Click on conferences below to view entire series of drawings. If you would like to order a signed, archival fine art print, write down the ID Code and click here to order. If you are interested in purchasing an original or receiving permission to reproduce an image, contact center@touchdrawing.com. Drawings can be enhanced with color. All images © Deborah Koff-Chapin.
Through the immediacy of Touch Drawing, Deborah is able to visually portray both the content and energetic qualities of a lecture, poetry reading, or musical performance. She creates 8 to 10 drawings per hour. These images are then displayed for the audience to reflect upon. In some settings, they are sold as a benefit for charitable causes. The images can also be reproduced along with conference proceedings, or in association with the published works of the author whose words she has interpreted. Deborah engages in this process along the sidelines without distracting from the presentations. Occasionally, she is on stage or on camera so that people can witness the Touch Drawings being created. Settings in which she has worked:
Whidbey Institute Lectures at Thomas Berry Hall in Clinton, WA 1995-2011
Whidbey Winter Gathering, Andrew Harvey, David Spangler, Brian Swimme, Shodo Harada Roshi, Rupert Sheldrake, Joanna Macy, Bill Plotkin, Satish Kumar, Drew Dellinger, Chloe Goodchild, Julia Butterfly Hill, Jane Goodall Ph.D, Jean Houston Ph.D, Rachel Remen MD, Caroline Myss Ph.D, Joan Borysenko Ph.D, James Twyman, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yehzkel Landau, Laura Simms, Gioa Timpaneli, Sherry Anderson, Paul Ray, David La Chappelle, David Abram, Michael Stillwater, Ellias Lonsdale, Ilona Selke, Emily Day, Gina Sala, David Hykes Harmonic Choir, Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery (Deborah also introduced the monks to Touch Drawing) and many others.
Yes! Magazine 15th Anniversary Celebration in Town Hall, Seattle 2011 Van Jones, Bill Mckibben, David Korten
Bioneers Northwest Regional Conference 2010 David Korten, (Jane Goodall, Antony Cortese, Gloria Feldt via webcast)
Kaiser Institute Programs and Consultations with Hospitals, 2002-2011
Hospital executive, administration, board and staff retreats and trainings at such institutions as White Memorial Medical Center, Michigan Health Alliance, St Mary’s Hospital, St Helena Hospital, San Joaquin Hospital, Mercy Hospital, PSI Arista, Program in Intuition, Banner Health System, Program in Philanthropy & others
A Celebration of the Tree of Life in the Time of the Great Turning, November 6, 2010 Seattle, WA
Joanna Macy, Michael Meade, Gina Sala, Betsey Beckman, Char Sundust, April Sotura and others at St Marks Cathedral
Sacred Events and Spritual Leaders
Ammachi Devi Bhava Ceremony 2011, H.E. Dza Kilung Tulku Jigme Rinpoche 2011, David Spangler advanced studies programs 2006-11, Mevlevi Order of America Whirling Dervish Sema, 98, 99, 00, 02, 03, 06, 08
Historic Sacred Spaces
Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh Scotland, Callenais Stone Circle in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Avebury Stone Circle in Avebury England, Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France.
Kaiser Institute Two Worlds Wisdom Gathering 2007-2010
R.J. Stewart, Toltec Elder Tiakaelei, Lench Archuleta, Rabbi Gershon Winkler, Rabbi Miriam Maron, Bill Tiller, Scott Hendrickson, Polynesian navigators, Leland Kaiser Ph.D, Leanne Kaiser, Kevin Kaiser
Wisdom University January 18-22 2010
Wisdom and Civilization lecture series with James Garrison; Held space for Touch Drawing students to also do Interpretive Touch Drawing during the final lecture.
Seeds of Compassion with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu April 2008, Seattle, WA
Other presenters were Dr. Rob Bell, Sister Joan Chittister, Jasmit Singh Kochar, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Rabbi David Rosen, Pravrajika Vrajaprana. Roshi Joan Halifax, Sheikh Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar, Bishop Stephen Charleston, Linda Kavelin-Popov, Reverend Samuel B. McKinney, Doug Pagitt, Father William Treacy, Shelia Evans-Tranumn, Steven Shankman
Women of Wisdom Annual Conference Seattle, WA 1993-2010
33 of Deborah’s drawings were included in the 2009 anthology Women of Wisdom by Kris Steines, with cover art.
Donna Eden, Joan Borysenko, Starhawk, Libby Roderick, Kris Steines, Sobonfu Some, Kellianna, Susan Armstrong, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Ferron, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Peggy Rubin, Lorraine Bayes, Shauna Carol, Tami Kieves, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Lisa Thiel, Kelliana, Sacred Fire Choir, Delilia, Sandra Locklear, Karen Mehringer, Ann Waldman, Vicki Noble, Cherie Carter Scott, Rianne Eisler, Margot Adler, Shakti Gawain, Sherry Anderson, Paul Ray, Isabel Allende, Angela Davis, Angeles Arrien Ph,D, Marion Woodman Ph.D, Jean Shinoda Bolen Ph.D, Jean Achtenberg Ph.D, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Nicki Scully, Rhiannon, Luisa Teish, Starhawk, Gabrielle Roth, Jamie Sams, Susun Weed, Chris Williamson, Lorraine Bayes, Tickletoon Typhoon, Mary Ann Morrissey, Margot Anand, Jean Houston, Ph, D. and many others. See retrospective in gallery.
