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    • Feature Site: Moorings Park in Naples, FL

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    In May 2016, Moorings Park in Naples, Florida sent five staff members to Oxford, Ohio to become certified OMA facilitators. Four months later, activities staff facilitated OMA in two of their memory...
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    Featured OMA Student Alumna: Casey Pax

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    Interview Rewrite by Karen “Sati” Williams I came to Miami University as an honors student, stumbled upon Opening Minds through Art, and...
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    Featured Site: Art for the Journey utilizes Virtual ...

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    Art for the Journey was started by a small group of artists in the Richmond, Virginia area who were committed to sharing healing through creative expression. The original group soon expanded to...
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    Featured Site: Husson University

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    At Husson University in Bangor, Maine, Kathi Smith, Assistant Professor of Studio Arts & Art Appreciation, and Dr. Laurie Mouradian, Chair & Professor, School of Occupation Therapy, had to...
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    Feature Site: Goddard House

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    Goddard House Assisted Living in Brookline, MA began its OMA journey in 2016 when Ginny Mazur became an OMA trained facilitator. In 2018, another staff member, Erica Curcio, became the second OMA...
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    Featured Facilitator – Don Talbot

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    This quarter’s featured OMA facilitator is Don Talbot, a fine arts professor at Mount Aloysius College in Pennsylvania. A trained OMA facilitator since 2015, Talbot currently oversees OMA...
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