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.
Lobman in “Mind, Culture and Activity”
Carrie Lobman’s article -- "Performing on a Wider Stage: Developing Inner-City Youth Through Play & Performance -- appears in the journal Mind Culture & Activity.
Finding Otherness: Developments in Independent Politics
Independent political strategist Jacqueline Salit recently spoke on the creative process of finding otherness and thereby creating new sources of emotional, social and political power.
The Search for Method in STEAM Education
Martinez, J. (2017). The Search for Method in STEAM Education. Palgrave Studies in Play, Performance, Learning and Development. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
After-School Growth: What Young People Have to Say
Gildin, B. (2011). After-School Growth: What Young People Have to Say. Democracy & Education, v.19/n.1.
Social Therapy and Family Play
LaCerva, C. (2016). Social Therapy and Family Play. In P. Smagorinsky (Ed.). Creativity and Community Among Autism-Spectrum Youth. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
The Search for Method in STEAM Education
The latest from Institute faculty and NY Institute of Technology professor Jim Martinez, discussing his work in creating developmental learning environments for STEAM education.
The Human at Play
BBC-Radio 4 presents a 28-minute segment on "The Human at Play," with host Farrah Jarral. She talks to some of the world's renowned play experts, including developmentalist Carrie Lobman, Ed.D., and asks :"Who gets to play in society? And who doesn't?
Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth
Smagorinsky, P. (Ed.), (2016). Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth: Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance. Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
“Yes and…” as Teaching-Learning Methodology
Ali, O. and N. Cech (2017). "Yes and..." as Teaching-Learning Methodology. In Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed.org. April 2017.
Tool and Result Methodology
Join a month-long, online Revolutionary Conversation with Lois Holzman exploring a Vygotskian-inspired tool and result methodology and the history of an emerging social practice. Starts Oct. 27.
What Can Happen in a Minute?
Lots! Coming Sat., Aug. 12, it’s a one-day workshop with Stephen Nachmanovitch and Cathy Rose Salit—innovators who bring artistic and creative improvisation together with everyday life.
The Human at Play
Play and development impresario and faculty Carrie Lobman joins a fascinating conversation on BBC Radio 4 discussing "The Human at Play." Listen here.
Apply Now: The International Class 2017/2018
Come to NYC this fall to study the social therapeutic approach to social activism and community development with Lois Holzman and faculty. Registration Deadline: June 30.
Mad in America: A Conversation on Diagnosis, Drugs and Development
Join long-time activists and scholars, Robert Whitaker and Lois Holzman, for a wide-ranging conversation on the madness of contemporary society, efforts to engage and transform it, and what more we might do.
The Human at Play
Farrah Jarral on BBC-Radio 4 talks to Carrie Lobman about “The Human at Play.” Listen
“Yes and…” as Teaching-Learning Methodology
UNC-Greensboro faculty Omar Ali and Nadja Cech discuss their creative use of Newman/Holzman’s learning-leads-development performance methodology that they’ve brought to their students and to the community.
Institute Faculty Member Gwen Lowenheim on Social Creativity
Gwen Lowenheim, on the faculty at the East Side Institute and New York Institute of Technology, writes about the social creativity of language in Idiom, the newsletter for New York State teachers of English to speakers of other languages. Read Magic yet Mundane: the Social Creativity of Language.
Mad in America: A Conversation on Drugs, Diagnosis & Development
We’re mad in America—mad as in crazy and mad as in angry. Join Lois Holzman and Robert Whitaker for a conversation on the madness of contemporary society and efforts to transform it. Fri., June 9.
Healing Voices
Join for the NYC premiere of the social-action film documentary, “Healing Voices,” exploring the experience of psychosis and featuring live Q&A with director PJ Moynihan, ESI Director Lois Holzman, and reps from Hearing Voices NYC, Sat., May 13.
Disrupting the Tragedy Narrative on Dementia
"Changing Aging" shares a post by ESI faculty Dr. Susan Massad & Mary Fridley, Dementia: The Joy of Living an Improv-isational Life.
Revolutionary Transformation Through Play
Burgert Kirsten (Cape Town) interviews Lois Holzman on “Revolutionary Transformation Through Play,” for his “Liminal” podcast. Listen