The Seeds of Compassion With His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu Anchored by the deep wisdom of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this community–focused event celebrated and explored the relationships, programs and tools that nurture and empower children, families and communities to be compassionate members of society. A  percentage of proceeds from sale of prints and originals will be donated to http://www.seedsofcompassion.org/ Seattle, Washington April 11-15, 2008
	Engaging the Other; The Power of Compassion This is an international, multidisciplinary, multicultural conference examining concepts of "The OTHER" from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about images of "Us and Them". 20% of proceeds from the sale of prints and originals will be donated to Common Bond Institute. October 25-28, Dearborn, MI   http://www.cbiworld.org/
	Resurgence of Hope & The Powers of the Universe Cosmologists Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker's thinking grows out of the legacy of Thomas Berry's Great Work. On these two days they shared some of their current thoughts and experiences, putting our lives in perspective in relation to the universe. Hosted by the Spirit of Legacy Program, Whidbey Institute, October 15 & 20, 2007, Whidbey island, WA
	International Expressive Art Therapy Association Conference Drawings were created during plenary sessions of the conference entitled Expressive Arts and the Earth: Ancient Mountains, Whispering Waters, Sacred Stones. The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association serves as a non-profit professional organization to inspire, stimulate and support the creative and artistic spirit of its community and provides an on-going local and global information exchange within the Expressive Arts field for Artists, Educators, Therapists and Other Creative-Minded Individuals. I served on the board for for four years. May 23-27 2007, Boone NC
	Two Worlds Wisdom Gathering These drawings were created during the first gathering of Kaiser Institute’s Two Worlds Wisdom School. Kaiser Institute integrates deep spiritual education into their organizational development work with hospitals all over the country. November 6-8, 2006, La Jolla, CA
	International Conference on Engaging the Other; The Power of Compassion ‘The other’ often conjures up images of strange faces, practices and beliefs, usually in faraway places. At the same time that it challenges our understanding, our sense of normalcy and sometimes even our sense of security, it is a label we all share. This conference explored our understanding of ‘the other’ from multi-cultural perspectives. 20% of proceeds from sale of prints will be donated to the sponsoring organization, Common Bond Institute. October 26-29 2006 Kalamazoo, MI
	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. September 12-14, 2006
	World Peace Forum - International Panel: Parliamentarians Supporting Departments of Peace in Their Countries I was honored to draw at this seminal gathering of government representatives who are working to integrate structures supportive of peace into their governmental systems. In support of this vital cause, I have embellished most of the drawings with color. 20% of proceeds from the sale of prints will go to the Canadian Peace Alliance The international organization is Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace. June 25, 2006 Vancouver BC, Canada
	SACRED ACTIVISM Finding a New Political Compass for America At the core of this conference were discussions concerning the new political compass that is emerging in America and how each of us can contribute to shifting the direction of our country toward values that are aligned with a new sense of civic responsibility, that protect the earth, and that would bring our country into a new relationship with the community of nations. 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints and originals will go to Wisdom University May 11 - 14, 2006, Seattle, Washington
	Women of Wisdom Conference 12 Year Retrospective - 1995 to 2006 I have been doing Interpretive Touch Drawing at this annual conference for 14 years now! This has created an archive of images inspired by many major women thinkers and cultural leaders. 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints or originals will go to Women of Wisdom Foundation.
	Burning Word 06 The Festival of Poetic Fire! A dynamic, all-day celebration of poetry, music, performance, and workshops, featuring more than 45 talented poets and musicians, ranging from renowned award-winning poets to hot new talents. 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints and originals will go to Washington Poets Association. Saturday, April 29, 2006
	Peace Works Conference Cultivating a Just and Enduring Peace for the People of Palestine and Israel Sponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation Deborah drew during the keynote presentation by Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. His talk was entitled Building a Culture of Peace in our Families, our Community and our World. 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints and originals will go to Rachel Corrie Foundation
	David Spangler – The Soul of America I find David Spangler's thoughts to hold an essential understanding of what it is to be human from the perspective of a greater universe. I embellished these drawings with color after, and donated the originals to a fundraising auction for Lorian. 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints will go to Lorian Association. February 2005
	Visioning Retreats Deborah often partners with Kaiser Institute at visioning retreats for hospital executives, managers and consultants. This is an example of one such project.  Many of the drawings created during the PSI retreat were used to weave a mythic story for their medical consultation work. See the whole sequence with the mythic story here.
	Rumi Celebration - Poetry, Music and Whirling Chan Center, UBC, Vancouver BC Canada I was invited by my dear friends Kolin Lymworth and Lizanne Fisher to draw at the 35th Anniversary Celebration of Banyen Books. A star studded evening included recitations of Rumi by poet/translators Robert Bly and Coleman Barks. Some of the most acclaimed Persian musicians performed, along with an ecstatic dancer and whirling dervishes. What a sublime evening! I plan to embellish some of the drawings with color in the coming weeks. Email center@touchdrawing.com if you are interested in ordering prints or purchasing originals. 10% of sales will be donated to Pakistan Earthquake relief. November 20, 2005 Poetry Robert Bly and Coleman Barks recited their translations of Rumi and others. These are images evoked by the poems. Music The musicians were Rumi Slide Show Hossein Behroozinia, Pejman Haddadi, Behnam Samani and Reza Samani. Dancers Persian ecstatic dancer Banafsheh Sayyad, whirling dervishes Raqib Burke and his daughter Mira Burke. This group is combined with photographs by Ross Chapin.
	Israeli/Palestinian Relations These eight drawings were created in July 2002 during a one-hour talk on Israeli/Palestinian relations by Yehezkel Landau.
	Gather the Women Conference Gather the Women is much more than a single event or a single day to focus on women -- it is a global movement and a structure that can support and connect women worldwide. I created these drawings during their first Congress in October, 2003.
	Spiritual Warrior with James Twyman Spiritual Warrior Class December 12, 2002 Spiritual Warrior Class December 19, 2002 Spiritual Warrior Class January 2, 2003 These drawings were created during a live tele-class with James Twyman. Class members can view the images to help them integrate the verbal sessions. For more information on the class go to www.emissaryoflight.com.