International Conference on Engaging the Other; The Power of Compassion, Common Bond Institute 2006, 07, 08
Huston Smith, Ph.D, Maryanne Williamson, Stanley Krippner, PhD., Benina Gould, PhD, Skip Robinson, PhD, Kirk Schneider, PhD, Ahmad Hijazi, MA, Don Edward Beck, PhD., Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Chaplain Bruce Feldstein, MD, Reverend, Marc Pilisuk, PhD, Luisah Teish, Osprey Orielle Lake, Lorin Troderman, Moderater: Alvaro Cedeno, JD, Corinne McLaughlin, PhD, Louise Diamond, PhD, Alvaro Cedeno, JD, Tashi Wangdu, Hazel Henderson, Pete Seeger, US Representative Dennis Kucinich, Michael Nagler, US Representative John Conyers Senator John Vasconcellos, Louise Diamond Ph.D Hijazi, MA, Brenda Naomi Rosenberg, Imad Hamad, Imam Mohamed Mardini, Marilyn Youngbird, NAHHP, Anna Rodina, Ph.D, Len Traubman, Libby Traubman, Sandra Friedman, MS, Steve Olweean, MA, Mukti Khanna, Ph.D, Chip Baggett, MA Imam Hasan Qazwini, Rabbi Brian Walt, Marilyn Youngbird, NAHHP, Reverend Kenneth Flowers, Geshe Gendun Gyatso, Aftab Omer Ph.D, Steve Olweean, Kalamazoo Mayor Hannah McKinney, Maureen O'Hara PhD, Archbishop Elias Chacour, Sam Keen PhD., Ruchama Marton MD, Gay Leah Barfield Ph.D., Satsuki Ina PhD., Mohammed Abu-Nimer PhD., Aisha Gray Henry MA, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone MA, Geshe Gendun Gyatso, Jeffrey Mishlove,PhD., Joseph Montville PhD., Alexander Badkhen MD, Mark Pevzner MA, Charles Behling PhD., A T Miller PhD., Jane Dutton PhD., Margaret Warner PhD., Anna Rodina PhD., Marianne Williamson, Aftab Omer PhD., Don Edward Beck PhD, Dan Bar On PhD., Sharif Abdullah, JD. James O'Dea PhD., RsD. Annah Rodina PhD., Senator John Vasconcellos
International Expressive Art Therapy Association Conference 2007, 2009
Shaun McNiff, Paolo Knill, Robert Maci, Dicki Johnson Macy, Elizabeth McKin, Paulus Berensohn, Maria Gonzalez Blue, Stephen Levine, Jack Weller, Daria Halpern, Ellen Levine, Karen Estrella, Sally Atkins
Musicians and Musical Events, 1982-2010 Various locations
Holly Near, Sacred Fire Choir, Rumi Celebration, Philip Glass, Michael Franti, Hamza El Din, Paul Winter Consort (Missa Gaia, multiple), International Dance Therapy Conference, Susan Osborn, Babatunde Olatungi, Sister Monk, Scott Huckabay, Harper Tasche and others
Poets, Storytellers, Authors and Activists 1982-2011 Various locations
Maya Angelou, Judith Adams, Coleman Barks, Marianne Woodman Ph.D, Gary Snyder, Anam Chara of the Céili Dé,
Carolyn Myss Ph.D, Robert Bly, Ken Carey, Shariff Abdullah, Pramila Jayapal, Steven Levine, Dorothy Maclean, Paul Hawkin, Gioia Timpanelli, Zuleika, and others
Patient-Family Centered Care: Body, Mind, Spirit – Serving With Compassion and Intention
St Joseph Hospital System Summit 2006
This retreat of 'Champions' from every hospital in the system focused on their sharing powerful stories of bringing the spirit of compassion into the everyday life of their hospitals. Keynote address Erie Chapman.
World Peace Forum - International Panel: Parliamentarians Supporting Departments of Peace in Their Countries –
June 25, 2006 Vancouver BC, Canada
Seminal gathering of government representatives who are working to integrate structures supportive of peace into their governmental systems. The international panel of presenters included Hon. Douglas Roche (Canada), represented by Dr. Saul Arbess); Congressman Dennis Kucinich (USA); Hon. Dr. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans MLC (Australia); Mr. Shokichi Kina, Member of the Diet (Japan), represented by Mr. Hideaki Nakagawa); Mr. Fred Fakari’l, (Soloman Islands Government); Mr. Franklin Quijano, (Philippines Government); Mr. Paul Van Tongeren, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (Netherlands). Marianne Williamson, moderator.
