Symposium Presented in Collaboration with the Boston Institute of Psychotherapy

Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Boston-based resident ensemble theatre company
Shelley Carson, psychologist, Harvard University; researcher on creativity; author, Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life
Janna Malamud Smith, psychotherapist and writer; author, An Absorbing Errand: How Artists and Craftsmen Make Their Way to Mastery

The creative process can be mysterious and daunting. Realizing creativity requires coming to terms with psychological obstacles that derail the process of mastery. Join our team to experts to unleash your creative potential. Psychotherapist Janna Malamud Smith illustrates how different artists have transcended obstacles (or not). Actors’ Shakespeare Project demonstrates their creative process. Harvard psychologist Shelly Carson discusses the latest findings on creativity in neuroscience guiding us to applying them to our lives.

Tickets: CE registration $50
CE registrants who are MFA and/or BIP members $45
MFA and BIP members, seniors, and students $35
Nonmembers $40

Purchase Tickets Online: using the link in the red box
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Ticketing desk hours: Mon, Tue, Sat, and Sun, 10 am–4:15 pm; and Wed–Fri, 10 am–9:15 pm

Photo courtesy Stratton McCrady Photography.