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International Arts Symposium Schedule

OHIO UNIVERSITY
GLOBAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2025

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Intersections: Arts and Health

BAKER UNIVERSITY CENTER THEATRE

帝王会所, Intersections: Arts and Health

DAY ONE | April 2, 2025
7:00AM 鈥 7:00PM

7:00-8:35 AMArrivals and Registrations: Baker University Center Theatre
8:35-8:45 AMWelcome: Prof. Paschal Yao Younge (Director, Global Arts Festival & Symposium, 帝王会所)
8:45-9:00 AMFestival Greetings: Dr. Matthew Talbert (Director, School of Music, 帝王会所)
9:00 AM-12:00 PM

SESSION ONE

Chair: Dr. Divine Kwasi Gbagbo

Gabby Wen
1. Echoes of Memories: Collaborative Life Story Work Using Person- Centered Music and Virtual Reality with Older Adults Living with Dementia.

Diana Sena Avoke
2. Exploring Children's Imagination through Creative Drawing.

Dr. Sara Baumann
3. Framing Understanding through Film: Unpacking Community Health Realities Through Nine Collaborative Filmmaking Projects Around the World.

Elissa Johnson-Green
4. The EcoSonic Playground Project: Fostering children鈥檚 social and emotional well-being through collaborative, arts-integrated learning.

Dr. Jessica Burke
5. Frames of Grief: Exploring Child Loss through Collaborative Filmmaking.

12:00-1:00 PMLUNCH BREAK
1:00-3:00 PM

SESSION TWO                               Baker University Center Theatre

Chair: Elissa Johnson-Green

Mikayla B. Hyland, CPCP
1. The Intersection of Tattooing and Medicine: Medical Tattooing.

Jason Otoo
2. Resilience and Resistance: Mental Health Impacts on Male Cross- Dressers In Kete Dance Groups In Ghana.

Agbodjan Afi Joelle
3. The Role of Community Dance in Mental and Physical Well-being: A Contemporary Review and Future Directions.

Mrs. Vivian Boateng
4. Transformative Power of Artistic Interventions: Ballet Training and Personal Development in Children In Ghana.

3:00-3:10 PMBREAK
3:10-6:50 PM

SESSION THREE                           Baker University Center Theatre

Chair: Victoria Marks

Sara Allard
1. The Autistic Heroine鈥檚 Journey: A Model for AuthenticRepresentation of Autistic Women in Fiction.

Joanna Lau
2. From Stress to Serenity: Evaluating the Impact of Sound Baths on Mental and Physical Well-being on a University Campus.

Yunjia Yang, PhD
3. Effects OF Creative Dance and Body Percussion for Older Adults at Risk for Dementia - A Mixed-Method Experimental Design.

Alexandra Rodriguez, MPH and Dr. Shana茅 Burch
4. Arts and Mental Health in the United States: An Emergent Policy Window.

Hannah Schwarz
5. Creative Pathways to a Community-Defined Research Agenda:
Leveraging Human Centered Design and Arts-Based Methodologies to Address Chhaupadi in Far-West Nepa.

6:50-7:00 PMClosing Remarks: Dr. Divine Gbagbo (Loyola Marymount University)

DAY ONE
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1:00-5:00 PM

1:00-3:00 PM

SESSION FOUR                                                                           Baker 217

Chair: Vashala Charles

Jennifer McCloskey, Ryn Delpapa and Kelly Logan Walker
1. Disabled Creatives Alliance Garden of Self Pilot Program.

Josh Birnbaum
2. Circle Round the Square: Summer arts enrichment and
leadership for at-risk youth in Nelsonville, 帝王会所.

Rodolfo Kusulas
3. Senseeing: Reflection of The Hidden Body, Tangible Design
Explorations for Emotional Reflexivity.

Bushra Ali
4. Decolonized Healing through Art: Art Therapy as a Decolonial
Approach to Holistic Wellness for Marginalized Populations.

3:00-3:10 PMBREAK
3:10-5:30 PM

SESSION FIVE                                                                             Baker 217

Chair: Josh Birnbaum

Yeloshyna Natallia
1. Fan Labor as Self-Directed Art Therapy: Understanding Catharsis and Sublimation in Transformative Fan Practices

Stephen Nyanteh Ayesu
3. Healthy Beats: Creating Binaural Beats for Well-Being.

Agarwal, Annika
4. Visualizing Menstrual Traditions and Waste Disposal through Cocreated, Participatory Films in Urban Indian Slums

ADDITIONAL VENUES DAY ONE

9:00-10:35 AM

SESSION SIX                                                           Putnam Hall 134

Chair: Ricarrdo Valentine

Carolina A. Herrera
1. Arts for Healthier Cities: Creative Interventions for Urban Mental Well-being

Monique Mead
2. Sound Healing: An Immersive Sonic Experience to Seduce the Mind to Stillness.

10:35-11:40 PM

SESSION SEVEN                                                   Glidden Hall 540

Chair: Papa Yamoah

Maridee Slater
1. Fear Reimagined: Immersive Horror for CPTSD Recover.

