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List of Performances by MUSE

MUSE—A performing arts troupe founded by Carol Thayer Cox in 1995

to teach psychological theory through art, dance, music, and poetry  

  • Plenary Performance for “Mandala: The Sacred Circle – A Conference Honoring the Life and Work of Joan Kellogg,” Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, June 1995.

  • Performance Art for “Weaving New Visions: Art Therapy in Collaboration with Allied Professions,” 26th Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association, San Diego, CA, November 1995. 

  • Plenary Performance at the Chrysler Museum for “Partnership in Contemporary Treatment: Interfacing with Art Therapists in the Community,” Annual Spring Conference sponsored by the Graduate Art Therapy Program of Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, March 1996.

  • Stage and Screen Event for the 2nd annual “Scholars Showcase,” George Washington University, Washington, DC, March 1998. 

  • GW Television Teaching Video funded by a grant of the University Facilitating Fund of the Office of the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, George Washington University, Washington, DC, July 1998

  • Plenary Performance for “A Conference on the Expressive Therapies,” Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV, October 1998.

  • Performance Art for “Imagination, Improvisation, Interconnection: Integrating Art & Life in the 21st Century,”4th Conference of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, San Francisco, CA, May 2000.

  • Plenary Performance for “Poetic Justice: The Language of Peace, Healing, and Empowerment,” the 21st Annual Conference of The National Association for Poetry Therapy, Washington, DC, April 2001.

  • Plenary Performance at the Hart Senate Building for the Annual Creative Arts Therapies Hill Day Conference sponsored by the National Coalition of Arts Therapy Association, Washington, DC, June 2001.

  • Marian Chase Foundation Lecture for “Stillness & Movement: The Cycle of Renewal in Dance/Movement Therapy,” 38th Annual Conference of the American Dance Therapy Association, Denver, CO, October, 2003. 

  • Performance called “Creative Art Forms: Weaving Art, Dance, Music, and Poetry into our Lives” for the Arts in Healing Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, October, 2004.

  • Plenary Performance for “Cultivating the Wisdom of the Bonny Method: Core, Quest, Mystery,”19th Conference of the Association for Music and Imagery, Greenville, SC, June, 2007.

  • Performance in the Dodd Auditorium for the “Centennial Reunion Weekend of the University of Mary Washington,” Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 30, 2008

  • Plenary performance for “Journal Conference: The Power of Writing,” Denver, Colorado, June 20, 2008.