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CREATIVE FORCES SUMMIT September 26, 2017

Museum Of Glass Tacoma, Washington

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8:00-9:00 | Registration and Coffee Hour

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9:00-9:30 | Welcome Karen Hanan, Executive Director, Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State (video) Bill O’Brien, Senior Advisor for Innovation, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Mayor Marilyn Strickland, City of Tacoma

9:30-10:00 | Keynote Address

Jeffery Stenbom, Sculptor and Veteran Introduction by Debbie Lenk, Executive Director, Museum of Glass

10:00-10:10 | Morning Break

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10:10-10:30 | Beyond the MIST (Madigan Intrepid Spirit Transitions) Program: Transitioning from Clinical to Community

Col. Beverly Scott, Director, Intrepid Spirit Program, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM)

10:30-11:30 | Panel | Building Capacity: Getting from Clinical to Community

Moderated by Nolen V. Bivens, Brigadier General, US Army (Retired) Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, Director, Washington Department of Veteran Affairs Brenda Maltz, Arts Therapist, Madigan Army Medical Center Amy McBride, Arts Administrator, City of Tacoma Patty Morgan, Director of Family Programs, Association of the US Army, (AUSA)

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11:40-11:45 | A Message from Senator Patty Murray United States Senator Patty Murray, Washington State (video)

11:45-12:10 | Lunch | Creative Forces Capacity: Building Support and Local Asset Mapping

Bill O’Brien, Senior Advisor for Innovation, NEA AnnMarie O’Malley, Director of the Creative Forces National Resource Center, NEA

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Moderated by Karen Hanan, Executive Director, ArtsWA Ken Ristine, Senior Program Officer, Ben B. Cheney Foundation Debra Twersky, Manager, Funding Programs, 4Culture Huong Vu, Boeing Company


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1:15-1:30 | Afternoon Break Musical performance by Music YoU Jam: Vets

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1:30-1:40 | Snapshots Overview Karen Hanan, Executive Director, ArtsWA

1:40-2:10 | Music as a Bridge: The Role of Music Therapy for Continuum of Care in Military Communities

Megumi Azekawa, Founder, Puget Sound Music Therapy, LLC John Selzler, Program Manager, Music Works 4 Veterans

2:10-2:30 | The Blessing of Creativity

Matthew “Griff” Griffin, Co-Founder and CEO, Combat Flip-Flops 2:30-2:50 | Shakespeare for Veterans

Amy Erickson, Producer and Director, Visceral Documentary 2:50-3:10 | Battling PTSD with Dance

Debbie Simpson, Founder and CEO, Battlefield to Ballroom 3:10-3:30 | The Telling Project in Your Community

Dan Overton, Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs 3:30-3:50 | Finding My Voice

Steven Markussen, Artist and Veteran

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4:00-4:45 | Demonstration | Hot Shop Heroes: Healing With Fire Greg Owens, Emcee Coordinator and Project Manager, Museum of Glass

4:45-5:00 | Closing Remarks

Nolen V. Bivens, Brigadier General, US Army (Retired) Karen Hanan, Executive Director, ArtsWA

5:00-6:00 | After-Event Gathering | Social Bar & Grill 1715 Dock Street Tacoma, WA 98402


About the Creative Forces Healing Arts Network

The Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is a partnership of the National

Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Department of Defense, and the Department of

Veterans Affairs that serves the unique and special needs of military patients and veterans

who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and psychological health conditions.

We are creative arts therapists, musicians, painters, potters, writers, woodworkers, dancers

and doctors, military service members and veterans, community leaders and policymakers.

Some of us work on military bases. Some of us work at hospitals. Some of us work at

community art centers. All of us have the same mission: To help military personnel and

veterans return to their homes, their missions and their families whole, mentally fit and

emotionally ready for whatever comes next. We are building a national network of care for

our injured service members, whether they are active duty or veterans, in medical treatment

or transitioning back home to their bases and communities.

The program has three components: Creative Forces places creative arts therapies at the

core of patient-centered care in military medical facilities, as well as a telehealth program

for patients in rural and remote areas; provides increased community-based arts

opportunities for military and veteran family populations around clinical site locations; and

invests in capacity-building efforts, including the development of manuals, training, and

research on the impacts and benefits of the treatment methods.