Kuhle Mbawu
2. Female Masculinity in Home Affairs (a South African TV show).

1:00-2:30 PM

SESSION EIGHT                                                     Putnam Hall 134

Chair: Travis Gatling

Dr. Burke and Dr. Sara Baumann
1. Hands-on Introduction to Visual Voices as an Arts-Based Research Method.

12:00-1:00 PM

SESSION FIFTEEN                                                Glidden Hall 494

Chair: Sean Parson

Dr. Stephen Nyanteh Ayesu
1. B蓴b蓴蓴b蓴 Digital: A Digital Platform for Sounds and Visuals of B蓴b蓴蓴b蓴 Musical Instruments.

3:05-4 :25 PM

SESSION NINE                                                        Putnam Hall 134

Chair: Travis Gatling

Roya Nazari Najafabadi
1. Unleashing the Power of Women's Voices on My Art Process.

DAY TWO | April 3, 2025
7:00 AM-7:00 PM

7:00-8:30 AMArrivals and Registrations:      Baker University Center Theatre
8:30-11:00 AM

SESSION TEN

Chair: Josh Vieth

Diana Sena Avoke
1. Far Beyond, But in The Present (Maladaptive Daydreaming.

Athena Maxwell
2. Art, Music, and the Adolescent Brain: Advocating for Balanced Arts Education.

Amanda Harris
3. Up to Us: Centering Narratives of Systems-impacted Youth in Entertainment-based Sexual Health Education.

Dr. Osei Latipher Amma & Dr. Edu Johnson
4. The Healing Power of Art: Enhancing Well-being Through Performances at UEW Ceremonies.

Lisa Gallagher, PhD, LPMT, MT-BC
5. Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience and Well Being.

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER                    Baker University Center Theatre

Chair: Dr. Divine Kwasi Gbagbo

Dr. Melita Belgrave (Arizona State University)
Keynote: The Power of the Arts to Nurture Ourselves and Others.

12:00-1:00 PMLUNCH BREAK
1:00-3:00 PM

SESSION ELEVEN                         Baker University Center Theatre

Chair: Dr. Lisa Gallagher

Hutson Piper
1. Neuroaesthetics and Universal Access: Designing Inclusive Art Spaces for Health and Well-Being.

Dr. Kofi Anthonio & Patience Nana Akua Anthonio
2. From Spreadsheet to Dance Floors: An Autoethnography of the Couples.

Dr. Nana Amowee Dawson
3. Cultural Remedies: The Role of Ghanaian Healer Songs in Premodern Healthcare and Their Potential Today.

Dr. Divine Kwasi Gbagbo
3. Performing 鈥楳orale鈥 Jama in Ghanaian Colleges and Universities: The Musical, Emotional, and Health Benefits.

Jessica Fletcher and Megan Starkey
4. Irish Roots Meets Appalachian Identity: Empowerment Through Community Dance.

3:00-3:10 PMBREAK
3:10-6:50 PM

SESSION TWELVE                        Baker University Center Theatre

Chair: Dr. Kofi Anthonio

Harley O'Neill
1. Early-Stage Community-Centered Research for the Sarah's Sweetwater.

Josh Vieth
2. Journey into Flesh: De Humani Corporis Fabrica and the Post Cinematic Body.

Dr. Godfred Asare Yeboah
3. Beyond the spotlight: the transformative power of Theatre on audience well-being.

Jessica Fletcher
4. Transform: Music & Recovery in Appalachia. 

Joseph Brigit
5. Subverting Stigma Through Art: Innovating the Menstrual Rounds Methodology to Explore Adolescent Experiences of Menstrual Seclusion in Nepal.

6:50-7:05 PMClosing Remarks: Prof. Paschal Younge (Director, Global Arts Festival)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS | DAY TWO
1:00-5:00 PM

1:00-3:00 PM

SESSION THIRTEEN                                                            Baker 217

Chair: Renee Gallagher

Katie Butler
1. Designing Disabled Movement Spaces.

Daniel King Junior
2. Co-Creating New Narratives Helps Generate Connection: How Art Supports Veteran Community.

Zoe Gross
4. Healing Through Relational Aesthetics: The Dialectic of Reality and Imagination.

3:00-3:10 PMBREAK
3:10-5:10 PM

SESSION FOURTEEN                                                            Baker 217

Chair: Daniel J. King

Eleanor Chin
1. Art Therapy Workshop on Generational Trauma.

Gallagher, Renee, MEd
2. Arts for Well鈥怋eing in Academic Medicine: Social Dance for Social Health.

ADDITIONAL VENUES

4:35-5:55 PM

SESSION FIFTEEN                                                                  Putnam Hall 134

Chair: Ricarrdo Valentine

Maddly Guillaume, MD
1. Culture and Health with Circus Arts.

Alejandro Escobedo & Maddly Guillaume
2. Circo Infinito.