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Artsmed announces June 22-25, 2006 conference
Titled "Medical Problems of Musicians and Dancers", the inter-disciplinary program in Aspen, Colorado, USA is for healthcare professionals, performing arts educators and anyone concerned with the well-being of performing artists. Contact Mary Fletcher, 303-632-9255, artsmed@comcast.net , PAMA POB 61228, Denver, CO, 80206 USA,
AIMED recently announced "Creativity and Madness (sm) - Psychological Studies of Art and Artists" to be held October 12-27, 2006 in Australia and New Zealand. This conference is held in a sequence of locations including Auckland, Queenstown, Milford SOund, Sydney, Ayers Rock and Cairns. Cost is $2975 per person double occupancy plus airfare. Round trip special airfare from Los Angeles, CA is $1795.
Contact Barry Panter, M.D, Ph. D for information at BarryP15@aol.com or call at 800-348-8441 or 818-776-0344. Visit aimed.com for pictures
Arts-ticulation held in Philadelphia, PA November 21, 1998, was a success!
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The International Arts-Medicine Association is a non-profit organization formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1985 by Richard A. Lippin, M.D., IAMA founding president and president through 1995. The organization has about 300 members in 20 countries. The IAMA purpose is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary, international communication between arts and health professionals. Members include clinicians, educators, researchers and artists who have an interest in one or more of the many aspects of the relationships between arts and health.
[Note IAMA is currently not a membership organization but the website will be maintained and referral services will be provided.]
The IAMA model of arts-medicine includes:
1) Performing Arts-Medicine;
2) Arts Therapies and
3) Arts in Health Care Settings.
IAMA Officers
President : Richard Lippin, MD
Vice-President: Leah Dickstein, MD
Secretary/Treasurer/Executive Director: Karen Barton, MSS
You may contact IAMA by email, letter or phoneSend us email
(IAMAorg@aol.com; expect response in about 24 hours)
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Phone (610) 525-3784 Fax (610) 525-3250
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