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The true locus of creativity is not the genetic process prior to the work but the
work itself as it lives in the experience of the beholder.
-Monroe Beardsley

creativity everyday

editors
LETTER FROM THE

Maxine Green (1995/2000) says that it is our
educative task to “create situations in which the
young are moved to begin to ask...Why?” (p.6). She
encourages us to look at the process of human call for
submissions
questioning, to respond to the blank spaces in
experience, and to resist meaninglessness. We feel
this is what is meant when we say creativity everyday. It
is a dedication to exploring the world through our • Spring 2012 Collage theme will be
senses and through the process and product of the i ♥ art: Technology in Art
visual arts. Education. We are looking for
articles, lessons, works of art, and
Being creative does not necessarily mean creating narrative pieces that encourage
everyday, but we feel it means being actively engaged and exemplify technology in the
in the world around you. Creativity is looking at
art classroom.
objects for their form, rather than just their function.
Creativity is imagining others’ reality and taking the
time to examine our own experience in relationship • Email your document labeled with
to theirs. Creativity is making the unseen visible. a title and your name
EXAMPLE: title_your.name.doc or docx
We hope you will join us in this fall’s conference
where the theme Creativity Everyday will be explored
and expressed through member’s artwork and
amwhelchel@gmail.com
learning sessions. Have a creative day!

Green, M. (2000). Releasing the imagination. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (Original
call for
publication in 1995.
student artwork
• Artwork may be submitted
throughout the year and
Amber showcased in our student gallery
Amber Whelchel Arnold spread. In your email, please give
Level Creek Elementary student name, age/grade, school,
and art teacher. In the picture
title, give student name and school
EXAMPLE:
frida.student_grade3_westsideschool.jpeg
karinna
Karinna Riddett-Moore, Ph.D.
Notre Dame Academy, Pk-8th

contents
TABLE OF

events and updates
6 GAEA AWARDS
9 CAPITOL ART EXHIBIT
16 FALL PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING CONFERENCE
19 YOUTH ART MONTH
24 AIRPORT EXHIBIT
30 HELEN FLEMMING
STONE SCHOLARSHIP
AUCTION
photo 34 SPRING CONFERENCE
Miranda P.

articles
8th grade,
Notre
Dame
Academy 12 THE FERNBANK
ELEMENTARY “MUSEUM”
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Walker C. PROGRAM by Jill Brown
5th grade
student
Level Creek Elementary
25 LIVING EVERY DAY,
CREATIVELY
by Katherine Inguie

fall professional 29 TREASURER’S TIPS

learning conference by Kelli Shadwell

Hilton Hotel and in every issue
Conference Center 20 DIVISION REPORTS
Marietta, Georgia 23 MEMBERSHIP INFO
October 20-23 32 DISTRICT REPORTS

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left, Kensie Sears
University of Georgia

below, Allie H. and Dani S.
8th grade, Notre Dame Academy

Conditions of creativity
are to be puzzled; to
concentrate; to accept
conﬂict and tension; to
be born everyday; to
feel a sense of self.
- Erich Fromm

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president
MESSAGE FROM THE

Creativity Everyday…isn’t that the goal of every obvious and ordinary solutions. I constantly ask
artist!? But oh, how elusive can that creativity be in my students to step beyond the ordinary way of
this busy, hurry-up-and-wait world we live in? In looking at a project and to view it in an
this fast paced world were internet and emails are extraordinary way, making a statement with their
supposed to keep us in touch with the world and creativity rather than following blindly along with
make our lives easier, I find that I am so bogged the crowd.
down with the mundane, the must-do-right-now
activities and the “didn’t-you-get-that?” requests As artists and teachers we must set aside the time
that it seems I have little time to be creative. My, to be creative ourselves! We must reflect on the
what a vicious cycle can develop if we let it! past in order to get a clear picture of the present
and use that thought process to develop our own
I always feel energized when the new school year creativity in our art and our personal world.
rolls around with so many plans for how I want to Taking the time to be creative is the truly hard part
inspire my students and myself - then the classes because we are often the last on our lists of things-
start and I am quickly overwhelmed with the to-do, and we run out of time to just sit quietly and
outside influences that demand so much time and let inspiration catch up with us!
eat away at my enthusiasm. I have to constantly
remind myself how important it is to let students If you need a jolt of inspiration to jump-start your
develop their own creative process, and that I am creativity, then you need to make plans to attend
the facilitator in that process. I continually the GAEA Fall Conference on October 20-23, 201.
commit myself to present an atmosphere of The workshops and registration are listed on the
creativity everyday trying to show my students the GAEA website. (www.gaeaartforall.com) The list of
importance of thinking past the mundane, past the workshops alone is an inspiration! Come join
other like-minded teachers and artists and place
yourself at the top of that to-do list! I guarantee

Creativity can be you will leave the conference with a new
enthusiasm and a goal to make creativity an
described as letting go of everyday process!

certainties.
- Gail Sheehy Debi
Debi Davis
GAEA President
Lowdens Middle School

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award winners
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GAEA
Elementary Art Educator of the Year

Tracy Kuzminsky

It has been a busy time working on GAEA Awards Middle Level Art Educator of the Year
and Elections. We had 41 Award Nominees and

Dr. Karinna Riddett-Moore
26 nominees for elections! In the end, the awards
committee chose 13 award winners and the Secondary Art Educator of the Year
nominations committee narrowed the field down
to 14 candidates. I would like to thank everyone
Steve Schetski
who has been involved in these processes. This
includes the nominators, those willing to run for Higher Education Art Educator of the Year
office and serve if elected, those who wrote the
Susan Krause
letters of support, those who read the packets for
awards and the vitas for elections and who made Supervision/Administration Art Educator of
the entire process run as smoothly as possible. the Year
You made a huge task much easier!

Betsy Eppes

Museum Art Educator of the Year
Let me end by saying what a privilege it has been
to serve GAEA through the presidential offices Annette Cone-Skelton
for the past six years and on the board for the last
14 years. I have gotten to know so many of our GAEA Art Educator of the Year
leaders and members and will cherish these
friendships always. I have the utmost respect for
Jackie Ellett
all of our GAEA leaders who put in countless
National Art Honor Society Sponsors
hours on a volunteer basis to move our
organization forward and make us the best that we
Debi West and Dr. Bruce Bowman
can be. If you are not involved as a GAEA leader,
I encourage you to become involved; I know that Retired Art Educator of the Year
you will find it as rewarding as I have!

