DVATA Ronald E. Hays Presenter’s Award
In promoting its mission statement, The Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, Inc., an affiliate chapter of The American Art Therapy Association, Inc., invites its members to apply for the DVATA 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.
This award is to support a DVATA member or panel of members whose work has been accepted to The American Art Therapy Association’s 2019 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, or lodging.
Who is eligible?
In promoting its mission statement, The Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, Inc., an affiliate chapter of The American Art Therapy Association, Inc., invites its members to apply for the DVATA 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.
This award is for support the DVATA 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 DVATA’s new professional members, professional members, credentialed professional members & honorary life members with at least two full consecutive years of DVATA 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 worthiness of application and is voted on by the current DVATA 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 no other applications for the year. Applications must be received in their entirety by 11:59pm EST on May 5, 2019.
This annual award grants up to the amount of $1,500 and will be paid upon return from conference within 14 days. If the recipient of the award is unable to make it to the proposed conference or unable to present once there, for whatever reason, the award will then be granted to the first alternate. If the first alternate is unable to attend or present, then the award will be granted to the second alternate. If the original award recipient and the first and second alternates are unable to attend or present at the AATA conference, no award will be granted in this year. As the recipient or one of the alternates of this award, it is understood that you and your honored presentation will be acknowledged and presented at the next DVATA annual conference.
Submissions are due by 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 5, 2019.
Please visit our website PaArtTherapy.org for the application and submission information.
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