Join us in honoring All-State Artists on May 12, 2012. More...
Fall Conference 2012 Hotel Reservations Site is Open
Make your reservation for the AEI Fall Conference in Council Bluffs today...
Meet me at the Bluffs: Public Art as advocacy more...
Be A Conference Presenter
The deadline for Presentation Proposals is June 1! Proposal Form...
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Governor's Show Reception
A select group of young artists was honored at the State Capitol with a reception hosted by Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds on April 4, 2012. More...
Art Educators of Iowa is pleased to announce that the 2012 All-State Art Team has been chosen!
Since 1997, Art Educators of Iowa has been recognizing the state’s outstanding junior and senior art students, art educators and art programs. AEI requests members to nominate and submit their best students’ portfolios. Of the portfolios submitted this year, the top fifteen were named as the All-State Visual Artists and top three schools as All-State Art Teams. This year’s judging was held on Saturday, May 14th. The panel of judges included Jan Dotzler of the Creative Center Art College, Allyson Hileman of the Octagon Center for the Arts and Barbara Caldwell of Iowa State University.
Students and teachers will be recognized at a reception on May 12th, 2012 at the Iowa Historical Society Building at 1:30pm with an Awards Ceremony to follow at 2:00pm. Both the students and the nominating teachers will be awarded a plaque, certificate and gifts from our sponsors. These artists are also eligible to receive a $1000 renewable scholarship from the Kansas City Art Institute.
All-State Art Camp 2012 Announced
Finding Your Personal Style
and Artistic Voice
AEI and the Des Moines Art Center announce the 2012 All-State Art Camp, scheduled for June 11 – 15, 2012
9 am – 4 pm at the Des Moines Art Center. More...
Spring Art Shows
Western Iowa Conference holds a Art Show once a year in the Spring. There are 25 categories students can enter. Each category is awarded 5 outstanding works and as many honorable mentions that the judges want to award. The art teachers from Audubon, AHST, Riverside, Underwood, Mo. Valley, Tri-Center, Treynor, and Griswold. The show is set up on Thursday, the judges view the show on Friday, and the show is open to the public Saturday and Sunday. On Monday the students attend and view the show. Following awards, they help take the artwork down. Photos...
The XXX Northeast Iowa Secondary Art Show was held at Luther College on April 13. Students from 8 schools took part in the day, bringing their artwork for judging in various categories. The work was professionally hung in the atrium of the Center for Fine Arts and judged by faculty and staff of the Luther Art Department. The highlight of the day was a panel discussion by Luther art majors, who talked about finances, instructors, materials, and time management. Photos...
The NWAEA Northern Iowa Conference Art Show Open House will be held at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School on May 1st & 2nd 6:00-8:00 p.m. Elementary and Middle School classrooms are invited to view artwork during the school day on either of these days. Contact Shanise Brockshus,
sbrockshus@thegenerals.org or (712) 754-3601 ext. 223 to make arrangements. Awards Presentation will be held May 3rd 1:00- 3:30 p.m. for participating high schools to attend.
IASB Invites You to Display
For the third year, you are invited to display your students’ artwork at IASB’s 67th Annual Convention, Nov. 14-15, 2012, at the Iowa Events Center.
The Iowa Association of School Boards is pleased once again to shine the spotlight on Iowa’s most precious commodity - our students. IASB will showcase three student artworks from each district at their annual convention. Last year they proudly featured 110 original student pieces from 42 districts, and this year they’re hoping to expand the display!
Now is the time to start saving your students’ art for the fall IASB 67th Convention Student Artwork Show! We will begin collection of work at the July 17 Summer Board Meeting. Work can be sent with AEI area reps and officers. Or you can send work directly to IASB. Note that the collection date is BEFORE our AEI Fall Conference. More information...
