Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Celebrating our Members During Pride Month
This Pride Month, we are honored to highlight the perspectives of our members, and the work they do to support their clients and the LGBTQ+ community. Please take a moment to read their profiles and share with your friends and networks.
Small Communities: Care & Participation
By Magdalena Karlick, Ph.D-c, ATR-BC, LPCC
“Community overlaps and relationship intersections are not just found in the (multi-dimensional) queer communities of small towns/cities. I have had many roles in the small city that I live and work in… These public roles have encouraged the practice of being myself all the time, as well as the practice of humility when it’s my responsibility to repair an overstep.”
Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month
This May, we are celebrating the commitment and contributions by our AAPI members to the field of art therapy and our association.
Celebrating Black History Month
Each February, AATA celebrates Black History Month and recognizes Black art therapists who served as pioneers for the art therapy profession and our association.
AATA2023 Multicultural Quilt
The Multicultural Committee is hosting an auction for the quilt completed at the AATA2023 conference. The proceeds support the Pearlie Roberson Scholarship Award Fund and/or other Multicultural Committee endeavors.
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.
This AAPI Heritage Month, Join Us for Asian/Asian American Art Therapists: Embodying the Contexts
As a way to honor AAPI Heritage Month, this panel brings us an opportunity to critically examine the lenses that we use to perceive race, cultures, art, and identities from social-justice oriented perspectives.
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.
Showing Up as an Art Therapist and Human Being in the Healing Space
“Art therapy can be a safe, less intrusive approach to therapy for the BIPOC communities when self-disclosure of an art therapist further inspires authenticity and rapport building with BIPOC clients. As a BIPOC art therapist, showing up as my authentic self by incorporating cultural references, terminology, and my artwork into my practice allows my BIPOC clients to feel safe enough to also show up with what is true to them and their culture.”
Black History Continues – The Future of the Field
2/15/2023
Join AATA on February 25th at 12 – 1:30 pm ET for Black History Continues – The Future of the Field: a live, virtual session celebrating Black History Month. Louvenia Jackson, Ph.D., LMFT, ATR-BC and a panel of black art therapy students will present about black visionary architect art therapists who have inspired them.