NAFHCO

NAFHCO In 2018, Laughter League and Humorology Atlanta (HA) partnered to present the first “Meeting of the Noses” in Dallas, Texas.

NAFHCO aims to advance the field of healthcare clowning by establishing and maintaining professional standards, enhancing the professional growth and development of members, thereby advancing the credibility of the healthcare clown profession. The excitement and buzz about this gathering led the two organizations to seek out and invite representatives from other healthcare clowning organizations

in North America. The gathering was such a success that it helped catapult the creation of the North American Federation of Healthcare Clowning Organizations (NAFHCO). In January 2019, we hosted the second “Meeting of the Noses” in Atlanta, Georgia. At this conference, 42 clowns representing nine organizations came together for a hands-on workshop and discussion of how to take healthcare clowning into the future. There was great focus on training and research development, and a push to create an accepted standard for this work in North America. In 2019, we began the process of vetting each of the founding organization using a rubric developed to rate each member organization’s artistic, financial and organizational fitness for NAFHCO. For our conference in 2020 in Dallas (just before COVID-19), sixty clowns representing over a dozen organizations from the United States and Canada came together again for a conference focusing not only on artistry, but also on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how healthcare clowns can be on the forefront of this very important work. In 2021, we plan to go virtual with our next conference.

Check out this training opportunity with Dell' Arte School for Physical Theater!
05/06/2025

Check out this training opportunity with Dell' Arte School for Physical Theater!

Excited for this!!
10/02/2024

Excited for this!!

Pictures speak volumes, and these say so much about our amazing gathering last week in Montreal. So grateful for these w...
05/07/2024

Pictures speak volumes, and these say so much about our amazing gathering last week in Montreal. So grateful for these wonderful photos from Nathalie Choquette!

An excerpt from Body Percussion class at MOTN in Montreal where over 100 healthcare clowns are gathered to enrich and im...
04/29/2024

An excerpt from Body Percussion class at MOTN in Montreal where over 100 healthcare clowns are gathered to enrich and improve their artistry!

04/28/2024

« [...] ce sont des gens qui ont une formation artistique, ce sont des gens professionnels qui ont une sensibilité, qui ont une écoute et qui sont là vraiment pour être au service de la personne qui est devant eux. Ça fait 22 ans que nous sommes au Québec, donc je trouve que ce genre d’évènement, ça démontre notre sérieux. » Melissa Holland (alias Dre Fifi), à propos du colloque de NAFHCO qui commence aujourd'hui, à Montréal.

100 clowns thérapeutiques réunis au même endroit, ça promet! 🔴 Saviez-vous que la Fondation Dr Clown est l'organisation la plus importante dans son domaine dans toute l'Amérique du Nord? C'est donc avec enthousiasme que nous recevons des collègues d'un peu partout pour de riches échanges sur les meilleures pratiques et l'avenir du clown thérapeutique.

Lisez l'article ici: linktr.ee/fondation_drclown

Registration for MOTN ends April 1st!!!Building Community, Sharing PerspectivesSVP voir version francais ci-dessousA fri...
03/28/2024

Registration for MOTN ends April 1st!!!

Building Community, Sharing Perspectives

SVP voir version francais ci-dessous

A friendly reminder that April 15th is your last day to register for your workshops at MOTN 2024! Here is the link:
https://forms.gle/Mu3kDjZbu93vh8it8

Sign up for Storytime, the pre-conference Zoom by April 8th!
https://forms.gle/h6K4vEonXSpzrJRF8

L’ inscription pour la Rencontre des Nez de NAFHCO termine le 1 avril!!!!

Construire la communauté, partager nos perspectives
Nous vous rappelons amicalement que le 15 avril est le dernier jour pour vous inscrire à vos ateliers au MOTN 2024 ! Voici le lien:
https://forms.gle/Mu3kDjZbu93vh8it8

Inscrivez-vous à Storytime, le zoom pré-conférence, avant le 8 avril !

https://forms.gle/h6K4vEonXSpzrJRF8

Au plaisir de vous voir tous bientôt !

Comité de planification MOTN 2024

And don't forget:

Come early and attend the Montreal Clown Festival
April 25th - 28th
www.mtlclownfest.com

Et n’oubliez pas!

Venez à l'avance pour le Féstival des Clowns de Montréal
25 - 28 Avril
www.mtlclownfest.com

Hey NAFHCO clowns! Please help us get the word out for this incredible training program! Scholarships available! Come fo...
01/17/2024

Hey NAFHCO clowns! Please help us get the word out for this incredible training program! Scholarships available! Come for one or two weeks!

The Laughter League Brings “Cool Fool School,” A Unique Physical Comedy Workshop Featuring Top Level Instructors To Alliance Theatre Atlanta For Intensive Two Week Course February 26 – March 8
The workshop is seeking a diverse group of students who are craving performance training that will help them deepen their artistic growth through the realm of physical comedy and interactive performance. This training will help them develop a foundation for their artistry that will give them the skills necessary to be effective messengers of mirth in a wide variety of situations.
All classes will be held at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and from 10am – 6pm each day. In order to ensure that no one is excluded from this workshop because of financial barriers, scholarships are available and tuition will be on a sliding scale. Applicants may sign up for both weeks or just one.

Scholarships Available. Enrollment is open now
www.laughterleague.org/cool-fool-school

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