Dr. Deb Lackey Wilson
kirby
Kirby Meng, Past President Outstanding Service within the profession
Union Grove High School Dorothy Eckman

Outstanding Service outside the profession

Arts Now and Young Audiences
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Many thanks to the volunteers who serve
on the board! Pictured are the current
reps, unless otherwise denoted. Elect
members (those serving after Fall
MEET THE

board
Conference) are indicated with an
asterisk*. To find out more about how the
Board serves GAEA, see the cont. section
or meet a member at the conference.

PRESIDENT MUSEUM ED
Debi Davis Carissa Dicindrio
Lowdens Middle School Georgia Museum of Art
Shannon Morris*
Georgia College Museum
PRESIDENT ELECT ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Stephen Lahr* Betsy Epps
Valdosta State University Dekalb Co. Schools
Jessica Booth*
Fulton Co. Schools
PAST PRESIDENT HIGHER EDUCATION
Kirby Meng Diana Gregory, Ph.D.
Union Grove High School Kennesaw State University
Kevin Hsich*
SECRETARY Georgia State University
Cathy Heller
Perry High School committees
FALL CONFERENCE 2011
TREASURER
Diana Gregory, Ph.D.
Kelli Shadwell
Kennesaw State University

SPRING CONFERENCE 2012
Alisha Montgomery (right) &
division reps Jeff Davis
ELEMENTARY
Shannon Finley AIRPORT EXHIBIT
Tracy V. Kuzminsky* Carol Mohor, EdS, NBCT, retired,
(right)
MIDDLE LEVEL Aimee Burgamy,
Emily Holton Ph.D. (left)
Loria Crews* Trickum Middle School

SECONDARY
Kathy Jackson (cont. on page 10)
Hope Steele*

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art exhibit
CAPITOL

John & Wanda Kinnaman
Jamie Scott, B.F.A. Art Education
Golden Isle Elementary

No better time like the present to advocate for the
importance of art for Georgia’s students! Policy-makers
and school systems across Georgia making difficult
financial decisions debate whether art is essential for
student success. As art educators, we see the multiple
applications of creativity every day, and we know that
Art critique and group work submissions have been
students benefit from the process and exposure to art.
eliminated due to space availability and expense. See
This is your chance, as their art educator, to help bring
the GAEA website for details.
student creativity before the eyes of our lawmakers.

Get involved! It’s easy! Each GAEA member is The purpose of the Capitol Art Exhibit is to
allowed to submit 2 student artworks. This year’s goal share with our legislators and the public the
is to have 300 student works on exhibit. Please note
exceptional creative ability of Georgia’s
that a few changes have been made to this year’s
exhibit. students.

Important Dates:

December 13, 2011 – Electronic entry
due

January 13, 2012 – Artwork to
Regional Representatives due

January 28, 2012 – Exhibit setup

February 8, 2012 – Reception

February 25, 2012 – Take down
exhibit

Laura & Sen. Jeff Chapman
photo by Jamie Scott

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board MEMBERS CONT.

YOUTH ART GALLERY
committees cont.
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Martha Arrington
Richard Siegesmund, Ph.D.(left) STUDENT CHAP SPONSOR
University of Georgia Rebecca Williams
Katie Burnett
Joe Emery (right)
Gainesville High School YOUTH ART MONTH
Katie Harrison (top)
BUSINESS REP Pam Morgan
Amy Johnson Whitney Riker (right)
JJ Harris Charter Elementary

district presidents
HFS SCHOLARSHIP/ HISTORIAN
see section or website for district details
Dan Defoor
district 1: Denise Marsh
Shorten University & Delta State
district 2: Pam Morgan
University
district 3: Devi Knapp & Lauren
Phillips 1
GOVERNOR’S EXHIBIT
district 4: Mollie
Hank Mergeson
Spardello
district 5: Brooks Dantsler & Polly
HIGH MUSEUM ATL HS/MULTIETHNIC
Sheehan
CONCERNS
district 6: Ivey Colman
Renee Gaither
district 7: Alisa Hyde & Jessica Rice
district 8: Emily Holton & Erin
CAPITOL ART EXHIBIT
John & Wanda Kinnaman
4 Mathis
district 9: Tamara Daughtry & Alisha
Jamie Scott (right)
3 Montgomery
Golden Isle Elementary
Whitney Riker 6
POLICIES& PUBLIC RELATIONS
Dr. Deborah Lackey Wilson
9 8
RETIRED ED
Rosanna Stutts

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VOTE
President

Wanda Kinnamon

Kelli Shadwell

NOW Elementary Division Director

Elise Dotson
Devi Knapp
DIVISION ELECT FOR 2013-2014
Middle Level Division Director
We recently voted to change our bylaws so
Dr. Aimee Burgamy
that we can vote electronically for our
Kristi Harvey
elected offices. This fall is our first
opportunity to take advantage of this!
Secondary Division Director
GAEA Elections are ongoing and members
can vote online from
Dana Jung Munson

Noelle Petersen
September 15 - October 15 at:

https://www.balloteer.com/bp/nph-bstart? Administration/Supervision Director
&eid=3611769562828471

Greg Bailey
You will be required to type in your

Raymond Veon
member number to vote. Each member can
vote for GAEA President and also for the
division director in the ONE division in Higher Ed Division Director
which you spend at least 50% of your time.
Dr. Chris Dockery
Voting in more than one division will

Dr. Paula McNeil
disqualify your vote. You can view
information about and a picture of each
candidate on the site prior to voting. This Museum Division Director
year's slate includes:
Emily Hermans

Melissa Rackley

vote online
DEADLINE OCT 15
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THE FERNBANK ELEMENTARY

“museum” program
by Jill Brown school. Accompanying their artwork is a fine art
Fernbank Elementary print, signage identifying the artists and native
Atlanta, GA countries, the date of the artwork and a brief
explanation about the art. We then created a guide
for parents and visitors to be able to tour the
school and find the artwork.

The exhibit is a big success and the students are
thrilled and proud of their artwork. In addition,
we have taught the students about museum
etiquette and a big poster of the High Museum
hangs outside the art room.

When I read that "Picasso to Warhol: Twelve
Modern Masters" is coming to the High, I thought
how exciting it might be to develop a curriculum
based on the works of this show in the same
manner that the Fernbank exhibit was developed. I
am planning this program for this Fall for my
school and plan to take the students to the High to
see the exhibit.

