2016 Kansas YAM Flag Winner

The results are in for the 2016 Youth Art Month Flag Design Contest. 208 entries were received and judging took place December 1st. The panel of judges was extremely impressed with the quality of the flag designs. The results of the 2016 Youth Art Month Flag Design Contest are listed below.

Congratulations to all the winning students and their art teachers! All winners will be honored at the Youth Art Month Day at the State Capitol in Topeka on Saturday, March 5th. All entries will be included in a digital display at the YAM event. Details for this event will be posted on the KAEA website closer to March. 

2016 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Design—Morgan Winters, 12^th grader at Andover Central High School, student of Mrs. Pat Chambers!! 

Elementary Category

1^st Place—Kaydra Woods, West Bourbon ES, Uniontown, KS, 6^th Grade, teacher Chris Woods

2^nd Place—Casey Spencer, Ewalt ES, Augusta, KS, 5^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

3^rd Place—Karleigh Buthner, Garfield ES, Augusta, KS 5^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

HM—Elyssa Sledge, Garfield ES, Augusta, KS 4^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

HM—Addie Martin, West Bourbon ES, Uniontown, KS, 6^th Grade, teacher Chris Woods

HM—Grace Duncan, Garfield ES, Augusta, KS 5^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

HM—Laney Covey, West Bourbon ES, Uniontown, KS, 6^th Grade, teacher Chris Woods

HM—Rylan Rush, Ewalt ES, Augusta, KS, 5^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

HM—Javin Rowland, Ewalt ES, Augusta, KS, 4^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

HM—Jadyn Stevenson, Ewalt ES, Augusta, KS, 5^th Grade, teacher Tiffany Osborne

Middle School Category

1st Place—Melissa Sharp, California Trail MS, Olathe, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Wendleton

2^nd Place—Mariah Dominguez, Ruppenthal MS, Russell, KS, 6^th Grade, teacher Cindy Balthazor

3^rd Place—Nicole Henderson, Derby MS, Derby, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Highfield

HM—Savanna Nichols, Augusta MS, Augusta, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Johnna Smith

HM—Valrey Peebler, Derby MS, Derby, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Highfield

HM—Keith McCullough, Derby MS, Derby, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Highfield

HM—Vanessa Herrada, Derby MS, Derby, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Highfield

HM—Savannah Tredway, Derby MS, Derby, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Highfield

HM—Lauren Cabrera, California Trail MS, Olathe, KS, 7^th Grade, teacher Megan Wendleton

HM—Zoe Kulphongpatana, California Trail MS, Olathe, KS, 8^th Grade, teacher Megan Wendleton

High School Category

1st Place—Morgan Winters, Andover Central HS, Andover, KS, 12^th Grade, teacher Pat Chambers

2^nd Place—Cassidy O’Neill, Douglass HS, Douglass, KS, 12^th Grade, teacher Emily Young

3^rd Place—Emma Lou Graham, Cheney HS, Cheney, KS, 11^th Grade, teacher Shawny Montgomery

HM—Sarah Gegen, Cheney HS, Cheney, KS, 11^th Grade, teacher Shawny Montgomery

HM—Emily Monson, Cheney HS, Cheney, KS, 10^th Grade, teacher Shawny Montgomery

HM—Macy Wallace, Cheney HS, Cheney, KS, 11^th Grade, teacher Shawny Montgomery

HM—Shylah McKay, Cheney HS, Cheney, KS, 12^th Grade, teacher Shawny Montgomery

Featured Member: Karen Matheis

KAEA would like to start featuring members from across the state in semi-regular blog posts to share some of the amazing things happening in Kansas art education and to shine a spotlight on members. Our second featured member is Karen Matheis. Karen will be presenting a workshop at the 2015 KAEA Professional Development Conference at Pitt State October 8-10. 

 

I have been teaching elementary art in the Shawnee Mission School district since 1992. I am fortunate to work with students who are children, nieces, and nephews of students that I taught in previous years, which makes my teaching community seem like a family.

As a teacher, I encourage the people I work with to find their personal expression and explore possibilities of creative art making. I believe art teachers are unique in that we can create an environment where students can investigate and learn in meaningful ways.