To learn more please visit:

www.arts.gov/partnerships/creative forces

www.arts.wa.gov/arts-in-communities/creative forces


Summit Welcome

Karen Hanan, Executive Director, Washington State Arts

Commission (ArtsWA)

Phone: 360-586-2423 Email: [email protected]

Karen J. Hanan was appointed Executive Director of ArtsWA

by Governor Jay Inslee effective March 2014. The agency,

established in 1961, is charged with speaking up for the public

value of the arts, building leadership in and for the arts,

strengthening arts education in our public schools,

documenting the impact of the arts on our communities and in

peoples’ lives and sharing the findings, building participation in

the arts, and acquiring and caring for artwork in the State Art

Collection. Prior to this appointment, Karen was Executive Director of Arts Northwest, the

regional service organization for the performing arts. Before that, she was the founder and

first Executive Director of the Olympic Peninsula’s Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, a four

day multi-cultural, multi-stage festival held each year over Memorial Day Weekend, as well

as offering programs, shows and outreach to locals and visitors year round. A well-known

resource to the greater arts community in the Northwestern USA, in 2014 Hanan was

honored with a Distinguished Service Award in recognition of ‘exceptional leadership and

dedication to the field.’

Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State

Email: [email protected]

Jay Inslee is a fifth-generation Washingtonian who grew up in

the Seattle area. His father, Frank, was a high school teacher

and coach. His mother worked as a sales clerk at Sears &

Roebuck. Jay worked his way through college and graduated

from the University of Washington with a degree in economics

before earning his law degree at Willamette University. He and

his wife, Trudi, then moved to Selah where Jay worked as a

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prosecutor and they raised their three sons. Jay first became involved in public service in

1985 when he and Trudi helped lead the effort to build a new public high school in Selah.

Motivated to fight against proposed funding cuts for rural schools, Jay went on to represent

the 14th Legislative District in the state House of Representatives. He continued serving

communities in the Yakima Valley when he was elected to Congress in 1992. The Inslees

later moved back to the Puget Sound area where Jay was elected to Congress in 1998,

serving until 2012. As governor, Jay's top priority is growing Washington's innovative

industries such as clean energy, IT and life sciences, and strengthening existing industries

such as aerospace, agriculture, maritime and military. Since 2013, Washington has

experienced a seven-year low in unemployment rates, record exports and notable growth in

Washington’s key industries.

Mayor Marilyn Strickland, City of Tacoma


Marilyn Strickland is serving her second term as Mayor of

Tacoma. Born in Seoul, Korea, she is a graduate of the

University of Washington and holds an MBA from Clark-Atlanta

University. Prior to elected office, she worked in both the public

and private sectors. Mayor Strickland’s pro-growth agenda is

focused on entrepreneurship, improving education,

transportation, strengthening neighborhoods and attracting

international investment. Her regional and national board

leadership includes Sound Transit, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Democratic

Mayors Association. Mayor Strickland has appeared on Meet the Press and National Public

Radio. She is a Rose Fellow with the Urban Land Institute, was recognized by the National

League of Cities Women in Municipal Government for outstanding local leadership, and

received the 2014 Futurewise Community Champion Award.

SPEAKER


Bill O’Brien, Senior Advisor for Innovation and Creative

Forces Project Director, National Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)


Bill O’Brien co-organized three summits to identify emerging

art-sci practices among the nation’s leading artists, scientists

and technologists in partnership with the National Science

Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

He also co-organized a complex-system working group

investigation into The Nature of Creativity in the Brain in

partnership with the Santa Fe Institute. Since 2011, Bill has

served as the National Endowment for the Arts’ Project Director for the Creative Forces

Military Healing Arts Network. Previously, Bill served the agency as Deputy Chairman of

Grants and Awards and as the Director of Theater and Musical Theatre. Prior to joining the

Endowment, he produced numerous award winning theatrical productions, including the

Tony-honored Deaf West Theatre Production of Big River. He has also acted in numerous

theatrical and television productions, including performances in 48 states, and as an

ensemble player on all seven seasons as Kenny (Marlee Matlin’s sign language interpreter)

on NBC's The West Wing.

SPEAKER


Keynote Address

Jeffrey Stenbom, Sculptor and Veteran


Jeffrey Stenbom is a sculptor who primarily works in glass.

Shaped by his experiences in the military, Stenbom uses his art

as a medium for interpreting his thoughts and memories. He

studied sculpture during college in Minnesota and Wisconsin,

but joined the U.S. Army one week after September 11, 2001.