Beginning in the Fall of 2010 and into 2011 at Fernbank Elementary School is an International
Fernbank Elementary School, the walls are alive Baccalaureate School and the arts play a significant
with glowing art representing a new curriculum, role in our curriculum, and our Museum exhibit
“Fernbank Goes to the Museum.” On exhibit is reaffirmed the importance of our fine art program
artwork by all the students involving the study of for the students and the community.
more than a dozen mostly contemporary artist,
including Monet, Warhol, Johns, Kandinsky, Miro,
Haring, Klee, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Mondrian,
Munch and more!

The Fernbank students studied the many artists'
styles and their contributions to the art world.
They created artworks in the style of these artists
and we have exhibited their work throughout the


Georgia OʼKeefe inspired studnet work

5th Grade Students at
Fernbank ES
“The museum should be seen not so
much as a place where knowledge is
transmitted, but rather as a place
where knowledge is produced.”
- Rita Burnham & Elliott Kai-Kee
Burnham, R. & Kai-Kee, E. (2011). The art of teaching in the museum. In
Teaching in the art museum: Interpretation as experience (pp. 759-66). J. Paul
Getty Museum: Los Angeles.

2nd Grade Student working on
Gustav Klimt inspired portrait (above)

Kandinsky inspired student work
(right)


students
INSPIRED BY

Owen, 3rd grade
Banks County Elementary
Katie Harrison, Ed.S.

1st grader Repeated Shape Design
Zebra Collage, 5th grade students
Nesbit Elementary, Lauren Phillips, MAEd
South Columbia Elementary
Ivey Coleman, MSEd, TSS


The worst enemy to
creativy is self-doubt.
-Sylvia Plath

Ceramic Vessel, IB Student
Druid Hills High School
Anastasia Fink

Josiah, Kindergarten (right)
Ezra, 2nd grade (below)
Greenfield Hebrew Academy
Devi Knapp

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fall conference highlights
ARTICLE TEXT HERE

Keynote Speaker: Enid Zimmerman
Enid Zimmerman has published over 90 articles, 15
book chapters, and co-authored 22 books and
monographs including Educating Artistically Talented
Students and Programming Opportunities for Students
Talented in the Visual Arts. She is Professor Emerita and
current Coordinator of Gifted and Talented Programs at
the Indiana University School of Education. In addition
to being our keynote speaker for our Gala Dinner, she
will be signing her books on Saturday evening beginning
at 6:00 pm.

Visit the High Museum for Free!
View Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters
Thursday 3:30-7:00 pm Transportation to and from the
Marietta Hilton will be provided by the High for the first
110 attendees who register for this event. The High
Museum buses will leave the conference center at 3:30
and return at 7:00.

L&L Computer Kiln Giveaway
Open until Friday, October 14th at 5pm.
Deanna Ranlett, owner of Atlanta Clay, is working with L&L Kilns Manufacturing to give
away a brand new, computerized kiln to a GAEA member at our 2011 Fall Conference. The
kiln will also be delivered to your home school and set up for free!! If you are unfamiliar
with the L&L Brand, then take a moment and visitwww.hotkilns.com/why.
You must be a GAEA member and you must be registered for our 2011 Fall Conference in
order to be eligible to win the Kiln. Atlanta Clay will select a winner from the entries
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submitted and the winner will2011
FALL be announced at the Saturday night Gala Dinner.

PLU credit at
conference over view fall conference
thursday 10.20
11:00-4:00 REGISTRATION
ARTICLE TEXT HERE “Creativity Everyday” at the Hilton Hotel and
11:00-5:00 MARIETTA/COBB MUSEUM (free entry w/GAEA
badge) Conference Center in Marietta, Georgia, the
3:00-5:00 WORKSHOPS Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) fall
3:30-7:00 HIGH MUSEUM TEACHER’S EVENING professional development conference October
(transportation provided for first 110 members) 20-23, 2011, is a great opportunity to earn
7:00-9:00 CLOSING RECEPTION FOR GAEA MEMBER’S Professional Learning Unit (PLU) credit. This year
EXHIBIT & PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION (cash bar at 7:00) there are over 120 workshops including special
workshops in painting, drawing, digital
collaboration, glass fusion, and bookmaking.
friday 10.21
During this 2½ conference you can earn 1 PLU
8:00-4:00 REGISTRATION
credit with 10 hours of training or 2 PLU credits
8:00-9:00 BREAKFAST (HOT)
with twenty hours of training by either: 1) using the
9:00-5:30 WORKSHOPS and KSU FACULTY DEMOS
prior approval form posted on the GAEA website
10:00-5:00 VENDORS MARKET OPEN
(www.gaeaartforall.com) to secure PLU credit from
11:00-4:00 HIGH MUSEUM (free entry w/GAEA badge)
your county or school district office; or 2)
11:00-4:00 GAEA MEMBER’S EXHIBIT- KSU Sturgis Gallery
submitting your PLU information and a $25
11:00-5:00 MARIETTA/COBB MUSEUM (free entry w/GAEA
application fee to Dr. Diana Gregory at Kennesaw
badge)
State University (KSU) no later than the January 27,
12:00-1:50 CREATE Luncheon honoring GAEA 2010 Award
2012 deadline.
Winners
2:00-2:30 VISIT VENDORS
If you choose to use the Prior Approval method,
7:00-10:00 GAEA Awards Celebration Dinner/NAHS Auction
pick up the PLU sign in sheet at the registration
(cash bar at 7:00)
desk at the conference to use as verification of the
workshops you attend. Be sure to check with your
saturday 10.22 county or school district regarding specific rules for
8:00-noon REGISTRATION
earning PLU credit. If you choose to obtain PLU
8:00-9:00 YAM BREAKFAST
credit through the KSU option, you need: 1) to pick
9:00-10:30 CREATIVITY OPEN FORUM with Enid Zimmerman,
up a PLU sign in sheet to verify the workshops you
Mark Runco, Raymond Veon, Melody Milbrant, Lanny Millbrant,
attend; 2) submit lesson plan(s) based on one or
Traci Costantino, and Richard Siegesmund
more presentations and visual examples of work
9:00-5:00 WORKSHOPS
created by students, samples can be digital images,
9:00-3:00 VENDORS MARKET OPEN
samples of writing, or other appropriate
11:00-4:00 GAEA MEMBER’S EXHIBIT- KSU Sturgis Gallery
documentation, to Dr. Diana Gregory, Kennesaw
(closes at 4:00pm)
State University, Visual Arts Department, 1000
12:00-1:50 DIVISION LUNCHES
Chastain Road #2901, Kennesaw, GA 30144; and 3)
2:00-3:00 HELEN FLEMING STONE DESSERT RECEPTION,
send a $25 application fee payable to KSU
Topiary Garden
Continuing Education with your lesson plan(s).
5:00-6:00 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Earning PLU credit at the conference is an
6:00-7:00 BOOK SIGNING WITH ENID ZIMMERMAN
important option for art educators, one that the
7:00-10:00 GALA DINNER EVENT WITH KEYNOTE (cash bar
conference committee is proud to offer. The Prior
at 6:00)
Approval Form and the KSU PLU process are both
listed on the GAEA website at:
sunday 10.23 www.gaeaartforall.com
8:00-12:00 FULL BOARD MEETING
10:00-3:00 PICK UP MEMBER’S EXHIBIT diana
Fall 2011 collage gregory
dr. diana 17
Kennesaw State University

