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Envisage

The Canadian Art Therapy Association Online Magazine: Showcasing the visions, insights, and innovative work of art therapists in Canada and beyond.

Envisage is published online 3 times a year, usually in February, June and October, circulated by email to our 600+ membership and is open access to international readership. It is a publication that is committed to anti-oppressive and anti-racist frameworks in its editorial practices. Coordinated by a team of dedicated volunteers, with rich and engaging contributions from the Canadian and international art therapy community, it is a vibrant platform for art therapists to be recognized for their work, to learn from each others’ diverse practices, and to promote art therapy in other professional fields and communities. Please see below for current and past issues, and submission guidelines.

Current Issue

 
Magazine Issues
Envisage Vol 6 / Issue 2
 

Submission Guidelines

Call for Content: Fall 2023 (October)

Submission due date: September 20, 2023

Please review the submission guideline to prepare your contribution and fill out the submission form (button at the end of this page). The editor will follow up by email after the submission is received. Please note that we are unable to review materials that do not follow the guideline and submission instructions below, and the editor will contact the author to resend the material.

We welcome contributions in (but not limited to) the following formats:

  • Articles on art therapy programs or projects

  • Reflections on art therapy theories, approaches, practice experience, therapists’ own art-making process

  • Book reviews

  • Artwork, poetry, videos (performance, animation, music, short film)

  • CATA committee updates and news

Please follow the instructions below when sending submissions:

For articles / written work:

  • Maximum 1500 words

  • Submissions in French are welcome

  • Please send articles in Word format only

    • We are unable to accept text files in PDF format

    • Please do not use text boxes in the Word document

  • If there are accompanying images, please:

    • Send images in JPEG format only, in separate files, and don’t embed the images in the text file

    • Label each image with the title of the artwork

    • Create a Word document with the list of image titles, alt texts, captions (if applicable), and other specifics such as medium, size and date (if applicable)

    • Check out resources on how to write alt texts, such as this one

    • If there are specific places where you’d like the images to appear please indicate within the body of the article

For artwork and videos:

  • Please send images in JPEG format only, at least 1200 px in width (horizontal) or height (vertical)

  • Please include a short statement with the artwork

  • Please label each image with the title of the artwork

  • Artwork submissions must include a Word document with the list of image titles, alt texts, captions (if applicable), and other specifics such as medium, size and date (if applicable)

  • We can share videos that have already been uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo. Please provide the URL to the video that you’d like to share in the submission form

For all submissions:

  • Please send a photo of the author/artist, along with any post-nominal letter you’d like to use, and the city/town/province/country where you’re based.

  • If including artwork or quotes from art therapy participants or other personal communications, please confirm that permission has been received to share their images and words for publication.

  • If including references, please provide in-text citation and reference list in APA format.

 

Submission deadlines are generally January 10, May 10, and September 10 for February, June and October publications. Please note that contents are subject to editing.

Please feel free to send us your submissions anytime, or if you have an idea for contribution but have some questions, please don’t hesitate to email us, we would be happy to collaborate. We can be reached at magazine@canadianarttherapy.org.

Envisage is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC-ND). For details please see: https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/