AATA News
AATA Shared Interest Groups (SIGs)
Shared Interest Groups, or SIGs, were created to help art therapists find community at conference – and year-round through the MyAATA Member Community. SIGs are led by AATA members to create connection and a space for art therapists to support each other. Please join a SIG according to your interests and based on how you personally identify.
AATA Proposes Updates to NASAD Pre-Art Therapy Guidelines
August 13, 2026 This week, AATA submitted proposed revisions to the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) guidelines, which set standards for educational programs in the visual arts and design. NASAD is recognized by the US Department of...
Join Us for a Virtual CE Event on Art Therapy Approaches for Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury
In this session, AATA Board Member Dr. Cori Costello and Alexandra Stewart examine how brain injury impacts individuals across the full rehabilitation continuum and explore how art therapy supports emotional adjustment, identity reconstruction, resilience, and renewed participation in life after neurological injury. Join live or register to receive the recording!
Join the Fall 2026 Mentor Match Cohort
Registration is open for the Fall 2026 Mentor Match Cohort. Register as a mentor, mentee, or both!
AATA Undergraduate Education Committee Summer 2026 Updates
Welcome to the 2026 Summer Edition of the Undergraduate Art Therapy Educators Newsletter.
Join us at the AATA2026 Author Meet-and-Greet and Arts & Crafts Marketplace
We are excited to be planning AATA2026—both our In-Person Conference in Charlotte, and the Virtual Conference! As part of both conferences, we will be offering opportunities to showcase the many talents of our AATA members.
Supervision Across the Professional Lifespan: Learning, Growing, and Contributing
By AATA Board Member Dr. Kathryn Snyder
Being the moderator for the AATA 2026 three-part Supervision Series offered me a lot to sit with. Across each workshop, I kept returning to one through line: supervision is not a phase we pass through on the way to becoming a clinician. It is a practice that grows with us.
Pride Community Event: A Conversation of Identities in Queer Community
June 23, 2026 | 1 CE Credit
Join us for a member event honoring Pride Month! Explore identity, intersectionality, and belonging through collage and zine-making in community.
Honoring Pride Month in Yet Another Challenging Year
Executive Orders have targeted the trans community—from defunding gender-affirming health care of transgender youth to banning trans people from serving in the military. More than 350 LGBTQ+ pages, policies, and guides have been removed from federal government websites. And already, 588 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country.
This Pride Month is an opportunity to support the LGBTQ+ community’s ongoing fight for safety, inclusivity, equality, and justice. Together, I hope that we can show support, share resources, and advocate for the clients and communities art therapists serve.
Passing the Torch: A Conversation with Irene Rosner David on Medical Art Therapy and the Scholarship That Carries Her Legacy Foward
“I wanted to convey the ongoing and significant existence of art therapy in the medical milieu, recognize that expansion, and inspire the next generation”
— Irene Rosner David,