Wisconsin Art Education Association

We Have a New WAEA Pinterest

Are you a fan of Pinterest? Follow our boards there. We've just started and will be building this great collection of boards for years to come. This is part of our new effort to provide art educator resources. See the new resource tab and watch for lots more including lesson plan templates and other great resources.

WAEA Pinterest

Youth Art Month Season Coming Soon

It's beginning to look a lot like Youth Art Month season. There are many opportunities for your students to share their art work at the state level and the fabulous regional exhibitions. New this year is the opportunity to win free stuff. See the YAM page for more and the link here.

Sargent Art YAM Contest GET FREE STUFF!

December Art Educator of the Month

Congratulations to Briana Cleary the December Art Educator of the month. Click here to learn more about Briana.

November Art Educator of the Month

Congratulations to Lexi Korhonen the November Art Educator of the month. Click here to learn more about Lexi.

WAEA Fall 2019 Conference Is In the Books: Re-live the fun here.

Special thanks to Jana Strobel, Frank Juarez, Shannon Cousino and Jeanne Bjork for sharing photos from the conference.

Fall Conference Presenters Share Here

If you are presenting at the WAEA Fall Conference in Manitowoc we'd love to have you share your handouts, presentations etc. with all members. Please use the Google Folder link here and share. Make sure you name the files/folders with your name and the name of your presentation so it is easy for participants to find. Thanks in advance for presenting and making our conference terrific.

WAEA Fall 2020 will Return to Wausau

Important Dates to Remember 2019-20

2019

September 1 Renew or Join NAEA/WAEA
October 17-18, 2019 Fall Conference Creative Types at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc
November 8 WASB Contest Deadline
December 1 Potawatomi Grant and WAEA Foundation Grant Applications Due 2020
March 6 Noon - 1:00 WAEA YAM Celebration in Madison at Capitol Rotunda
March 26 - 28 NAEA Conference in Minneapolis, MN
April 1 Potawatomi Grant Applications Due
April 3 WAEA Award Nominations Due to Theresa Kenney
April 17 Visual Arts Classic at UW Madison
April 24 Visioneers Design Challenge
June 1st Fall 2020 Conference Proposals DUE!

Janet Carson Distinguished Fellows Member Has Passed Away

WAEA has lost a dynamic member of our art community. Janet Carson died recently. Janet Carson was inducted into our WAEA Fellows class in 2018. She was an influential art leader in the state for many years. To learn more about Janet visit the Fellows Page. To see her obituary click here.

For details on her service see below:
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019
10:30 AM
Hope United Methodist Church
2233 Golf Road
Eau Claire, WI

Fall Art Times is Posted Here

Click here to view the Fall 2019 Newsletter and all previous newsletters.

Major Meet Up Exhibition Follow-Up

The first ever Major Meet Up exhibition was held at Concordia University earlier this fall. The show featured works by artist educators and their student artists. Thanks to Sarah Fredrikson for her photos of the exhibition.

Art Educator of the Month Nominate Someone You Know Today!

Do you know an art educator who has been especially "rockin' it" this past month? If so consider nominating them to be featured here and on all our social media sites as WAEA Art Educator of the Month! Download the PDF here for more details.

Art Educator of the Month Nomination Form

Fantastic Exhibition Opportunity

The Major Meet Up is a great opportunity for you and your students to exhibit art work together. To learn more about this new exhibition see the PDF here. The deadline to enter has been extended to August 15th!

Major Meet Up Exhibition Details

NAEA 2020 Conference is in Minneapolis!

The NAEA National Convention is the largest gathering of visual arts educators in the world!

The NAEA National Convention is an annual event providing substantive professional development opportunities for visual arts education professionals including classroom teachers, museum educators, administrators, college and university professors, researchers, students of art education, teaching artists, and more! Hosted in a different city each year, the Convention hosts participants from every state in the US and from around the globe. Offering as many as 1,000 participatory workshops, sessions, tours, exhibits, and keynote addresses by world-acclaimed educators, artists, researchers, and scholars, the NAEA National Convention is the premier opportunity to connect with colleagues and the latest ideas and innovations in visual arts education. It is the largest annual gathering of visual arts educators in the world!

For more details visit the website: https://www.arteducators.org/events/national-convention

Fabulous Fall Conference Sponsors

WAEA welcomes the 2019 Fall Conference Vendors. Thank you for your support of art education in Wisconsin. To learn more visit the Sponsorship Page.

Learn More About Vendors

Get to Know Your 2019-20 WAEA Board

The WAEA Board is nominated and elected by YOU the members of WAEA. How can we serve you? What are your needs? There are many leaders you can connect with through the BOARD Links on this site. Visit the WAEA Board webpage for emails to all our Board members. Never hesitate to ask a question or seek guidance for yourself, your students and your program.