After returning from Iraq, Stenbom found his way back to art,

and discovered the medium of glass. Stenbom has been the

recipient of numerous awards and honors including finalist for

the Stanislav Libenský Award in 2015. Stenbom received his

MFA in Studio Art, Glass/Sculpture from Tulane University in

2015 and his BFA in Glass/Sculpture and BS in Art Education from the University of

Wisconsin-River Falls in 2012. His work has been featured in galleries and exhibitions

throughout the United States, and he has taught and assisted with workshops at museums,

universities, and art centers, including Pilchuck Glass School, Museum of Glass’s Hot Shop

Heroes project, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Arrowmont School of Arts &

Crafts, and Pittsburg Glass Center. He has held residencies with The Corning Museum of

Glass (2016), and Bullseye Projects (2017) where he explored the creation of powerful and

impactful artwork using symbolism and iconography through kiln-form techniques in glass.

He has also taught as an associate lecturer at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. He

currently lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“I grew up in the Midwest and attended college in Minnesota and Wisconsin where I studied

sculpture. I decided to take a break from college, and joined the U.S. Army as a cavalry

scout one week after 9/11. After serving in the United States Army and being deployed to

Iraq, I faced new challenges dealing with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and was not

sure what to do with my life.

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I was fortunate to get back into art and start learning the medium of glass. My interest in

sculpture stems from my experiences as a soldier. I have a new appreciation for life and how

I look at it. Being wounded and dealing with the pains of combat (both mentally and

physically) takes a toll on a person. These experiences have led me to search for passionate

and creative means of exploring my emotions, political beliefs, personal views of the world

around me and psychological distress. I feel art is not meant to fix problems, but to make

others aware that they exist. This awareness may lead to change or at the very least comfort

and understanding through conversation.

Creating art is an escape for me. It is my outlet from within, from the confines of my own

mind. The experiences I had in the military and particularly in Iraq, shaped who I have

become as a man and as a person. I do not always know how to interpret my thoughts and

memories of these experiences in words, so my art becomes my medium.

Art has changed my life by giving me focus and helping me begin to heal from those life

changing experiences. Learning how powerful art is and the impact it can have on a person's

life has been the one major reason I am where I am today, driving me to learn more and to

educate others about art.”

INTRODUCTION

Debbie Lenk, Executive Director, Museum of Glass


Debbie Lenk joined Museum of Glass as Executive Director in

July 2015. She has over 25 years of extensive business

experience including general management, product

development, finance, marketing, and business development.

Her experience includes key positions in large Fortune 100

companies such as International Paper, Weyerhaeuser Company, and Exxon, as well as

regional start-ups. Prior to her appointment as Executive Director, Lenk worked as an

Executive Consultant for a number of businesses, utilizing her vast knowledge of business

to develop strategic operating plans to improve their profitability. Through her action-

oriented, inclusive leadership, Lenk has proven successful elevating businesses to the next

level.

SUMMIT HOST AND KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION


Presentation

Beyond the MIST (Madigan Intrepid Spirit Transitions)

Program: Transitioning from Clinical to Community

Col. Beverly Scott MD, Director, Traumatic Brain

Injury/Intrepid Spirit Program, Madigan Army Medical

Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM)

Phone: 253-968-1275x0606 Email: [email protected]

COL Beverly Scott MD, USA, serves as Director, Traumatic Brain

Injury/Intrepid Spirit Program, Madigan Army Medical Center,

(JBLM) since October 2014. Her career began 40 years earlier

when she received her RN Diploma, 1978 and BA Molecular

Biology, University of Colorado, 1981. She attended Case

Western Reserve School of Medicine 1981-1985, Neurology

Residency, Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1991-1996, Neuro-

Ophthalmology Fellowship 1997, Board-Certification in Psychiatry and Neurology 1997, with

maintenance of certification in 2007 and 2017. COL Scott has been on staff at Madigan

since 1998, serving in multiple leadership positions, including Chief, Neurology, 2005-2012.

She deployed to Afghanistan 2010, serving as Theater Neurology Consultant with Task

Force 62nd Medical Brigade, where she was instrumental in advancing concussion care

throughout theater. COL Scott was recalled to military service following her 30 year

retirement June 2016 to help ensure successful transition to the Intrepid Spirit program.

Her current academic interests include post-traumatic migraine and co-morbidities

associated with concussion.

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Morning Panel Session

Building Capacity: Getting from Clinical to Community

PANEL MODERATOR

Nolen V. Bivens, Brigadier General, US Army (Retired),

President/CEO of Leader Six, Inc.


