What's Goin On
in collaboration with Wesleyan University's Office of Sustainability
and
Holding Hope: How can we navigate uncertain times and cultivate resilient communities?
IN THESE TIMES
An Embodied Community Grief Ritual with Marcella Trowbridge
Saturday October 5th
Blackbox Theater at Oddfellows Playhouse
128 Washington St., Middletown, CT 06457
11-12:30pm
Cost: FREE
We will come together to honor our sorrows- personal, for other beings, and for the planet. We will create a container for what the individuals and the group need to navigate. We will journey together through the waters of these uncharted times.
We will look at grief as a threshold – or gateway- towards more integrated Selves, increased consciousness, healing and a deeper connection to, appreciation for- and even celebration of the now.
Movement. Expressive Arts. Contemplative Practice. Space for Personal and Group Work. Contact with the Natural World.
Ritual and community are in our bones. Re-igniting these spaces holds the potential to shift the collective consciousness and help us to bring our individual purposes forward into the world.
Come dressed to move - and maybe even get a little dirty.
All programming will be held in Middletown, CT
contact jkleindienst@wesleyan.edu for conference information
Join ARTFARM Artistic Director, Marcella Trowbridge for an
Embodied Dramaturgy class
"Our Stories in Action"
Location: Wesleyan University's Wasch Center
Dates: Mondays, September 23, 30, October 7
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Trauma Informed Training for Teaching Artists
Sunday October 20th, 10-4
Trauma is informing all of us in small, large, direct and indirect ways. Our students are suffering. We are suffering. How do we navigate as arts educators and leaders in these complex times? How do we recognize young people's individual and collective traumas, respond to, make space for, hold and guide through these spaces- while still getting work done? (ie. not breaking down and stopping classes, rehearsals, etc...)
Trauma Informed Practices for Teaching Artists will be based in The P.A.U.S.E.™ model - which is inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS is a breakthrough framework to nurture self-compassion and healthy relationships. It is a non-pathologizing, systemic model that can be practiced to nurture well-being for all community members at all levels of the system. Trauma informed, mindfulness based, and restorative by nature, the principles of IFS are embedded in the P.A.U.S.E.™ model. As we embrace these principles through the practices in the P.A.U.S.E.™ model, we discover that transformation reality is possible. By starting within ourselves, we can uplift our own well being AND shift the quality of everyday relationships. And as we know, strong and compassionate connection to ourselves and others is the very foundation from which we can realize inspiring leadership, deep learning, and meaningful contribution. P.A.U.S.E.™ offers the hope and capacity to thrive together.
This ARTFARM Training is led by Joanna Curry‐Sartori (MS, LMFT) & Dr. Julie Abrams Faude (M.A., Ph.D.)
While this training is normally $600, we are able to subsidize the Fee for the training to a sliding scale of $25-$100 with support from The Fund for Greater Hartford.
Thank you, FFGH!
Cost: Sliding Scale $25 - $100 *There are one or two work-scholarships available.
Location: Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown, CT.
Application, Approval and Payment are Required for Admission.
For more information email info@art-farm.org
Workshop Facilitators
Founder and Executive Director of the Self-Leadership Collaborative:
Joanna Curry-Sartori, MS LMFT
With over 25 years of experience as an educator, program director and leader in the field of mindfulness and yoga, Joanna has spent the last ten years introducing and integrating Self-Leadership, mindfulness, and social and emotional well-being into over 100 schools in the Greater Hartford Area. In 2017, Joanna established the Self-Leadership Collaborative to lead the global effort to adapt and integrate the transformative benefits of the IFS model in school systems. With the global pandemic in 2020, her work transferred online allowing her workshops and consulting to reach practitioners globally. Endorsed and supported by a generous grant from the Foundation for Self-Leadership, Joanna has overseen district and school implementation of the SLC model and program evaluation and Joanna has also written a book on this topic that is currently in publication. Joanna has a clinical private practice in West Hartford, CT, where she works with children, teens, families, and individual adults. Whether she is consulting with administrators, presenting to parents and teachers, or hands-on in classrooms with students, Joanna is passionate about working with people of all ages to discover and support their innate calm, confidence, courage and compassion.
Julie Abrams Faude (M.A., Ph.D.)
Dr. Faude has been working in educational settings and in private practice for over 30 years in the Philadelphia region. Presently she is working with all clients virtually. Her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at UPenn (in Family Systems and Community Psychology) grounded her in “systems thinking” and stoked a life-long passion for making the world a better place through early intervention, supporting parents and educators, and expanding the important role of mindful awareness practices. She participates in online and in-person IFS interest groups, training, community gatherings, national conferences, workshops, and supervision. Over the past years, Dr. Faude has also engaged in teacher training and content development here at the Self-Leadership Collaborative. She recently presented a personal exploration at a global forum on Adopting Clinically Informed Approaches to Enhance Educational Outcomes. Dr. Faude has been co-creating a number of children’s books about parts and self which are in progress (the author is Joanna Curry-Sartori) and is helping with a team of therapists and educators to develop “Part’s Cards” to improve available materials to bring parts to life for young folks. This Spring, Dr. Faude is helping to develop and teach an advanced class on IFS and Education through SLC for our “Champion” level educators, who are taking their cutting-edge journey into a many-year voyage. She is also a part of a small team developing a year-long track for mental health practitioners who would like to bring IFS into their educational environments. Stay tuned!! IFS has proved to be the best tool she has found to compassionately transform home and school environments. She is thrilled to share her experiences with you as a 25 year veteran Lower School Psychologist at a Philadelphia suburban Independent school.
COMMUNITY RITUAL
We recognize ritual as the origins of theater (the Theater of Dionysus), Ritual as container and marker of initiation and transition, Ritual as individual, joint and community space for healing and transformation.
Coming from an earth-based, mindfulness spiritual practice we are interested in the exploration of the nature of consciousness and holding space with and for other people to embark upon their own personal journeys.
ARTFARM leadership has been facilitating earth-based circles for over 30 years.
Keep your ear out for the next Community Ritual in your area (or contact us to craft one that serves you and your community).
CIRCUS FOR ADULTS
"Circus for Adults" is a chance for grownups to run away and join the circus in a fun, inviting, non-competitive environment. Ages 18-118, All levels are welcome, and no circus experience is necessary. Taught in rotation by veteran circus performers, directors and educators Allison McDermott and Naja Muller, you self-select where you want to put your focus, and work at a level that is comfortable for you. Keep your ear out for the next session!