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 

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 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

Corel would like to make a special offer available to the members of AAEA.  For the month of November, you can purchase any one of our lab licenses for $500 -normally $1500.  The products available forthis special are: Painter X2, Corel Draw Graphics, Word Perfect, Video Studio,Paint Shop Photo Pro, CAD, Designer Technical Suite. - Buy one for $500 or buy all ofthem for $1500.

For more information please contact Jim Appel.

Jim Appel - Corel Education Representative

jim.appel@corelsales.com

866.314.6800x. 7000

Olsen Ross says, “I'm usually not one to endorse or promote products but this IS a great  program at a really great price for AAEA members. I personally love this software. If you have art room computers or a graphics lab, it’s the industry standard for creative digital paint coolness and an offer simply too good to ignore. I leaped at the opportunity to get an entire site license for such a low price and I’m thrilled that Corel wants to make this offer available to all AAEA members. Do pass this on to anyone who might be interested.”

A precious jewel of Shelby County dwells in a small building in Columbiana that has a huge impact on our county. The Shelby County Arts Council is directed by the vision and determination of Terri Sullivan and her dedicated board “to support, nurture, and promote the arts and cultural opportunities in Shelby County.”

Whether it be taking 5,000 students to hear the Alabama Symphony in Montevallo to teaching creative writing in our schools by poet Tony Crunk; whether it be teaching art to our special needs children or photography to our at risk teenagers; whether it is providing interesting classes to our seniors or sponsoring a reception to see the work of sports artist Daniel Moore on Oct. 30 at St. Vincent’s 119; the venues of the SCAC extend to every age and town in Shelby County. The SCAC has enriched the lives of thousands of our students and our citizens since its inception in 2005.

Recently, the third annual juried art competition was held to a swelling of entries from the past two years. Darius Hill, chair of the visual arts department at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, judged the competition. A reception was held on Sept. 8, when the winners were announced by Susan Dennis Gordon, executive director:

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.

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