A former U.S. Army General, Nolen Bivens serves as Chair of the

National Leadership Advisory Council, National Initiative for

Arts & Health in the Military (NIAHM), and Senior Policy Fellow

on Arts & Military, Americans for The Arts. Leader Six provides

elite leadership, entrepreneurial and organizational

development consulting, professional services, and products to

customers in the U.S. federal, commercial, health, and nonprofit sectors. We’ve successfully

provided arts and military community engagement services for “Healing Wars” theatrical

dance production, PBS’s Crafts In America, SERVICE episode, Smithsonian Institution - Haiti

Cultural Recovery Project, and National Endowment of the Arts’ (NEA) Military Healing Arts

Network, Creative Forces program. Nolen’s military service included Chief of Staff, U.S.

Southern Command; Chief Operations Officer, U.S. Third Army; Deputy Commanding

General, 4th Infantry Division; U.S. Joint & Army Pentagon Staff; and, U.S. Special

Operations Command. As Chair, NIAHM’s National Leadership Advisory Council, he works

with military, government, private, and nonprofit sectors to champion the benefits of the

arts across the entire continuum of military service for service members suffering

psychological wounds of war, specifically Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic

Stress Disorders (PTSD). He’s given House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior

testimony and congressional staff briefings in support of the arts. He has a Bachelor of

Science degree in Chemistry from South Carolina State University, and MS in Management,

Naval Postgraduate School; and, MS in National Security and Strategic Studies from the

National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

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PANELISTS

Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, Director, Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs


Alfie Alvarado is the Director of Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs. The

Department serves as the statewide advocate for the benefits and services veterans and

their families earned. Alfie was born in Puerto Rico and served 22 years on active duty,

retiring in August 1993 as Command Sergeant Major of Madigan Army Medical Center and

Troop Command, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Alfie Alvarado serves on the board of

directors of the Patrick Madigan Foundation, National Association of State Veterans Homes,

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs and the Association of

Washington Generals.

Brenda Maltz, Arts Therapist, Madigan Army Medical Center


Brenda Maltz is an art therapist at the Madigan Intrepid Spirit Center located on Joint Base

Lewis-McChord (JBLM). After over 30 years as an RN, Brenda chose to follow her life-long

passion for healing through the arts and earned a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Art

Therapy at Antioch University Seattle. She became active at Madigan Army Medical Center

in 2012 as an art therapy intern in acute psychiatric care and in outpatient behavioral health,

contributing to the launch of the behavioral health intensive outpatient program in 2014. In

March 2017 Brenda joined the Creative Forces Program of the Americans for the Arts

supported through the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the

Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a healing arts

program at JBLM, one of 11 military clinical sites across the U.S. tasked to provide creative

arts therapies to active duty service members, veterans and families. Brenda has been a

member of the military family for nearly 20 years as a military spouse, and lives in the Lacey

area.


Amy McBride, Arts Administrator, City of Tacoma


Amy McBride is the Arts Administrator for the City of Tacoma with over 20 years of

experience as an art professional. Working with the Tacoma Arts Commission, Ms. McBride

oversees Tacoma’s Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality where she develops innovative and

collaborative programming and formulates effective policy in support of the arts with the

goal of creating a fertile ecosystem for a thriving community. Amy has presented nationally

on issues of creative economy, public art, innovation, temporary art interventions, and civic

democracy.

Patty Morgan, Director of Family Programs, Association of the United States Army

(AUSA), Captain Meriwether Lewis Chapter


Patty Morgan acts as Director of Family Programs at Association of United States Army

(AUSA), Captain Meriwether Lewis chapter. A 20-year military spouse, Patty most recently

supported the role of her husband, COL Daniel Morgan, the former Joint Base Garrison

Commander over the last two years, by supporting various Garrison community projects,

developing educational initiatives, and volunteering with non-profit organizations such as

The Armed Forces community service, The Fisher House, The American Red Cross, and The

Children’s Museum of Tacoma. This volunteer service has helped connect the surrounding

communities to the military families of JBLM. Patty and COL Morgan have lived and served

in Fort Benning, Fort Campbell, Washington DC, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Drum, Army War

College and JBLM. Having served five deployments, they have had the privilege and

honor of supporting our Blue Star and Gold Star families.


