*Membership registration is open* – It normally renews in May each year.
To sign up or renew as a member, please either:
1) pay via PayPal using the button below and email: secretary@nigat.net (Please include your name, address, email, and phone number.).
Or
2) pay via online banking – and email: secretary@nigat.net (Please include your name, address, email and phone number.) We will send you the NIGAT bank details for payment.
Annual Membership Fees (2026) are:
– Full member: £35
– Student / Unemployed: £25
Who can join NIGAT?
Everyone is welcome and the atmosphere is warm and caring. The membership profile is broad and inclusive, welcoming all: anyone interested in art therapy and art for personal development, health, and self-care. This includes registered professionals, students, and those simply interested in learning more about the role of creativity and art to promote health and personal development.
NIGAT membership typically includes: art therapists / art psychotherapists; art therapy students; counsellors; psychotherapists; teachers; artists; art students; music therapists; dramatherapists; play therapists, social workers; nurses; allied health professionals, health and medical practitioners; youth workers, probation officers, care workers in voluntary and statutory agencies, volunteers; people from all walks of life – and all other interested people.
NIGAT is a warm, inclusive, and friendly environment. All are welcome.
Benefits of NIGAT Membership:
- Members receive reduced Day Meeting attendance fees, plus invitations to special Members Events.
- Members receive reduced Art Therapy Summer School attendance fees.
- Members (longer than one year) can apply for a bursary place at the NIGAT Art Therapy Summer School.
- Members can enhance their knowledge of art therapy and wider health related uses of art, and have the opportunity to develop their art making practice.
- Members have access to a specialist reference library of Art Therapy / Art Psychotherapy, psychotherapy and art books and journals – the NIGAT Reading Room.
- Members can access resources in the website’s Members’ Area. Members – please email the Secretary for the password.
- Members receive emails of relevant news & developments relating to art therapy and wider professions.
Why join NIGAT?
Annual Membership of NIGAT offers the chance to:
- Network with other like minded people and professionals.
- Create space and time to nurture your own art making, especially at the Day Meetings and Art Therapy Summer School. (Reduced rates for members.)
- Learn more about the profession of Art Therapy and possibilities of wider applications of art for personal well-being.
See Benefits of NIGAT Membership above.
The beauty of NIGAT is that with such a diverse and inclusive membership, it provides an excellent opportunity to network with a varied group who share the same interest: Art Therapy and using the creative art process to facilitate personal well-being.
Life Members
There are a small number of honorary Life Members of NIGAT; those who were founding members and other people who have made a significant contribution to NIGAT and art therapy in Northern Ireland.