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 

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________

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.

OK I have registered, I have my hotel, I have my buddies,what the heck am I going to take and when will I be taking them?

This is the job of the Workshop Schedule. Where will I find such a beastie? On the Conference Pages under ... yes you guessed it Workshop Schedule...Friday and Saturday. These are downloadable files...so you...you need to down load them. If all of this sounds odd to you be aware I am writing this blog at 2;30 am. But before you feel to badly for me remember I don't have to get up and get to school at 8 am like you guys do. LOL:P

If you are technologically challenged CLICK HERE

Now as promised there are links all over this site for the Registation Forms. I have only this information and nothing more. When anything else comes my way I will send it along to you all.

Fall Conference Registration Forms

While you are here register as a member of this website so you too can get the latest information.:)

In honorof art educator, Louise B. Marsh, an annual scholarship has been establishedand made available, through the Alabama Art Education Association, to firstyear art educators and pre-service art education undergraduate students.Applicants must demonstrate an interest in art education.  

Thescholarship funds give students the opportunity to attend the Alabama ArtEducation Fall Conference, “Got Art,” which will be held November 3 – 5, 2011at the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa in Montgomery, Ala.  This conference will include workshops,museum programs, keynote speakers, etc. The funds can beused for registration fees and room / board. 

 Pleasefill out the attached / enclosed application and return by Friday, September 9,2011 to:

 Sara HandCuster

CulturalArts Director

City ofAuburn Parks and Recreation Department 

307 SouthDean Road

Auburn,Ala 36830

 For moreinformation or further questions regarding the scholarship application, pleasecontact Sara Hand Custer at 334.501.2947 or by email at shand@auburnalabma.org.

Down load applications

SCAD Launches its Second Annual SCAD Challenge Scholarship Competition. The competition offers high school/secondary school students an opportunity to showcase their talent as the next generation of talented artists and designers. High school seniors, juniors, and students completing their last two years of secondary school compete and may become eligible for scholarships to attend SCAD, the most comprehensive art and design university in the world. The majority of competitions are open to high school seniors, and we are hosting a separate challenge for high school juniors. Senior winners can earn a $3,000 annual SCAD scholarship for first place; $2,000 annual SCAD scholarship for second place; and $1,000 SCAD scholarship for third place. Work by all finalists and winners is posted in an online gallery on the SCAD Challenge website. The 10 competitions reflect some of the unique programs of study that SCAD offers students, from photography and animation to fashion and writing. Students can submit work to each and every challenge. Students can submit work in the following categories: 2-D, Photography or Wild Card. The Wild Card category allows students to submit any work that does not fall into the 2-D or Photography categories. Winning students are eligible to receive a $1,100, $750 or $350 scholarship to attend the SCAD Rising Star summer programs. These programs include a week-long workshop program called SCAD Summer Seminars or a five-week residential program called SCAD Pre-College. You can learn more about SCAD summer programs at www.scad.edu/summer. Deadlines vary depending on medium: Sept. 2, 2011-Feb 3, 2012.

Sun, June 26, 2011 3:38:32 PMDC Dream Days change of timesFrom:Kelly Berwager <artdoc664@yahoo.com>   To:Abi Davis <abidavis01@gmail.com>; Alicia Hames <ahames@auburnschools.org>; Amy Leigh Bamberg <amyleigh@churchofthehighlands.com>; Ann-Ashton Busby <annashtonb@gmail.com>; Anna Rodgers <arodgers25756@yahoo.com>; Anne Bell-Alford <abellalford@gmail.com>

Hello everyone!Hope all is well & you are enjoying your summer. We had a great day yesterday in Phil Campbell! Lots of sweet families & kiddos! Plus, we met some other groups who are doing different things for families affected by the storms....books, toys, boxes of goodies, etc. It was awesome to see all of the different groups coming together to help. 

One group, Alabama's Lost Toys, mentioned a possible event in Homewood scheduled for late in July. I'll keep you posted once I find out more....