students
in process
right, drawing and painting students from
Alpharetta High School
Kathy Jackson

below, AP students draw from a model
Alpharetta High School
Kathy Jackson


georgia art education association
2011 Member Exhibition
ARTICLE TEXT HERE

K E N N E S A W S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y | A R T MU S E UM & G A L L E R I E S

Unmasking Crea=vity: Process & Product
Kennesaw State University Sturgis Gallery
August 31 – October 22, 2011

Although crea=vity is a mul=dimensional, mul=faceted complex of
ideas, the inspira=on and illumina=on for artworks is oUen found in
the mundane and the ordinary. The works chosen for Unmasking
Crea=vity: Process and Product were evaluated not only for their
aesthe=c produc=on, but also for the explana=on of their crea=ve
process. Providing a glimpse into what mo=vated the ar=st’s
choices oﬀers the viewer a deeper understanding of the work.
Closing Recep=on
Hilton Hotel and Conference Center MarieZa, Georgia
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7‐9 pm

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GA?

division news shannonfinley5@yahoo.com

KuzminskyT@fultonschools.org

elementary
shannon finley & tracy kuzminsky

School is back in session! As we are returning to
school, I want to remind all of you of our upcoming
Fall Conference, “Unmasking Creativity: Process and
Product,” October 20-23, 2011 at the Hilton Marietta
Hotel and Conference Center. I am looking forward
to seeing you all there!

I have heard from a few of our elementary members
that they have, and are participating in, charitable
events like “Pinwheels for Peace,” origami paper crane
donations (Osh Kosh Clothing) for the victims of the exhibit “Warhol to Picasso,” it seems appropriate to
tsunami in Japan, and “Empty Bowls.” What a share lessons that pertain to modern artists. Maybe
wonderful way to teach our children compassion, you have an art lesson that combines modern artists,
generosity, and ART!! If you are planning an event like like Andy Warhol, with techniques that that artist
one of these, please email me the details and pictures didn’t normally employ, like sculpture, teaching
so I can share them with our fellow art educators. students to create a portrait with clay rather than
painting or printmaking. Or, maybe you have
Preparing for the division luncheon has already begun. something more traditional with the lesson focusing on
Tracy and I would love to include one of your art one artist and their main technique of producing art.
lesson plans to share with fellow art educator luncheon Either way, we would love to have your lesson plan
attendees. The lesson plans will need to be sent via submission to share with the luncheon attendees!
email to Tracy Kuzminsky or me by September 30th.
This will allow enough time to compile and burn cds On a personal note, it has been an honor to serve my
to be distributed at the luncheon. Also, I would really fellow GAEA members as Elementary Division Chair
like to have volunteer speakers to present at the over the last four years. I will miss holding this
luncheon. We usually have at least three. If you feel position very much! However, I leave you in the very
comfortable presenting one of your art lessons during capable hands of Tracy Kuzminsky. She is not only a
the luncheon, then please send me that information very talented teacher, but also a dedicated,
when you send a lesson plan. Be sure to bring approachable leader in our profession. Thank you for
completed examples of your lesson to display. allowing me the opportunity to be your division chair.
It’s been a blast!
The theme for the luncheon is “Modern Art Mash-
ups.” In honor of the High Museum’s upcoming


youth art month
MARCH CELEBRATES YAM:

We are now looking ahead to fall conference where
we hope to see all of you at the YAM breakfast.
We will be discussing our new theme for 2012… I
<3 Art! This theme is all about how art and
technology come together, so we have used the
well-known text symbol <3 for a “heart”. Whether
it’s teaching art using technology or art that uses
technology to be created, we hope that you will
celebrate this YAM theme with us come March,
and let the nation know what you are doing in
your classroom by submitting
YAM documentation.

<3, the YAM Girls!

I <3 Art!
Hello to all our fellow YAM teachers! Your
participation in the past Youth Art Month was
documented in our digital state report, and we
received the Award of Excellence! We had 57
teachers participate this year, that’s a 14% increase.
Above is a map of the counties that were
represented by teacher participation. Please help
YAM celebrations spread throughout the state next
year by participating and encouraging your friends
to do the same!

This year we welcome Whitney Riker on board as a
new YAM co-chair. Whitney is a 2010 UGA
graduate and is currently teaching at JJ Harris
Elementary School.


