2-day Workshop on - Centre on Behavioral Health

2-day Workshop on Concealing, Revealing, Empowering:
An Expressive Arts Approach to Mask Making by Dr.
Jordan Potash
Date: June 1 & 2, 2015 (Mon & Tue)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Venue: 2/F., 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Fee: 2-day Workshop – HK$2,500
Please return the completed form with cheque payable to
"The University of Hong Kong" by mail, or in person
to the following address:
Centre on Behavioral Health
The University of Hong Kong
2/F., 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
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2-day Workshop
on
“Concealing, Revealing,
Empowering: An Expressive Arts
Approach to Mask Making”
by
Dr. Jordan Potash
About the Trainer
Jordan S. Potash, PhD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPCAT
(MD), LCAT (NY) is a registered, board certified,
and licensed art therapist, as well as, a registered
expressive arts therapist.
He has worked with
clients of all ages in schools, clinics, and community
art studios in the U.S. and Hong Kong. Jordan is
primarily interested in the applications of art and art
therapy in community development and social change,
with an emphasis on reducing stigma, confronting
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discrimination
and
promoting
cross-cultural
relationships. He became interested in mask making
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when working as an adolescent art therapist in studio
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and clinical settings.
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Professor in the Art Therapy Program at The George
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Washington University in Washington, DC. He is
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also an Honorary Assistant Professor in the Centre
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on Behavioral Health, Department of Social Work
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please contact us:
and Social Administration, and Department of
Tel: 2831 5163
Fax: 2816 6710
E-mail: bhealth@hku.hk
Website: http://cbh.hku.hk
of Hong Kong. Within the American Art Therapy
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Jordan is currently Assistant
Centre on Behavioral Health
The University of Hong Kong
Family Medicine and Primary Care at The University
Association, Jordan has served as chairperson of the
Ethics Committee and Multicultural Committee, as
well as, Book Review Editor for Art Therapy: Journal of
the American Art Therapy Association. To read more
about Jordan's experiences and to view his art, please
visit www.jordanpotash.com.
Day 2: Masks as Psychotherapeutic and Healing
Description
Objectives
One of the universal art forms across cultures is the
Participants will be able to:
mask. Associated with both theatre and ritual, the
1.
2.
often take the form of particular spirits or deities, so
3.
Explain the relationship between masks and
Identify when to offer masks to clients to
enhance their health and well-being
that, the person wearing it is in essence serving as a
Whether to conceal,
The workshop will involve visual and performing arts.
reveal, empower, or express, masks have a particular
Please note, participants are expected to create a
role in many aspects of society, including therapy.
plaster
Clients often struggle with the same issues that masks
pre-fabricated masks, this process allows an artist to
are meant to remedy. Knowing how, why, and when
create a mask designed specifically for the person.
to make use of masks for health and healing can be a
We will use artist-grade plaster gauze. While safe,
powerful and transformational experience for clients.
this process can be messy. For the first day of the
catalyst of spiritual power.
mask
on
their
own
face.
Unlike
workshop, please wear clothes that can get dirty,
avoid wearing make-up, and those with long hair
Aims
In this experiential workshop, participants will learn
the value and place of masks to advance therapeutic
and wellness goals. By becoming more familiar with
should bring clips or hair bands to keep their hair out
of their face.
Mask molds will also be available if
participants are unable to create a mask on their face.
the mask and how to create them, participants will
gain a sense of confidence in offering them as a
Outline
resource.
Day 1 - Cultural Significance of Masks and
This training will make use of the full
AM: Experiential – “Enlivening Masks”
PM: Using Masks in Your Work Settings and
wellness goals
one. In theatre, masks are used to reveal emotions
or describe a particular character. In rituals, masks
Learn techniques for creating masks, including
creating a plaster mask face cast
mask holds many symbolic meanings. On a surface
level, masks conceal true identity to project another
Intervention
range of expressive arts, including mask making and
Relationship Between Masks and Healing
performance.
AM: Experiential – “Making Masks”
PM: Experiential – “Embellishing Masks”
Alternative Techniques for Making Masks
Details of Workshop
Date:
June 1 & 2, 2015 (Mon & Tue)
Time:
9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Venue:
2/F., 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, HK
Language:
English
Fee:
2-day Workshop – HK$2,500