EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR
ARTS THERAPIES EDUCATION
Roman Amphitheatre in Pula, Croatia
Host city of the 2026 ECArTE Conference
Our Next Conference
Our next conference will be held in Pula, Croatia, 9-12 September 2026.
The Theme of the Conference is Ithaca – Repetition and Return in the Arts Therapies
18TH EUROPEAN ARTS THERAPIES CONFERENCE
9-12 SEPTEMBER 2026
PULA, CROATIA
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2026 ECArTE conference in Pula, Croatia. The conference theme is inspired by the poem ‘Ithaca’ written in 1911 by the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy. It is a poem which explores the idea of journey, using Homer’s Odyssey as an allegory. It speaks to notions of home and cycles of experience. It reflects on a journey of encounter – with places, creatures and states of being. Cavafy energises a call to adventure, offering images for internal and external struggle and playing with the paradox of destination.
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The Call For Papers is open from Friday 6 June 2025.
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Go to the Call for Papers page
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Singing About the Dark Times – Creation and Resistance in the Arts Therapies
A film by Diana Musca of the 17th ECArTE conference in Gent Belgium, September 2024.
The home of Arts Therapies Education in Europe
ECArTE is a consortium of Universities, which was founded in 1991 and currently comprises 33 member institutions from 15 European countries. It is a non profit-making organisation. Its primary purpose is to represent and encourage the development of the Arts Therapies at a European level, in particular courses offering nationally-validated and professionally-recognised education for arts therapists.
The Arts Therapies include art therapy, dance movement therapy, dramatherapy, music therapy and play therapy.
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We are working towards establishing mutual recognition and compatibility in educational and vocational training for arts therapists within the European Community.
