BAAT - The British Association of Art Therapists

BAAT - The British Association of Art Therapists We are the UK professional membership body for art therapists. Instagram: www.instagram.com/baat_org/
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🌍 Today is that start of the 4th Week (20–24 April) in England 🌍 Allied Health Professionals, of which art therapists ...
20/04/2026

🌍 Today is that start of the 4th Week (20–24 April) in England 🌍

Allied Health Professionals, of which art therapists are a part of, play a vital role in
💚 protecting people’s health
💚 the health of our planet
💚 and in helping the respond to a changing climate.

Across the week, you can join virtual sessions highlighting AHP-led initiatives and sharing ideas that can inspire action locally, regionally and nationally.

👉 Explore events and resources via the Greener AHP Hub
/www.england.nhs.uk/ahp/greener-ahp-hub/

🌱 In case you missed it! The spring issue of our digital magazine, InSight, is out now!Catch-up on the latest articles: ...
17/04/2026

🌱 In case you missed it! The spring issue of our digital magazine, InSight, is out now!

Catch-up on the latest articles:

- An interview with our ambassador Jason Wilsher-Mills

- Why nature-based art therapy matters now

- Community art therapy and racial justice

- Working as a Trust-wide lead for arts psychotherapies in the NHS

- Art therapy supervision: what works?

And more only for our members.

🔗 Find all articles and our previous issues on our website: https://baat.org/publications/insight/spring-2026/

Cover art by Martin D Hyde

Upcoming course | Clinical leadershipClinical leadership can be an exciting and rewarding responsibility and opportunity...
16/04/2026

Upcoming course | Clinical leadership

Clinical leadership can be an exciting and rewarding responsibility and opportunity. Explore the skills, approaches and resources required for therapists to take up and sustain themselves as clinical leaders.

🌟 You'll learn from our professional advisor, Rosie Creer, who, among many positions, worked as a Clinical Director at Respond.

📅 Friday 15 – Saturday 16 May 2026, 10am - 4pm
✨️Suitable for all qualified professionals
📍 Online

🔗 https://baat.org/event/clinical-leadership/

🌿 Why does nature-based art therapy matter now?In this interview, Dr Zoe Moula and Pamela Whitaker share insights from t...
15/04/2026

🌿 Why does nature-based art therapy matter now?

In this interview, Dr Zoe Moula and Pamela Whitaker share insights from the 2025 special issue, exploring eco-anxiety, sustainability, connection and creative responses to climate distress.

Read more 👇
https://baat.org/publications/insight/spring-2026/why-nature-based-art-therapy-matters-now-insights-from-the-2025-special-issue/



🖼️ Image credit: Hide and seek by Grace Lam Wah Heung (2025) - the cover of the special issue on nature-based art therapy

Professor Daisy Fancourt, author of Art Cure and leading researcher in arts and health, will be joining us at our annual...
14/04/2026

Professor Daisy Fancourt, author of Art Cure and leading researcher in arts and health, will be joining us at our annual conference 2026 ✨⁠
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Her keynote, ‘Why the arts are the forgotten fifth pillar of health’, will bring together powerful evidence on how arts engagement:⁠
🎨 builds resilience⁠
🤝 connects communities⁠
💬 supports recovery
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If you care about the future of compassionate, sustainable care, and how art therapy and the arts can support it, this is not one to miss.
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🎟️ Tickets available now: https://baat.org/event/annual-conference-2026-sustaining-care-in-person-ticket/
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💬 "I’m perceived as a ‘disabled artist’, or an ‘artist with a disability’, and you know, fair play, I am. But I’m also a...
13/04/2026

💬 "I’m perceived as a ‘disabled artist’, or an ‘artist with a disability’, and you know, fair play, I am. But I’m also an artist. I’m in mainstream galleries now. I want to compete with the others and have real equality there."

In November 2025, we announced acclaimed artist Jason Wilsher-Mills as our first ambassador.

➡️ We caught up with Jason to talk about his work, what motivates him and why he said yes to becoming our ambassador.

🔗 https://baat.org/publications/insight/spring-2026/an-interview-with-our-ambassador-jason-wilsher-mills/

🌟 Upcoming course! Introduction to the profession of art therapyAre you looking for a new career that involves helping o...
10/04/2026

🌟 Upcoming course! Introduction to the profession of art therapy

Are you looking for a new career that involves helping others, creativity, and personal growth?

Whether you are starting to shape your professional path or want to change an established career, this introduction day will give you a chance to find out if the profession of art therapy may be for you.

📆 Saturday 9 May 2026, 10am - 4pm
📍 Online

🔗 Find out more: https://baat.org/event/introduction-to-the-profession-of-art-therapy-8/

Practice paper | 'Exploring the potentials and pitfalls of digital art therapy with adolescents'This paper examines how...
09/04/2026

Practice paper | 'Exploring the potentials and pitfalls of digital art therapy with adolescents'

This paper examines how digital art tools can support adolescents’ engagement and emotional expression in art therapy.

🔗 Read online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17454832.2025.2597198

If you're one of our members, you can access all of our journal's articles for free via your memberzone.

Have you checked out the programme for our annual conference yet? ⁠With presentations from inspiring speakers, including...
08/04/2026

Have you checked out the programme for our annual conference yet?
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With presentations from inspiring speakers, including:
✨ world-leading expert and award-winning scientist Daisy Fancourt
✨ art therapist Megan Tjasink on their landmark research
✨ experienced community art therapist Thahmina Begum
✨ alongside real-life experiences from people who have taken part in art therapy.⁠

Expect a rich day of talks, workshops and discussion⁠!
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🎟️ In-person tickets are limited
💸 BAAT members can get 10% off with early-bird tickets⁠
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🔗Find out more: https://baat.org/event/annual-conference-2026-sustaining-care-in-person-ticket/⁠

"Cutting down on supervision and art-based processes may be a response to pressure to ‘do more with less’, but it may co...
07/04/2026

"Cutting down on supervision and art-based processes may be a response to pressure to ‘do more with less’, but it may contribute to doing less and doing it less well for our service users, our organisations and ourselves."

🔥 In our latest hot topics article, Dr Val Huet shares what makes good art therapy supervision and why it's so important for practitioners.

🔗 Read the full article at: baat.org/publications/insight/spring-2026/art-therapy-supervision-what-works/

🖼️ submission from Jandy Paramanathan from Australia ⁠Draw Me Into | Mixed papers: black, white, tracing paper and rew...
02/04/2026

🖼️ submission from Jandy Paramanathan from Australia
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Draw Me Into | Mixed papers: black, white, tracing paper and reworked samples of gel prints, monoprints and drypoints, graphite | 2026⁠
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"This collage evolved through a collaboration of artists, facilitators and members of the veteran community and expresses feelings of belonging and a sense of 'home'."
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🔗 Thank you for sharing your artwork with us! If you would like to submit an artwork, find out more on our website (link in bio) ⁠
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