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From the President
I am very honoured and excited to join IACAET as its President. I hope to share the experience I built over the years in raising the profile of the arts therapies, and to support colleagues who work in countries where these are still relatively undiscovered. Networks such as IACAET make us much stronger! I also feel particularly inspired by IACAET inclusive stance and its promotion of dialogue across countries and cultures.
Dr. Val Huet President, IACAET
IACAET Executive Board Meeting
- On Sep.14, IACAET held the first Board Meeting for this year, welcoming its new president and members. Executive members curated the meeting. Tony Zhou opened the meeting encouraging members’ collaboration and engagement. Michal Lev introduced the new president, Val Huet, who shared her vision and current work with chronic pain patients. Val emphasized the challenges of gaining recognition in the field and the importance of learning the language of research.
- Devika Mehta provided an update on the organizational structure, noting the need for a Membership Committee lead and encouraging recommendations for the Education Committee. She has also been contacting past members for handovers. Michal reiterated the goal of fostering a supportive and connected community.
- Committee representatives shared updates: Hiba Shalah (PR Committee) encouraged contributions to the newsletter and discussed expanding multilingual content in journal articles. Joanna To (Events Committee) emphasized the need for more webinars starting in October, with a focus on specific regions and time zones.
- Regional committees also reported: the Europe Committee shared a six-month interdisciplinary plan (Mimma Della Cagnoletta & Seda Guney), while the African (Paul Animbom), North American (Krystal Demaine), South American (Carmen Nogueira), and Aus/NZ (Carole Carter) committees updated on membership expansion, challenges, and ongoing projects. The meeting concluded with a bonding exercise led by Michal to strengthen group connections.
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IACAET Membership We are excited to welcome two well established and recognized organizational members joining IACAET
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2024 past events - 20/10 The Bodily Roots of Experience in Psychotherapy: Gestures and their Meanings in Treatment and in Everyday Life
- 25/9 Spirituality and Music Therapy: Working with Children & Adolescents with Mental Health Issues Through the Arts
- 16/8 Chinese Calligraphy & Expressive Arts Therapy: Integrating the East & West Perspectives
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- Krystal Demaine, PhD, REAT, MT-BC, RYT, CTRS
- Tamar Einstein, PhD, REAT
- Dr. Deborah Green & Amelia-Jayne Yiakmis
- Via an emergent form of research called coll-abr+a, we invite exploration and engagement with whole-body listening and what it means to make space for the yet-unthought.
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Call for proposals If you are interested in presenting at IACAET webinars, please follow the guideline and send your proposal. |
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CAET World Forum
Pre-Conference: Exploring the Use of the Arts in Times of Crisis, Conflict & War, January 2025 Post-Conference: International Symposium & Retreats, Italy, October 2025 |
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Editorial Rebecca Zarate, Vivien Marcow Speiser, Michal Lev, Liwen Ma, Jun Hu
Michal Lev
Lorenzo Antichi, Rebecca Zarate, Marco Giannini
Kathryn Grushka
I Made Jodog, Jem Bendell
Paul Nogong Animbom, Lynn Cockburn, Tele Djosseu Ghislain Landry, Tafor K Ateh, Louis Mbibeh
Devika Mehta Kadam
Persephone Sextou, Stelios Kiosses
Kit Ping Wong, Siu Yan Frances Leung, Lai Yin Galie Chow
Vivien Speiser, Phillip Speiser |
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CAET Discoverable in SCOPUS
CAET is officially indexed in Scopus with the articles published in 2021-2024 now discoverable on Scopus source list: Other articles in the previous years (2015-2020) will be added to Scopus source in the near future. Till now, CAET has published 300+ articles. |
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| CAET download stats available |
| Now it is possible to view the monthly download and total download of each CAET article on CAET website.
- Some well-downloaded and cited authors include Shaun McNiff, Stephen Levine, et. al. Click here to see an example.
- See also the citation of CAET articles via Google Scholar and Scopus.
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CAET Summer Edition 2025
We are pleased to announce a call for papers that emphasize projects in which the arts are central to inquiry and innovation. We welcome contributions that explore the intersections of Eastern and Western artistic traditions, promoting cross-cultural understanding, and collaboration. Submissions should showcase how artistic research contributes to the dialogue between different cultural contexts and how it can lead to new insights and perspectives. We invite scholars, practitioners, and researchers to share groundbreaking work highlighting the rich diversity of artistic practices and research from around the world, including Indigenous traditions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Indigenous artistic practices and their global impact
- The role of art in bridging global cultural divides
- Cross-disciplinary and Inter-disciplinary approaches to artistic research
- Innovative projects that blend traditional and contemporary artistic expressions
- Projects highlighting the scientific, empirical, nature of artistic inquiry
- Art-based research in diverse contexts
This edition of the journal intends to ignite contemplation and beckon the hearts of all, presenting diverse insights into the use of art in collaborative endeavors and global communities. We eagerly welcome submissions across a spectrum of artistic genres: visuals, performance, drama, music, poetry, dance and movement, and other intermodal expressive art forms. Check author guideline here. We look forward to your submission. |
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| Invitation to Join CAET Review Board |
| We invite you to join the review board of CAET which gives you excellent opportunities to view some exciting work in our field. |
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The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has launched ARTIS (Art Inspired Science), a groundbreaking program designed to foster curiosity, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration by interweaving science with art. Funded by the Weizmann-Mandel Foundation, The Braginsky Center, and The Feinberg Graduate School, ARTIS offers art-based education to scientists at various career stages. Participants engage in hands-on experientials with diverse art forms, guided by leading Israeli artists, to encourage creative thinking and personal reflection.
