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The annual Symposium on psychology and the arts is co-sponsored by the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Are Social Networks Really Social?

Museum of Fine Arts
Remis Auditorium
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Sunday, April 1, 2012
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Our devices may make us feel more connected, but are we? Join us for a lively discussion on social media and its impact on art, relationships, and our psyche. Sherry Turkle, author of the acclaimed book Alone Together, questions if our social networks are making us more, not less, isolated. Helen Schulman, author of This Beautiful Life, examines the dark side of the Internet and its potential to disrupt family bonds. Artist Rachel Perry Welty speaks about recording details of her life, incorporating Facebook posts in her art, and using Twitter as a performance space.

Symposium Presenters:
Helen Schulman, associate professor, The New School; author
Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT; founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and the Self; clinical psychologist; author
Rachel Perry Welty, conceptual artist

Pricing:
$50 CE Registration
$45 CE Registrants who are MFA and/or BIP Members
$35 MFA and BIP Members, seniors, and students
$40 Nonmembers

Purchase tickets online at www.MFA.org or by calling 1-800-440-6975. Ticket sales are final, and those purchased online are subject to a service charge.

Symposium Questions:
For questions, concerns, or more information about the Symposium, please call BIP at: 617.566.2200.

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Continuing Education Credits:
Participants must attend the entire symposium (signing in and out) to receive credit. The Boston Institute for Psychotherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BIP maintains responsibility for this program and its content. NASW and MMCEP/MaMHCA have authorized this course. Participants receive 3.5 CE credits.

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Parking and Public Transportation:
Paid parking is available in the garage on Museum Road. Pay for your parking at automated kiosks located in the lobby before you leave the museum. The parking fee for MFA members is $4 each half hour; $14 maximum for the day. Parking fee for non-members is $6 each half hour or $24 maximum for the day. To get to the museum by public transportation, take the MBTA Green Line E train to the Museum of Fine Arts stop, or an Orange Line train to the Ruggles stop.
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On View at the MFA:
Museum admission is not required to attend the symposium or to visit the restaurants or shops. Admission is required to visit the galleries.

For information about how to enter the museum and to find out about exhibits that are open during MFA renovations, call the MFA at 617-267-9300 or visit www.mfa.org

Accessibility:The Museum is wheelchair accessible. There is universally accessible parking on the street, parking lot, and in the garage. Assistive listening devices are available. Please ask for this device at the box office.


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