We are in an exciting and changing time in art education. Technology is allowing amazing possibilities, and there are many directions and resources for us to choose from. The KAEA fosters the arts throughout Kansas. I enjoy going to the annual conferences and meeting people from all over the state of Kansas. It is important to have a professional organization that ties us all together.

I love teaching art to all levels and ages of students. Other teaching experiences include working at the acclaimed Lawrence Arts Center Preschool Arts Program as an undergraduate, and teaching adult art education in recent years.

My personal art making is very important to me. I am disciplined when it comes to working on my own oil painting I am represented by Blue Gallery in Kansas City. Blue is very helpful to me, both professionally, as well as critiquing my work.

Other things about me: I run six miles every day before school, and am an avid yoga and gym person. I am constantly working at time management, to allow for personal time along with the demands of teaching.

Come to my workshop at the 2015 KAEA fall conference where I will talk about strategies for personal art making while balancing family and full time jobs.

I am a Kansas native, and grew up in Overland Park, Kansas. I currently live in Lawrence, Kansas where I am an active supporter of the arts community.
I have a Master of Arts Education ( with undergraduate degrees in art and art education) from The University of Kansas.

Websites:
http://www.woodcuts.org<http://www.woodcuts.org/>
( My personal website)

http://bluegalleryonline.com/artists/karen-matheis/
( website for Blue gallery)

https://vimeo.com/128036556 documentary of Karen�s work

http://lawrenceartscenter.org/karen-matheis-chronic-city/
Newspaper review of a show from Last November at The Lawrence Arts Center

Workshop Description

Setting Goals for Personal Art-Making

Karen Matheis

Finding time for personal art making can be a challenge for busy art educators. Karen will present ides on how to utilize time and set personal goals. Group discussion will follow.

My 1st Conference

The 2007 Student NAEA group from Emporia State University and our fearless leader Dr.Grove. I'm in front of the "L" in the white shirt.

I want to tell you a little story about my first KAEA conference. Ok, I suppose it was technically my second conference as I had helped with the conference the previous year when I was a sophomore at ESU, but this was the first FULL conference experience complete with packing, carpooling, learning, and meeting new people in a new place. It was 2007 and the KAEA conference was being held in Great Bend that year, with the theme of Wild About Art.

The art education students at ESU were all encouraged to apply for a conference grant which would cover our conference registration fees. We had all become members of KAEA/NAEA and were already enjoying those benefits like a subscription to Art Education. (You can join here: http://www.arteducators.org/community/join) Since KAEA took care of our registration fees, we carpooled and shared hotel rooms, attending the conference was quite affordable.

 The 7 of us packed and piled into a couple vehicles to head to the conference. On Thursday night we had a chance to just hang out and meet art teachers who were showing up the night before the conference started. We had fun playing Pictionary by the pool.

The next morning, the conference officially kicked off! We enjoyed our meals, our workshops, and especially networking. I don't know how many times we heard exclamations of "You should come student teach with me!" and "There's going to be a job opening in my district!" The workshops are great every year, but I think I look forward to the time between the workshops and meetings just as much. My favorite workshop that year was about Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). I hauled my camera with me but with the abundance of smart phones now, taking pictures of cool ideas you see is easier than ever.

In exchange for receiving a student conference grant, you are asked to donate something for the silent auction. I donated a mixed media collage made from papers and metal. My friend, Josh, pitched in and helped show the artwork. (It was a live auction that year).

Some workshops are project or technique based while others are based on other parts of teaching art. No matter what you are interested in teaching some day, you'll be able to find something new to learn.

I even helped present a workshop that another student had planned- a lesson plan swap.

Another conference highlight is the awards ceremony that honors teachers as "outstanding" in their field. I teared up listening to the nominators describe their friends and colleagues and thought "I want to be that good someday!" It was inspiring, to say the least.

I think traveling to the conference together made our relationships stronger, too. I'm still in touch with most of the students I attended with and know we can call on each other if we need help, even though we're all working across the state and one of us is now teaching in a different country! 

