YAM CD Weaving Installation

Three schools (Hutchinson, Oxford, and Wellsville) from across Kansas met today at the Kansas Capitol in Topeka to complete a CD weaving installation sculpture. The students worked from 9:00a until 11:30a tying the individual weavings together into a large tapestry. There were nearly 600 weavings between all of the participating schools (those unattended were Pittsburg State University, Troy, and Osawatomie).

The weavings will be in the capitol until Saturday, March 7^th for the celebration of Youth Art Month. Parents and students are encouraged to attend! 

Students assemble the CD weavings

How awesome for our students! Thank you for your continued support in our arts,Mrs. DeAnna Morgan

Wellsville High School/ Wellsville Middle School

Aprendiendo del Arte- Learning from Art

To Kansas Art Educators: 

I hope you will mark your calendars and join the Kansas State University College of Education Art Education program, the KSU Beach Museum of Art, and the Strecker-Nelson Art Gallery for Aprendiendo del Arte-Learning from Art. The event is February 17th and 18th. Professional Development Hours will be given for attendance at the art making workshops and speaking sessions. The art making workshops are $10 for non-KSU faculty and students just to help cover cost of supplies. Please email Trina Harlow, KSU Art Education Instructor and the event planner for more information! This is going to be an over-the-top amazing, global, artsy event! Take a half day off and come join us....or a whole day off! Or come after work on February 17 for the art making workshop! The workshops will give K-12 art educators, higher Ed educators, and art enthusiasts great insight into colorful, Hispanic, globally inspired art and you'll go home from the workshop with many ideas and finished art works that you make. Everyone who attends will be given a link to great lesson plans, slide shows, and other information. You can also bring high school students with you! 

Cilau Valadez, a world renowned Huichol yarn painter and Agustin Cruz Prudencio, a Oaxacan wood carver and painter, both from Mexico, will be joining the COE Art Education program for two days of special events. Also attending is Nancy Walkup, the editor of SchoolArts Magazine and NAEA Elementary Division Director, and the Texas and Louisiana Teacher of the Year. 

There will be 2 art making workshops, 3 speaking sessions, and 2 receptions for the general public, including Kansas art educators.


I hope, if at all possible, you will attend these events. I would like to give our guests a warm KANSAS welcome, attended by many area art teachers, and hope you will attend any and all events that you can! There will be many benefits for educators who attend any of these sessions! Please email Trina Harlow at tharlow@ksu.edu, KSU Art Education Instructor, for more information, an event program to be emailed to you, or to reserve your space at the art making workshops. The speaking sessions and receptions do not require reservations.


The main events are:

Art Making Workshops:  Tues., Feb. 17, Bluemont Hall-Room 118, 1:30-3:30pm AND 4:30-6:30pm, no charge for KSU employees or students; $10 for general public.


Speaking Sessions:

1.  Wed., Feb. 18, Bluemont Hall-Room 21, 11:00am-12:00noon, General Speaking Session, open to public.

2.  Wed., Feb. 18, 3:00-4:00pm, The KSU Beach Museum of Art auditorium, General Speaking Session, open to public.

3.  Wed., Feb. 18, 5:00-6:00pm, The KSU Beach Museum of Art auditorium, General Speaking session, open to public

Receptions:

1.  Wed., Feb. 18, 4:00-5:00pm, The Beach Museum, open to public

2.  Wed., Feb. 18, 6:00-7:30pm, The Strecker-Nelson Art Gallery, 406 Poyntz, Manhattan, open to public


You will find their life's journey fascinating! Mark your calendars and join this amazing art experience!

Trina Harlow "The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep." -Paul Strand Kansas State University College of Education Art Education Instructor 1100 Mid Campus Drive 331 Bluemont Hall Manhattan, Kansas, 66506 tharlow@k-state.edu 785-532-6757 ​

Make checks payable to KSU Student NAEA and mail to:

Kansas State University

College of Education

331 Bluemont Hall

Manhattan, KS 66506

KAEAEndowment Grants

Applications available here: http://kaea.com/grants.html

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 scholarships will be given 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 15^th and September 1^st

Send all applications to Laurie McLane-Higginson at laurie.mclanehigginson@gmail.com

2014 Kansas Youth Art Month Celebration

The Kansas Youth Art Month Celebration is fast approaching!   

