MOST ACTIVE ARTIST AWARD
This award is bestowed to a Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association member who maintains a significant connection to their personal art making process by publicly exhibiting in shows and competitions.
Please submit your nominations via email to paataorg@gmail.com by September 30, 2023.
INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF ART THERAPY AWARD
This award is granted to a Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association member who demonstrates an outstanding and innovative approach to art therapy through technique, practice, or otherwise. The recipient’s unique and cutting edge work exemplifies new frontiers for the practice or application of art therapy.
Please submit your nominations via email to paataorg@gmail.com by September 30, 2023.
OUTSTANDING SUPERVISOR AWARD
This award is granted to a Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association member and supervisor who demonstrates outstanding mentorship, encouragement of art therapists, and demonstrates excellence in leadership in the field of art therapy.
Please submit your nominations via email to paataorg@gmail.com by September 30, 2023.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send nominations to paataorg@gmail.com. In your nomination, please include the name of the award, the person you are nominating (including their credentials), contact information for the nominee, a written explanation of why this person should be considered.
This award is bestowed to a Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association member who maintains a significant connection to their personal art making process by publicly exhibiting in shows and competitions.
Please submit your nominations via email to paataorg@gmail.com by September 30, 2023.
INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF ART THERAPY AWARD
This award is granted to a Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association member who demonstrates an outstanding and innovative approach to art therapy through technique, practice, or otherwise. The recipient’s unique and cutting edge work exemplifies new frontiers for the practice or application of art therapy.
Please submit your nominations via email to paataorg@gmail.com by September 30, 2023.
OUTSTANDING SUPERVISOR AWARD
This award is granted to a Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association member and supervisor who demonstrates outstanding mentorship, encouragement of art therapists, and demonstrates excellence in leadership in the field of art therapy.
Please submit your nominations via email to paataorg@gmail.com by September 30, 2023.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send nominations to paataorg@gmail.com. In your nomination, please include the name of the award, the person you are nominating (including their credentials), contact information for the nominee, a written explanation of why this person should be considered.
PAATA Ron Hays Presenter Award
What is the Ron Hays Award?
In promoting its mission statement, The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association, Inc., an affiliate chapter of The American Art Therapy Association, Inc., invites its members to apply for the PAATA Ron Hays Presenter’s Award. This award aims to promote the development and public awareness of the field of art therapy through the advancement of research, professional standards, education, and legislation and public forums.
Who is eligible?
This award is for support the PAATA member whose work has been accepted to The American Art Therapy Association’s conference and educates or promotes the use of art therapy or the therapeutic uses of the arts. This award may be used for conference registration, travel, board, and lodging. This award is open to PAATA's new professional members, professional members, credentialed professional members & honorary life members with at least two full consecutive years of PAATA membership in any of the preceding categories. Please note, to be considered as a New Professional, student membership must have been maintained for the previous two years. Current board members and/or those applicants who have previously presented at an AATA conference are only eligible for this award if there are no other applications for the year. In the case of a panel, the majority of the panel members must not have presented nationally in the past or be current board members.
This award is granted for the worthiness of the application and is voted on by the current PAATA board members based on their judgment of merit. In order to be considered for this award, a complete application along with a presentation description (500 words max.) and a copy of the confirmation letter from the conference administrators affirming acceptance to present at the AATA conference must be included in the application. Current board members are only eligible for this award if there are other applications for the year. Applications must be received in their entirety by 11:59 pm EST on July 25, 2023.
Other details and disclaimers
This annual award grants up to the amount of $1,000 and will be paid within 14 days upon return from the conference. If the recipient of the award is unable to make it to the 2023 AATA Conference in San Diego or able to present once there, the award will then be granted to the first alternate. If the first alternate is unavailable, no award will be granted for the 2023 AATA conference
In receiving this award, the recipient acknowledges and gives permission for the PAATA to use your photo, presentation title, and information related to your presentation in any PAATA communication (newsletter, social media, website et al.). The awarded recipient will also be expected to present the same presentation at a PAATA workshop or at the next PAATA annual conference unless it was previously presented at a PAATA event between 2020-2022.
Submissions deadline: July 25, 2023
How do I apply?
This award is granted for the worthiness of the application and is voted on by the current PAATA board members based on their judgment of merit. To be considered for this award, a complete application must include the following (application form below).
In promoting its mission statement, The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association, Inc., an affiliate chapter of The American Art Therapy Association, Inc., invites its members to apply for the PAATA Ron Hays Presenter’s Award. This award aims to promote the development and public awareness of the field of art therapy through the advancement of research, professional standards, education, and legislation and public forums.
Who is eligible?
This award is for support the PAATA member whose work has been accepted to The American Art Therapy Association’s conference and educates or promotes the use of art therapy or the therapeutic uses of the arts. This award may be used for conference registration, travel, board, and lodging. This award is open to PAATA's new professional members, professional members, credentialed professional members & honorary life members with at least two full consecutive years of PAATA membership in any of the preceding categories. Please note, to be considered as a New Professional, student membership must have been maintained for the previous two years. Current board members and/or those applicants who have previously presented at an AATA conference are only eligible for this award if there are no other applications for the year. In the case of a panel, the majority of the panel members must not have presented nationally in the past or be current board members.
This award is granted for the worthiness of the application and is voted on by the current PAATA board members based on their judgment of merit. In order to be considered for this award, a complete application along with a presentation description (500 words max.) and a copy of the confirmation letter from the conference administrators affirming acceptance to present at the AATA conference must be included in the application. Current board members are only eligible for this award if there are other applications for the year. Applications must be received in their entirety by 11:59 pm EST on July 25, 2023.
Other details and disclaimers
This annual award grants up to the amount of $1,000 and will be paid within 14 days upon return from the conference. If the recipient of the award is unable to make it to the 2023 AATA Conference in San Diego or able to present once there, the award will then be granted to the first alternate. If the first alternate is unavailable, no award will be granted for the 2023 AATA conference
In receiving this award, the recipient acknowledges and gives permission for the PAATA to use your photo, presentation title, and information related to your presentation in any PAATA communication (newsletter, social media, website et al.). The awarded recipient will also be expected to present the same presentation at a PAATA workshop or at the next PAATA annual conference unless it was previously presented at a PAATA event between 2020-2022.
Submissions deadline: July 25, 2023
How do I apply?
This award is granted for the worthiness of the application and is voted on by the current PAATA board members based on their judgment of merit. To be considered for this award, a complete application must include the following (application form below).
- Name(s) and credentials of the applicant(s)
- Statement as to whether each applicant has presented at an AATA conference in the past
- Title of the presentation
- Three learning objectives
- Brief description of the presentation (maximum 50 words)
- Essay of 500 words or less describing the applicant(s)’ motivation, inspiration, and desire to present on the national level
- Copy of the confirmation letter received from the conference administrators affirming acceptance to present at the current year’s AATA conference