I really do feel like attending that conference set me on a path for my teacher. I had known I was going to be an art teacher since I was in high school, but attending the conference showed me how it could be better as a connected teacher. I've only missed one conference since that "first" one and I look forward to them every year. This year we will gather at Pitt State where I will reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, attend some great workshops (it's so hard to choose!), and donate some art to the silent auction so that future students will have the same opportunity to attend the conference that I had. 

If you've never been to a KAEA conference before, I encourage you to join us and try it out! There is still time for pre-service art teachers to apply for grants and you can find the information here: www.kaea.com/grants.html. Apply for that grant, attend the conference, TALK to people, take pictures, and be awesome! Please let me know if you have any questions about KAEA, our conference, or the student grants.

-Katie Morris, KAEA Webmaster, PreK-12th grade Art Teacher USD 335. 

KAEA Endowment Grants

The Kansas Art Education Association is pleased to announce its new  "KAEA Endowment Grants" Please share this information with your friends, peers and colleagues who are not members.  Please share with them why you are a member and invite them to join us. Be sure to tell everyone that this is an additional opportunity to attend the 2014 KAEA Fall Professional Development Conference in Pittsburg in October at the member cost!

The Kansas Art Education Association will be granting a ONE-year membership to THREE (3) non-member active Kansas art educators and FOUR (4) college art education students.  These endowment grants will be given out annually as funds are available. In order to be eligible for one of these grants, you need only be interested in joining Kansas' largest Art Education Professional Organization. Non-Member Active Art Educators:  Must be presently teaching art and have NEVER been a member of KAEA.  You do not have to be first year teacher. Students:  Must be presently enrolled in a College/University Art Education degree- seeking program. Applications will be accepted between August 1st and September 1st Send all applications to Laurie McLane-Higginson at laurie.mclanehigginson@gmail.com

Applications can be found on the KAEA website at: http://kaea.com/grants.html A KAEA Membership Brochure can be found at: KAEA Membership Brochure

Don't Miss Out on the KAEA Fiber Forms Workshop!

It is not to late to sign-up for the

2015 KAEA

FIBER FORMS WORKSHOP!

This is a two day event offered in Wichita, KS

Fiber Artist Marilyn Grisham will share her talents in making fiber forms!

The workshop will be held at the Fiber Studio

418 S. Commerce, Wichita, KS  67202

The two dates of the event will be:

Thursday, June 25, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

We will construct forms and leave with wet shapes to take home and hang to dry.

Thursday, July 9, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

Bring dried forms for cutting and finishing edges, including hand stitching and

possible sewing machine stitching.

1 hour of College Credit will be available through Friends University!  An additional tuition fee of $85.00 and a homework assignment will be required of those attendees wishing to earn college credit.

Workshop description - In A Nut Shell - wrapping a balloon with layers of yarns, threads; painting it with Stiffy; letting it hang till dry; popping the balloon to remove from form; cutting the sphere in half; using basketry techniques to finish the cut edge in some decorative style; OR any sculptural shapes you can think of to make from stiffened forms!  And basically inspiring one another and being creative.)  These are the only two examples of the many possibilities!  We will be making bowls, lamps, and sculptural forms!  We will be using a copper tubing stand with a light socket for the lamps.  The shade will include some fragments of found crocheted lace and non-spun, dyed silk fibers.

SUPPLIES

$25 Workshop fee will include:

Snacks & Drinks

1 - 16 oz bottle of Mod Podge Stiffy Fabric Stiffener (An extra supply will be available to purchase for $6.00 a bottle.)

3 - 12” Balloons

3 - 9”   Balloons

A large assortment of threads, yarns & fabric scraps from the studio will also be available to use.

Please bring with you:

*Scissors

*Paint brushes and/or foam brushes in ¾” to 1” sizes (the Stiffy will wash out)

*Plastic dish pan or bucket to take home the wet wrapped balloon projects

For the Edge Finish session please bring:

(We will have a short discussion of ideas during the first session.)

