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Book Review: A History of How People Cooperate - And Why

By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1971 contributed posts
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About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.

We found this review by Frank Bures in the February 2013 issue of The Rotarian magazine. Since it resonates with a previously published interview with anthropologist Ellen Dissanayake and helps to explain how and why the arts are so ingrained in our collective psyche, we thought readers with the same fascination might also be interested.

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February 7th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art Benefiting Community, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Arts Advocacy, Cultural Exchange, Musings, Native & Indigenous Art, Reviews, to Artists, to Residents, to Visitors | Leave a comment

The Ten Coolest Art Therapy Interventions

By Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, 33 contributed posts
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I’m taking a cue from Ryan Howes’ Top Ten Coolest Therapy Interventions to demystify just what art therapy is and some of the tools of the trade.  Primary Topic:  Media read more

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