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By PATRICIA DONOVAN

Published: July 21, 2010

The University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts and the University of Florida Center for the Arts in Healthcare, Research and Education announce the third annual Arts in Healthcare Clinical Practice Intensive, to be held August 2-13, 2010 in Buffalo at the Center for the Arts.

The Arts in Healthcare Clinical Practice Intensive is designed for professionals and students who wish to explore the arts in a health care environment and would like to develop or deepen their arts in health care practice. Both introductory and advanced clinical practice sections will be available.

Participants will explore the application of visual, performing and literary arts in the health care setting through sessions on the history and foundations of the field, hands-on workshops and clinical observation/practice. Study will be supported by in-depth investigation and discussion of current practice supported by recent research and theory.

The sessions will be led by Jill Sonke, director of the University of Florida Center for the Arts in Healthcare, Research and Education. A well-respected expert and educator in the field, Sonke is also the president of the board of directors of the international Society for the Arts in Healthcare. Sessions will also be led by the current artists- in-residence of the UB Center for the Arts, Arts in Healthcare Initiative.

Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Total cost for the two week program is $850 for professionals and $750 for students. Scholarships are also available; visit www.ubcfa.org for details.

For more information, contact Katherine Trapanovski at 645-0891 or e-mail ktrap@buffalo.edu. Registration form is also available at www.ubcfa.org.