Mission

Mission to Educate, Advance & Unite

Education: Educate the community on what art therapy is and its benefits through presentations, distributing brochures and sponsoring community events. For art therapists this means access to information on professional development and educational opportunities.

Advance and Inform: As members, you will receive information via our Google Group emails with updates on meetings, art making gatherings, art oriented workshops, peer supervision, job listings and more. We will work to advance our field through building and maintaining a cohesive, collaborating and sharing community of art therapists and friends.

Unite Through Community: We will create events for members to networking, gain peer support, create art in community and socializing with other art therapists and future art therapists.

The American Art Therapy Association

The Art Therapy Association of Colorado, ATACO, is an affiliate chapter of the
American Art Therapy Association (AATA). AATA is an organization of
professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in art
making is healing and life enhancing. Its mission is to serve its members and
the general public by providing standards of professional competence, and
developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy.

Following the direction of AATA, the Art Therapy Association of
Colorado promotes therapeutic use of art by:

Encouraging the highest quality of art therapy services to the public.

Facilitating communication among members and colleagues.

Supporting legislative efforts at the state and federal levels.

Disseminating information to the general public, art therapists, and related
mental health professionals.

Recognizing excellence in clinical, professional, educational, and research
activities.

American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
5999 Stevenson Ave. - Alexandria, VA 22304
Phone: 1-888-290-0878
703-548-5860
www.arttherapy.org
E-mail:info@arttherapy.org.