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MONTHLY CHAPTER MEETINGS

 Join us from wherever you are.
We look forward to connecting with you! 
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Next Virtual Chapter Meeting:
January 24, 2021
2:00 PM CST

Join us for the January 30th Seminar with Jordan Potash:
The new normal in unprecedented times:
​What have we learned? How have we improved as clinicians?

Free for Members and Students!
Don't forget to sign-up to share skills and experiences!

About the January Seminar
IATA will be hosting our January seminar online on 1/30/21 from 2-4:00pm CST. Our renowned keynote speaker, Dr. Jordan S. Potash will present on The New Normal in Unprecedented Times: What have we learned? How have we improved as clinicians?. Dr. Potash will also share his insights and lead participants in an art-making experience. After the keynote presentation, we will have virtual breakout rooms for sharing Skills & Experiences and Networking & Resources.

Seminar Schedule:
2:00 pm- 2:05 pm: Introduction (by IATA President)
2:05 pm- 2:55 pm. Keynote presentation & art-making (Dr. Jordan S. Potash)
    Break
3:00 pm- 3:50 pm. Sharing Skills, Experiences, and Networking
    Part I: 3:00 pm-3:20 pm. Skill & Experience Sharing
    Break
    Part II: 3:25 pm - 3:45 pm. Networking & Resource Sharing
Wrap Up and Closing. 3:45 pm- 4:00 pm

We invite you to join us for the seminar and contribute to the "Sharing" sessions.  Please click on the following Google Doc to let us know which area/aspects/skills/experiences you would like to contribute:
​docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiWdujDLsLUX8PDVzYxDNtZBK252IUJz0G-Jlmz5nBfns2Yw/viewform?gxids=7628 

As a community, we would like to explore the new "normal" for us as clinicians as well as the impact on our clients. The sharing sessions will be 15 min and another 5 min for Q&A. 

This event was graciously paid for by Dr. Potash. FREE for all members to participate. FREE for students regardless of membership. The fee for non-members is $20. We invite anyone to join from any state!
2 CEUs will be offered at $15.

Attend Online. Once registered, you'll be given access to the meeting.

IATA's 2020 Survey Results:
Shaping IATA's Goals for 2021

Thank you so much for participating in our recent survey. This allows us to focus our efforts in 2021 on what you want and need. Here's a quick snapshot of the results. We will be in touch with those of you who left individual questions and comments and report back to the community with more specific plans for 2021.

-Stephanie Clark, LCPC, ATR-BC
2019-2020 IATA President

Additional feedback can be sent to president.iata@gmail.com

In Memoriam: Art Therapy Pioneer Cliff Joseph

Originally posted on AATA's site on 11/19/20.

Cliff Joseph Featured in The New York Times:

Honoring the Life of Art Therapy Pioneer
Myra Levick 

Originally posted on AATA's site on 9/24/20.
The art therapy community mourns the loss of Myra Levick, PhD, ATR-BC, a legendary pioneer in the field of art therapy. Dr. Levick helped found the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) in 1969 and served as our first president. As she explained in the AATA’s first newsletter, “For the past twenty years artists have been involved in using their skills to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric patients and in more recent years have not only begun to speak and write about their experiences, but have been recognized for their contributions. It is an established fact that an organization must be formed in order to attain professional recognition.”   Read more...

IATA is Creating a Virtual Art Quilt
Contribute your artwork...

​IATA is working on a virtual art quilt on our Instagram page. We invite art therapists to submit images of their artwork in the spirit of connection. Post your image, a brief description, and something about yourself directly to Instagram @illinoisarttherapyassociation with the following hashtag #IATAartquilt. Those who do not use social media can email their content to socialmediachair.iata@gmail.com, and we'll post it for you!

We'd love to virtually connect with all art therapists across Illinois and beyond!

Letter from IATA President,
​Stephanie Clark, LCPC, ATR-BC
RE: Navigating IATA Programming During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic 

AATA’s First Annual Impact Report, A Letter from AATA's President

AATA's May 2020 Survey Results
Art Therapy During A Mental Health Crisis: Coronavirus Pandemic Impact Report

​Resources from AATA for Art Therapists during the COVID-19 Pandemic

IATA WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS

AT A GLANCE PROGRAMS CALENDAR

Photos from IATA's Puppet Workshop this past Feb. 8th with Lisa Dinnocenzo and Mikey Anderson at Dandelion Art Studio in Chicago
2021 IATA PROGRAMS CALENDAR
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January 24th; 2-3pm: IATA Monthly Chapter Meeting (Virtual)
January 30th; 2-4pm: Seminar

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AATA CORNER

ADDITIONAL CEU OPPORTUNITIES

Mar 18-20, 2021
ITA’s 5th Annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference “Expressing the Unspeakable: Bringing Taboos to the Surface”
CEUs available

Expressing the Unspeakable: Bringing Taboos to the Surface, will explore traditionally taboo subjects, such as race, money, politics, sex, religion, and ability. In reflection on the events of 2020, we are now reopening the call for papers to include current and relevant topics: the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disparities, healthcare access, anti-Asian racism, policing, white supremacy, and failed leadership.

OPPORTUNITIES

Check out job postings at:
​http://www.illinoisarttherapy.org/jobs.html
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