am -5:50 pm Jan 3-4 and 7-9 GEXTH 6025.J1 Expressive Therapy with Families Fri-Sun and Fri-Sat 9:00 am -5:50 pm Jan 4-6 and 12-13 GEXTH 6206.J1 Voice and Music Therapy Fridays 7:00-9:50 pm and Sat and Sun 10:00 am -6:50 pm Jan 11-13 and Jan 18-20 GEXTH 6367.J1 Art Therapy Studio Monday – Friday 9:00 am -5:50 pm Jan 7-11 GEXTH 6400.J1 Holistic Approaches to Pain and Stress Fridays 6:00-9:50 pm and Sat and Sun 9:00 am -5:50 pm Jan 4-6 and Jan 18-20 Spring classes GEXTH 5001 Techniques of Play Therapy Thursdays 1:00-3:50 pm GEXTH 5010 Intermoda

Monday's Poetry Reading with Steve Levine will be canceled. Steve is unable to come due to illness - we hope to reschedule in the spring.

4:30-5:00 IEATA networking meeting: Come hear about the exciting new work of IEATA and then come to hear Steve read his poetry and sign books... Song the Only Victory: POETRY AGAINST WAR A special evening of poetry with Stephen K. Levine reading from his latest book: Song the Only Victory: Poetry Against War Monday, November 26th at 5:00pm Lesley University, University Hall Amphitheater. Room 2-150 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138 Free admission and all are welcome! Reception to follow This is a book for all of those who wish to go beyond mute outrage and to find their own out-spoken voices in the face of violence. To all those who despair the impossibility of change, Levine counsels, “Sing on!” Stephen K. Levine, PhD., D.S.Sc., REAT, is an expressive arts educator, poet, philosopher, and clown. He is Dean of the Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts Therapy, Education, Consulting and Social Change at the European Graduate School in Switzerland For more information, email

ET Division Brown Bag lunch Series presents: Substance Abuse Prevention through Puppetry: A Community-based Expressive Arts Program for young people With Kat Arrants and Lou Lim Current Lesley ET Students Monday, Nov.5 12-12:45, University Hall 4-022 (408) Come here two current students talk about a summer grant-funded substance abuse program they ran through the Everett Public Library! Come hear them talk about the population and the puppet-making, as well as the project that was funded through a grant written by Ellen Baird, a graduate of the program, and a librarian in Everett. Kat and Lou will present their protocol and lead us in a brief experiential.