COMMUNITY
Press Room
Interested in developing a story about art therapy? Contact us to find the resources you need to produce an accurate and factual article. Email or call 703-548-5861.
2010 Conference
We are looking forward to the 2010 Annual Conference to be held in Sacramento, CA on November 3-7, 2010. Please hold the date! To learn more about the conference and to register, please click here.
View the schedule at a glance.
Please click here to join our Meet Up page.
OUR COMMUNITY
The American Art Therapy Association provides the latest information about research, events and leaders in the world of art therapy. Art therapists provide an important health service using the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. Art therapy is based on the creative process involved in artistic self-expression, and is used to help people to resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem & self-awareness and achieve insight.
Research
Art Therapy Outcome and Single Subject Studies
We hope you will find this listing of art therapy outcome and single subject studies useful for purposes of research, grant writing, to demonstrate support for your art therapy program, and evidence of the effects of art therapy with various client populations.
Multicultural Committee Selected Bibliography and Resource List
American Art Therapy Research Roundtable
American Art Therapy Publications
Art Therapy Journal
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association is an exciting member benefit that attracts a worldwide audience of art therapists who want to stay current with art therapy, literature and research, and up-to-date professional knowledge of the field. The official journal of the American Art Therapy Association is the leading scholarly research publication in art therapy.
The Journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical research, theory and practice papers, viewpoints, reviews of current literature in art therapy, and best practices. Members of the American Art Therapy Association receive the journal for free as part of their member benefits.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Click here to view a Calendar of Events
Members and Chapters can add your events to our calendar by sending an email with detailed information (to include the name of the event, date, time, location and name and email/phone of a contact person) to mbasham@arttherapy.org.
Films
As Seen Through These Eyes by Hilary Helstein. Opened in NYC and LA in October. Click here to watch the trailer.
View El Arte es Terapia on CNN for art therapy coverage on the Spanish channel. Go to the Advocacy link for current national news.
Click here to view a CNN report on the role that art therapy plays in health care, featuring American Art Therapy Association Board Member Tracy Councill! Click here for more.
ART THERAPY STUDIO FEATURED ON WVIZ APPLAUSE - Art Therapy Studio was highlighted in a segment on WVIZ's Applause program in January. Applause is an Emmy award-winning locally produced TV show that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Each week this on-air arts magazine broadcasts a fresh half-hour of features, performances, on-location reports, and interviews from the studios of WVIZ/PBS ideastream. Congratulations to everyone involved in the taping! Click here to view the video.
Grants
Click here for a comprehensive listing of available grants that have been posted to Philanthropy News Digest and other sources.
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
The American Art Therapy Association celebrated with more than 150 programs across the country, in recognizing the importance of mental health for children on National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, May 6, 2010. In communities across the country, art therapists worked with community groups, universities, museums, schools, and hospitals to ‘draw’ attention through Art Action to this important national health need. Click here for information on the 2010 National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day activities across the country.