Video Message

United States Senator Patty Murray, Washington State

Washington State’s senior Senator, Patty Murray has a proven

track record spanning more than two decades of fighting for

Washington state families in the United States Senate. Serving

as a member of Senate Democratic Leadership since 2007,

Patty has established herself as a tireless and effective leader

on education, transportation, budget issues, port security,

healthcare, women and veterans issues. In addition to being the

first female Senator from Washington State, Patty served as the

first female Chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

during the 112th Congress and served as the first female Chair of the Senate Budget

Committee during the 113th Congress. She is currently Ranking Member of the Senate

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

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Lunch Presentation

Creative Forces Capacity: Building Support and Local

Asset Mapping

Bill O’Brien, Senior Advisor for Innovation, Creative Forces Project Director, NEA


Biography listed on page six.

AnnMarie O’Malley, Director of the National Resource

Center, Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network


AnnMarie brings her 26-year record of achievement for

business success to Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts

Network as the Capacity Program and National Resource

Center Director. Combining her tremendous academic

accomplishments, senior executive involvement, and strong

ethical principles, AnnMarie uses her experience, knowledge

and business acumen to design an efficient, effective

organizational system to maximize support to service members,

veterans, and their family members. She has an extensive

background in strategic planning and innovative program development, implantation, and

optimization during program execution. Additionally, AnnMarie is a highly sought-after

speaker, with a considerable amount of speaking engagements experience. Her operations

execution and expertise in dealing with senior leaders of non-profit organizations,

corporate clients, as well as the federal government, contributing to her accomplishments.

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Afternoon Panel Session

Finding and Funding Community Resources

PANEL MODERATOR

Karen Hanan, Executive Director, ArtsWA


Biography listed on page four.

PANELISTS

Ken Ristine, Senior Program Officer, Ben B. Cheney Foundation


Ken Ristine has worked in the nonprofit field since 1976. He joined the Ben B. Cheney

Foundation in 1989 after eleven years with United Way in Seattle and Tacoma. As senior

program officer for the Ben B. Cheney Foundation, Ken is responsible for a wide range of

activities in support of the Foundation's mission. He routinely consults with nonprofits

throughout the Pacific Northwest regarding organizational development, capacity building,

and staff development. Ken is co-author with Goodwin Deacon of Grantsmanship for the

Genius. The book helps new and experienced grantwriters understand how funders view

grants and the nonprofits they fund, and how that knowledge can help you write better

grants. Ken is a well-known speaker at nonprofit conferences and events. He also authors

the Ken’s Corner blog on the Puget Sound Grantwriters website (grantwriters.org and

psgakenscorner.wordpress.com)


Debra Twersky, Manager, Funding Programs, 4Culture


Debra Twersky has over thirty years of experience managing historic sites and arts centers,

major fundraising events and capital projects development in the private non-profit sector.

Since 2000, Debra has served the public sector for 4Culture in King County, Washington,

first as the Cultural Facilities program manager and now as manager of all Funding

Programs for the agency.

Huong Vu, Boeing Company


Huong Vu has directly managed $100M+ in philanthropic investments for foundations,

corporate giving and national re-granting programs. These investments included

programming, youth development, arts education, capital campaigns, capacity building,

technology, economic development, training, and civic engagement grants. In 2016, Huong

won the Mayor’s Arts Award (Philanthropy Leadership) from the City of Seattle. Huong has

led Boeing's arts and culture grantmaking since 2009. Prior to Boeing, Huong was the

senior program officer/interim director at The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, guest

curator at On the Boards, director of grants programs at the Association of Performing Arts

Professionals, fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts, and an organizer of visual arts

exhibitions. Huong is a graduate of the University of Washington where she studied

Business Administration and Visual Arts. In 2007, she earned a program certificate from the

Stanford University/Graduate School of Business.


Afternoon Break | Musical Performance

With programs centered on the idea of Artistic Citizenship – using the power of music to

inspire people beyond performance – the Snohomish County Music Project brings music

therapy to healthcare and uses music as a tool to help people thrive.

Music YoU Jam is a free program dedicated to improving the quality of life of veterans from

all walks of life by using music as a tool to express feelings, manage stress, and make

connections.

BAND MEMBERS

Tim, Will, Hank, Mel, Stan, Sammy, Scott, Randy, Phil, Kenny, Gerry, and Jim.

MUSIC THERAPY INTERNS

Cassie Fox and Colby Cumine

INTRODUCTION

Karla C. Hawley, Co-Founder, Snohomish County Music Project


Karla C. Hawley is a neurologic music therapy fellow, and co-founder and director of trauma

and neurologic music therapy services for the Snohomish County Music Project, a non-

profit community-based organization in Everett, Washington.

