July 2, 2020 The AATA is thrilled to announce that licensure of art therapists in the District of Columbia is now official law! The art therapy licensure legislation passed congressional review, the final step of the legislative process, and was assigned Law...
June 18, 2020 |Gioia Chilton, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPAT, CSAC, Nominating Sub-Committee Chair How can the American Art Therapy Association aid in addressing individual, collective, and generational trauma, at personal, communal and systemic levels? How does the association...
June 18, 2020 During the final meeting of the Art Therapy Advisory Committee on June 16th the first set of licensure applications (approx. 15-20) were approved! However, after a four-year journey of implementing the art therapy license enacted in 2016, the way forward...
June 17, 2020 | Multicultural Committee Coming soon! The American Art Therapy Association’s Multicultural Committee is launching a digital art project for which we encourage art therapy professionals, students, local chapters, and graduate and undergraduate...
June 9, 2020 | Susan Boxer Kappel, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, CGP, Conference Chair The recent events following the killing of George Floyd have yet again opened a deep wound of racial injustice in our country. We are all mourning and grasping at ways to contribute to...
May 28, 2020 As mental health professionals, art therapists see the dreadful effects of racism in our communities every day. This week, our nation witnessed via bystander video the exceptionally horrific death of George Floyd. A police officer pinned Mr. Floyd...
