SparkTalks at Naropa University
SparkTalks is an event to spark conversations in the communities. Each presentation given is by a Naropa Alumni professionals who volunteered their time to provoke conversations and share stories. The alumni presenters held 20 years of Naropa University’s legacy with one presenter having graduated in 1997 and another presenter graduating in 2017.
This year SparkTalks took place at Naropa University’s Arapahoe Campus on 18 October 2019. The presentations integrated themes of finding joy in a time of social injustice and prejudice. There were six powerful talks encompassing many aspects of vulnerability that halted the audience. The Art Therapy Association of Colorado’s board member and Naropa Alumni was one of the joyful warriors who gave a talk during this event as a way to promote the field of art therapy. SparkTalks will happen again in 2020 with a new theme.
The igniting talks that were offered this year (in order of presentation) are as follows:
This year SparkTalks took place at Naropa University’s Arapahoe Campus on 18 October 2019. The presentations integrated themes of finding joy in a time of social injustice and prejudice. There were six powerful talks encompassing many aspects of vulnerability that halted the audience. The Art Therapy Association of Colorado’s board member and Naropa Alumni was one of the joyful warriors who gave a talk during this event as a way to promote the field of art therapy. SparkTalks will happen again in 2020 with a new theme.
The igniting talks that were offered this year (in order of presentation) are as follows:
- Empowered Voices in Stories
by Jacenta Irlanda, MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentration in Transpersonal Art Therapy, 2017 - A Black Woman Speaks
by Regina Smith, MA Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology, 2012 - Befriending Ourselves, Unfriending Oppression
by Nora Alwah, MA somatic Counseling Psychology, 2016 and
Nic Aquino-Roithmayr, MA Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology, 2016 - NatureRx: A Prescription for Possibility
by Justin Bogardus, Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology, 2013 - Embracing the Tiger
by Carl Baccelleri, MA Contemplative Psychotherapy, 1997 - Embracing the Broken Sounds
by Leslie Grasa, MFA Contemporary Performance Program, 2016