SET-LIST

Listen to the Music by The Doobie Brothers Just Have To Use My Imagination by The Rydes Stand By Me by Ben E King Road House Blues by The Doors We're All In It Together, an original song by the Vets


Snapshot | Music As A Bridge: The Role Of Music

Therapy For Continuum Of Care In Military Communities

Megumi Azekawa, Founder, Puget Sound Music Therapy, LLC


John Leonard Selzler, Program Manager, Music Works 4 Veterans


Music therapy has been serving wounded veterans since the

time of World War I and II. This presentation will introduce the

roles and benefits of music therapy in military communities and

explain ways that music therapy can further contribute to the

continuum of care, from rehabilitation of skills to integration

into a community.

Megumi Azekawa is a board certified music therapist and a

Neurologic Music Therapist, Fellow. She currently provides

music therapy services through her practice, Puget Sound

Music Therapy, LLC, serving the South Puget Sound area. She

serves as Chair of the Washington State Recognition Task

Force for Music Therapy. Megumi is passionate about raising public awareness of music

therapy as a means of effective and innovative treatment in a variety of clinical populations

including veterans with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, and mood disorders.

Megumi holds a Master of Music in music therapy from Colorado State University and

Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance from the University of Washington.

Air Force Veteran John Leonard Selzler was born in Renton, WA and was raised in a

household where there was often live music. Music was the perfect outlet, and especially

helpful throughout difficult times. He was a songwriter and a veteran who could use his

musical talent to help fellow veterans by including them in creating music. All of this

evolved into Music Works 4 Veterans (MW4V), a program that uses music and creativity as

an instrument to aid in healing and recovery. MW4V is now a team of very talented

musicians who share the mission to help others through music.



Snapshot | Shakespeare For Veterans

Amy Erickson, Producer and Director, Visceral Documentary


Amy Erickson is the director of a documentary film called Visceral, which tells the stories of

people who are living with the physical & emotional impact of post-traumatic stress. When

traditional therapies alone don't help, two veterans, Carissa and Jonathan, begin performing

Shakespeare and musical theatre to experience a transformative unlocking of the trauma in

their bodies. With a restored will to live, they take action to move forward with their lives in

a way they couldn’t before. Amy brings 28-years of experience in social impact work to this

documentary.


Snapshot | The Blessing Of Creativity

Matthew “Griff” Griffin, Co-Founder, Combat Flip Flops


“As humans, we possess the unique ability to create and

destroy. After years of professional destruction as service

members, it's now time to enjoy the blessing that is creativity.”

Small business entrepreneur and Army Ranger, 37 year-old

Matthew “Griff” Griffin co-founded Combat Flip Flops in Kabul,

Afghanistan in 2009. Matthew is a 2001 United States Military

Academy graduate commissioned into the Field Artillery.

Between 2003-2005, Griff deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan with 2d Ranger

Battalion as a Company Fire Support Officer. He planned and participated in over 100

special operations direct action missions. After departing the military in 2006 as a captain,

Griff worked in the defense sector that eventually led him back to Afghanistan to assist with

medical infrastructure development.

After witnessing the positive effects

of economic growth in conflict areas,

Griff co-founded Combat Flip Flops

with a fellow Ranger and began the

mission to manufacture peace

through trade. Griff serves as the

Operations Officer for Team 5 as a

means of continued global service.

SPEAKER


Snapshot | Battling PTSD With Dance

Debbie Simpson, Founder and CEO, Battlefield to Ballroom


Shannon Burnside, Franchisee, Arthur Murray Tacoma

Ethan Taupea, Dance Director, Arthur Murray Federal Way

In this presentation Debbie Simpson, Founder and CEO of

Battlefield to Ballroom, a nonprofit 501(3) c, will speak of the

pilot study, how and why the organization was formed to help

those with combat-related post-traumatic stress (PTSD). She

will share her personal story and the current efforts of the

organization. Shannon Burnside, a representative from Arthur

Murray dance, will speak of the partnership with Battlefield to

Ballroom, and their dedication in helping those with Combat

related PTSD and traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Ethan Taupea,

Director of Arthur Murray, will give his unique perspectives.

Debbie retired after 30 years in the Army and served in both

active and reserve status. She served as a trauma, critical care,

and nurse practitioner. She served in various missions, including

as officer in charge of the Wounded Warrior Clinic at Madigan,

with two combat deployments, the last in Iraq. Currently Debbie

works in Primary Care, American Lake VA where she continues

to serve and provide care to our veterans suffering from PTSD

and TBI. Debbie continues to dance competitively to battle her

own personal PTSD.