students
MORE INSPIRATION FROM

Students working at North Gwinnett
High School
Debi West, Ed.S, NBCT

Laura with Empty Bowls Song Kang, Congressional Award Winner
Golden Isles Elementary Union Grove High School
Kirby Meng



membership news
president elect
The First Day of School. We are off and
running at the beginning of a new school
year. I love Harry Wong’s book, The First Day
of School: How to be an Effective Teacher.
He firmly believes that the first day of school
is most important day of the year for every
stephen lahr
child. He personally greets each child at the
door, introduces himself and asks their name, making on that bandwagon in Georgia. We need to gently tell
them feel important and welcome. The last issue of those art educators who are not members what they are
Smithsonian had an equally intriguing article on the missing by not joining. Our membership roster is
success of schools in Finland. It seems that when they almost flat from year to year. It ebbs and flows with the
do test, which is not often, students score higher in time of year, fewer members in the summer and more
almost all subjects than any other country in the world. members in the fall. The numbers over the past couple
The issue is September (pp. 94-102) and the article is of years remain the same from month to month
“A+ For Finland”; the article details an over 40 year ranging from around 640 to 750. But, if we all work at
effort to improve Finland’s schools, which they did by it and stay positive and committed to our goal, we have
treating students with respect, dignity, and the potential for almost 2,000 members. My hope is
overwhelming care. You can find this article online at that we will grow to about 900 members over the next
http://www.smithsonianmag.com, but you’ll have to several years, but the goal should be 1,400. If you have
buy Wong’s book if you don’t already have it. ideas or suggestions as to how we can grow the
membership, please contact me or your District
A lot of what we do in schools and in art classrooms is President. We need and want your input.
about building positive attitudes, about building the
student’s confidence and self-esteem. Art rooms and Ad Hoc Marketing and Advocacy Committee. Last
art teachers are literally the lifeline for many March at the Spring Conference Board Meeting,
disenfranchised and marginalized students who need President Debi Davis, appointed an ad hoc committee
to know they mean something to someone and their to look into marketing and advocacy. That committee
ideas do count. Through their art they tell us their is currently working on ideas to gain support and to
stories, they are empowered to think and act creatively develop an array of materials targeting specific
and to express themselves with color, line and value in stakeholder. Some of these groups include legislators,
ways that words cannot convey. You, the art educator, school boards, superintendents, art vendors, parents,
have the power and the responsibility to help students, colleagues, principals, as well as other professional
young and old, learn that they have a voice and what organizations and associations. The committee
they say in images and words is important. members strongly believe that the decision-makers
must be better informed about the great things you all
Membership. We need to use our positive attitudes to to in your classrooms and why art should be one of the
help other art educators understand the importance of most important parts of every child’s education.
being a member of NAEA and GAEA. The National Stephen
Art Education Association, despite the dues increase, is
Dr. Stephen Lahr
one of the only education associations in America that
GAEA President Elect
is actually increasing in membership. We need to jump
Valdosta State University


atlanta airport
Youth Art Galleries

Celebrate your students’ accomplishments by
exhibiting their work at an exhibit that gets 4
million visitors each year! GAEA has 2 galleries at
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport which can
display up to 220 works. Located on Concourse T
and on the International Terminal (Concourse E)
these exhibit spaces, which are reserved for GAEA
members, change 4 times per year providing
exhibit opportunities for more than 800 students.
While art from K-12 is featured most of the year,
college students may also apply. Participation in
the Youth Art Galleries is easy, simply contact
Carol Mohor or Aimee Burgamy to reserve space
for your works and to receive a brochure with
advice on work size and orientation. You do not
even have to mount or frame the work.
Professional framers will cut mats to the size of
your works and when the exhibit is over you’ll get
to keep the mats (TIP: if your work is small send 2
works to fill a frame so your school’s work will be
matted and framed together). The Youth Art
Galleries are in the secured part of the airport so
instead of an opening reception, private tours are
available weekdays, 9am-3pm and need to be
scheduled at least a week in advance (5 person
minimum, 35 person maximum, with at least 1
chaperone per 5 children). After seeing your
masterpieces, the guides can take you to see the
other art exhibits in the airport—This is an
exclusive field trip opportunity available to
exhibiting schools! For additional information or
details download our brochure and forms from our
website: http://gaeaartfor all.com/wordpress/?
page_id+233.


living every
day, creatively
Everyday creativity is a way of living that is happy and
powerful and unique; it allows every individual to
katherine ingui, MAEd making art,
create meaningful experiences within their everyday candidate and I was
interactions with the world, offering opportunities to university of georgia doing it
question, risk, and reflect. I have become intrigued while in a
with the concept of everyday creativity, indulging in the master’s
research and adopting it practically to my own life. I program for
believe that creativity has the capability to be expressed education.
and explored in both formal and informal educational I took a risk one afternoon and applied for a
settings; I see such value in the act of play outside of job that called for individuals with experience in food,
the classroom, encouraging the imagination to explore, writing and photography. I had no credentials, just my
risk, and create through critical or abstract thinking. photographs, my blog, an honest love for food, and a
My experiences with everyday creativity consist passion for creating. One week later, I received a letter
of hardship and unfamiliarity, among them moments from the editor, welcoming me to the team of
of relevancy, meaning, and success. I have challenged contributors. I re-read the email, forwarded it to my
myself in areas that I have no experience in, relying parents, and began seeing my part-time hobby as a new
simply on learned concepts in other disciplines to help way to actually make art that was representative of me.
guide my need to create. After graduating from UGA Since joining the community of food writers
with a BFA in Art Education, I began working on my and photographers, I have been working more on the
MAEd and felt the pains of withdrawal from a lack of meaning behind my work. I want to contribute to
studio space to create art. causes that I believe in with people who are like me:
My parents then gave me a tool, a camera, inspired by what they love and taking a risk doing it.
which would allow me to create and make meaningful The need to create is ever-present, and in the everyday,
art in my everyday. It was unknowingly one of the most we will make decisions based on the world we want to
significant presents I would ever receive. It became my create for ourselves. Through personal dedication, we
vehicle that would take me to places that I had never can grow in our creativity, everyday, as we embrace
imagined I could travel, teaching me about my own challenges and welcome unfamiliarity. We must do this
creative potential. to become more aware of our creative potential, to
Always an obsession, and a constant theme for learn more about ourselves as individuals and ourselves
my work, I began to photograph food. I took my as artists.
camera everywhere, photographing meals, pairing
colors and ingredients, and annoying friends and
family. I never saw the potentially threatening reality of
my photography; it was not my most mature work, a
hobby at best, motivated by pleasure. It was my way of
making art, and a way of balancing demands from
graduate school. I needed it, so I kept creating.
After a few months, I decided to make an
online blog to display my photography, engaging in a
community of online creativity. I was creating everyday,
and I was photographing everything: people, buildings,
gardens, meals, and my daily life. I was documenting
my experiences visually, reflecting on them as I edited
the photographs and submitted them online. I was


Hyein, 8th grade
Arnall Middle School
Denise Marsh

we get older, we lose some of
that creativity and constrain it
so that we will not allow
ourselves to go outside the
lines. We need to hold on to
that creativity by using it every
day. If my students are working
on a project and get stumped, I
tell them to do some “visual
thinking.” Put those ideas on
paper. Use your creativity to
solve problems and get
organized.

