Upcoming Events
November 2025
Join us for a virtual Licensure Meeting to stay informed on the latest updates in art therapy licensure and learn how you can support advocacy efforts in Pennsylvania. These meetings offer a space to ask questions, share ideas, and take action to advance the profession together.
📍 Anywhere, it’s virtual!
📅 Monday, November 17, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Anywhere, it’s virtual!
📅 Monday, November 17, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Take a creative break and connect with fellow art therapists and students at our members only virtual open studio. This is a relaxed, supportive space to explore artmaking, unwind, and spark inspiration together. Check your email for the Zoom link, and we can’t wait to see you there!
📍 Anywhere, it’s virtual!
📅 Thursday, November 20, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Not a member of the PAATA yet? Reach out to learn more!
📍 Anywhere, it’s virtual!
📅 Thursday, November 20, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Not a member of the PAATA yet? Reach out to learn more!
December 2025
Through the Currents of Grief: Art Therapy and Meaning Reconstruction After Loss
📅 Sunday, December 7, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Live Virtual Event | 🧠 3 CEUs Available
Join Sarah Vollmann, DSW, MPS, ATR-BC, LICSW for a 3-hour professional development experience that explores how art therapy can support meaning-making, continuing bonds, and identity after loss through theory, case examples, and experiential art-making.
📅 Sunday, December 7, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Live Virtual Event | 🧠 3 CEUs Available
Join Sarah Vollmann, DSW, MPS, ATR-BC, LICSW for a 3-hour professional development experience that explores how art therapy can support meaning-making, continuing bonds, and identity after loss through theory, case examples, and experiential art-making.
📣 PAATA All-Member Meeting!
Join us for our annual All-Member Meeting. This is an opportunity to hear directly from Board members about important updates, upcoming initiatives, and ways to get involved. Keep an eye on your email for the Zoom link.
🗓️ Sunday, December 7, 2025
🕖 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
💻 Location: Virtual
Join us for our annual All-Member Meeting. This is an opportunity to hear directly from Board members about important updates, upcoming initiatives, and ways to get involved. Keep an eye on your email for the Zoom link.
🗓️ Sunday, December 7, 2025
🕖 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
💻 Location: Virtual
Take a creative break and connect with fellow art therapists and students at our members only virtual open studio. This is a relaxed, supportive space to explore artmaking, unwind, and spark inspiration together. Check your email for the Zoom link, and we can’t wait to see you there!
📍 Anywhere, it’s virtual!
📅 Monday, December 22, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Not a member of the PAATA yet? Reach out to learn more!
📍 Anywhere, it’s virtual!
📅 Monday, December 22, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Not a member of the PAATA yet? Reach out to learn more!
CEU Events & PAATA Milestones
October 2025
Join PAATA representative and advocates in Harrisburg on October 29th, 2025 for Hill Day - a day dedicated to advancing art therapy awareness and legislative efforts across the state.
Our team will meet with lawmakers to share the impact of art therapy, highlight the importance of professional licensure, and advocate for greater access to mental health services.
Our team will meet with lawmakers to share the impact of art therapy, highlight the importance of professional licensure, and advocate for greater access to mental health services.
July 2025
🚨 Meet Our Lobbyists! 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce a special virtual event you won’t want to miss! Come learn about the advocates working behind the scenes to advance art therapy legislation in Pennsylvania! This is your chance to get informed, inspired, and involved. Mark your calendars and spread the word!
🗓 Thursday, July 17, 2025 | 7:00 PM
💻 Meet Our Lobbyists from Duane Morris Government Strategies
✅ FREE and open to everyone - not just members!
📬 Have questions before the event? Email us at [email protected]
We’re thrilled to announce a special virtual event you won’t want to miss! Come learn about the advocates working behind the scenes to advance art therapy legislation in Pennsylvania! This is your chance to get informed, inspired, and involved. Mark your calendars and spread the word!
🗓 Thursday, July 17, 2025 | 7:00 PM
💻 Meet Our Lobbyists from Duane Morris Government Strategies
✅ FREE and open to everyone - not just members!
📬 Have questions before the event? Email us at [email protected]
June 2025
SoulCollage® for the Soul: A Gateway Towards Equilibrium When Unpredictability Reigns
📅 Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Live Virtual Event | 🧠 3 CEUs Available
Join Mindy Jacobson-Levy, LPAT (NJ), LPC (PA/NJ), ATR-BC, MCAT, PAATA HLM, for a 3-hour professional development experience that explores the transformative process of SoulCollage®.
In a world marked by unpredictability, SoulCollage® offers a powerful method to access inner wisdom through imagery, intuition, and reflective writing. This dynamic art-based approach provides a safe space to explore disequilibrium and discover insights from our internal guides.
📅 Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 🕤 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Live Virtual Event | 🧠 3 CEUs Available
Join Mindy Jacobson-Levy, LPAT (NJ), LPC (PA/NJ), ATR-BC, MCAT, PAATA HLM, for a 3-hour professional development experience that explores the transformative process of SoulCollage®.
In a world marked by unpredictability, SoulCollage® offers a powerful method to access inner wisdom through imagery, intuition, and reflective writing. This dynamic art-based approach provides a safe space to explore disequilibrium and discover insights from our internal guides.
April 2025
Are you curious about a career in art therapy? Join us for Join PAATA for a virtual Art Therapy Career Night on Thursday, April 24 at 7 PM.
This free, no-registration-required event is your chance to hear directly from experienced art therapists working in a variety of settings. Get inspired by real-world insights, ask questions, and explore how creativity can become a meaningful career path.
A Zoom link will be shared via email and at paarttherapy.org. Mark your calendar and join the conversation!
This free, no-registration-required event is your chance to hear directly from experienced art therapists working in a variety of settings. Get inspired by real-world insights, ask questions, and explore how creativity can become a meaningful career path.
A Zoom link will be shared via email and at paarttherapy.org. Mark your calendar and join the conversation!
December 2024
Explore the intersection of Positive Psychology and the Creative Arts Therapies. Discover strategies for using creative endeavors to increase well-being, meaning, and engagement in life. Specific therapeutic interventions will be taught using research-based principles of Positive Psychology. This presentation will be an enriching learning experience!
September 2024
Join us on World Dementia Day for a film screening of "Keys Bags Names Words", a documentary film about hope in aging and dementia. We will also host a CE event in conjunction with the screening: Navigating the Unique Challenges of the Aging: Honoring the Individual with Dementia and Memory Loss. Our CE event will be presented by Sivan Perdue, MS, ATR-BC, LCPAT, LPAT.
April 2024
Join us for our Career Night coming up on April 17th, 2024! Hear from panelists working with various populations in the field. Bring questions and prepare to learn about a few of the many avenues art therapists can pursue.
February 2024
Get creative or try something new while earning 3 CEUs during our upcoming virtual event. February 24th at 9:30 am, presented by Sheila Lorenzo de la Peña, PhD, ATR-BC, ATCS and Kate Gibson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC.
December 2023
Learn and expand your working knowledge of effective digital art therapy interventions through a supervisory lens with students, supervisees, staff, and self-introspection.
November 2023
Come visit PAATA at our table in the State Capitol in Harrisburg! We are spreading the word about Art Therapy and the importance of licensure.
JUNE 2023
Join us on June 17 and earn 2 CE credits (NBCC)! This workshop will help clinicians gain insight into how international capacity building efforts can be facilitated with a clinically and ethically sound, and culturally sensitive manner.
APRIL 2023
Dr. Girija Kaimal will be presenting her research and discussing her book, The Expressive Instinct.
If you have any questions or concerns related to PAATA CEU events, please email [email protected].