SPEAKER


Snapshot | The Telling Project in Your Community

Dan Overton, Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs


Dan began his career in the mid 1980s at the Seattle VA Medical Center as a Therapeutic

Recreation Specialist for the Spinal Cord Injury Unit. While there, he had the honor of

working with the Resource Center for the Handicapped on a “Think Tank” for President

George Bush (Sr.) in the creation of the Americans with Disability Act. Later, moving to

Arizona, he earned a Master’s Degree in counseling and was appointed by Governor Jane

Dee Hull to the Arizona Governor’s Council on Spinal and Head Injuries. He has worked with

county, state, federal, for profit and not for profit agencies in the areas of Physical

Rehabilitation/Re-integration, Behavioral Health and Addictions. He made his way back to

Washington in 2008 working with as a Psychology Associate at Stafford Creek Correction

Center where he was awarded (along with the rest of the team) the State Innovator Award

for the successful creation of the “Veteran’s Pod” pilot at Stafford Creek. Before acquiring

his current position, he was Behavioral Health Department Manager for the Quinault Indian

Nation and served for the City of Ocean Shores as City Council Member Position 3. He has

presented professional seminars for a number of years, taught undergraduate psychology

for Western International University’s Behavioral Science Department and has guest

lectured at Arizona State University and Eastern Washington University.


Snapshot | Finding My Voice

Steven Markussen, Artist and Veteran


“I was eighteen years old when I went to the Vietnam War. The

experience of war has impacted much of my adult life. I have

filtered most of my interactions with the world through a

soldier’s eyes. Over time, making objects with my hands

became my process to escape from social stress. Today, Art is

my most effective means to communicate personal issues. Art is

my voice. Let me explain how this process works for me.”

Steven Markussen’s work is about making social connection

though objects made with his hands. There is a created and natural texture to each surface

of his work that engages you. His works are pared-down structures made from natural and

industrial materials; this frequently includes plaster, wood, wood ash, concrete, burlap, and

varnish, layered or assembled in such a way to create texture, weight and balance. His

current work is inspired by social challenges. This work is about expressing his attachment

to a social challenge in subtle forms and brief messages buried in the work. In speaking

about his paintings and sculpture, Steven Markussen says, “I hope this work reads as a

personal impact statement.” He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1951 and lives in Lake

Forest Park, Washington.

SPEAKER


Demonstration | Hot Shop Heroes

Greg Owen, Project Manager, Hot Shop Heroes: Healing With

Fire, Museum of Glass


Greg Owen is an artist and educator based in Tacoma,

Washington. After receiving his BFA in Glass from California

College of the Arts in Oakland, California Greg went on to work

for artist Dale Chihuly and the Pilchuck Glass School, in

Stanwood, Washington. Since 2013, Greg has managed the Hot

Shop Heroes: Healing With Fire program for Museum of Glass in

Tacoma. Hot Shop Heroes offers free glassworking classes for

military personnel and veterans in the Museum of Glass hot

shop. In addition to his work for Museum of Glass, Greg maintains his own Studio Glass

practice, and enjoys yoga, spending time in nature, listening to music, and laughing.

VETERAN ARTISTS DEMONSTRATING

IN THE HOT SHOP

James Anderson

[email protected]

Michael Daley

[email protected]

Kevin McDonald

[email protected]

Lyle Tillet

[email protected]

Chad Widmer

[email protected]


NEA CHAIR JANE CHU AT A HOT SHOP HEROES: HEALING WITH FIRE DEMONSTRATION, MUSEUM OF GLASS, FEB 2016.

mailto:[email protected]






Summit Sponsors

ArtsWA Contact Information

711 Capitol Way South | Olympia, WA 98501

Phone: 360-753-3860 | Website: Arts.wa.gov

Twitter: @ArtsWA | Facebook: @WashingtonArts


Summit Organizing Committee

Megumi Azekawa, Founder, Puget Sound Music Therapy, LLC


Biography listed on page eighteen.

Nolen V. Bivens, Brigadier General, US Army (Ret), President/CEO of Leader Six, Inc.


Biography listed on page ten.

Glenda Carino, Communications Manager, ArtsWA


Glenda became ArtsWA's communications manager in March 2014. Her past experience

includes experience as a chief media spokesperson, speechwriter, and policy staff for public

officials at the City of Puyallup, City of Auburn, Alaska Lt. Governor's Office, and for an

Alaska State Senator. Her background also includes more than ten years as a public radio

news director, host, and reporter; and marketing director at Perseverance Theatre in

Juneau, Alaska. Glenda has served on several boards and commissions in recent years,

including past board president of Puyallup's Valley Arts United, member of the Pierce

County Arts Commission, and board member of the Tacoma Regional Convention and

Visitor's Bureau.

