News & Announcements
The Buckeye Art Therapy Association
Affiliate Chapter of the American Art Therapy Association
ART THERAPY: CHANGING LIVES, ONE IMAGE AT A TIME

Art Therapy: Changing Lives One Image at a Time by Cathy Malchiodi recognizing the work of Ohio art therapists.  You can view the film here
DVD is available to order for $11.95 (includes shipping) to benefit BATA's Legislative Fund. Download the order film here or pay with credit card
© 2007-10 The Buckeye Art Therapy Association
Ohio Art Therapy in the News


Local massage business adds therapists, services
Dayton, OH, August 2010

First Graders Celebrate
Mental Health Day
Hudson, OH, May 2010

Cleveland Arts Prize
Announces 2010 Winners:
Mickie McGraw
Cleveland, OH

Former thrill-seeker with MS offers watercolors for exhibit, auction
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland NPR Podcast WCPN 90.3
March 2010

Sydney Schardt interviewing
Don Jones
The Artist Interview, Columbus, OH
March 2010

Jambo Tanzania! Women Artists in Northwest Ohio and Tanzania
Women in the Arts, January 2010

Chagrin Valley Arts Center
exhibit shows works from therapists and their patients
Chagrin Solon Sun, January 2010

Beech Brook therapist helps calm a child using art therapy
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
December 2009

Art therapy practitioners seek Ohio recognition
Associated Press, Dayton Daily News
July 2009

Making students feel like artists Boys' Village School features newcomers at art auction during celebration
Wooster Daily Record, Wooster, OH
July 2009

Art provides relief for cancer patients
Sandusky Register, OH
June 2009

Creative visitors will lend hand to boost others
Columbus Dispatch, Columbus OH
June 2009

Art by people recovering from mental illness on display at Great Lakes Mall
The News-Herald, Cleveland, OH
May 2009

Exhibit Shows Artists' PLAN for Dealing with Mental Illness
Solon Sun News, Cleveland, OH
January 2009

Unison Behavioral Health Group Introduces Recovery Posters
La Presnsa, Toledo, OH
December 2008

What Makes a House a Home
Community Shares E-news, Cleveland
December 2008

2008 BATA Altered Books Film
November 2008

Violent Toys Converted Into Peace Sculptures
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland OH
November 2008

BATA's Altered Books
Drawing From Within, PATA Blog
October 2008

Patients Express Feelings through Art
Sandusky Register, Sandusky, OH
September 2008

Art at the Heart of Therapy
Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH
July 2008

What's in a Name? For Art Therapists, Maintaining the Integrity of Profession
Daily Reporter, Columbus, OH
June 2008

Rejuvenation and Healing
Balanced Living Magazine, OH
April 2008

Mahan Gallery - Art on the Path
Short North Gazette, Columbus, OH
March 2008

2007 BATA Altered Book Photos

Late Blooming
Creativity Enhances Life (PDF)
JStyle Magazine, Cleveland, OH
May 2007

Students Learn to
Better Channel Anger with Art
Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH

Art Helps Kids Communicate
Norwalk Reflector, Norwalk, OH
BATA Service Project and Fundraiser for Haiti Relief
Cleveland's Art Therapy Studio was highlighted in a 10 minute segment on WVIZ's Applause program in January.  Applause is an Emmy award-winning locally produced TV show that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. The Art Therapy Studio is the oldest expressive arts therapy program of its kind in the country.  Kudos BATA HLM Martha Stitt and to the Art Therapy Studio!
Cleveland's Art Therapy Studio featured on WVIZ's Applause
Healing Arts for Haiti, a sale of BATA member donated art benefiting Haiti earthquake relief efforts, closed on August 15, 2010 and raised $315.00. Proceeds will be donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.  Thank you to members who donated art and buyers who purchased and made a contribution!

BATA Featured in New Art Therapy History Book

The Modern History of Art Therapy in the United States by Maxine Borowsky Junge features a subsection on Ohio Art Therapy and The Buckeye Art Therapy Association in Chapter 6 (Art Therapy in the Midwest) during early days of art therapy developing throughout the US.

Includes history about BATA HLMs
Pedro Corrons, BATA and AATA Founder Don Jones, as well as Bernard Stone.
Book will be available in September from  Charles C. Thomas