As for the Dream Center Dream Days scheduled for July 11 & 13, I've been in touch with the coordinator trying to plan for how many & what we were going to do. She informed me today that they have had to change the times to ALL ages from 1-3PM. So no need for double shifts those days, but that also means about 50 kids per day for two hours! Yikes!

I had hoped to do Jellyfish Mobiles (we will do this tomorrow at Willow Wood), pinwheels & maybe puppets for the little ones and Duct Tape projects with the older ones. BTW, if you can donate a roll or two of Duct Tape, that would be great! The DC is going to try & help us with that, but I know from past projects, the more colors they have to pick from the more creative they can be! SO, if we can still divide the groups by ages we should still be able to go with my original plans for the different projects. If not, well, I've got to think about that......Be letting me know if you can help on either of those days. I will not be here on the 11, but have some great ladies who are going to lead it for me & I know will do a great job!  

June/July/August ScheduleMonday, June 27 - Willow Wood Rec Center - 10-11:30

Week of July 4 - No eventsMonday, July 11 - Dream Center - 1-3 - Boys' Dream DayWednesday, July 13 - Dream Center - 1-3 - Girls' Dream DaySaturday, July 16 - COTH SERVE Day (this is for COTH small group folks)Monday, July 18 - Willow Wood Rec Center - 10-11:30Saturday, July 23 - Homewood Event ????????Monday, July 25 - Willow Wood Rec Center - 10-11:30

Monday, August 1 - Willow Wood Rec Center - 10-11:30

Thank you all for all you have done this summer! Love you all! Kelly

We are working to arrange a conference that you will be proud of and enjoy. We will be repeating some of our off- site excursions and adding a couple. (ie: Helen Keller Home, local Indian mound) Suggestions from 2009 are being acted upon. Registration and Hotel info will follow on the website, e-mail and USPS. This notice is a last call for any of you that would like to: 1. present : a lesson, research, wonderful web activity, a community activity that you have successfully completed, etc.  2. lead a: discussion, an interactive web activity, open floor for art teacher concerns, etc.We felt that our mailing list at the time of our mailing of presenter submission forms was not current and thought it a good idea to put out an e-mail to ensure that all of you had the opportunity to participate. Remember, presenting at a conference counts toward your re-certification hours. The National Middle school chair has been encouraging us to participate at the national level also - it must be a good idea. If you are interested in presenting and have not contacted me please take this opportunity to do so. THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you that already have responded. Jerry, Kathy and I are looking forward to seeing all of you in Florence in November. November 4 & 5, 2011. 

Pat Reaves

Wow! Just as I was about to email you all, we got asked to participate in yet another event! Out in Pratt City on July 14. That is a Thursday & I know we will be at the Dream Center two days already that week, but if you are someone who maybe can't help on the other days, you would be willing to do with us on the 14th. Just putting it out there for now.....didn't commit yet....let me know what you think!

Okay, back to my original message (same one as on FB page, btw).....1) Art Prep Meeting @ my place (908 Riverhaven Place) tomorrow (Thurs., June 23) around 6PM. No need to bring food....I'll ORDER PIZZA! Bring a bag of candy if you can (remember, NO chocolate!). We have a lot to prep, so be prepared to work. 

2) Phil Campbell Event this Sat., June 25 @ Northwest Shoals Community College; 2080 College Road Phil Cambell, AL 35581. -If you want to drive on, feel free. If you want to carpool &/or caravan meet me @ my school around 8:15am on Saturday. Hall-Kent Elementary; 213 Hall Ave.; Homewood 35209. I'll be in the back parking lot waiting for whoever wants to meet. We need to be on the road by 8:30. It's about a 2 hour drive! Text me your phone number (if I don't already have it), so we can keep up with each other. -It will be a LONG day, so bring water & maybe a snack. They are planning on feeding 700 & I'm assuming that means we can purchase stuff, but I'm going to take some snacks just in case. You may also want to bring a folding chair. We will have a fairly small area to work (two tables under one canopy), so we can share chairs if needed. 

3) We'll be back at the Willow Wood Rec Center on Monday. Start time is 10 a.m.