
Celebrate Creative Arts Therapies Week
Creative Arts Therapy Week 2026
March 15-21, 2026
During the third full week in March each year, creative arts therapists sponsor special workshops, exhibitions, career days and other events to share their work with the public and other professionals.
Here are ways you can participate:
- Learn: Follow NCCATA on Facebook
- Educate: Share information about the creative arts therapies with your own network: research, news stories, case examples (with client permission) or your own experience working as a creative arts therapist
- Advocate: Write to your legislators or schedule a meeting to discuss your profession, and make them aware of the creative arts therapies
- Connect: Contact NCCATA’s Communications Coordinator and describe how you plan to celebrate. Send us a link to your website, blog posts, and social media posts with photos, and NCCATA will share on its Facebook page and on this webpage.
Member Association Annual Conferences
Each member association hosts an annual conference which showcases cutting edge research in their profession and provides avenues for professional development.
American Art Therapy Association
In person:
October 8 – 11, 2025
Portland, Oregon
Online:
October 25 – 26, 2025
American Dance Therapy Association
November 6-9, 2025
Raleigh, North Carolina
American Music Therapy Association
September 14-17, 2025
Online
North American Drama Therapy Association
October 16th – 19th, 2025
New Orleans, Louisiana
National Association for Poetry Therapy
Wednesday, April 2 – Sunday, April 6, 2025
Portland, Oregon