Sacred Activism - Finding a New Political Compass for America
Wisdom University May 11 - 14, 2006 Seattle, WA
Caroline Myss, Jim Garrison, Sheley Secrest, Cindy Sheehan, Robert F Kennedy, Jr., Jean Houston, Betsy Beckman, Bill Aal, Susan Burns & Peggy Holma, Kathianne Lewis, Dr. Bill Grace, Rev Dr Jack Sullivan, Jr., Walter Link, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Paul Ray, Margot Adair, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Marianne Williamson, Total Experience Gospel Choir
Burning Word, The Festival of Poetic Fire! 2006 Whidbey Island, Washington
Washington Poets Association – many poets too numerous to mention
Peace Works Conference 2006 Olympia, Washington Rachel Corrie Foundation
Cultivating a Just and Enduring Peace for the People of Palestine and Israel
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi keynote presentation
Prameni Poets for Peace at Sanalan Poetryfest in Prague, Czek Republic, 2003
Featuring performing poets from the Naropa-Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Sanalanfest, Vienna, Labyrinth Poets, Ubannomadmxs-artists, Czek and English language poets including the Alchemy Poets and anti-war poets
University of Creation Spirituality D.Min Program Oakland, CA 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004
Andrew Harvey, Clarissa Pinkola Estes Ph.D, Matthew Fox
Gather the Women Congress, San Francisco, CA 2003
Various presenters including Lynn Twisp, Jean Shinoda Bolen and small groups
Playing Peace and New Humanity Conference, Ashland, OR 2003, 2004
James Twyman, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Neal Donald Walsh, Jean Houston Ph.D., Stephen Simon, Jose Arguelles, Gina Sala, Scott Huckabay and others.
International New Age Trade Show 1997-2001
Louise Hay, Doreen Virtue, Ph. D, Hank Wesselman, Ph.D, Leonard Shlain MD, Cherie Carter-Scott, Jean Shinoda Bolen Ph.D, Huston Smith Ph.D, Shakti Gawain, Denise Linn, Michael Roads, Neal Donald Walsh, Robin Larson Ph.D, Steve Larson, Ph.D, Elia Wise
Transformance Theater Corporate Retreats
On-Stage Touch Drawing during meetings and retreats of Hewlett Packard, Boeing, Sun Microsystems, James River Corporation, Simpson Paper Company and Seattle Center. Deborah has fulfilled image commissions from Hewlett Packard for use in corporate graphics.
Body and Soul Conference Seattle, WA 1995, 1996
John Bradshaw, Marianne Williamson, Joan Borysenko Ph.D, David Whyte, Father Matthew Fox, Judith Orloff, Jean Houston Ph.D, John Kabat-Zinn, Terrence McKenna, Brian Weiss, Bernie Siegal MD, Andrew Weil MD, Larry Dossey MD
Napra Author’s Breakfasts; American Bookseller’s Association 1995, 1996
Carolyn Myss Ph.D, Julia Cameron, Jeremy Tarcher, Christiane Northrup MD, Father Matthew Fox, Terrence Deal, Michael Jones, Joseph Sharp
10th Annual Conference on Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing 1996
Ruth Inge-Heinz Ph.D, Christopher Lantz, Felicitas Goodman Ph.D, William Gogh Ph.D and many others. Images published with conference proceedings.
Naropa Institute Celebration of Beat Poets 1994
Alan Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Meredith Monk, David Amram, Anne Waldman
The Sacred in the Arts Conference Cathedral St John the Divine New York 1993
Father Thomas Berry, Kitaro, Thomas Moore Ph.D, Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery, Tuva, Frederick Franck, Carmen Moore (Mass for the 21st Century) and many others.
Earth and Spirit Conference Seattle, WA 1992
Father Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, Vivienne Hull, David Spangler, Susan Osborn, Native American Elders Billy Frank and Jewel James
Association for Humanistic Psychology Conference 1992
Mboli Umoja, Al Huang, David Whyte, Charles Johnson MD, David Darling
Association for Transpersonal Psychology Conference 1991
Jean Shinoda Bolen Ph.D, Angeles Arrien Ph.D, Father Thomas Keating
New Horizons for Learning Conferences 1984, 1987, 1988
Tony Buzan, Dee Dickinson Ph.D, James Machado Ph.D, Reuven Feurenstein MD Howard Gardner Ph.D and others.
Unity in Diversity Conference 1984
Swami Satchitanada, Mother Tessa, Gesshen Midwer, David Spangler, Vivienne Hull
The First Earth Mass by Paul Winter Consort 1982
At the Cathedral of St John the Divine, NYC, NY
Endorsements of Deborah Koff-Chapin's Artwork
Deborah Koff-Chapin is one of the worlds leaders in Transformative Arts. Michael Grady Dean, Graduate School Arts and Consciousness John F Kennedy University