March is Iowa Arts Education Month
Governor Terry Branstad, in the presence of arts educators from across the state and from several organziations, signed an executive proclamation making the month of March Iowa Arts Education Month 2012. AEI President Ronda Sternhagen and Board Members Laurie Olk, Pat Grubb, and Dawn Martinez Oropeza were among arts educators on hand for the signing.
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Share this Proclamation with your school board, adminstrators, and parents.
Youth Art Month 2012
Photos of the Scholastic Art and Writing Award and YAM Reception and Celebration at the Historical Building, Des Moines, on March 11, 2012 are available now.
See them here...
A student photography contest
hosted by The Iowan magazine...
Dear Iowa Educators and Scholars,
The Iowan magazine is pleased to announce its first-ever student photography contest. This is an open competition for student photographers of any age who are enrolled in any Iowa educational institution for any part of the 2011–2012 school year. This includes K–12 schools, technical schools, colleges, and universities (public or private).
There are no entry fees and no purchase is necessary.
All rules and requirements are available on our website www.iowan.com >Student Competition. Don’t hesitate to contact me should you have any questions, artdirector@iowan.com.
Please feel free to share, copy, and post this information wherever your students might see it. Spread the word!
To preview the type of images The Iowan selects, visit www.iowan.com > Read. There you will find several feature stories and departments. On May 1, our latest Portfolio department featuring our favorites from the 2011 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon will be posted. Among those chosen (without our prior knowledge) were the works of three youth photographers that appear on our cover, table of contents, and on page 53.
Bobbie Russie,
Art Director, The Iowan
Creativity Connects the World: Using Art to Build Global Awareness
This international Art Exhibition is an opportunity for children to make a statement about what creativity means to them and others around the world.
The visual arts offer a powerful way for students to connect and understand others—and to explore global issues, cultures, perspectives and places.
The global awareness theme is a great way to integrate the arts across the curriculum—and connect four global competencies to creative teaching.
At Crayola, they believe that creative experiences are worth speaking up for and worth celebrating, so they have sponsored an annual juried art exhibition as a window to see what children are thinking and feeling for more than 30 years.
Creativity Connects Us is open to K–12 students around the world. Students create a piece of art and develop a written statement of 50 words or less on "What creativity means to me and others around the world." The artwork and written statement should represent their interpretation and reflections on the theme of creativity around the world.
No purchase is necessary.
Submission Deadline: Monday April 16, 2012
http://www.crayola.com/theartofchildhood/gallery/index.cfm?dc_cid=486
AP Petition
You might be interested in signing a petition concerning AP Art History and college admissions scores in Iowa. The petition states:
...That all AP (Advanced Placement) classes deserve to be included in the RAI (Regents Admission Index). We understand that the RAI Score is a formula which determines automatic acceptance to Iowa's State Universities. It is also a factor in determining scholarships for our students. The index combines four factors deemed most valid in predicting success at regent universities: ACT or SAT test score, high school rank, high school cumulative grade-point average, and the number of completed high school core courses.
Almost all AP classes are included in this formula. However, AP Art History, AP studio classes, AP Music classes and AP Computer Sciences classes are excluded because they are not "core" courses.
If you would like to read the full petition and have an opportunity to sign it, go to
http://tinyurl.com/rai-petitio. You are welcome to forward this link to friends of the arts. For more information, contact AP Art History at Linn-Mar High School, Gloria Zmolek at gloria.zmolek@gmail.com.
V.A.A.S. =
Visual Arts for All Students
Help the AEI Task Force to guide lawmakers to mandate change in K-6 Visual Art licensing requirements! Send your stories... More information...
Advocacy White Papers for Art Education
NAEA is offering a collection of 14 essays written in response to the NAEA report, Learning in a Visual Age: The Critical Importance of Visual Arts Education. These essays communicate the value of visual arts education in a constantly changing educational environment and demonstrate why visual arts education is important for meeting each student’s educational needs. We urge you to share the White Papers for Art Education with colleagues, policy makers, supervisors and administrators, preservice art educators, and parents. More information...