As art teachers, we know what
it is like to use our creativity,
whether it is reacting to a
lesson that did not turn out
quite right or organizing the
middle division art room. When I first started

emily holton teaching, I learned how to be creative with organization
very quickly. When I first entered my classroom seven
years ago, it was chaos. There were three huge storage
closets packed to the brim. There were supplies
Art projects are made by completing a series of everywhere and dried paint all over the floor. Needless
steps. It is interesting to see how students go through to say, I was overwhelmed. I called my husband
the same steps, yet the projects all look different, except freaking out. How was I going to get organized before
for those students who have to make it look exactly like school started? My husband came to my rescue with his
the teacher example. But for most, students take the pickup truck, which we used to haul off all the junk. I
project guidelines and create something of their own. know as an art teacher you think junk is a good thing,
For many of my older students, a blank piece of paper but this mess was not useful. He quickly put me to
in front of them is too intimidating. If there is a mark work telling me to make a keep and trash pile. It was
on the paper, the students feel more comfortable and just like the show Clean Sweep. It was my husband’s
will turn that mark into something. I find that the creative genius that solved the problem. When you find
students who take a mark and turn it into a design to the solution, there is nothing better. To be creative is
be very creative, but with limitations. That mark makes to be open-minded, curious, positive, and motivated.
that blank paper less intimidating. It makes them feel Being creative is a part of who we are as art teachers. It
like they have a guideline. The younger students seem is what we want for our students. Creativity is allowing
to have no problem taking that paper and creating. As yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones
to keep.

division news CONTINUED
Secondary Division other items for the auction: Kathy Jackson, Hope
Steele, Chris Hellyer, Ali Kates and Bruce Bowman:
Kathy Jackson, Secondary Division Kathleen06@bellsouth.net;
Director Hope_Steele@Gwinnett.k12.ga.us;
Hope Steele, Secondary Division Chris_Hellyer@Gwinnett.k12.ga.us; Alexandra_
Director Elect Kates@Gwinnett.k12.ga.us;
Bruce_Bowman@Gwinnett.k12.ga.us
The secondary division offers numerous opportunities
for high school students and art teachers to get 2012 Capitol Art Exhibit (ELEM, MS, HS)
involved in GAEA. On the secondary division page of Submit two works of art work by December 12th
the GAEA website you will find opportunities for Exhibition in February (Dates TBA)
creativity, exhibitions and scholarships! Twin Towers Building
http://gaeaartforall.com/wordpress/?page_id=269 Organizers: John and Wand Kinnaman
art@wirelesshometown.com
Below you will find quick facts about our upcoming
exhibition opportunities 2012 Metro Atlanta High School Exhibit
Mid-March through Mid-May (Dates TBA)
22nd Annual NAHS State Conference! Greene Family Education Center, The High Museum
February 10-11th of Art. GAEA members may submit two student
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA works.
Organizers: Heather Dorsey and Sherry Bennett Organizer: Renee Gaither rlg8496@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us
hdorsey@lowndes.k12.ga.us, &
sbennett@lowndes.k12.ga.us 2012 All State Art Symposium (ASAS)
Awards Ceremony and Workshops: May 4-5,
About the NAHS State Conference: Exhibition May 5-30, 2012
Art Exhibit, Workshops, Portfolio Scholarships Kennesaw State University Gallery and Fine Arts
Awards of $3,000 will be given to 12 deserving NAHS Department
high school students, February 11th. Organizer: Dr. Diana Gregory
All NAHS scholarship funds are raised by the NAHS Complete details are available at: http://
Auction, Friday evening October 21st at the GAEA www.kennesaw.edu/visual_arts/asas/
Fall Professional Learning Conference. Upload entries Dec. 12-Feb. 3 to this site https://
asas.kennesaw.edu/students/register
AUCTION THEME --"In Flight" Birds and variations
on the theme. In addition to art work --we are
attempting hot air balloon ride from a bird's eye view,
weekend bird watching at a mountain cabin, folk art
birdhouses, four country club golf passes (birdies),
Botanical Gardens tour of the new Skywalk, Zigline
Tours(Dahlonega), High Museum tickets and
breakfast at the Flying Biscuit to name a few. We
Kathy
invite you to donate your creations for the auction Kathy Jackson
and be a part of the fun to help our students! Contact Alpharetta HS
the auction committee to contribute art work and


administration & supervision
betsy eppes A Place for the “The current standards movement, for all its good intentions,
Arts at the is perilously narrowing our definition of education, to the
dekalb co. Common Core great harm of not only students but also entire fields of study:
Table the arts, the technical arts and trades, and the social sciences.
Since July 2010, Georgia, along with 44 Threatened are visual arts, theater, music, and dance
other states and several territories have adopted the programs despite their obvious value. Indeed, there are more
Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Below is a bit musicians in this country than mathematicians, but you
of history of the Common Core (The definitions of the would never know it from the work of standards committees.
common core are from the GDOE website). At a meeting many years ago, I heard Ted Sizer respond to a
proponent of national standards, "It's not which standards,
The COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS it's whose standards!" In other words, don't make this sound
INITIATIVE (CCSSI) is a common core of state standards so objective. It's a political determination, made by whoever
in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12 has a seat at the table.”
developed by Governors and state commissioners of education
from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia. It Like it or not, the table is already set in Georgia.
is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Therefore Georgia Art Educators must take our seat at
Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the this table. What seat we have will depend on us. It is
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Tests to important that we as arts educators are front-loaded
assess the standards will be developed by the Smarter into this state led and federally funded (Race to the
Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Top) initiative.
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and As you learn more about the CCSS you will
Careers (PARCC). These organizations were awarded funds immediately recognize that the arts already address the
in September 2010 from the Race to the Top Assessment high order and analytical manner in which CCSS
Program to create national online state standardized tests in require students to think and perform. You will learn
mathematics and English language arts in line with Common that there are four domains in the CCSS for K-12
Core State Standards (United States Secretary of Education English-language arts: Reading, Writing, Listening &
Duncan, 2010). Speaking and Language. In each of these domains
there are anchor standards. There are a total of 32
Based on the implementation of the CCSS all students anchor standards in the Georgia CCSS K-12 English-
in Georgia will be assessed in a new way beginning in language arts. I will give three examples.
the academic year 2014-2015. Those of us who have
gone through initial training can attest that the CCSS Example 1-Writing Anchor Standard #8: Gather relevant
address rigorous and complex ways of thinking that information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the
require students to master skills that will ensure they credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the
are ready for the 21st century workforce. What is of a information while avoiding plagiarism.
concern to many arts organizations and arts advocacy From first grade on art educators teach students to
groups is who was not at the table when the standards gather information for references, to generate and
were developed. document original thinking through writing, and to
support ideas that result in a students completed
Below is an excerpt from an editorial by Grant Wiggins artwork. By high school, art students understand the
in Educational Leadership published by ASCD March importance of using original sources. Not only can
2011/ Volume 68/ Number 6/pp 28-33 students identify copy written material of all sources
not just text, they understand and can articulate why


