The Artist as Child: Roots of Human Creativity

Oliver Sacks, M.D. will be the featured speaker at a one day conference, The Artist as Child: Roots of Human Creativity, on Saturday, April 27th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the French Institute Alliance Française, 55 East 59th Street, between Park & Madison Avenues, sponsored by the Lucy Daniels Foundation.

Dr. Sacks is the world renowned neurologist, humanist, and best-selling author who was portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie Awakenings.

Speakers will illuminate the profound influence of childhood experience on the work of artists and other creative individuals, both as inspiration and subject matter, and its crucial role in shaping creative expression. Joining Dr. Sacks will be Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück; children?s book author, illustrator, and psychiatrist Lynn Reiser, M.D.; psychoanalyst and author of , Gilbert Rose, M.D.; author of Museums of the Mind, Ellen Handler Spitz, Ph.D.; and the director of the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood, Donald Rosenblitt, M.D.
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Conference Schedule

8:30 am
Continental Breakfast served

9:00 am
Welcome – Mark Bensen
Introductory Remarks – Gilbert Rose, M.D.
The Gift – Louise Glück
Remarks – Lucy Daniels, PhD
Play with Me: The Creation of a Children’s Picture Book – Lynn Reiser, M.D.
Questions

11:00 am
Break

11:15 am
Radium – Louise Glück
Preserving the Creative Capacity of Children – Donald Rosenblitt, M.D.
Questions
Time – Louise Glück

12:30 pm
Lunch (on your own)

2:00 pm
Reconvene
Dedication to Hunger – Louise Glück
Magritte’s Magic – Ellen Handler Spitz, PhD
Questions

3:15 pm
Break

3:30 pm
Nostos – Louise Glück
A Chemical Boyhood – Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Questions
Summer Night – Louise Glück
Closing comments – Mark Bensen

5:00 pm
Adjourn

Ticket price includes all materials, continental breakfast, and refreshments throughout the day.