New Capacity-Building Endeavors Green-Lighted Thanks to the Chicago Community Trust This past spring, ITA was formally approved for two grants from the Chicago Community Trust. The grants, aptly named GO and Inspiring Philanthropy, are on ITA’s financial docket to contribute to the organization’s most recent endeavors of capacity-building, which promise that ITA will be nurtured […]
ITA Drama Therapist to be Honored by North American Drama Therapy Association
Liz Muckley Set to Receive Service Award in Boston this October ITA is proud to announce that our Drama Therapist, Liz Muckley, LCPC, RDT-BCT, has been selected to receive the North American Drama Therapy Association’s Service Award. The award will be presented at the Annual NADTA Conference taking place this October 26th through 29th in […]
ITA and Northwestern Coordinate Tuning Into the Musical Mind Event
Professionals Join Teams to Back Music-Based Healing Awareness On June 25th, ITA Executive Director Jenni Rook and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Professor Dr. Borna Bonakdarpour teamed up for Tuning Into the Musical Mind — an educational event filled with cutting-edge dialogue that addressed the capacity for the human brain to respond constructively to […]
Announcing ITA’s First Annual Report!
Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 Now Available for Review ITA’s Annual Report for September 2015 through August 2016 has been compiled and published! In this very first edition, read an opening letter from ITA Executive Director Jenni Rook in which she reflects on the organizations recent transitions and developments within ITA’s first year as […]
ITA Holds 2nd Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference
New Tradition is Established as Mental Health Professionals Come Together for Similar Cause Last month, we met a milestone as ITA held its Second Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference, “Building Connections Creatively.” The weekend of June 2nd marked the first founding anniversary of our gathering of mental health professionals to discuss research and developments […]
Burst Pipe at ITA Causes Temporary Relocation
Open Letter from ITA Executive Director Jenni Rook Dear ITA Clients, Families and Supporters, We are sad to inform that the ITA office experienced a burst pipe on the evening of Wednesday, June 14. While we have not yet fully assessed the damages, we are fairly certain many of our musical instruments and therapy materials […]
Groundbreakers: Music for the Mind
ITA Collaborative Music Program Promotes Connection Among Dementia Residents and Families The Institute for Therapy through the Arts Music for the Mind program is well underway after two years of planning, training, and music programming. Beginning with a year of planning in 2014, Music for the Mind was born on Symphony of Evanston’s Memory Care […]
ITA Announces Move in Fall, 2017
Open Letter from Executive Director Jenni Rook Details ITA’s New Space Dear ITA Clients, Families, and Supporters, For more than 40 years ITA has worked in shared, multipurpose spaces that weren’t necessarily designed specifically for our specialized work. I began my search for a new clinic space this past fall and toured many different […]
Callout: ITA Internship Program Seeks Two New Student Applicants
ITA Internship Focuses on Training in Music Therapy Did you know ITA has had a music therapy internship for over 10 years? ITA is proud to train up to four music therapy students each year from Universities and Colleges from all over the United States. Many of our interns have gone on to get their […]
Forging Ahead: Institute for Therapy through the Arts Hosts Very First Benefit
Rooted in the Arts Marks New Milestone for ITA Fundraising Efforts Evanston’s retiring Mayor, Elizabeth Tisdahl was acknowledged for her outstanding service to the community on April 28, 2017 at the Institute for Therapy through the Arts’ 1st annual celebration: Rooted in the Arts. The event, emceed by NBC-5’s Christian Farr, paid tribute to Tisdahl’s […]