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
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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
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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
Email: [email protected]
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.
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Bill O’Brien, Senior Advisor for Innovation and Creative
Forces Project Director, National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA)
Phone: 212-682-5550 Email: [email protected]
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.
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Keynote Address
Jeffrey Stenbom, Sculptor and Veteran
Email: [email protected]
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
Phone: 253-284-2121 Email: [email protected]
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
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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.
Email: [email protected]
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
Phone: 360-725-2155 Email: [email protected]
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
Email: [email protected]
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.
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Amy McBride, Arts Administrator, City of Tacoma
Email: [email protected]
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
Email: [email protected]
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.
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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
Phone: 212-682-5550 Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page six.
AnnMarie O’Malley, Director of the National Resource
Center, Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network
Phone: 210-262-8980 Email: [email protected]
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
Phone: 360-586-2423 Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page four.
PANELISTS
Ken Ristine, Senior Program Officer, Ben B. Cheney Foundation
Email: [email protected]
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)
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Debra Twersky, Manager, Funding Programs, 4Culture
Phone: 206-263-1610 Email: [email protected]
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
Email: [email protected]
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.
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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
Phone: 503-312-8365 Email: [email protected]
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
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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
Phone: 253-448-1400 Email: [email protected]
John Leonard Selzler, Program Manager, Music Works 4 Veterans
Email: [email protected]
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.
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Snapshot | Shakespeare For Veterans
Amy Erickson, Producer and Director, Visceral Documentary
Email: [email protected]
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.
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Snapshot | The Blessing Of Creativity
Matthew “Griff” Griffin, Co-Founder, Combat Flip Flops
Email: [email protected]
“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.
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Snapshot | Battling PTSD With Dance
Debbie Simpson, Founder and CEO, Battlefield to Ballroom
Phone: 253-234-9433 Email: [email protected]
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
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Snapshot | The Telling Project in Your Community
Dan Overton, Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Phone: 800-562-2308 Email: [email protected]
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.
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Snapshot | Finding My Voice
Steven Markussen, Artist and Veteran
Email: [email protected]
“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
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Demonstration | Hot Shop Heroes
Greg Owen, Project Manager, Hot Shop Heroes: Healing With
Fire, Museum of Glass
Email: [email protected]
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
Michael Daley
Kevin McDonald
Lyle Tillet
Chad Widmer
SUMMIT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND SPEAKER
NEA CHAIR JANE CHU AT A HOT SHOP HEROES: HEALING WITH FIRE DEMONSTRATION, MUSEUM OF GLASS, FEB 2016.
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Summit Sponsors
ArtsWA Contact Information
711 Capitol Way South | Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360-753-3860 | Website: Arts.wa.gov
Twitter: @ArtsWA | Facebook: @WashingtonArts
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Summit Organizing Committee
Megumi Azekawa, Founder, Puget Sound Music Therapy, LLC
Phone: 253-448-1400 Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page eighteen.
Nolen V. Bivens, Brigadier General, US Army (Ret), President/CEO of Leader Six, Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page ten.
Glenda Carino, Communications Manager, ArtsWA
Phone: 360-586-8093 Email: [email protected]
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
Phone: 206-477-6989 Email: [email protected]
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.
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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
Phone: 360-586-2423 Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page four.
Rick E. Johnson, Commissioner, ArtsWA
Phone: 360-821-1013 Email: [email protected]
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
Phone: 253-284-2121 Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page eight.
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Sarah Luna, Program Coordinator, South Sound Military and Communities Partnership
Phone: 253-983-7774 Email: [email protected]
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
Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page eleven.
Dan Overton, Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Phone: 800-562-2308 Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page twenty-two.
Greg Owen, Hot Shop Heroes Project Manager, Emcee Coordinator, Museum of Glass
Email: [email protected]
Biography listed on page twenty four.
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Valli Rebsamen, President, Evergreen Art Therapy Association
Phone: 253-307-1863 Email: [email protected]
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
Email: [email protected]
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.
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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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Notes