Free admission to hear Erica Curtis, co-author of the award-winning book “The Innovative Parent: Raising Connected, Happy, Successful Kids through Art” (Swallow Press, 2019)
Sat., Feb. 29, 1:30 pm–2:30 pm, Eccles Fine Arts Center, Dixie State University, St. George.
Curtis, a board-certified art therapist, licensed marriage and family therapist, and internationally cited expert on parenting, relationships and mental health, specializes in creativity and cutting-edge approaches to psychotherapy and teaching.
The free admission lecture is part of the Creative Age: Arts Across the Lifespan conference with 14 breakout sessions. The conference, sponsored by the Arts Council of Washington County and EngAGE Utah, will explore CAN CREATIVE EXPRESSION BE MEDICINE?
The opening keynote of the Creative Age Conference will be given by Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, and founder of the Foundation for Art and Healing. He will address the loneliness epidemic and how creative expression reduces the physical and emotional burden associated with various types of health conditions and life circumstances. (This session will be streamed live to the Utah Art Educators Association meeting.) Learn more about the conference and other sessions related to arts education, visit artswashco.com.
If you would like to attend the full conference, register now and use promo code UHEA for to save $10 off $50 adult registration--breakfast and boxed lunch included.
The Creative Age conference is supported in part by Utah Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Hope to see you in St. George.