Plastic tubing, small copper tubing

An Awl with handle

Blunt craft needles

Scissors 

KAEA Workshops are a KAEA member benefit. Membership in the KAEA also gives you membership in the NAEA.  If you are not a member, you may go to the following site and register to become a member http://www.arteducators.org/community/join

Please register for the 2015 KAEA Fiber Forms Workshop by clicking the following link: https://goo.gl/hyH8Ul

2015 Board Retreat

One June 4th and 5th, members of the KAEA board convened in Pittsburg for the annual board retreat. The board retreat is a day and a half long meeting where we set the budget and calendar for the coming fiscal year, find out more and tour facilities for the upcoming professional development conference, and go over goals for each board position.

The 2015 conference will be held at Pittsburg State University, which is undergoing some major renovations and additions right now! No worries, the construction will be completed before the conference. We toured the student center, the art department, and the new Bicknell Family Center for the Arts. Each building will be used for conference events.

 Small theater at the Bicknell Center where the key-note address and awards ceremony will be held.

 We were also honored to get to spend a little bit of time with Marjorie Schick, internationally recognized artist and professor at Pitt State for 48 years!

We had to pause for a group picture before we let her get back go work.

Serving on the KAEA board is a bit of work, but a lot of fun! If you've ever thought about becoming more involved in your professional organization, you can check out the board position descriptions and duties at http://kaea.com/boardmembers.html and fill out an interest form if you are intrigued by one of our vacant positions. You can also contact any of the board members listed with your questions about what it is like to serve on the board.

2015 KAEA Fiber Forms Workshop

You are invited to join us for the
2015 KAEA FIBER FORMS WORKSHOPIn Wichita, KS!

Fiber Artist Marilyn Grisham will share her talents in making fiber forms!

The workshop will be held at the Fiber Studio

418 S. Commerce, Wichita, KS  67202

Thursday, June 25, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

We will construct forms and leave with wet shapes to take home and hang to dry.

Thursday, July 9, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

Bring dried forms for cutting and finishing edges, including hand stitching and

possible sewing machine stitching.

1 hour of College Credit will be available through Friends University!  An additional tuition fee and a homework assignment will be required of those attendees wishing to earn college credit.

Workshop description - In A Nut Shell - wrapping a balloon with layers of yarns, threads; painting it with Stiffy; letting it hang till dry; popping the balloon to remove from form; cutting the sphere in half; using basketry techniques to finish the cut edge in some decorative style; OR any sculptural shapes you can think of to make from stiffened forms!  And basically inspiring one another and being creative.)  These are the only two examples of the many possibilities!

  

THE BOWL is half of a large form composed of variegated rayon ribbon in the first layer with slub yarn in terra cotta brown in the outer layers.  The finish on the rim includes copper tubing to reshape an out of shape edge.  Multicolor dyed rayon ribbon is used in basket edge stitch to hold the copper in place.  The bowl inside and outside upper edge of the bowl is decorated with pieces of sheer colored fabrics adhered with Stiffy and copper acrylic paint added. 

THE LAMP has a shade of the thread wrapped over balloon technique which sits on a copper tubing stand with a light socket.  The electric wire is threaded through the copper tubing.  The shade includes some fragments of found crocheted lace and non-spun, dyed silk fibers.

SUPPLIES

$25 Workshop fee will include:

Snacks & Drinks

1 - 16 oz bottle of Mod Podge Stiffy Fabric Stiffener (An extra supply will be available to purchase for $6.00 a bottle.)

3 - 12” Balloons

3 - 9”   Balloons

A large assortment of threads, yarns & fabric scraps from the studio will also be available to use.

Please bring with you:

*Scissors

*Paint brushes and/or foam brushes in ¾” to 1” sizes (the Stiffy will wash out)

*Plastic dish pan or bucket to take home the wet wrapped balloon projects

For the Edge Finish session please bring:

(We will have a short discussion of ideas during the first session.)

