Join us for an international online webinar bringing together leading professional organizations to discuss training, standards, and the future of the Arts in Education, Therapy, Community and Health. This second session in the Global Dialogue Series features representatives from the USA, Australia, Turkey, and South Africa, presenting their diverse training models and engaging in live dialogue about the evolving practice and integration of the arts across clinical, educational, and community settings.

Format: 90 minutes | Online (Zoom) | Global

Date & Time

Saturday, June 27, 2026

• 11:00 AM – Pacific Time (Los Angeles / Vancouver)
• 02:00 PM – Eastern Time (New York)
• 07:00 PM – London
• 08:00 PM – Central Europe
• 09:00 PM – Istanbul
• 02:00 AM (June 28) – Beijing
• 04:00 AM (June 28) – Sydney
• 06:00 AM (June 28) – New Zealand

To easily convert the time to your local time zone, please use this World Time Buddy tool.

Webinar Description

As the global applications of the Arts in Education, Therapy, Community and Health continue to expand across healthcare, education, and community systems, professional organizations play a critical role in shaping the field. They contribute to the development of training standards, the establishment of ethical frameworks, the advancement of research and knowledge dissemination, and the promotion of professional recognition, while fostering international collaboration.

This Global Dialogue session brings together leading professional organizational members of IACAET from the USA, Australia, Turkey, and South Africa to present their training models, institutional missions, and contributions to the evolving landscape of Arts & Health.

Together, the speakers will share diverse international perspectives on training, professional standards, and the integration of the arts across therapy, education, community, and health contexts.

This dialogue aligns with IACAET’s commitment to fostering international exchange, East-West integration, and cross-sector collaboration.

Invited Organizations

• FOAT Institute (USA)
• The MIECAT Institute (Australia)
• Communitas of Art Therapy (Turkey)
• sp(i)eel arts therapies collective (South Africa)

Speakers

• Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., LMFT, ATR-BC, REAT — FOAT Institute (USA)
• Amanda Woodford, Deborah Green & Karen Szydlik — The MIECAT Institute (Australia / New Zealand)
• Dilara Karşıdağ Altıkardeş & Şeyma Çavuşoğlu — Communitas of Art Therapy (Turkey)
• Uné Conradie — sp(i)eel arts therapies collective (South Africa)

Curated by Prof. Vivien Marcow Speiser and Dr. Tony Yu Zhou on behalf of the IACAET Arts & Health committee.