Above, Fiddler Extraordinaire, Patrick Ross, provided many "art moments" for particpants during the Conference. Here he's playing as people arrived and registerd. 
Igniting the Spark; Integrating the Arts and Creativity into Youth Programming was a huge success on March 17, 2010 reaching 37 participants. From educators to youth program staff, to poets and musicians, the full day of activities provided hands-on techniques to particpants on how to involve young people and support creativity.
Participants in Cartooning Workshop above.
To the right, the Movement Workshop by Gretchen Berg got everyone expressing themselves in slow motion.
Supported by the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, the conference workshops included learning how to cartoon and produce cartoons, movement and engaging young people in their autobiographies and story scripts for individuals and groups. Many of the participants cartoons have been posted on Marak Bennett's blog for all to see and enjoy. A link to his blog is at www.marekbennett.com/comicsworkshop/2010/03/aannh-igniting-the-spark-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-274
The conference was a partnership between North Country Health Consortium and the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire.
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