Arts in Healthcare Rural Communities Training Program: Apalachicola, Fl February 8th - 10th, 2012

Arts in Healthcare is a rapidly growing field that integrates the arts into a wide variety of healthcare and community settings for therapeutic, educational and expressive purposes. This training program is for individuals interested in developing or participating in arts in healthcare initiatives in rural communities. Presentations were made by leaders from the Shands and Weems Arts in Medicine programs, this training provided participants with the skills and tools necessary for developing and sustaining arts in healthcare initiatives in rural communities. Emphasis was placed on topics related to funding, partnerships program development and management, artist training, public relations and program assessment. Below are the powerpoint presenations and other resources presented at the training.

Sponsored by the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Shands Healthcare, The Kresge Foundation and the George E. Weems Memorial Hospital.

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