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ArtTalk Programs by Carrie Stuart Parks

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  • Award winning speaker
  • FBI trained forensic artist
  • Award winning fine artist
  • Nationally recognized educator

 

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Inspiration

Creative Inspiration

Discovering the Artist Within (learn to draw)

Perception Deception

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Banks and other financial institutions

Recognition and identification for Financial Institutions

Art

 Creative Inspiration

 

Discovering the Artist Within

 Business-General interest

 Perception Deception

 

Would I Lie to You?

 

Total Recall

 Law Enforcement

Would I Lie to You?

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 Skill Development

Artists

 Creative Inspiration

 

Discovering the Artist Within

Banks and other financial institutions

Recognition and identification for Financial Institutions

 Business-General interest

 Perception Deception

 

Would I Lie to You?

 

Total Recall

 Law Enforcement

Would I Lie to You?

 

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Perception Deception (#1 favorite keynote/workshop 1998-99)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Creative Inspiration

cre a tive (kre a' tiv), having the power to create; invent; productive.

in spi ra tion (in'spi ra' shen) , 1. influence of thought and strong feelings

on actions, especially on good actions. 2. any influence that arouses effort to do well.

Artists are admired for their creative interpretations of the world around them.

How do they do this? In this fascinating and inspiring program, learn how you

can tap into your creative nature. Discover the joy of finding the creative soul within

you. Just as anyone has the ability to draw, everyone has the ability to be creative.

Use your creative thinking to apply new visual solutions to your work and home.

 

 

 

 

Recognition and Identification for Financial Institutions

Designed for banks and banking institutions. For years, the FBI has trained

individuals in facial recognition techniques as well as signs of deception.

Now you can discover the secrets for these powerful and useful skills.

This fascinating and fast paced program covers a variety of information

on identification to aid law enforcement. This program is practical and

filled with important data used by law enforcement agencies. It provides

hands-on training and is exciting and fun for the participants.

Program Highlights

How to "see" facial features more accurately

How to perceive faces differently

What are your patterns of recognition

Recall Vs recognition

How we remember

Why we forget

About the program:

This workshop is a hands-on presentation designed with numerous exercises and examples. It has been developed to assist anyone interested in learning more about faces and memory. The workshop may be expanded to a full day or may be a half day or and hour overview presentation. It is fast paced and full of practical, useful information.

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 Discover the Artist Within (learn to draw)

Raise your self-esteem and discover the creative use of talents you didn't

know you had! Did you always want to draw and felt you had no talent?

Learn how to "see" as an artist in a proven, easy to learn program. Skills

learned in this program will extend to all areas of your life.

Patterns in thinking

The difference between creativity and skill.

The three steps of drawing

The eighteen secrets to seeing as an artist.

• This powerful, motivating and exciting program assumes no drawing ability or skill on the part of the participant. Artists as well as non-artists will learn and benefit from these techniques. Practical, realistic approaches to drawing are taught. Proven results of an increase of drawing ability are seen by each participant.

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Drawing: "before and after"

example, adult student's work

after 4 two-hour drawing lesions.

 

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#1 favorite topic 1998-1999

Suppose you could think like Thomas Jefferson, create like

Leonardo da Vinci, draw like Norman Rockwell, "Mind Meld"

for deception like Mr. Spock and remember like the proverbial

elephant?? Imagine increasing your ability to think, draw, create,

memorize, remember and identify deception in your business.

You can! In this powerful, effective interactive keynote, you will

understand your perceptions and how they work in a unique

and refreshingly different presentation. You will learn straightforward

tools to unlocking your mind and achieving remarkable results. This

fast paced, motivating program is fun, enlightening, and results-oriented.

Program Highlights

Memory

Signs of deception

 About the program:

This interactive keynote or workshop is a hands-on presentation

designed with exercises and examples. It has been developed to

assist anyone interested in learning more about creative thinking, drawing,

right-brain perception, memory and deception.

