Hope When Things Are Falling Apart
Where are possibilities for growth? How do we see them? A 4-week online conversation with Dan Friedman. July 6.
Improvising New Realities
ESI Associates Sandra Paola López & Chris Reyman have a new article in Critical Studies in Improvisation.
Research-Activism as Tool-and-Result
Holzman, L. (2018) Being/Becoming an Activist Scholar. Symposium Presentation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New York NY.
What Does It Take To Be Culturally Relevant?
Holzman, L. (2018). What Does It Take To Be Culturally Relevant? Plenary Address. Applied Linguistic Winter Conference (NYSTESOL): Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Teachers College Columbia University, April 21, 2018.
Something New Under the Sun
Friedman, D. (2018). Something New Under the Sun. Plenary Talk, Play, Perform, Learn, Grow. Anatolia College, Thessalonika, Greece. April 13, 2018
Remix: Playing with Words & Sounds
Head into the recording studio with David Belmont & Gwen Lowenheim to play and perform as an improvised musical ensemble. Sat., June 16.
In My Not-so-Humble Opinion
Hugh: Let’s talk about something everyone does – including people who love each other – but that lots of people think they shouldn’t be doing at all (which is one of the things that makes it hard to do well): arguing about their differences. I recently read a thought-provoking piece in The New York Times by Daphne de Marneffe, a couples therapist, who teaches newlyweds how to get closer when they disagree or see things very differently (The Secret to Happy Marriage Is Knowing How to Fight). Ann: I read it too, and I liked it a lot! She questioned
Improvisational Theater Games:Performatory Team-building Activities
Ingalls, J.S. (2018) Improvisational Theater Games: Performatory Team-building Activities. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 89:1, 40-45
Welcome Our New Blog!
Welcome to the newest blog in the East Side Institute family, "Talkin' Therapy with Hugh Polk and Ann Green". New articles will be posted shortly and we hope you will return to read and comment!
Countdown to Performing the World!
Join hundreds of performance activists from across the globe at PTW 2018. Our theme: Let's Develop! Early Bird Discount ends June 1st.
The Revolution Must Be Performed
Holzman, L. (2018). The Revolution Must Be Performed. Presentation made at the Fifth International Congress: Consciencia: Ciencia y Espiritualidad Puebla Mexico March 3, 2018.
What Is Social Therapeutics?
Join Carrie Lobman & Melissa Meyer for an intro to community stages evolving a performatory approach to human development. Starts April 23.
Art Ed Radio interviews Lois Holzman
Art of Education's Tim Bolgatz interviews Lois Holzman on using improvisation and performativity as teaching tools...
Creative Collaborations Through Inclusive Theatre and Community Based Learning
Lisa Kramer & Judy Freedman Fask share stories from their theater classrooms in this, the latest addition to the Palgrave series on Play, Performance, Learning & Development edited by Lois Holzman.
Mad in America: Where Can We Go From Here?
Lois Holzman & Robert Whitaker explore the role that psychology and psychiatry play in our madness and alternatives to the medical model. Starts Mar. 9.
Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools
Holzman, L. (2018). Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools. Presentation made at 2018 Art Ed Now Online Conference for Art Educators. Watch presentation here.
Creative Collaborations through Inclusive Theatre and Community Based Learning
Kramer, L. A. and J. Freedman Fask. (2017) Creative Collaborations through Inclusive Theatre and Community Based Learning: Students in Transition. Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development. L. Holzman, Ed.
Mind, Culture and Activity
Lobman, C. (2017) Performing on a Wider Stage: Developing Inner-City Youth Through Play and Performance. Mind, Culture, Activity. Vol. 24 (3). pp. 217-231
Theatre and Performance, Community and Development: The Castillo Experience
Friedman, D. (2016). Theatre and Performance, Community and Development: The Castillo Experience. Talk delivered at the International Conference on Social Learning and Recovery, Fu-Jen University, Taipei
Creating a Public Space/Activity for Civic Engagement and Development
Friedman, D. (2017). Creating a Public Space/Activity for Civic Engagement and Development. Talk delivered at Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities Conference 2017. Arts in the Public Sphere: Civility, Advocacy and Engagement. Northeastern University, Boston.
Performance Activism: An Emerging Global Strategy for Reinitiating Human Development and Creating Community
Friedman, D. (2017). Performance Activism: An Emerging Global Strategy for Reinitiating Human Development and Creating Community. Talk delivered at the 2017 Japan All Stars Workshop: The Future of Performatory Psychology in Action, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo.
Social Therapeutics @ the Grassroots and in the Academy
An advanced 12-week course on social therapeutics and its current practice led by Lois Holzman and guests whose work is influenced by the Newman-Holzman approach. Starts Feb. 23.
Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools
Art Education Radio’s Tim Bolgatz interviews Lois Holzman on “Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools.” Listen
Play, Perform, Learn, Grow!
This 3-day gathering, April 13-15, in Thessaloniki, Greece, sponsored by Aristotle Univ, Hellenic Education Society and ESI, will explore creative community practices. Read more...
Using Improvisation & Performativity as Teaching Tools
Art Education Radio’s Tim Bolgatz interviews Lois Holzman, previewing her appearance at the Feb. 3rd, National Online Conference for Art Teachers. Listen here.
Mental Health News Radio interviews Lois Holzman
Mental Health News Radio’s popular host, Kristin Walker, talks to Lois Holzman about “The Overweight Brain” and a challenge to our obsession with knowing. Listen here!
Lenora Fulani & Community Building
Join community organizer par excellence Lenora Fulani and her 2017 class of Fulani Fellows for an up-close look at the power and intimacy of developing our communities.
The Overweight Brain
Lois Holzman talks to Mental Health News Radio’s Kristin Walker about “The Overweight Brain.” Listen
This Improv Comedy Trick Works Wonders in Relationships
In “This Improv Comedy Trick Works Wonders in Relationships,” Cloe Langr shares with Aleteia.org readers Lois Holzman's take on improv's "yes, and..." and its value in everyday life.
Conversations with Practitioners
Join social therapist Rachel Mickenberg, Fri. Nov. 17, for a dialogue on how practitioners in clinics, agencies and private practice can advance their therapeutic practice.