The 2024 pilot included ten sessions: an introduction, six master classes and jamming sessions with renowned artists such as music producer Yossi Fine, dancing choreographer Bosmat Nosan, and chef Shalom Simcha Elbert, followed by three reflective processing sessions. Through these classes, scientists gained insights into the creative process, learning to simplify complex ideas using new artistic tools.
Guided by the art-based researcher, Dr. Michal Lev, reflective sessions connected these artistic experiences to individual research, highlighting the powerful synergy between art and science.
IACAET recognizes ARTIS as a model for interdisciplinary collaboration, fostering creativity and resilience, especially in challenging times like recent events in Israel.
To watch a 5-minute video summarizing the ARTIS 2024 pilot, click here. |
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Symmetry is a dance-opera film shot inside CERN, the largest experimental particle physics facility in the world. With the cathedral-like majesty of the Large Hadron Collider as his theatre, a modern physicist searches for the smallest primordial particle and discovers love without end. Symmetry Unravelled is the accompanying documentary about the collision of art and science in the world’s largest machine at CERN. Complementing the dance-opera film, a common curiosity at the crux of man’s fascination with the unknown is revealed.
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Systemic Approaches of Creative Arts Therapies in Family Therapy Integration of East-West, Dance movement, Drama, Poetry, Play, Expressive arts therapy. 40 hours in total of integrated theoretical & experiential online CPD training! Time: Nov 2, 2024. |
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Dr. Annie Heiderscheit Learn how music can support health and wellbeing and how music is utilized in music therapy practice |
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Put your ads in the IACAET newsletter to reach 7000+ professionals around the world. |
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Zoe School for Dance Movement Therapy
To promote the exchange and further development of this important topic, Zoe School established the ZOE Lab (Learning Lab) and the Summer School (Moving Lab). Both formats are open not only to the community of dance and movement therapists, but also to other interested health professionals. Read More |
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RESEARCH COMMITTEE The IACAET Research Committee is about to resume its work under the co-chairing of Kath Grushka (Australia) and Stephen Clift (UZ).
The first meeting was held on Monday 13th March, when members met to become acquainted with each other and share their research interests. The main business on the agenda was to agree on Terms of Reference for the Committee, and agreeing on operational details.
Any member of IACAET with an interest in research in creative arts in education and therapy is very welcome to join us and contribute to discussion. We are very keen to think about future research-oriented webinars from IACAET, so all ideas are welcome!
Kath Grushka and Stephen Clift, Research Committee Co-chairs
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Membership is steadily growing thanks to the amazing events and outreach by the IACAET leadership. The membership committee continues to collaborate with other committees to help support current member needs and to grow the community at large. We welcome new committee members who are interested in building an inclusive and truly global membership.
EVENTS COMMITTEE We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our Event Committee! As a member of this committee, you will have the opportunity to help plan and execute a variety of engaging events and webinars for our organization.
The Event Committee is responsible for all aspects of event planning, from initial idea generation to coordinating with guest speakers and managing the logistics of the actual event. If you have a passion for event planning, strong organizational skills, and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team, we would love for you to get involved.
We look forward to working with you to deliver exceptional experiences for our members!
Joanna To |
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IACAET is growing and we are always looking for new members to join our committees. If you’d like to join us as a committee member, please reach out to us at info@iacaet.org, and we can begin a dialogue to find the right committee for you to join. |
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BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Are you looking to connect with other creative arts educators and therapists throughout the world?
IACAET membership helps you and your organization expand horizons and build international connections. IACAET promotes a genuine global dialogue about the role and practice of the creative arts in education and therapy across all regions-from East to West, North to South. As a member, you will gain access to the following resources and opportunities: continuing professional development; our library of global webinars and trainings; CAET-Creative Arts in Education and Therapy Journal; global networking; a supportive community dedicated to advancing visibility and accessibility across the creative arts spectrum.
There are three ways to join IACAET membership - Individual Membership
- Associate Organizational Membership
- Professional Organizational Membership
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Edited by IACAET PR Team Jaime Zhao, Tony Zhou, Lydia Liu |
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