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2/1/2019

AEI: FEBRUARY UPDATE

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Our purpose is to promote excellence in visual arts education in Iowa through the advancement of knowledge and skills, professional development, service, and leadership.
WINTER COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

ALL STATE & EMERGING EXCELLENCE ​
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ALL STATE: SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, March 1, 2019 @ Noon
 
EMERGING EXCELLENCE: 2019 LOCATIONS: Osceola, Davenport & Cedar Falls 

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2019 NAEA National Convention—the largest gathering of visual arts education professionals in the world. Choose from 1,000+ engaging and informative sessions, workshops, tours, events, and exhibits designed by and for art educators. Brighten your professional and personal horizons in an impactful way while connecting with colleagues from around the globe. 
There's nothing else like it!
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PD OPPORTUNITY: FINE ARTS STANDARDS

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REGISTER FOR FA STANDARDS COURSE

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11/12/2018

AEI: november news

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Davenport Art Teachers Host Midwest Art Workshop

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On Saturday, November 3rd, West, North, Central, and Creative Arts Academy art teachers hosted the Midwest Art Workshop at West High. Student attendees received portfolio reviews by 12 different colleges and art galleries across the country, interacted via Google Hangouts with current college students in their studios across the country, and enjoyed plenty of hands-on activities, including a screen printing lesson where they printed their own workshop t-shirt. Professional artist John Bald was the featured presenter, and students got the chance to work with other professional artists in hands-on situations. 
EVENT ORGANIZED BY AEI MEMBER, DAVE SCHAEFFER

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​TAKE SURVEY for Fine Arts Summit

The Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Arts Council, and Iowa Alliance for Arts Education are excited to announce plans to co-sponsor the first ever Iowa Fine Arts Education Summit on June 20th, 2019. The Summit will celebrate the 2017 adoption of Iowa's Fine Arts Standards and offer professional development around our new standards for all five fine arts disciplines - dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. By sharing your input, we can better tailor this event to suit your needs. Please take and share this survey with any fellow educators, administrators, or community partners that would be interested in learning more about fine arts education and Iowa's Fine Arts Standards.
Survey open until November 16th   
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AEI MEMBER FEATURED IN "Amazing Iowa Women A to Z" 

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AEI President, Kathleen Sweet has five illustrations featured in "Amazing Iowa Women A to Z" that highlights the stories of nearly 100 Iowa women from different historical eras, diverse backgrounds, and a range of professions. Iowa-based artists created each of the portraits in the book.
Kathleen, "I think my favorite is The Times with Nickole Hannah Jones." Jones grew up in Waterloo. She is an investigative journalists who writes for The New York Times to expose injustices perpetuated by the government and defend people who are susceptible to being taken advantage of. She has also written a book about school segregation. 
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Free curriculum and info on a traveling exhibit

Y.A.M. Flag design Competition

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Submit up to 3 entries from students K-12 for a design to represent Iowa on a flag displayed at the Youth Art Month exhibit at the National Convention.  Entries due by Dec 1st, open to all AEI/NAEA member teachers.  To enter, make a copy of the Slide File,  which is your official entry form, and enter your student information.  Send the file to youthartmonth@artedia.org for official submission to the selection committee.


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​AEI Member, Cappie Dobyns article featured in Iowa Core: Voice from the Field

Originally, when I began including the “why’s” behind my art lessons, it was simply to coax my seventh graders into deeper levels of engagement. Yet while all fully participated, had fun, and mastered the rubric objectives, my kiddos could not independently recall or apply the learned content in the next lesson. In trying to prompt recall, I’d say, “Do you remember what we learned about color schemes?” In response, as if hearing the words for the first time, their puzzled expressions spoke volumes. When I began to acknowledge their struggle for basic understanding, it was then I realized the greater importance of “why”: the facilitation of transfer.
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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Student Opportunity

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PD OPPORTUNITY: Fine arts Standards

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AEI WINTER COUNCIL MEETING

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2019 NAEA NATIONAL CONVENTION
​1 City | 3 Days | 1,000+ Sessions | 5,000 Art Educators

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2019 NAEA National Convention—the largest gathering of visual arts education professionals in the world. Choose from 1,000+ engaging and informative sessions, workshops, tours, events, and exhibits designed by and for art educators. Brighten your professional and personal horizons in an impactful way while connecting with colleagues from around the globe. There's nothing else like it!
REGISTER HERE

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10/17/2018

Conference Recap

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10/2/2018

ADVOCACY

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Involvement in Programing is Advocacy

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- Kathleen Sweet, AEI President

Traveling across the state last year I encountered several  of AEI’s outstanding programs: Youth Art Month (YAM), Emerging Excellence, and All State. The talent displayed by both our teachers and students blew me away.  I am proud to consider myself part of the talented group of people associated with the Art Educators of Iowa.

