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The American Association of Art Therapy (AATA) is an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing. Antioch's Art Therapy concentration is approved by AATA and graduates can become registered art therapists with the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
As a student, you can submit your research for presentation at the annual AATA conference. Sixteen Antioch students attended the 2009 conference in Dallas, Texas. Four Antioch University Seattle (AUS) Psychology students, Margaret Bovington, Maggie Ritnour, Amber Roy and Coquille Talbert, earned top national honors, winning the Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS) Award. All four award winners are 2009 AUS graduates who are  entering the work force. Click here to read more about the 2009 conference. Students have attended the conference for the past four years. Click here to read about the 2006 conference.
Antioch University Seattle supports a variety of fundraising activities conducted by art therapy students to defray a portion of the travel expenses. The Mirrors Project, a community-wide event initiated by the art therapy students, invited all students, faculty and staff to decorate mirrors (example at right) which were then auctioned off. Travel funding has also come from the President's Fund for Excellence.
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