​"My name is Lexi Korhonen! I graduated in January 2019 from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and am currently in my very first year of teaching in the Neenah Joint School District. I love creating all types of art and my first true passion was ceramics! I took my passion for the arts and a love of working with kids and turned it into the best career possible: Art teaching!!! In my free time I love to travel, explore, sing, make art & spend time with friends and family."

Greetings Arts Education Friends.
 
Here is the June WI DPI Fine Arts and Creativity Education  newsletter. This issue highlights the adoption of the newWisconsin Standards for Dance, updates for the music, theatre, and art & design standards, events, and highlights from the school year.
 
Professional Development Opportunities -
In your upcoming summer activities, besides reading the newsletter, also consider attending a few professional development sessions. Check the Fine Arts Professional Development website.
 
Wisconsin Standards for Art & Design draft –

Share your feedback to the Wisconsin Standards for Art & Design draft. An invitation to participate in a public survey will be out in early July 2019. The link for this survey and the draft will be available online at - https://dpi.wi.gov/fine-arts/art-design.
 
Stay up to date with news and happenings across the Wisconsin – Follow the WI DPI Arts Education Twitter page - @WisDPIArtsEd.
 
Thank you again for all you do to inspire, inform, and engage our students in the arts. I hope your summer provides time to learn and smile.  

 
-Julie

 

Julie A. Palkowski, Ph.D.

Education Consultant- Fine Arts and Creativity; SEADAE Past President

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction- Content and Learning Team

125 South Webster Street

PO Box 7841

Madison, WI 53707-7841

(608) 261-7494; Fax 608-266-1965

julie.palkowski@dpi.wi.gov

http://dpi.wi.gov/fine-arts 

From Jaehan Bae of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. 

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group (AACIG) seeks Curricular Resources (CR) that will address Asian art and culture in art education including (but not limit to) Asian art history and philosophy, Asian/Asian diaspora artists’ works and practices, Asian folk art, material culture, popular/visual culture, and traditional or contemporary Asian art. We strongly encourage authors to share images of student work samples, instructional materials (i.e., exit slips, handouts, ppt, or worksheets), and formative and summative assessment instruments as resources for teaching and learning. This may also include handouts, presentation slides, questionnaire, and rubric. The Interest group likes to hear how you teach Asian art and culture in various settings: community, cultural centers, gallery, museums, Pre-K to 12, Higher Ed., non-traditional classroom settings, etc. Selected CRs will be published at the AACIG website (https://sites.google.com/view/aacig/home) and used as instructional materials and resources to a wide range of audiences who is interested in teaching about Asian art and culture. We also strongly encourage you to read our previous CR titled “A Study on the Art Education for Children Using Korean Ink and Wash Paintings” at https://sites.google.com/view/aacig/ir/korean-ink-and-wash-paintings before submitting your CR.
IR Submission as follows:

The CR Submission (2000-2500 words) must include:
1) Cover page (Title, author’s name(s), contact emails, name(s) of affiliation or institution, grade levels or ages of participants);
2) Overview of project
3) Enduring ideas
4) Essential questions
5) National or State Standards or goals
6) Learning objectives
7) 3-5 images of student work samples of project with descriptive captions (In relation to copyright issues, the NAEA permission form is available at https://arteducators-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/147/e865b486-a336-4dcf-814e-8710e608c6b2.pdf?1451955320)
8) Information about referral artifacts (i.e., professional artwork, visual references) that you may use in your CR.
9) Lesson sequences with informal and formal assessment plans (3-5 lessons in paragraphs)
10) Teaching materials and assessment forms (indications with when they used)
11) Conclusions
12) References (the most current updated version of APA)
How to submit:
● Please submit your CR to AACIG email at: aacig.naea@gmail.com by September 1st, 2019.
● Image files, permission forms, teaching materials, and assessment instruments are must be individually submitted.
● Questions and inquiry should be sent to Dr. Jaehan Bae, AACIG Instructional Resource Coordinator, at: aacig.naea@gmail.com or baej@uwosh.edu

​Ben Lamp has been an Art educator for 13 years, and currently teaches Intro to Art, Intro to Digital Media, Drawing, Sculpture, and AP Art History at Pewaukee High School.  Ben received his Bachelor of Arts in Art Education and a Minor in Art History from the UW-Eau Claire (2006), and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership at Carroll University.  He enjoys spending time with his wife Stacy and their two sons, Chris (6) and Oliver (1), painting, woodworking, playing golf, fishing, hunting, and generally being outdoors.  

​My name is Courtney Goss and I am now in my eighth year as an Art Educator.  From a young age, I always told everyone that I wanted to be an artist when I grew up.  It wasn’t until I had already graduated from UWM with a BFA in Inter-Arts that I realized I wanted to go back to school to pursue a career as an Adaptive Art Educator.

I am now in my second year with Whitnall School District, and could not ask for a workplace that offers a greater sense of community.  As the only Middle School Art Teacher in the district, I have the wonderful opportunity to see these students come in as young sixth graders and blossom creatively as they grow.  I challenge my students to push beyond their comfort zone, research, problem solve and thoroughly reflect on the pieces they create.  Through building positive relationships, an open mind to meet my students in the middle, and the motto “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to Try,” my goal is to create a safe and positive environment for all students that walk through my door.