Alabama Art Education Association

Hello Alabama Art Educators,

We have signed up for an Artisan table at the NYC National Conference.

What does that mean? Thursday evening at the Conference they will have a Gallery area of handcrafted items for sale created by art educators.

ALABAMA has a table. We are hoping to raise money for AAEA.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Give us an item or two to sell. You get 50% of the Sale and 50% goes to AAEA.

If you are interested you can give or send your Item to SHARON CHRISTMAN or LAUREN FOWLER.

Items need to be labeled with a price and if you want your calling card included attach both to the item.

We also need information to keep up with items. Give us an inventory list of your items with price and your name and contact information.

Sales will be cash only so keep this in mind. Items should be in the $10-$40 range.

Keep in mind that items will be transported in a suitcase by one of us so they need to be small, nonbreakable, and easy to transport on an airplane. They will have to fit among our travel items..lol.

After the Conf. Sharon Christman will mail you your check.

If you are attending the Conference you can bring your item(s) to the Gallery on Thursday between 6:00-7:00 pm. Sale starts at 7:00 and ends at 9:00.

This will be the first time we have tried something like this. Hopefully it will be a success and we can continue in future years.

If you have questions.

You can e-mail Sharon.

saccr8rt@att.net 

Create in any media inside a downloadable interlinking hexagon template[s]! 

Deadline: June 30, 2012 

Exhibit: Opens Friday, September 7, 2011 in Scranton, PA at The Vintage Theatre And virtually on-line Student Recognition Event on Sunday, September 16. 

WHO? Jr. High, Middle School and High School Students, ages 10 – 18. 

Download the hexagonal template, download PowerPoints, examples of student work, handouts for motivation and readings from the Interdependence Handbook - all available on-line on the Interdependence Website: http://www.interdependencedaynepa.org.

Click on Hexagon Project for all materials, guidelines, etc. THEMES: interdependence, social justice, women's and children's rights, ecology and environment, poverty, civil society and democracy. [also see March 2009 School Arts Magazine article on pp.38-39 and August 2011 Issue “Hexagons from the Heart” and – see you at NAEA in NYC in March!] 

NEW for 2012! FOCUS on COLLABORATION!!! We are adding a category challenge for 2012: Collaboration. [It is optional and individually created hexagons are always welcome.] In keeping with the concept of Interdependence – understanding and practicing skills that lead to solutions, statements, understanding and outcomes that are greater than any one individual can produce – …we challenge students and teachers to think of ways they might approach the project with an element of collaboration, teamwork, group interaction and/or problem-solving. Recognition is given to students who demonstrate outstanding responses to the themes of Interdependence in a variety of media.

Questions?

Please feel free to contact, Beth Burkhauser, Hexagon Project Chair, at bburkhauser@msn.com 

Waste Pro To Host Juried Art Show, “Blue Sky, Green Earth” at Birmingham Recycling Facility
Birmingham, AL – December 30, 2011 Waste Pro invites artists to participate in Alabama’s first art competition focused solely on functional furniture made from recyclable materials: “Blue Sky, Green Earth”. Interested participants are encouraged to attend a specifications meeting on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 1pm, at the Waste Pro facility at 300 Fleming Road, Birmingham, AL 35217. Entries will be received on February 8, 2012, from 8am to 4pm, with judging taking place on February 9. A display of all entries will be open to the public at a gala to celebrate the artists and their work on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 7pm, at Waste Pro’s Birmingham Recycling Facility.
Waste Pro’s goal with “Blue Sky, Green Earth” is two-fold: to bring attention to domestic recycling and the versatility of the materials involved, and to encourage the growth of a new medium of art and revenue for Southern artists.
Winning pieces will be purchased by Waste Pro. Prizes awarded will be $1,000 1st place, four innovation awards of $500 and nine honor awards of $250 depending on the number of entries received.
“Waste Pro’s motto is Caring for Our Communities and with this event, we hope to open a new avenue for Southern artists and to educate the public as to just how beneficial recycling can be to our region”, said George Nicholson, Division Manager. “The interest in recycling continues to grow in Alabama and we hope that this show will take this interest to a much higher level. We really don’t want “Blue Sky, Green Earth” to be a one-time event. Our goal is that response will be so great that this event becomes an annual tradition that brings together the community, the art world and the recycling industry.”
The gala festivities will take place on February 10, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and will allow the public an opportunity to view the works of art, meet the artists, tour the facility and enjoy food and beverages. The event will be held at Waste Pro’s Birmingham facility located at 300 Fleming Road, 35217.
Waste Pro is one of this country’s fastest growing privately owned waste collection, recycling, processing, and disposal companies, operating in seven southeastern states. Serving more than 1.8 million customers from 91 operating locations, Waste Pro USA is headquartered in Longwood, Florida and maintains more than 112 exclusive municipal contracts and franchises.

V Adams
Division Marketing/PR Coordinator
300 Fleming Road
Birmingham, Al 35217
cell: 205.757.1532
fx: 205.949.2764
www.wasteprousa.com

I have a battery charger for a ‘Sony” battery. Perhaps a camera battery? It was left at conference.

