February 28, 2019 | Advocacy BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG On Tuesday February 26, 2019 Christopher Stowe Master Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (ret.) testified on behalf of the AATA alongside Americans for the Arts (AftA) President and CEO Robert L. Lynch before the House Interior...
February 28, 2019 | By Delora Putnam-Bryant, ATR, LPC-IT, Multicultural Committee Chair BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG Quilts and quilt making in the African American culture can be traced back to the times when black Americans were enslaved. There are several accounts of how...
February 21, 2019 | By Jack Harris | #WeAreArtTherapists BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG Laura Greenstone died on July 18, 2018 suddenly, but not necessarily unexpectedly. In the year before she died, she had begun increasingly to talk about where she had been and where she was...
February 7, 2019 | #WeAreArtTherapists BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG During the annual conference, the AATA was honored to bestow the 2018 Honorary Lifetime Member (HLM) award to Cheryl Doby-Copeland, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT, in recognition of her vast contributions to the...
January 17, 2019| #WeAreArtTherapists BACK TO THE MAIN BLOG We’re kicking off our 50th anniversary year with a fun, collaborative social media project celebrating the art therapy profession! Throughout January, daily themes and prompts invite people to share memories,...
January 3, 2019 | By Stephanie Wray, ATR-P, LMHC Intern Every year at the annual conference of the American Art Therapy Association, attendees are invited to create artwork in the open studio — a wonderful way to step back and process during the intensive days...