using copy written material as a straight source or
reference is plagiarism.
Example 2-Speaking & Listening Anchor Standard # 5:
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of
data to express information and enhance understanding of
presentations. -No explanation necessary.
We teach students to analyze and support their
argument in their work and in the planning of their
work. We teach students to “integrate and evaluate
content presented in diverse media and formats,
including visually and quantitatively, as well as in
words.”
This in quotations is Example 3- Reading Anchor
treasurer’s tip
Standard #7.
Georgia art educators can claim our seat at the Kelli Shadwell
CCSS table. We can demonstrate to parents,
administrators, legislators and other local, state and Going to a GAEA Conference is one of the highlights
national school leaders that the CCSS are already part of the year. But keeping up with all those papers can
of what we teach and what we expect our art student to be a headache. Try this easy tool... get a durable
know and be able to do. And being the ultimate expanding file and make a folder for each workshop.
optimist I would like to think we can show those same
Put the folders in order and simply drop the workshop
folks what you and I already know - The arts prepare
handouts, cds, and business cards in the correct folder!
and deliver a main course of success and vast potential
to the most important people of all; the people who are It even works for the CREATE luncheon and the
seated at the head of this table-our students. YAM breakfast. Add a pencil and a sketchbook and
carry it all in your conference bag. When you get back
Betsy to school, your files are ready to work for you. See you
Betsy Eppes at Conference!
Dekalb County Visual
Arts Coordinator

left, Kensie Sears
University of Georgia


stone
AT THE FALL CONFERENCE

helen ﬂemming
Dan Defoor
dandefoor@juno.com
art auction
Dr. Helen Fleming
Stone was a October 22 at 2:00 PM during the GAEA Fall
ceramist and a Conference in the Topiary Garden of Brumby House
lifelong learner. A adjacent to the Hilton Conference Center. Those who
dedicated art wish to donate pieces for the auction can contact Dan
teacher at DeFoor by phone at 706-629-2169, or by email at
Cherokee County dandefoor@juno.com. Pieces may also be left at the
High School in registration desk at the Fall Conference.
Canton, GA for
forty-nine years,
she wanted to help
deserving high
school students
continue their
education in visual
art at the college
level. She began
making and selling
pottery to fund an annual art scholarship. By 2006, she
had raised the impressive sum of $60,000 – one pot at
a time.

Sadly, Dr. Stone passed away in 2007. We are
fortunate, though, that her legacy and her dedication ARKTs in School!
Keeps id
to art education live on through the Dr. Helen Fleming
Stone National Art Honor Society Scholarship. Each
year the Georgia Art Education Association hosts a
Davis Publications
reception honoring the scholarship recipient and an Providing effective support that
art auction to continue building the scholarship strengthens your art curriculum and
account as a memorial to Dr. Stone. Through the reinforces skills in other academic
auction we are working toward the goal of making the subject areas since 1901.
scholarship self-perpetuating.
Contact John Maclennan,
There is an opportunity for members GAEA to call 770-335-8575 or email
jmaclennan@davisart.com
support the scholarship by donating ceramic pieces or For more information, visit davisart.com
other work for the annual silent auction to be held on

museum
Dear Colleagues,
division
As the new Museum Division Director for the
Georgia Art Educator Association, it my pleasure to
assist you with your efforts to serve the general public,
other educators and special audiences, as you work
diligently with the other departments within your
museum and to communicate its mission, the contents
of its permanent collection, the big ideas presented in a
traveling exhibition and to assure that each exciting
public program is well-publicized and well-funded.
Although I currently serve as the curator of the
Georgia College Museum in Milledgeville, Georgia, I
earned my stripes within the field as a museum
educator for Birmingham Museum of Art, the Telfair
Academy in Savannah, Georgia and Space 301
contemporary art gallery, where collectively I spent
approximately 10 years.
Honoring the theme of the GAEA Fall above & below, Georgia College Museum
Conference, I invite you to join me in the exploration
of creativity everyday. It is generally agreed that creative
people often display several traits including sensitivity,
flexibility, originality, playfulness, productivity, fluency,
analytical skill and organizational skill. As museum
educators, who facilitate the understanding of the
visual arts, I propose that we all ask ourselves how we
can help our audiences better experience creativity
everyday. Furthermore, can we help each other, through
our GAEA network, to create programs and
experiences that foster the use of these traits?
I encourage you to submit articles featuring
your successes, as well as the challenges you met, to
GAEA’s Collage as well as the Spring
Conference. Please also send any items that you would
like to share between now and then, discuss or receive
feedback upon to me via email, and I will request that
it be posted to our section of the GAEA website.
Thanks so much, and I look very forward to
working with you all, as well as the great art educators
who work directly with students in Georgia’s
classrooms everyday!

Yours truly,
Shannon Morris



district news
district 1
June 6th, the first day of summer following post
planning in Coweta County, saw many GAEA and
Coweta County art teachers gather for a Mayco glaze
workshop. The site was Arnall Middle School hosted
by Denise Marsh and presented by Mayco’s Denise
Ertler. There were teachers from Coweta, Troup and
Fayette Counties coming together to learn new Mayco
techniques for glazing and to do a bit of socializing and
trading ideas. We had teachers from elementary,
middle and high schools so it really was a good mix of
ideas.

I hope to host other hands-on workshops, and I will try
to schedule during post planning rather than once
summer has kicked in. The workshop was free, and we
took home supplies that Denise Ertler gave us! If you
always told that 6th grade work in Pastels
are interested in future hands on workshops, please
most of the time Mitchell County Middle School
contact me: Denise.marsh@cowetaschools.org
educators merely Emily Holton, M.Ed., District 8 Pres.