P Reaves

Would you like the Hooked on Art Van to travel to your school? Contact Becky Guinn on this blog or email bwguinn@mindspring.com. As a retired art educator and professional artist, Becky donates her time and talents by teaching art classes in schools all over Alabama and the southeast. Her personal van is a traveling art classroom, complete with art supplies, tables, and lesson plans and she is ready to travel to your school. She created this foundation out of the kindness of her heart in the hopes all children can have art. Becky goes above and beyond the call of duty to inspire and assist in keeping the arts strong for Alabama. I highly believe in and endorse this program for the positive effect it has on art education in our state.

Susan C. Davis, President AAEA

http://beckyguinn.org/blog/

Alabama the Beautiful

We are drawing the state of Alabama on a large canvas. Each volunteer will have students paint an area of the state to include some highlight of the area. When it completes its journey we will display it at NAEA.

1-Jerry Foster-Florence

2-Beth Walldorf-Decatur

3-Val Jone-Guntersville

4-April Watson-Oxford

5-Susie Davis-Birmingham

6-Beelee Tullos-Montgomery

7-Nancy Morgan-?

We need teachers to pick up on this and let's see how much of the state we can cover.

Artistically Yours,

Jerry

This project was discussed at conference as a way for Us to promote both Alabama and our student artists. Contact Jerry for more info.

Here is a link to the Flag Design Template...

YAM Template

We are still searching for a YAM Chair to volunteer. In the meantime, Mary Jane Coker is coming to the rescue to ensure that Alabama is represented in the National Youth Art Month with a flag. Here is the entry information. Deadline for entries is January 13, 2012. Please send your entries to Mary Jane. Please forward this email to any art educators you know.

2012 YOUTH ART MONTH ART CONTEST

As conducted by

ALABAMA ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (AAEA)

With the Prize structure offered by Sargent Art®

Dear Alabama Art Teacher,

Welcome and Congratulations!

You have taken the first step towards making yourself eligible to win a trip to visit New York Art Museums along with one of your creatively talented students and one parent of the student

All AAEA current members, Kindergarten through Grade 12, are eligible to submit their student artwork for this contest. Send your school’s winning flag design to Mary Jane Coker via email or snail mail by January 13, 2012. If sending via email attach a scanned image at 300dpi.

mcoker@homewood.k12.al.us

Shades Cahaba Elementary

3001 Independence Drive

Homewood, AL 35209

Deadline for entries is Friday, January 13, 2012.

All aspects of the AAEA 2012 YAM Art Contest to be determined by AAEA with the exception of the prize structure offered by Sargent Art®

Please visit the AAEA website – www.aaeaonline.org - for details regarding categories, theme, eligibility, deadline, judging and all other guidelines.

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Prize structure from Sargent Art

One Top Prize: A trip to visit New York Art Museums for one overall winner along with the Art Teacher and one parent of the winning student

One Prize in each Category – Elementary, Middle and High: Winner’s Certificate for the winner as well as Sargent Art supplies for the winner and the Art Teacher

Details of the 2012 Top Prize – The trip to visit New York Art Museums would include the following -

Airline ticket from a USA airport nearest to the school to a New York area airport and back for the winning student, one parent and Art teacher booked and paid by Sargent Art

Hotel in the New York area for the winner and one parent in one room; and for Art teacher in a separate room – both rooms paid by Sargent Art

Transportation from New York area airport to the hotel and back to the airport arranged by Sargent Art

All meals arranged and paid by Sargent Art

Transportation and entries to the pre-decided Art Museums in New York arranged and paid by Sargent Art

Possibility of including a sightseeing trip to see a famous monument like the Statue of Liberty at the discretion of Sargent Art

Click here to see an Overview of the past trips or visit the Sargent Art Facebook page for photos from the 2011 NYC Trip

Sargent Art Terms and Conditions related to the Prize Structure offered by Sargent Art

for 2012 AAEA YAM Art Contest:

All aspects of eligibility of Artwork is final and binding by AAEA guidelines

Prize structure offered by Sargent Art (details, value and actual items) to be decided only by Sargent Art – All decisions final

All persons traveling to visit New York Art Museums (student, parent and teacher) are required to sign a Waiver of Liability to be eligible to receive this prize; not signing the Waiver of Liability will result in forfeiture of the prize and the New York Art Museums trip

All prizes are non-transferable, non-changeable, and non-negotiable. No substitutions will be made.