	Interpretive Artist: Women of Wisdom and other conferences A single selection from a series of Touch Drawings done during the presentations of various authors: Gabrielle Roth, Isabel Allende, Angeles Arrien, Joanna Macy, Stephen Levine (respectively)

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Deborah Koff-Chapin • Interpretive Artist

Deborah has pioneered the function of Interpretive Artist at public events since 1981. Though 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 12 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.

Women of Wisdom Annual Conference Seattle, WA 1993-2005
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, Tickletoon Typhoon, Mary Ann Morrissey, Margot Anand, Jean Houston, Ph, D.

Whidbey Institute lectures Clinton, WA 1995-2004
Shodo Harada Roshi, Rupert Sheldrake, Satish Kumar, 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, Yehzkel Landau, Laura Simms, Gioa Timpaneli, Joanna Macy, Sherry Anderson, Paul Ray, David La Chappelle, David Abram, Michael Stillwater, Ellias Lonsdale, Ilona Selke, Emily Day, David Hykes Harmonic Choir, Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery (Deborah also introduced the monks to Touch Drawing)

Kaiser Institute 2002-2005
Hospital executive, administration, and board retreats and trainings
Michigan Health Alliance, St Mary’s Hospital, Program in Intuition, Banner Health System, others

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

Music and Sacred Musical Events, 1982-2004 Various locations
Philip Glass, Hamza El Din, Paul Winter Consort (Missa Gaia, multiple), Mevlevi Order of America Whirling Dervish Sema, (98, 99, 00, 02), International Dance Therapy Conference, Susan Osborn, Babatunde Olatungi, Sister Monk, Scott Huckaby Harper Tasche, and others

Poets, Story tellers, and Authors, 1982-2004 Various locations
Coleman Barks, Marianne Woodman Ph.D, Gary Snyder, Carolyn Myss Ph.D, Robert Bly, Ken Carey, Steven Levine, Dorothy Maclean, Paul Hawkin, Gioia Timpanelli and others

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 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

Endorsements of Deborah Koff-Chapin's Artwork

“Deborah Koff-Chapin is one of the world’s leaders in Transformative Arts.”   Michael Grady Dean, Graduate School Arts and Consciousness John F Kennedy University

"Deborah's work is a dance of her whole being on paper: subtle, mythic, poetic, archetypal. She is an artist of High Being."   Jean Houston Ph.D Author, Search for the Beloved, Jump Time

“The images are magnificent shimmers that evoke deep wonder. Though each painting was done intuitively, it radiates rootedness in reality. What a wonderful relief from New Age artists who cannot paint the mystical without leaving the earth behind."   Creation Spirituality Magazine

"The artistry of Koff-Chapin moves the viewer's imagination into personal depths: each picture, a holograph of sung and unsung memories. I feel pulled to look at the pictures again and again. The world needs more of (her) touch."   Helen Lindquist Bonny Ph.D Author, Music and Your Mind

"The drawings have captured a deep and mysterious element of both pain and uplift..."   Jon Kabat-Zinn Author, Wherever You Go, There You Are

"The pictures are stunning."   Stanley Krippner Ph.D Professor, Saybrook Institute

"Deborah Koff-Chapin's artwork is extraordinary, unique, and a particularly special manifestation of that deep pool of talent that dwells within each of us."   Tony Buzan Author, Use Both Sides of Your Brain

"The subtlety and delicacy of her work is truly astounding."   June Singer Ph.D Author, Boundaries of the Soul and Androgyny

"The work of Deborah Koff-Chapin releases us into the deepest meanings of life. The soul sees itself reflected in her mirrors, and is revealed to itself. It is art in the service of transformation."   Elizabeth Cogburn Director, Tree of Life Ceremonials

"Deborah has displayed in symbol a remarkable ability to bring through the same message from Creator, passed down to us through White Buffalo Woman and all our masterful teachers: the reminder that we are in fact one with all in the Great Circle of Life."   Brooke Medicine Eagle, Native Earth Keeper, author
White Buffalo Woman Comes Singing