Moving Mountains: Rooted in creativity, rising through change
June 5-6, 2026 | Evanston, IL | In-Person & Virtual
Instilling wellness, belonging, and resilience can feel impossible in today’s divided healthcare climate. At Institute for Therapy through the Art’s annual Integrated Creative Arts Therapy Conference, learn how strengths-based, embodied, and creative approaches can shift the landscape of healthcare.
Conference Overview
Our annual conference affords professionals and students an opportunity to connect and learn about clinical work, research, training, and representation within art, dance/movement, drama, and music therapies.
Healthcare professionals strive to promote wellness, belonging, and resilience in a climate ridden with disconnection, divisiveness, and barriers to quality care. While this work can feel like moving mountains, creative arts therapies forge rivers and pathways to healing and community building.
Join ITA’s 10th annual ICAT Conference to discover how strengths-based, embodied, and creative approaches can shift the landscape of healthcare.
In this 10-year anniversary of our annual conference, we aim to uplift the work of creative arts therapies in healthcare, education, and community settings while building solidarity among professionals. At Moving Mountains, we will demonstrate how creative arts therapies can shift the landscape of healthcare through anti-carceral, culturally responsive, and liberatory frameworks.
Call for Papers
Be a presenter. Share your voice.
We invite proposals for workshops, lectures, panels, performances, or discussions that empower and equip creative arts therapists, healthcare professionals, educators, and students to address the evolving needs affecting our communities.
We encourage submissions that highlight:
- Anti-oppressive, liberatory, or culturally responsive frameworks.
- Sustainability and resilience in the face of burnout and systemic barriers.
- Advocacy strategies that uplift creative arts therapies in healthcare.
- Strengths-based, embodied, and creative approaches in clinical, community, and educational settings.
- Innovative models for access, funding and professional growth.
Submission Deadline: Monday, November 3, 2025
Sponsorship Opportunities – INFO COMING SOON!
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors!