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Learn the power that comes from increasing your memory

in this positive, fun, and practical workshop.

 

Have you ever felt like you were losing your mind when you walked into a room and forgot why your were there? How about forgetting someone's name as soon as you were introduced to that person? Would you like to remember phone numbers, lists, and important data? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the workshop designed for you.

Program Highlights

What do you want to remember?

How do you feel about your memory

The three types of memory

Why some people have good memories

Why do we forget

When is it OK to forget

How do we store memory

The "I's" of memory

Recall Vs recognition

Find, file and fetch

About the program:

This workshop is a hands-on presentation designed with numerous exercises and examples. The presentation is suitable for 1-2 hour time blocks and as an interactive keynote.

 

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Recognizing Truth and Deception

"He who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying."-Montaigne

 

So often we have wondered if someone was being completely honest with us. Whether it was someone seeking a job, negotiating with others, talking with your teenager, or a someone talking on the television or telephone.  To understand deception allows you more control in a situation.

As a forensic artist, Carrie Stuart Parks often encounters the deceptive witness. She has been teaching her law enforcement students the signs of deception for many years. Through popular request from participants, Carrie added signs of deception to the program "Perception Deception". Now this topic is available as an interactive keynote, professional development workshop or spouse program. Wouldn't it be great to know when there are deceptive or evasive answers?

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Who should take this program:

This fascinating, practical program is designed for the professional and the interested. It works as an interactive keynote, spouse program or workshop. It may be customized to provide information specific to a particular industry or organization.

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About the Speaker:

Carrie Stuart Parks

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 (full resume available on request)

Professional Experience

Forensic illustrator

1981-Current: Stuart Parks Forensic Consultants, Cataldo, Idaho

Courtroom exhibits for prosecution, plaintiff and defense. Criminal and civil forensic art.1981-1989: North Idaho Regional Crime Lab.,

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Serving the police and sheriff's departments of the ten northern counties of Idaho, the Department of Fish and Game, the city and county of Spokane, the FBI, and the Department of the Treasury (A.T. & F.)

Qualified as expert witness: forensic art, memory: Idaho and Washington

Fine Art Experience

Professional Artist

1974-Current The Art Studios of the Coeur d'Alenes, Cataldo, Idaho Watercolors, acrylics, mixed media for corporate and private collections, published illustrator.

Career Honors

1994 "Spirit of the American Woman" (Woman of the Year) J.C. Penneys' Career Excellence Award Presented at the Women's Forum Career Excellence Banquet, October, 1994

1995 Law Enforcement Trainer of the Year,1st runner up finalist, Department of the Treasurery, Federal Law Enforcement Academy, Glynco, GA.

1996 Educator of the Year, first recipient of the Lewis Clark State College Alumni Association Award. Lewiston, Idaho

1997 John Edgar Hoover Memorial Medal and Citation Awarded by the American Police Hall of Fame, Miami, Florida for leadership in law enforcement instruction.

Watercolor: Best of the West Juried Invitational Exhibit, Boise State University

Merit Member Idaho Watercolor Society

12 Best Centennial Artists of Idaho Idaho Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Idaho Artist for "Art in the Home Show" Southern Homes Magazine, Atlanta

Teaching Experience

Achievements:

Researched, developed and taught eight different 40-hour classes in forensic art Courses approved by and offered by nine state P.O.S.T. training agencies including:

Connecticut Police Officers Standards and Training Florida Police Officers Standards and Training. Idaho Police Officers Standards and Training. Minnesota Police Officers Standards and Training New Mexico Department of Public Safety Oregon Board on Police Standards and Training. Washington State Police Standards and Training Wisconsin Police Officers Standards and Training New Hampshire Police Officers Standards and Training

Course approved for credit and offered by numerous agencies including:

Law Enforcement Television Network, Three half-hour presentations on Forensic Art Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission FBI Special Projects Section, Washington DC Institute of Police Technology and Management, University of North Florida Bridgeport Police Training Academy

Training approved by the International Association for Identification for meeting level I certification training

Demonstrative Evidence approved for CLE credit: Idaho State Bar

Education and Training

Bachelor of Science

Lewis Clark State College, Idaho Double Major: Fine Art and Social Science Presidential Honors (4.0 GPA)

Forensic Art Training

80 hours: Composite Art and Photographic Retouching, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia

15 hours: Techniques of Facial Sculpture, School of Forensic Science, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

40 hours: Interview and Interrogations, Institute of Police Technology and Management, U. of N.Florida, Ft. Lauderdale

The Police Artist in Identification, Special Seminar, University of South Alabama, New Orleans, Louisiana

40 hours: Composite Drawing Workshop,School of Forensic Science, University of South Alabama, New Orleans, Louisiana

40 hours: Forensic Animation of Motor Vehicle Collisions, Road Safety Research Centre, Ryerson Polytech, Toronto, Canada

16 hours: Child Sexual Abuse Treatment, Special Seminar, Idaho Network for Children/Lewis Clark State College, Idaho

Demonstrative Evidence Training Seminar Seattle, Washington

Train the Trainer one day seminar

Creating Visuals-Professional Education Seminar, Dynamic Graphics Education Foundation, Washington DC

Identikit School, Idaho P.O.S.T., Boise, Idaho

Forensic Art Training Seminar, International Association for Identification, 72nd Annual Educational Conference, Washington DC

73rd Annual Educational Conference, Sacramento, California,75th Annual Educational Conference, Nashville, Tenn.

(By Invitation) "International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Mass Disasters and Crime Scene Reconstruction". FBI Academy, Quantico, VA.

Publications:

Publications-written:

"Composite Art Without Artistic Talent" Law and Order Magazine, Vol. 40, No. 10, October 1992 Pages 50-54

Publications-Listed:

"The Artist's Life-A Sketching Sleuth" by Tucker J. Coombe, The Artists Magazine, Vol.10, Number 4, April 1993, Pages 36, 38

Forensic Sciences, Volume III by Mathew Bender, Criminalistics, Index of Experts/ Identification Experts.

Modern Visual Evidence, By Gregory P. Joseph, 1991, Appendix L, Graphics Experts.

Who's Who of American Women, 19th Edition

Presentations/Papers

Special Presentations

(By Invitation) "Interviewing Children for Composites"

The Governor's Task Force on Children at Risk, Boise, Idaho

Papers

"Forensic Art" Pacific and Northwest Region Criminal Justice Educators Seattle, Washington, October 1986

"The Art of Forensic Science" National Association of Medical Examiners, Tucson, Arizona, Nov. 1986

"Special Problems in Composite Identification" International Association for Identification Forensic Art Training Seminar International Meeting, Washington DC, August 2-7, 1987

"Forensic Art for Law Enforcement" Northwest Command College, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, Port Ludlow, Washington, March 1988

"Demonstrative Evidence" "Composite Art for Non-Artists" Approved for CLE credits-State Bar of Idaho

-American College of Trial Lawyers, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

-Idaho Association of Defense Counsel, McCall, Idaho

-Idaho Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

-Shoshone County Bar Association

"Forensic Art Without Artistic Talent" International Association for Identification General Assembly, International Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, July 1990

"Courtroom Exhibits and Evidence" Criminal Law, The Idaho Law Foundation, approved for CLE credit Boise, Idaho, August 1992, Pocatello, Idaho, August 1992

"Forensic Art, Discovering Untapped Resources" American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers International Conference

Anchorage, Alaska, January 1995

Memberships

Professional memberships

International Association For Identification, Forensic Art Unit,

Appointed Forensic Art Subcommittee 86-90, Chair: Education Committee 87-92

American Association for Law Enforcement Trainers