After seeing all this talent at work, I realized that what I was really seeing was art educators advocating for their students and their programs. Recently, my district colleagues and I focused our attention on Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW). Value Beyond School, one of the standards associated with AIW, encourages teachers to consider how students apply what they have learned to the real world. Teaching in such a rural part of the state, I have found this standard to be particularly challenging. Outside of the school setting, my students rarely encounter opportunities to explore the visual arts. The programs presented by AEI offer a perfect opportunity to meet the Value Beyond School standard. Visual art is meant to be viewed and these programs offer some of my students the chance to engage their community as artists.

Participation in these AEI sponsored programs not only benefits our students, but also offers an avenue to advocate for the arts and our arts programs. Talking with teachers across the state, I have encountered a good amount of midwestern humility. Many of us feel uncomfortable celebrating and promoting our own accomplishments, the successes of our students, and the importance of art in curriculum. We’re afraid others will think we’re “tooting our own horn.” Given that the arts continue to be taken less seriously than other subject areas--e.g. dwindling budgets, diminishing instructional time--the importance of celebrating our accomplishments is more important than ever. One simple way to get our ourselves and our programs noticed is to participate in one of AEI’s programs. These programs help students realize their potential as artists by exposing them to fellow student-artists as well as a broader viewing community. The experience of attending Youth Art Month, Emerging Excellence, or All State moves our students, as well as their friends and families who also attend these events, beyond the classroom. Students and their families remember these special opportunities long after they are over. Put simply, they will become the advocates we need in our local communities.

I am challenging each of you, as art education advocates, to participate in these programs. Get your students beyond the classroom and embrace the chance to shine the spotlight on your program. Be an advocate. Create advocates. Toot your own horn!

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10/2/2018

Student opportunity: BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY

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student art events: BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY 

For the past 10 years, Buena Vista University (BVU) has offered two very popular and well-attended arts events. In fact, you and your students have probably participated in either or both WISE or iDoART in the past.  This year, they are perfecting these two events in order to give you an even more enhanced experience.   
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Dates and highlights are below
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WISE & Idoart workshops
Monday, Nov. 20th & Tuesday, Nov. 21st

  • Groups will have the option of attending either Monday or Tuesday. 
  • BVU professors, alumni, and students will offer Art and Design workshops focusing on BVU's  Visual Arts and Design program.
  • Possible workshop topics include animation, character design, illustration, creative thinking, encaustic, printmaking, ceramics, installation, sound design, and storyboarding.
  • Each workshop will have a limit of 15 students.
  • Each school can bring up to 20 high school students.
  • $10 fee per student will include: Lunch, 2 workshops,  t-shirt.    Teachers will receive FREE lunch and t-shirt!
Early October: iDoART schedule, workshop info and registration forms available online and emailed.
October 17 - 24: online Registrations accepted for iDoART.  
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Registrations will be first-come, first served.  (Payment included)
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SUBMIT ARTWORK ONLINE

exhibition dates: February 8th - March 14th
reception: Saturday, February 9th

  • Each student will receive a personal evaluative critique of their entered work from one of the BVU Visual Art and Design Professors during the reception.
  • Cash Awards:  $150 Best of Show; $100 Second Place; $50 Third Place
  • Trophy sculptures and medals will be awarded.
  • Each student can enter up to 5 pieces. 
  • Earlier exhibition dates to avoid conflicts with other school events/ competitions.
  • All award winners will be officially offered a 4 year BVU arts scholarship.
Entry deadline: Friday, Dec. 14th

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9/23/2018

Student Portfolio Workshop

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2nd Annual Student Portfolio Workshop
November 3rd, 2018

Hosted by West HIgh School, davenport, Iowa
Sponsored by Quad City Arts

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9/18/2018

PD OPPORTUNITIES: IOWA ART STANDARDS

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ART TEACHER PD:
IOWA FINE ARTS STANDARDS
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9/18/2018

BE A MENTOR : FIND A MENTOR

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9/11/2018

Mentoring Program

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ATTENTION 1st & 2nd year or experienced teachers new to the Fine arts!
Beginning Teacher Mentoring Program Registration Form

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AEI works with the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education to provide beginning art educators with mentors during their first and second years of teaching or if you are an experienced teacher who will be a first-year fine arts teacher. By filling out this form you are taking a major step to ensure support for a great beginning teacher experience.

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7/30/2018

AEI:THIS IS WHY!

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WHY AEI COUNCIL MEMBERS VALUE THEIR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION & HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR TEACHING!
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR COLLEAGUES TO BECOME A MEMBER.

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