Plastic tubing, small copper tubing

An Awl with handle

Blunt craft needles

Scissors 

KAEA Workshops are a KAEA member benefit. Membership in the KAEA also gives you membership in the NAEA.  If you are not a member, you may go to the following site and register to become a member http://www.arteducators.org/community/join

Please register for the 2015 KAEA Join in June/July Fiber Forms Workshop by clicking the following link: https://goo.gl/hyH8Ul

2015 Harry Hart Memorial Senior Scholarship Winners

The Harry Hart Memorial Scholarships are named in honor of long-time KAEA member Harry Hart who passed away in 2009.  The Kansas Art Education Association gives TWO $500.00 scholarships each year which are paid directly to the Institutes of Higher Learning chosen by the winning student.

This year's scholarship winners are Miranda Pratt from Lawrence High School, student of Wendy Vertacnik, and, Madeline Smith of Washburn Rural High School, student of Bradley LeDuc. 

	Miranda Pratt: Artist Statement I have wanted to be an artist since I was three years old. My style reflects the same sense of wonder I had when I was a child, through the exploration of feminine identity. I use ethereal variations on primary color palates to create an atmosphere reminiscent of old fairy tales and feminine nature. I have been greatly inspired by Alphonse Mucha, the frontrunner of the Art Nouveau movement, with his treatment of the female figure and use of ethereal color palates. My body of work mainly consists of a variety of
self-portraits, both observational andinventive. My pieces include experimentation of light, color, composition and medium. Many of my works have an underlying feminist message and explore what feminism and femininity mean to the individual. Next year I will continue to evolve my style by attending either the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design or the Kansas City Art Institute. I hope to major in painting or illustration.

	Madeline Smith: Artist Statement "Ever since I was in elementary school, I have worked by planning and not by fixing. I have always been told to "measure twice, cut once" by my father whenever we would work with tools in the garage and tried to apply that same concept to my art until recently when my AP Studio Art class
had a guest painter paint en plein air. The artist spent more time observing what he was painting rather than on his stroke or where he even placed his brush, which was a foreign concept to me, for I learned todraw my paintings with a pencil first, leaving the acrylic for the final product. I have learned now with art that I work much better when I substitute a detailed plan for a looser, more free technique, which I successfully showed through my piece, "Tying That Knot". My other favorite media is watercolor for its soft texture and light transparency gives the piece a feeling of comfort and delicacy like that of, "The Angel of the Gap", and "Patching Up". I will be continuing my art at Kansas State University with majors in art and secondary education as well as a leadership minor in hopes of becoming an art teacher for high schoolers."

KAEA Summer Camp 2015

Thursday, June 29th & 30th

McPherson College

Cost Overview

Early Bird Rate of $100.00 plus class supply fees if registration is receieved before June 12, 2015. Late registration will be a fee of $120.00 + supply fees for the workshops you select.

Make checks payable for your registration fee plus the costs of the workshop supply fees to Kansas Art Education Association and mail them to:

Linda Morgan
2719 N. Athenian, Ave
Wichita, KS 67204

Camp is open to all KAEA/NAEA members. Not a member? No problem, sign up today at: http://www.arteducators.org/community/join.

Lodging: Double occupancy lodging in the dorm is available on June 29 to the first 40 participants for FREE, you will need to provide your own bedding and towels and clean up after yourselves.

Graduate credit will be available for $85.00 for one credit hour.

Click HERE for online registration!

