Canadian Journal of Art Therapy New Special Issue

This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Art Therapy/Revue canadienne d’art-thérapie, emerges from a spirit of collaboration between the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) and the Ontario Art Therapy Association (OATA) inspired by the 2024 CATA Conference in Thunder Bay/Anemki Wajiw. Together, we honour the diverse lived experiences, cultural backgrounds, and wisdom traditions that shape our field. This issue celebrates transformative change with welcome, warmth, and a commitment to community connections. We recognize that healing and transformation arise when we create spaces that are not only inclusive, but also actively anti-oppressive, and when we center Indigenous and marginalized voices.

CATA-ACAT members access to full text: https://www.canadianarttherapy.org/journal

Public access: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ucat21/current

Cover Artwork (pictured): Connecting Circles of Care by April Penny

Editorial: Art Therapy as a Circle of Care: Navigating Together, Honouring, and Celebrating Inclusive Change by Haley Toll, Susan Beniston & Megan Kanerahtenhá:wi Whyte

Enhancing Cognitive Functioning in Dementia Through Art Therapy: A Randomized Trial Based on the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) Framework by Heesu J. Jeon & Lisa D. Hinz

Parental Empathy Toward the Child: Art Therapy as a Vehicle for Changing the Internal Representations of the Parent – a Phenomenological Qualitative Approach by Gabrielle Laufe & Pierre Plante

Spiritual Therapeutic Interplay: A Framework in Art Therapy for Working With Caribbean Clients Kim Valldejuli & Lesli-Ann Belnavis Elliott

“Our Queer Kin” Mural: A Mosaic Archive of LGBTQIA+ Histories by Zachary D. Van Den Berg

Witnessing Aesthetic and Creative Theory in Action: A Reflection on Minneapolis Protest Art Following the Murder of George Floyd by Kristyn S. Stickley

Using Textile Art Practices as a Place of Knowing and Finding Ground: A Musing on the Role of Personal Artmaking and the Expressive Therapies Continuum by Oona McClure

Becoming: The Transformative Journey of Becoming an Art Therapist by Jodi Cooper

Book Review: The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence by Bani Malhotra