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 AATA News
By the Virginia Art Therapy Association Board On November 18, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin officially signed the art therapy licensure regulations. This long-awaited milestone marks a huge victory for art therapists and their supporters. While we want to take a moment to celebrate, we are not done yet! A public comment period will begin on December 16, allowing members of the public to share their thoughts on the regulations. Then, a public hearing will be held on January 25. After the public comment period closes on February 14, the Art Therapy Advisory Board will consider all comments received and vote on final regulations. (Photo: Virginia art therapy advocates at the October Advisory Board Meeting)
Whether you’re considering our in-person conference in Portland, Oregon (October 8-11), or our Virtual Conference, now’s the time to start brainstorming and drafting your ideas. You don’t have to be an AATA member to apply, but proposals must feature at least one presenter who is a credentialed and/or licensed art therapist. Need help getting started? Watch this proposal development video featuring AATA President Nadia Paredes and Dr. Carolyn Brown Treadon.
If free access to the Art Therapy Journal (normally priced at $357) or discounts on art supplies haven’t convinced you to renew, try leveraging these benefits to inspire your work: 1. Take advantage of the member discount to learn something new in AATA’s Online Learning Academy 2. Join a virtual Shared Interest Group or reach out for advice from art therapists from around the globe in the MyAATA Community. 3. Recognize a colleague by encouraging them to interview to be a Featured Member (or fill out the form yourself)! ⇒ Renew before December 15 to be entered in a raffle to win one of several fun prizes: Apple AirPods, Art Therapy Barbies, courses on AATA’s Online Learning Academy, and more!
 Member Corner
Continuing Education sessions in Art Therapy Ethics and Supervision are among the most popular for our profession. These series include presentations from world-class presenters, including Mercedes Ballbé ter Maat, Dave Gussak, and Margaret Carlock. Already purchased some CEs or attended the annual conference? No problem! Think of this as an investment — get 20% off now through the year-end and enjoy watching your sessions anytime in 2025. Choose from any (or all!) of these 11 sessions and use the discount code SUPERETHICS11. This is a member-appreciation discount and applies only to AATA members. Whether you’re catching up on missed sessions or planning ahead, now is the ideal time to secure your 2025 CEs at a discounted rate!
The AATA Honors Committee helps to identify AATA members to receive association awards. After announcing a call for applications, the Honors Committee reviews nominations to honor outstanding achievements in the field. The committee confers the following awards: Distinguished Clinician Award, Distinguished Educator Award, Distinguished Service Award, Jim Consoli Video/Film Award, Outstanding Applied Creative Practice Award, Rudolph Arnheim Award, and Other Form Award. Please contact Honors Chair Molly Kometiani at honorschair@arttherapy.org for more information.
By Heather Denning, AATA Undergraduate Sub-Committee Chair
AATA’s Undergraduate Education Sub-Committee is still gathering public input on their draft Undergraduate Pre-Art Therapy Education Guidelines. We ask that you review each section (links are embedded in the section titles), and indicate your agreement level — “agree,” “partially agree,” or “disagree.” Your feedback will help shape the final guidelines we plan to propose to the AATA Board, informed by insights from the art therapy community. All feedback must be submitted by December 31.
JOURNAL NEWS
Take a look at these viewpoint articles from Issue 3 of the Art Therapy Journal. As always, every article in every issue is available for AATA members through the MyAATA community. (Not yet a member? Join today!) ♦ Comment: Supporting Individuals After the Queensland Floods By Helen Johnson ♦ Comment: Art Therapy Approaches: What Regenerative Practices Can Teach Us About Our Self and Environmental Systems By Emma Cornwall ♦ Book Review: A Review of “Ecopoiesis: A New Perspective for The Expressive and Creative Arts Therapies in the 21st Century”
By Catherine E. Ventura Events
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