Please visit individual organization websites for detailed information about creative arts therapies conferences and calls for papers.

Upcoming Conferences

American Art Therapy Association (AATA)

FOR MORE INFO: visit www.arttherapy.org or email info@arttherapy.org

American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)

FOR MORE INFO: visit http://www.adta.org/resources/conference.cfm or call 410.997.4040

American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)

FOR MORE INFO: visit http://www.musictherapy.org/conference/confindex.html

American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP)

66th Annual Conference
"Blazing New Trails Into Creative Consciousness"
April 10 - April 14, 2008
San Antonio, TX, Sheraton Gunter Hotel
FOR MORE INFO: visit www.asgpp.org, email asgpp@ASGPP.org, or call 609.452.1339, line 2

National Association for Drama Therapy (NADT)

29th Annual Conference
"Fully [A] Live: Drama Therapy and the Present Moment"
November 6 - 9, 2008
San Francisco, CA, Crowne Plaza Hotel
http://nadt.org/08callforpapers.html

For other related workshops in the field of Drama Therapy visit:
http://www.nadt.org/conferenceinfo.html

FOR MORE INFO: visit http://www.nadt.org/06conference_centralregion.html, e-mail answers@nadt.org, or call 585.381.5618

National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT)

April 2-6, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
FOR MORE INFO: visit www.poetrytherapy.org, email sdietz@poetrytherapy.org, or call 515.282.8192

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2008 International Symposium: Re-imagining Special Education through Arts Education & Arts Therapy
26-29 July 2008, Melbourne, Australia
http://symposium.portphillip.vic.edu.au

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Calls for Papers

The Power of Words conference: Liberation through the Spoken, Written and Sung Word Sept. 12 – 15, 2008, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.

The conference, a project of the Transformative Language Arts MA degree, seeks workshop proposals. The international conference attracts writers, storytellers, performers, singers and musicians, educators, activists, healers, health professionals, community leaders and more to explore how the written, spoken and sung word can bring individuals and communities liberation, celebration and transformation. The 2008 conference features keynoters Walter Mosley, novelist and author of 29 books; Kelley Hunt, international-touring rhythm and blues singer-songwriter; Bread and Puppet Theatre, social change drama; Rick Jarow, author of Creating the Work You Love and founder of the anti-career movement; and Sherry Reiter, poetry therapy pioneer. We are especially interested in workshop proposals from people of color, people under 40, or workshop proposals that focus on social change, the spoken or sung word, and how to make a living through our language arts and in service to our communities. To learn more, and to submit a conference proposal, please visit http://www.goddard.edu/powerofwords. The deadline for proposals (to be emailed to us) is Jan. 15, 2008. For more information, please contact TLAconference@goddard.edu.

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