The Levick Emotional & Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment
(LECATA): A Normative Study

The Levick Emotional and Cognitive Art Therapy Assessment (LECATA): A Normative Study has been approved for 12 CEUs by the NBCC (SP-1796) and will be held at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus Founder's Union Building on Friday and Saturday July 30th and 31st from 9:00-4:30.

This year we're trying to encourage early registration by offering substantial discounts to those participants who mail in their registration by July 7th.  Members of KYATA who meet this deadline will pay only $125 for the two day training. 

YES, ONLY $125 FOR 12 CEUs!!!!!!!!  Non-members who mail by July 7th will pay only $150.  After that date, the price will go up a bit (details noted on the registration form).

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN for 2011 American Art Therapy Association ANNUAL CONFERENCE in Washington, DC

The theme of the 42nd Annual Conference is Creative Energy, Collective Efforts: Empowering the Art Therapy Journey andwill center on Change, Growth, Sustainability, and Self-care.

Focusing on the political and professional topics that art therapists face every day in their practice makes Washington, DC the perfect setting for next year's conference which will be held from July 6-10 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in the nation’s capital.
 
Presentations will bring together the newest theories and methods that include advocacy and promotion of the profession, conflict resolution, teamwork, creative problem solving and more effective ways to navigate through the systems that drain our creative well.  
 
Proposals for this conference will only be accepted online though the conference proposal submission web site: http://www.xcdsystem.com/aata2011/. The deadline for proposals is Friday, September 3, 2010, at 5:00 PM, EST. 

6th Latin American Congress of Art & Rehabilitation
September 15, 16 & 17, 2010
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Who should attend?
Health and culture professionals, students and general audience

Objectives:
Expand knowledge, understanding and appreciation of artistic activities in rehabilitation processes. 
Recognize and emphasize the therapeutic and inclusion of the arts.
Encourage the acquisition of strategies and techniques to foster new creative resources.
Generate a space for exchange of knowledge and experience with professionals from different institutions.

Free activity-Limited Vacancies
Papers Proposals:  March 1st through May 30, 2010
Papers:  30 minutes including round of questions
Workshops:  90 minutes
Posters:  70 x 100 cm., rigid and ready to be hanged
Shows:  15 minutes of artistic performances.

General Cordinator:   Prof. Daniel Gerbiño,  dager@arnet.com.ar
Secretary:  Nancy, imrvl@yahoo.com.ar
More information:  http://www.arteyrehabilitacion.com.ar
To Register: http://www.arteyrehabilitacion.com.ar/form.php?IDM=2&IDSM=8&IDFM=3

Resonating in the Presence of Nature
Ghost Ranch Retreat Center near Abiquiu, New Mexico

Approved for 24 Continuing Education Units

 Basic rate for workshop is $660.00 for Thursday through Saturday nights/double occupancy. Fee covers room/board, studio space and tuition This workshop is approved for 24 continuing education units. 

For more information contact Jane Shoenfeld at 505-986-1108 or go to Jane Shoenfeld's website: www.skyfields.net or email Jane at jane@skyfields.net

EXCITING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THERAPISTS, COUNSELORS, ART THERAPISTS AND OTHERS  IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS

Using Art for Professional Self Processing
Saturday, October 9, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Fee: $65
The fee includes lunch and use of art materials. Participants who want CEC's through NBCC will be charged an additional $10 processing fee for the 6 CEC's

Eastern Virginia Medical Center, Norfolk, Virginia

RSVP to Kiera Dorsey: dorseyks@evms.edu or 757-446-5895 by September 27

Welcoming Shadow
Making Healing Space for Reclaiming the Creative
with Shaun McNiff

Lecture: October 14, 2010 - 7:00pm-9:00pm
Candler/Emory University
2 CEU's for LPC's and LCSW's

Workshop: October 15, 2010 - 9:00am-4:00pm
East Lake Commons Co-Housing; Dancing Fox RD
5.5 CEU's for LPC's and LCSW's

Sponsored by the Georgia Art Therapy Association and the Office of Student Programming at Candler School of Theology, Emory University

Click here for the registration form and for more information (registration fees, location, etc.).

Email questions to Tori Tinsley.

National Veterans Creative Arts Festival

October 18 - 24, 2010
La Crosse, Wisconsin

This annual program is the culmination of talent competitions in art, creative writing, dance, drama and music for Veterans treated in the VA’s national health care system. Each year, approximately 130 Veterans exhibit their artwork or perform musical, dance, dramatic or original writing selections in a gala variety show. A professional orchestra accompanies the performance. All Veterans invited to participate are selected winners of year-long, national fine arts talent competitions in which thousands of Veterans enter, from VA medical facilities across the nation.

Amy Kimbler
(320) 255-6486
Amy.Kimbler@va.gov
or
Elizabeth Mackey, National Director
(320) 255-6351
Elizabeth.Mackey@va.gov

The American Art Therapy Association's Annual Conference

Sacramento, CA

Please visit our Conference web site for details!

The National Association for Drama Therapy, 31st Annual Conference

Chicago, IL

Pushing the Boundaries: Contemplating the Liminal Space in Drama Therapy

ECArTE is happy to announce the 11th European Arts Therapies Conference, 21–24 September 2011, Lucca, Italy -- “Arts Therapies and the Intelligence of Feeling”

VENUE:
Real Collegio di Lucca
Piazza del Collegio
55100 Lucca LU, Italy

The Conference Directors invite you to submit proposals for papers, workshops, posters or performances on the above conference theme. 
Please contact  conference2011@ecarte.info for more information on submitting your proposal. We will welcome your proposals until Monday, 6th September 2010. Selection will take place during the second week of September 2010.