Any conflict with the dates of the New York Art Museums trip will result in the forfeiture of the prize and the New York Art Museums trip

All decisions regarding details of the New York Art Museums trip, the Grand Prize, (including but not limited to dates, timings, airline, hotel, eating/dining places, and transportation) to be decided by Sargent Art – No individual requests will be entertained

Any disabilities, medical conditions, special requirements to be communicated to Sargent Art within one week of announcement of the Prizes; delay in communicating the aforementioned will result in forfeiture of the prize and the New York Art Museums trip

The Grand Prize winning student will travel with the parent – in the event of either one (winning student or parent) requiring or being unable to travel to New York, both the student and parent will forfeit the prize and the New York Art Museums trip irrespective of the age of the student

No additional person would be permitted to travel with the Grand Prize winner, parent of the winner or the teacher of the Grand Prize winner - No individual requests will be entertained

Sargent Art reserves the indisputable right to change the terms and conditions of the prize structure offered for the 2012 AAEA YAM Art Contest at any time with mutual agreement with the signees of AAEA. ___________________________________________________________________________________

www.sargentart.com – (800) 424 – 3596 – artcontest@sargentart.com ___________________________________________________________________________________

Here is the list of Current Acting Officers beginning January 2012 – January 2014 for when I pass the torch to Larry. I just wanted to email it to you so we can be ready to hit the ground running at our January meeting.

These people have already been voted in at the election for elects 2 years ago and will begin their active terms starting January 2012 and ending January 2014.

Past President/Awards Chair –Susan Davis

President--Larry Gibson

Secretary—Tammie Clark

Treasurer—Connie Deal

Supervision/Administration Chairperson—Stacia Jacks

Higher Education Division Chairperson—Paige Baggett

Secondary Division Chairperson—Rick Moncrief

Middle School Division Chairperson—Pat Reaves

Elementary Division Chairperson—Linda Miller

Museum Divison Chairperson—Kim Wood

Retired Division Chairperson—Sharon Christman

Here is the list of officers that AAEA members elected at Fall Conference General Membership Session Nov 2011. The elects will attend board meetings for 2 years serving as officers Elect, then become current active starting January 2014 and serve until January 2016. The Board meets 4 times a year: January, March, July, and at Fall Conference. I’ll send you the list of board job descriptions hopefully by the end of this week just in case you don’t already have them.

President Elect—Kelly Berwager

President Elect Elect – Connie Deal

Secretary Elect—Bee Lee Tullos

Treasurer Elect –Betsy Logan

Supervision/ Administration--Stacia Jacks

Supervision / Administration Elect—vacant

Higher Education Division Elect – Larry Percy

Secondary Division Chair Elect – Jerry Foster

Middle Chair Division Elect – Amanda Townsend

Elementary Division Chair Elect – Lauren Fowler

Museum Division Chair Elect – Samantha Kelly

Retired Division Chair – Sharon Christman

Retired Division Chair Elect – Teresa Gillum

Appointed Postions:

Parliamentarian—Betsy Logan

Newsletter—Beth Walldorf

Membership—Becky Guinn

Social Media &Technology—Olsen Ross

YAM—Ramona Hall and Val Jones

Scholarship/Competition—Mary Jane Coker

NAHS—Amanda Mercer

Conference Co-Chairs—Larry Gibson and Susan Davis

Conference Co-Chairs 2013 ?

District Representatives:

Baldwin/Mobile areas—Karin Marrero

Montgomery and surrounding area—Bee Lee Tullos

Birmingham/Central—Casey Williamson and

Lindsay Mouyal

Tuscaloosa/West—Sheila Kopaska-Merkel

Decatur/North—Paige Stephens

Auburn/Lee County areas—Alicia Hames

Historian—

I would greatly appreciate if you would forward this request for participation in the jerUSAlem-usa blogart project to art teachers in Lawrence County, Alabama, where there is a place named Jerusalem. They are invited to have their students participate in the jerUSAlem-usa blogart project. In addition to Alabama, there are Jerusalems in Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont. JerUSAlem-usa is an art project that links young people from the more than twenty American Jerusalems with those in the original Jerusalem in Israel for which they are named.

For example, see the "Jerusalem, Ohio" posting of Joy Yontz's 5th graders at www.jerUSAlem-usa.com. Her students are photographing and writing about what they would most like others to learn about their lives. These images and texts will be shared with students in schools in Jerusalem, Israel, who will in turn share their photos and words with students in America's Jerusalems. High school and college students are also participating.

I have been an NAEA member for the many years that I worked in the States since earning my doctorate in art education at NYU. I was professor of art and education at Columbia University, head of the art department at Pratt Institute, dean at New World School of the Arts in Miami, and research fellow at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. My papers have been published in four NAEA books (Inter/sections/Inter/actions: Art Education in a Digital Visual Culture, Interdisciplinary Art Education: Building Bridges to Connect Disciplines and Cultures, Semiotics of Visual Culture: Sights, Signs, and Significance, Community Connections: Intergenerational Links in Art Education) and in the NAEA journals Art Education and Studies in Art Education. I am author of The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age (2011) and Educating Artists for the Future (2008), both published by Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press. I am currently working in Jerusalem, Israel.

In appreciation,

Mel

Dr. Mel Alexenberg, Head of the School of the Arts, Emunah College, Jerusalem, Israel

Fall Conference starts today in Florence, AL. Those of you attending I know you will have fun, learn a lot , and spread the JOY!

P. Reaves should be knighted for all her hard work so if you see her there ...Tell her thank you for making everything possible. When you do a job like that you don't get much thanks...so surprise her!

I hope you all take lots of good photos and post them in our photo gallery!

Let the people around the world know we know how to learn and play.