Open Letter to the AATA BOD November 1, 2017 Dear AATA President Donna Betts, President-Elect Chris Strang, and BOD: As art therapy practitioners, educators, and students, we write this open letter to voice our opposition to the leadership of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), whose decision to align with Karen Pence’s art therapy initiative…

Requested: If you are interested, please let me know if you can prepare a 2-3 minute answer to one of the following questions: “What issues do you see for art therapists and the wider public due to the profession’s alignment with Karen Pence? “How do you understand the efforts by Karen Pence and members of AATA to frame…

Dear Cynthia Woodruff, Donna Betts, and Lisa Hines, I am writing to express my concern at the recent AATA statement allying ourselves with Karen Pence.   While her husband, as Governor of Indiana, was advocating for conversation therapy for LGBT people and putting women who had miscarriages in jail, and while Trump seeks to dismantle…