Art Therapists for Equality Group

Hey Team, I continue to think about the challenges we are facing in our field and exploring what I would do from a community art therapy perspective. Two ideas keep ruminating in the background of my mind. I have no concept of what all it would take to make either happen, nor do I have a map (yet) of steps to bring them to reality. I share them with you here to gather initial thoughts and interest. 1.) A "post secret" style community art collection about our experiences as art therapists. Submissions would be kept fully confidential. It could be kept loose and general or have specific categories, possibly adding a hashtag option for self-selecting content tags. Before the days of social media like tumblr, this was the closest thing we had to community expression and witness. I am curious if this might cast light on the current struggles within our field without community members feeling exposed or fearing clapback or discrediting. Could we give these difficult as well as beautiful moments a space to live and breathe? Due to the sensitive content, I am unsure about the viewing restrictions and will need to think on this more. 2.) A series of coffee chats across the generations of art therapists. Exploring history, culture, social impact, governance, and field development. This might be a video podcast or one video of clips; I am unsure. It is still a very new idea, and I have reached out to other art therapists I know who have done documentary-type works on art therapy to get a concept for considerations and workload. Anyway, what are your thoughts? What other community-building interventions might we consider to help foster healing and connection in our field? In community - MaKael