Student Membership

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Students are encouraged to join and become involved with the American Art Therapy Association (AATA). AATA offers educational resources, networking opportunities, and scholarships to help its student members throughout their training. AATA believes that students are integral to the future of the art therapy profession and wants to provide the support and connection students need as they work toward becoming professional art therapists.

Join the AATA community and become part of the generations of art therapists who helped define and establish the field of art therapy in the United States. Help contribute to development of the field of art therapy and begin by becoming an AATA member today!

AATA Student Membership includes the following benefits:

• Reduced annual membership dues
• Yearly subscription to Art Therapy: The Journal of the American Art Therapy Association
• Yearly subscription to the American Art Therapy Association Newsletter, a hard copy, quarterly newsletter about the business and committee work of AATA
• Staying connected to current art therapy news, special AATA announcements, and alerts through the AATA E-Newsletter, e-mailed exclusively to AATA members.
• Access to job listings and internship opportunities available across the US via the AATA website's Members Only section
• Discounted AATA Conference and Symposium registration fees
• Opportunity to apply for AATA sponsored student scholarships to help with the financial needs associated with graduate school, purchasing books, and attending AATA's annual conference.
• Being involved with a professional art therapy community of professional art therapists and other art therapy students across the US and the world