Candice Corey, Social Worker, King County Veterans’ Program, Department of

Community and Human Services


Candice Corey has over ten years of experience supporting veterans and their families

through case management, crisis intervention and financial assistance. A social Worker for

King County Veteran’s Program, she collaborated with 4Culture to create and implement

Vets Restore, a program which provides education and career opportunities to King County

veterans in historic building renovation and preservation carpentry.


Heather Dwyer, Program Manager, 4Culture

Phone: 206-263-1597 Email: Heather.Dwyer@4Culture

Heather is committed to supporting artists and has been fortunate enough to work for and

with them at non-profit organizations, private corporations, and government agencies for

the past 25 years. She currently works for 4Culture, a unique government agency, where

she manages a funding program for individual artists, a media gallery, and other initiatives.

Heather holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA) and a MFA from

California Institute of Arts/CalArts (Valencia, CA).

Karen Hanan, Executive Director, ArtsWA


Biography listed on page four.

Rick E. Johnson, Commissioner, ArtsWA


Rick is a "Stone Sculptor-Lineman-Tree Trimmer-Union activist." He's served as a business

representative, organizer, officer & president (14 years) within the International

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 77; served 2 terms on the Governor's

Industrial Safety & Health Advisory Board; served 10 years as Vice President

with Washington State Labor Council; operated a tree service for 30 years; and is a board

member of the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association. Having traveled power line

construction for 22 years, then worked another 22 years for Puget Sound Energy as a

lineman and trouble shooter, Rick says “Dealing with Parkinson's has slowed me down, but

not much."

Debbie Lenk, Executive Director, Museum of Glass


Biography listed on page eight.


Sarah Luna, Program Coordinator, South Sound Military and Communities Partnership


Sarah Luna holds a MA in Human Relations, BA in Communication Studies and an AA in

Public Affairs. During her more than five years of Active Duty, she deployed to Bagram

Airfield and served in various overseas locations. For four years in the Reserves, she worked

with Hurlburt Field Special Operations. Sarah then directed the Northwest Edge Program in

training transitioning service members at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. As the Program

Coordinator of the South Sound Military & Communities Partnership (SSMCP), Sarah leads

various aspects of several community groups, supports SSMCP organizational legislative

agenda actions and aids in implementation of Joint Land Use Study recommendations.

Brenda Maltz, Arts Therapist, Madigan Army Medical Center


Biography listed on page eleven.

Dan Overton, Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs


Biography listed on page twenty-two.

Greg Owen, Hot Shop Heroes Project Manager, Emcee Coordinator, Museum of Glass


Biography listed on page twenty four.



Valli Rebsamen, President, Evergreen Art Therapy Association


Valli supports military-connected families through her work as a licensed marriage and

family therapist and registered art therapist in the South Puget Sound. Currently, her

position in the Military & Family Life Counselor program has shaped and fortified a passion

for connecting military families with art making opportunities that promote healthy

relationships and community building. Valli serves as the president for the Evergreen Art

Therapy Association, the Washington State chapter of the American Art Therapy

Association.

Hillary Ryan, Creative Forces Organizing Team Coordinator


Hillary Ryan is a seasoned nonprofit communications professional with experience working

at museums, theatres and art centers throughout the Pacific Northwest. She currently runs

Ryan Communications, a full service marketing and communications firm with a special

emphasis on helping arts and human service nonprofit clients deepen messages, grow

audiences, and affect change. Ryan presented at the 2015 Western Museum Association

annual conference on "Building Bridges: The Military and the Arts".

Col. Beverly Scott MD, Director, Intrepid Spirit Program, Madigan Army Medical Center

Phone: 253-968-1275 ext. 0606 Email: [email protected]

Biography listed on page nine.



Thank You

Victoria Murray Baatin

Creative Forces Community Engagement Manager, Americans for the Arts

Victoria Hutter

Assistant Director - Press and Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts

Marete Wester

Senior Director of Arts Policy, Americans for the Arts

YOU ARE INVITED

After-Event Gathering | Social Bar & Grill | 5-6 pm

Located on the waterfront on Foss waterway,

Across 18th street from the Museum of Glass.

1715 Dock Street Tacoma, WA 98402

253-301-3835

Thesocialbarandgrill.com


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