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Call for papers for 2022 is now open!

ITA’s 6th Annual Integrated
Creative Arts Therapy Conference

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. Our 6th annual conference in 2022 will be held virtually, on May 13-14, 2022. Registration will open in February 2022.

Explore how the creative arts therapies remain crucial as we navigate the next stages of the pandemic and how we can position our fields at the forefront of healthcare.

With the theme ‘Essential to Health & Influencing a Changing World,’ we will explore the Creative Arts Therapies in the 2020s. Each stage of the COVID-19 pandemic brings new challenges for people around the world. The uncertainty, rapid transitions, isolation, and fear contribute to a collective trauma and a call for creative arts therapists to respond. How do the creative arts therapies effectively address these emerging difficulties? How can we draw attention to the essential roles of creative arts therapists within the healthcare system? 

Be a presenter: Submit a proposal for a workshop, lecture, panel, performance, or discussion that empowers and equips creative arts therapists to address the evolving healthcare needs affecting our communities.  

Deadline for proposals: December 20, 2021.

Submit your proposal

 

Peter Himmelman, Brad Drozdowski, and fellow attendee singing during Peter Himmelman's presentation.   4 conference attendees sitting and supporting the arms of a 5th conference attendee.

 

 

 

 

 

Attendees during a dance movement therapy session connecting their fists and thumbs together to form a circle.     Attendees during a drama therapy session forming a still scene.

 

 

 

 

Sponsorships

ITA is grateful for our past conference sponsors. Browse our 2022 Sponsorship Brochure to learn how you can support our next conference. If you are interested in sponsoring our 2022 conference, please contact Akash Bhatia at abhatia@itachicago.org.