Workshop Information

The Workshops will all last one day each so choose your top two and we will try to accommodate you. Classes will fill up quickly so register today! PIXEL PERFECT Dee Erway-Sherwood, Associate Professor of Art, McPherson College Perfect your vector work pixel by pixel with this workshop focusing on learning tools and functions of Adobe Illustrator CC. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to create a series of illustrations and print them for class examples. Please bring a flash drive to save your electronic illustrations. Fee for printing: $8.00 HI HO SILVER Ann Zerger, Associate Professor of Art Participants in this workshop will learn a variety of silversmithing techniques as they design and fabricate a pendant or pin made from sterling silver. Techniques taught include form folding, overlay, piecing, creating textures, stone setting, soldering silver, and finishing processes. Limit of 10 participants each day. Fee to be determined by market price of silver and other materials. Ann is going to get a “guess-timation” to me soon. Fee for silver: $35 GO FIGURE! Michaela Groeblacher, Assistant Professor of Art, McPherson College Creating the human figure in clay. Beginning with strategies to define proportions of the human figure, participants will experience the “building solid/hollowing out” techniques that Michaela uses to create her figures. Participants will encounter the flexibility in planning dramatic, performative poses when working with clay. Fee for use of clay: $20 TIGHT AND LOOSE !! Wayne A. Conyers, Professor of Art, Visual Arts Department Chair, McPherson College A day of two completely different methods of painting in watercolor. Participants will begin with strategies for painting highly reflective metal objects. The focus will be on “keying up” skills of perception and observation. Can it get any tighter? As the workshop progresses, participants will move into altered mixed-media watercolor monotypes combining watercolor with ink and/or acrylics. As plates are drying to be printed, participants will return to painting reflective objects. So back and forth the participants will go between the tight rendering of reflections and the more spontaneous and expressive process of monotypes. Talk about loose! An “interesting” day of watercolor is guaranteed for all. Participants need to bring watercolors and brushes for the tight reflective paintings, as well as a couple of objects to paint. For the loose monotype experience, it would be good to add other watermedia of their choice. Plexiglas plates for the monotypes will be provided.

Gallery Spotlight Interview

Enjoy our first "Gallery Spotlight" Interview with
Elizabeth Daniel
Youth Education Director at
CityArts in Wichita

• Which artwork(S) in your collection/exhibitions do you most enjoy sharing with visitors, and why?

"Here at CityArts, our Exhibitions are always changing. We run through about 36 shows in a year, so this means new work is always readily available for patrons to come and observe. I like to walk through the gallery with children of all ages, and get them to have a thoughtful conversation about what they're viewing. I have a different set of questions I like to ask each different age groups."

 

• What example comes to mind when you worked with a non-arts faculty member on a collaborative project in a particularly effective way? What interdisciplinary conversations have you had?

"CityArts partners with the Girl Scouts of the Heartland for many activities throughout the year. We provide instruction and space for the girls to earn their arts badges, we give many tours, and they even use our Main Gallery for meetings such as their annual "Cookie College Kick Off." It's a large enough room to accommodate their many participants, and works out for us too, because they become aware of all CityArts has to offer to Wichita youth."

• Aside from field trips, how might students connect with your museum/ galleries?

"We offer camps, classes, and free activities to people of all ages. To enroll, visit our website at wichitacityarts.org, or call 350.3245. Every second Saturday, we do a FREE "Adult & Me" activity for kids, where they work on a small project that they can immediately take home. On Friday nights we offer a "Urban Draw Night" where we provide paper, pencils, erasers, and drawing boards for anyone to come and participate in drawing the hubbub of activity going on around them."

• What digital resources should all art teachers know about?

"www.wichitacityarts.org, find us on facebook, Instagram and twitter at Wichita CityArts.

CityArts also features a Digital Art Studio, that offers classes such as blogging, photoshop, learning to use Wacom tablets, filmmaking and more."

• What is one feature of your museum/gallery space that all visitors should notice?

"CityArts is more than anything, an education facility. Visitors are encouraged to "Find Your Art" on an interactive wall space that showcases all the different classes and workshops that we offer. Getting visitors to come back and take a class is what we're all about!"

• How might a teacher best connect their students with artwork in your collection/exhibitions in their classroom prior to a visit?

"Teachers could have a discussion about what a community art center provides to Wichita. CityArts operates like a non-profit, using any overhead to offer free programming to those who might not be able to otherwise afford it. They could discuss how important art is in the lives of people, and how the freedom to think creatively overflows into all aspects of learning."

 

• What do you love most about your job?

"I love every part about working at CityArts. I love that I am there when a child realizes that the addition of a horizon line completely changes how their landscape drawings look, I love that I'm here to see their faces when I open our glass furnace and they look at glass that is so hot it looks more like honey. I love the look of satisfaction on our adult students as they leave after a few hours of throwing on the wheel. But most of all, I love the feel of the building when there's so many people inside of it doing something that is completely for themselves."

Do you know a museum educator that you would like to see 
featured in our "Gallery Spotlight"?  
Contact Karen Gerety-Folk at kgerety@jccc.edu