Please plan on participating by honoring ONE of your students by entering their art work into the State Capitol Exhibit sponsored by Sargent Art.    

The celebration takes place on 

March 1st, 2014 

from 2-3:30

All of the information and forms that you will need can be found at

http://kaea.com/yam.html

It's not too late to get your art work to us!  

*There are area YAM representatives listed on the website that are willing to take your art work to Topeka for you.  Simply contact them for delivery.  

*OR you can deliver your art work in person on February 28th from 4-8 pm to the

Clubhouse Inn in Topeka.  

*OR if that does not work, we will accept art work by 8:00 am at the state capitol on March 1st.

KAEA Members:  

Remember you can also enter an additional work of art into the KAEA Virtual YAM Gallery.  

Send those entries to Kate Miller at kmiller@usd415.org 

In the subject line, put Virtual Gallery.  Include a jpeg of the art work (1 for 2-D work and up to 3 for 3-D work from different angles), student name, grade, art work title, medium, school name and your name.

We will choose three entries to win prizes and some of the virtual gallery entries will be printed, matted and displayed at the National Youth Art Month Gallery in San Diego during the NAEA Convention.

Youth Art MONTH

Help Kansas celebrate the visual arts by putting up an art display in your school, a school board meeting or somewhere in your community.  Make sure that you mention that March is Youth Art Month.  Add some advocacy materials and put up the National Visual Arts Standards.  Call your local paper or add something to your school website, newsletter, or newspaper.  Get some coverage for your students and your art program....be your own best advocate!  Share all of your accomplishments with us by documenting what you have done and send that information to Megan Wendleton at meganwendleton@hotmail.com so that we can include you in our YAM report.

Lastly, I would like to thank all of you who spend countless hours encouraging Kansas kids to embrace their inner artists.  YOU are making a difference in student's lives!

Let's Celebrate Youth Art Month together!!  

Creative Vibes and Happy Art Making!

Shawny Montgomery

KAEA Youth Art Month Chair

2014 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 Ally Davis from Winfield High School, student of Lynn Felts, and Haven Bradbury, Uniontown High School, student of Chris Woods. Below are stunning images from the winning students' portfolio submissions.

Ally Davis, "First Date"

Ally Davis, "Ghost Dancer"

Ally Davis, "Holes" 

Haven Bradbury, "Joy Ride"

Haven Bradbury, "Lone Trumpeter"

Haven Bradbury, "The Working Class"

Congratulations to our scholarship winners and to their teachers, KAEA members, who submitted portfolios on behalf of their students. Applying for Harry Hart Memorial Senior Scholarships is a KAEA member benefit. 

To learn more about KAEA member benefits, check out our membership brochure HERE. 

To join or renew your membership, click HERE.  

KAEA YAM Gallery

You're invited to enter one student artist's work from every building you teach at into the Kansas Art Education Associations Youth Art Month Gallery. 

Please send one jpeg of your entry to Katie Miller at kmiller@usd415.org, in the subject line please put YAM virtual gallery. If you are entering a three-dimensional work you may include three jpegs from various angles to be included on one slide.

In your email include the name of the student, title of work, medium,  school name, grade and teachers name. 

Three random winners from the entries will be awarded prizes  at the Youth Art Month Celebration on March 1, 2014 at the state capital. The virtual gallery will be on display at the capital on March 1, 2014 and entries for the virtual gallery will become part of the KAEA YAM gallery at the national convention in San Diego on March 28-31 and the on the KAEA web site. 

Please submit all entries by Feb. 20, 2014. Contact Katie Miller with any questions. kmiller@usd415.org

Marge Banks Art Quilts

EXHIBIT OF

ART QUILTS BY MARGE BANKS, 

longtime KAEA member,

(incorporating Seminole Indian Patchwork patterns)

 JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 23, 2014

OPENING RECEPTION and ARTIST TALK:

Thursday, January 30, 7:00 p.m.

Marla Quilts Inc., African American Quilt Museum Textile Academy

720 E. 9^th St., Lawrence

(see map attached)

Hours:  January 30, 7-8:30p.m.

Friday, January 31:   5:00-8:00 – during Final Friday celebration. 

February 2-23:  Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, 11-5