[1] He was a recipient of 10th Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association and the Kansas Outstanding Educator award.
[2] He then chose to attend Wichita State University for his Master of Fine Arts, never planning to stay in Kansas once he completed it.
[2] Ault and Jones knew of people on the East Coast who practiced art analysis, but they saw themselves separate from this group.
Ault was eventually elected to the committee to write the American Art Therapy Association’s (AATA) constitution and bylaws.
The University of Kansas (KU) Lawrence approached Ault in 1970 to form an art therapy master’s program.
[2] The next day, Ault received a call from ESU, and in a month’s time they had set up a Master of Science in Psychology with a specialty in Art Therapy.
[3] This was a small school and private practice in art therapy that intended to put people at ease and suit his clients.
[2] Ault faced occasional health problems but continued to work at his studio full-time until he was hospitalized in October 2007 for respiratory difficulties.
[1] He was honored with many awards, including the Kansas Outstanding Educator and the tenth Honorary Life Member of AATA.
[2] Marilynn was hired by the Institute of Logopedics to run a field center in Topeka, while Ault faced the possibility of being drafted by the army.
[1] Ault decided to join the army reserve in order to avoid the draft and served six months of active duty.
[2] He had been married for two weeks before he had to report to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, but Marilynn brought him crayons and paper that he kept hidden so he could practice art in secret.