AATA News
Integrating Art Therapy in Museums: Bridging the Gap between Isolation to Community Connection
The museum visit, paired with art-making, provides participants with an elevation of their museum experience, especially those who report rarely making or creating art themselves. What I have observed through my project on integrating art therapy in a museum was how connecting different community members over art-making fosters group cohesion as a sense of belonging in a museum.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to share the art created by five inspiring Latina/o/xs art therapists and profile the work they do in support of their clients and communities they serve. Click on each AATA Member’s image to read their full Feature Member profile.
A Message of Support from AATA
To our AATA community: We are deeply heartbroken by last weekend’s horrifying events, and the ongoing tragedy unfolding in Israel and Gaza. The stories we are hearing, and images and videos we are seeing, are appalling. Our breathlessness is a sign that we have not lost our humanity. Our hope is that we see an end to the distress and suffering soon.
Featured Member: Ric Ávila
The use of the arts as a vehicle to foment peace and wellness in therapeutic work is my primary goal as an art therapist and as an artist. I have been involved internationally with different universities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and cultural organizations. I am dedicated to helping people and communities, especially people affected by oppression, inequality and marginalization, with particular interest in mental health, PTSD, ADD, OCD and Substance Use disorders.
Introducing the AATA2023 Night on the Town!
AATA2023 attendees will have the opportunity to visit Fallen Star at the Stuart Collection at UCSD the evening of Friday, Oct. 27, 7 – 9 pm, as part of the Night on the Town event.
AATA2023 Questions Answered!
Got questions about coming to AATA2023? Here are some questions from AATA members and the answers.
Giving Unicorns Wings, with Mike Fogel — CE Event, 9/23
Join us for a Continuing Education event on Sept. 23 with Mike Fogel: Giving Unicorns Wings: Creating Ideal Treatment Conditions and Interventions for Neurodiverse Children, Adolescents, and Adults (with autism, ADHD, and learning differences).
Art Therapy Journal Receives an Impact Factor of 1.3
Sept. 2, 2023 | Jordan Potash, Editor-in-Chief, Art Therapy Journal
The Art Therapy Journal has been recognized with an impact factor of 1.3. Clarviate bestows this metric on journals that meet certain benchmarks of scholarship by calculating how frequently items from a particular journal are cited over a two-year period.
We Asked Board Members about their Favorite Conference Memories
Our volunteer Board Members not only play a pivotal role in planning the annual conference, but they love attending! So we asked them what makes AATA conferences so special. We’re sharing some of their answers with you.
Two Additional Art Therapy Programs Receive CAAHEP Initial Accreditation
The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) awarded initial accreditation to the Art Therapy master’s programs at the Dominican University of California in San Rafael, California, and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.