Denise get to plant the
seed and rarely get to see the ripened fruit. However, I
feel if we observe our students with a certain eye we
district 4 will see evidence of what we plant. One day earlier this
Here’s to a new year of teaching and learning in year, I was monitoring students in the lunch room and
art. I hope that all of you in District 4 (and all over the I noticed that many of them were creating sculptures
state) are feeling positive about the start of the from the aluminum foil around their hot dogs. To
academic year. Please let me know of any new or first some this may seem like frivolous play, but to me it was
year art teachers within your districts, also I encourage a glimpse into how my students show creativity
you to reach out to other teachers in your district who everyday. As you dive into this school year look around
are not members. GAEA can provide great for the ways in which your students display creativity
connections for teachers especially across districts. and expect to be delightfully surprised.
As I interact with my students from day to day
I find myself considering the theme of this year’s fall
Mollie
conference. I wonder if I am truly an example of
creativity everyday? I wonder if students can see a
desire for an artful life as I teach and work with them
each day. When I began work in education, I was


Brooks Dantzler’s artwork from her very
first art lesson, given by her grandmother

For more information about this project or to
learn about district activities for District 9 (Coastal
Plains and Okefenokee Areas), please contact me at
amontgomery@colquitt.k12.ga.us.

Alisha
Montgomery
& Tamara
Daughtry

district 9
Do you want your students to be creative every
day? Do you need a new, quick idea to get their creative
juices flowing? Margaret Wesley Toy

At my school, the laminator is located in my
room. When people laminate things, we save the extra
pieces that are cut off. I cut them into small pieces (or I
have a student do it) and put these in a box for storage.

At the beginning of each class, I give the
students a piece of the “plastic” and a dry erase marker.
Then, I draw a shape or line on the board and they
have five minutes to turn it into something. Then, we
(I do this too) lay our drawings on the table and look at
what was created. My students get very excited about
their drawings and seeing what everyone has drawn.
This takes about 5 minutes.

Finally, we erase them and put them back in
the box and begin our project or demonstration.
Through this short activity, I have seen a positive
change in the amount of creativity in my students’
artwork. This is one of the many ways we are creative
every day.


spring conference
Alisha Montgomery, Jeff Davis, & MORE TO COME…

Emily Holton Looking to a new year and a new conference, I think of
all the things that art starts. Art starts so many things…
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!
imagination, growth, knowledge, learning, and
Reflecting on our March 2011 Spring Conference creativity. Art starts these things for us, not only as
found us at Jekyll Island. We stayed at the Jekyll Island artists, but also as educators. We must start these
Club Hotel, located in the historic district. The things within our students, so that they can begin their
Goodyear Cottage allowed us to use their beautiful own journeys and adventures in this fast-paced world.
gallery to view local artists’ work along with a wine and Join us as we start something incredible in Jekyll Island
cheese reception. This was a big hit! Included in that as nature starts something of its own this spring! We
event was a practicing piano player who filled the want to invite you to see what “Art Starts” at our
gallery with beautiful music. On Saturday, everyone annual Spring Conference.
was treated to a delicious Italian buffet. Many
Spring Conference will be at Jekyll Island March 2-4,
interesting and educational workshops and meetings
2012. We will stay at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel again
with friends, both old and new, were held throughout
this year. Please join us for workshops on Friday
the weekend.
afternoon and all day Saturday. Vendors will be setup
With the help of our vendors and the 102 attendees, on Friday and Saturday to showcase new ideas and
we had record earnings and a record number of products and answer any questions you may have.
attendees for Spring Conferences to date.
We are currently looking for fantastic art teachers to
conduct awesome workshops. Check the website soon
for workshop proposal forms.

Mark your calendars for March and plan to see what
ART STARTS!


above, Spring Conference 2011

district news
Attendees

Lesson Plan to Share

CONTINUED Debbie Katcoff wrote in to share her twist on a
district 6 lesson she learned about at last year’s conference. Dick
Greetings fellow Art Educators! We are Blick presented a lesson in Architectural Letters. The
beginning an exiting 2011-2012 school year. It is with lesson can be viewed online at: http://
sadness and joy that I report that my co-district www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/architectural-letters/.
president Jennifer Johnson has moved to Germany to The project involves 3D letters made using chipboard
teach at the Franconian International School. She will with paper cups between 2 pieces to make it 3D.
be missed and we wish her the best in her new Debbie added an art historical element to the
endeavors! assignment by giving her students a list of African
American artists to research. They chose one whose
Art Educator Accolades work they admired, and then decorated their letter in
the style of the artist they had chosen. This creative
Fall is here and the school year has begun with approach to the lesson addressed the Contextual
an abundance of achievements for our art teachers. Understanding Standards.
Congratulations to the following teachers of the year:
I look forward to seeing some familiar and,
Janette James; Lakeside Middle,
especially, some new faces at the upcoming GAEA fall
Margaret Wesley; Greenbrier Elementary, Carrie
conference! Please continue to send us the news from
Hauger, Grovetown Middle, Jeanette James, Lakeside your respective counties so that we
Middle, Katherine Crossan, Greenbrier High and Mrs. can share it with the entire group.
Leigh Hearn, Freedom Park Elementary!
See you at the conference!
In addition, congratulations to the entire staff Ivey Coleman
at John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in
Augusta, GA. The school has garnered the honor of
being ranked as the 75th Best High School in America,
according to a ranking released by Newsweek.


IMPORTANT DATES

calendar
October 20-23, 2011 fall professional learning
conference
2011-2012
October 22, 2011 YAM Breakfast at Fall
Conference
December 1, 2011 YAM Flag entries due
December 10, 2011 Capitol Art Exhibit entry
forms due
January 29, 2012 CAE set up
January 31, 2012 Collage Spring issue
submission deadline
February 9, 2012 CAE Reception
Feburary 9, 2012 YAM Flag winner(s) awards
at CAE
February 10-11, 2012 NAHS State Conference
February 29, 2012 CAE dismantle
March 2012 Youth Art Month
March 2-4, 2012 Spring Conference
“stARTs...” Jekyll Island, GA
June 1, 2012 E-mail your YAM documentation

Check out the GAEA website
for a more comprehensive
calendar and more
information on these events!
www.gaeaartforall.com

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