AATA News
Bring your Unique Voice and Perspective to the Table!
The official call for nominations will occur later this year, making this the perfect time to start learning about the process and positions, including Secretary of the AATA Board of Directors and Nomination Committee members.
Featured Member: Melissa Muttiah
The art therapy is powerful, intuitive, non-verbal, and therapeutic, and through the process so much can emerge. It can be exciting, challenging, and dynamic.
Join the National Park Service, AATA, Project Create DC, and Others for National Park Rx Day!
This year, the National Park Service will be hosting a ParkRx Day event at Anacostia Park in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2023 with Project Create DC, AATA, and other partners. AATA Member Melissa Muttiah, ATR, will facilitate a simple grounding touch-stone art project and share information about art therapy.
Art Therapists Testify before the Vermont State Senate in Support of Art Therapy!
Last week, a coalition of art and music therapists went to the state capital of Montpelier to advocate for regulation of art therapy as a unique profession.
The 31st Art Therapy Program Receives CAAHEP Initial Accreditation
CAAHEP has awarded initial accreditation to the Art Therapy master’s program at the university of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, effective March 17, 2023.
Introducing the Art Therapy Supervision CEU Series
In time for the deadline for the ATCB’s re-certification in June, AATA presents a new Continuing Education Series on Art Therapy Supervision featuringAATA Past President Margaret Carlock Russo, EdD, LCAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, and Nicole Randick, EdD, ATR-BC, REAT, LPC, NCC.
Featured Member: Wendy Bradley
“Meeting with [Ukrainian] people in war via Zoom, with bombs going blasting in the background or hindered by power outages. It brings the reality of their despair to the forefront each week. But it has also been incredibly rewarding. Seeing the resiliency, the courage and bravery in each person, holding their space in the smallest moments has been an honor.”
AATA’s 2023 Scholarships, Honors, and Awards
Join us in honoring the unsung heroes and visionaries of our field by nominating them or yourself for an award. Apply for a scholarship to support your own career.
Creative Arts Therapies Week 2023
Creative Arts Therapies Week, the third week of March, is an opportunity to spread awareness about art therapy and other life-enhancing mental health professions!
Sankofa: A Vision of Black Healing and Liberation Through Afrofuturistic Art
3/8/2023
Join AATA on March 22, at 6 – 8 pm ET, for a live, virtual session, “Sankofa – Art of Afrofuturism.”
This panel presentation is a conversation between an art therapist, museum educators, and research professors who examine black art in the context of the past, present, and future to determine the implications of the concept of afrofuturism in art therapy and art education.