Final Announcement of National Conference on Art Therapy -2016
Organized by: D A N A (Diagnostic and Applied Neuropsychological Association)
Venue: Hotel Golden Park
13, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata-700071
Date: 10th April, 2016
You must be aware that DANA is a reputed NGO working for promotion of Mental Health Awareness for last 16years. We are happy to announce that we will be organizing the IVth Annual conference on Art Therapy on 10th April, 2016. The theme for the conference is “Visual Art in Therapy”. We look forward for your participation in the conference to make it a grand success.
PROGRAMME_________________________________________________________________
10 am – Inauguration : Swami Tattwatitananda
R.K Mission Institute of Culture,
Gol Park, Kolkata
10-30am – Session 1 : “Art, Creativity and Brain”
Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade
Prof. & Head, Deptt. Psychopharmacology,
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Chairperson:Prof..Goutam Bandopadhyay
Co-chairperson: Mr.Swapnesh Chaudhuri,
Artist, President –AFA
11-30am – Session 2 : “An Overview of Art Therapy”
Dr. Debasis Bhattacharya
Chairperson: Dr. Partha Pratim Roy
Co-chairperson: Dr.S.B.Sinha ,Artist
Ex-principal –ICAD, Emeritus Fellow-UGC
12 noon – Session 3 : “Art Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment
for Adult Psychiatric Patients” –
Dr. Sayandip Ghosh
Chairperson: Prof. O.P.Singh, HOD, Psych. NRSMCH
Co-chairperson: Sri. Kalyan Chakraborti,
Artist: President – Canvas Artists’Circle
12-30pm – session 4 : “Interpretation of Visual Language
– looking through the eyes of children”.
Prof. S.Nandy Majumdar, Deptt. Of Art History, Kalabhawan,
ViswaBharati, Santiniketan
Chairperson: Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Co-chairperson: Mr. Samindra Majumder,
Assist.Prof.in FineArts,ICAD
1pm – Session 5 : “Art therapy in terminal illness”
Ms. Trina Lahiri
Chairperson. Dr. Hena Barat Roy
Co chairprson – Dr. Tultul Ghosh
1-30pm : LUNCH
2-30pm : Panel Discussion
Sri. Hiran Mitra, Dr.GautamSaha, Dr. Goutam Bandopadhyay
Moderator: Dr. Amit Chakraborti
4pm : Interactive Session
4-30pm : TEA
