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2012 LAEA Fall Conference -- Shreveport

Fall 2012 Artlines Online #9denise tullier-holly, editorTeacher Assessment Concerns Continues NAEA/Fort Worth National ConventionSE Leadership Conference - Mobile Summer Retreat Fun in Grande Isle Youth Art Month Flag DesignFormPinwheels for Peace in Louisiana Art Educator as Artist ExhibitionTulane Summer InstitutePresident’s MessageArt around the StateCalendarand more

October 26 and 27Our LAEA Fall Conference promises to be a “fright” as we scare up some ART!

North Louisiana is busy with plans for the LAEA Con-ference October 26 and 27. Janet Wolfe and Margaret Holt are co-chairs for the conference and report that Shreveport is ready to “Scare Up Some Art” with our friends across Louisiana. All conference registrants will be able to participate in all workshops! We call the presentations “walk up workshops,” where you can go from one workshop to another and make an example of the project at each one. Send your regis-tration to Janet Wolfe, 336 Rutherford St., Shreveport, LA 71104, and make your hotel reservations. The Courtyard by Marriott is holding rooms until Oct. 10, or until the rooms are all reserved. Start working on your costume for ArtScare!!! The theme is “VooDoo” so anything goes! Can’t wait to see everyone!!!

Hello LAEA

I hope the start of the year has gone well for everyone. Rather than stress over the new state requirement for “Student Learning Targets” I have found that they have encouraged me to be a little better organized. I keep telling myself this is a practice year, keep things in perspective and see what I can learn from the process. My year is planned out, now all I need to do is to implement my plan. We will see what happens next. As an art teacher for middle and high school students I am always looking for new and interesting ways to teach art concepts. Often we find ourselves the only art teacher in the school. It can be lonely and frustrating. For the past fifteen years I have attended LAEA’s Fall Conference. It has kept me motivated and inspired. I love all the friends I have made, who share my love of art and teaching art. I love the chance to get away for a long weekend and make art. I love the focus on art and art teaching. Come join us this October. The infor-mation for the conference is on our website and in this newsletter. Reenergize yourself, share ideas, relax and enjoy. Bring a friend.Finally, I want to encourage you to become more involved in your professional organization. Participate in our YAM Flag Design contest, join us for summer retreat, friend us on Facebook. Think about presenting at next year’s conference in New Orleans. Share that great lesson with all of us. Check out a NAEA National Conference. This year it will be in Fort Worth, right next door. You are what makes LAEA and NAEA impor-tant, relevant and interesting. Take advantage of what we have to offer.Sincerely, Nancy Von Brock, LAEA Presidentnvonbro@lsu.edu

LAEA President Nancy Von Brock enjoying her Grande Isle experience during the LAEA Summer Retreat.

LAEA President’s Message

LAEA Strategic Plan: For all LAEA members. At our 2012 January board meeting, we commited to working on a Strategic Plan for LAEA concentrating on three areas. 1. Community: Ways to grow the arts in the community and Communi-cate with community stakeholders. 2. Advocacy: Ways to grow advocacy in the State beyond YAM. 3. Create and promote opportunities for Learning and Professional De-velopment. Again, I would like to encourage everyone to become familiar with the LAEA http://laarteducators.org/ and the NAEA http://www.arteducators.org/ websites. There is so much on both sites to help and support you as an art teacher. You have a plethora of resources behind you. Use them.

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p.s. Nancy notes that Richard Baker recommends an upcoming professional development opportunity. Richard Baker says “With recent research and news related to this topic, this is an excellent professional development op-portunity”.Infusing the Arts in Early Childhood, Wednesday, October 10, 4 to 6 p.m., Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 225.922.4560.

Silent Auction Items Needed for Scholarship FundNadine Charity, Silent Auction Chair, is reminding members to bring an art related auction item the the event. The funds go to our Scholarship program for Professional Development. You can find information about this fund on our LAEA website, http://laarteducators.org/laea-awards/ Professional Development Scholarship AwardsThese awards are available to any active LAEA members for professional development (i.e. assistance in attend-ing an NAEA national convention or other professional development activity). To be eligible, a student member must be an LAEA member for one year and an active member must be an LAEA member for two years. Both must have participated in LAEA activities. With this submission of a scholarship request, members understand and agree to both attend and present at the next LAEA Fall Conference if they are awarded a scholarship.

The form must be completed and submitted to the President–Elect by the following dates:Dec. 15 – for consideration at the January Board Meeting May 15 – for consideration at the June board Meeting Sept 15 – for consideration at the Oct/Nov Board Meeting

Nadine Charity who is also on the LAEA Conference plan-ning committee, teaches 2nd and 3rd grade art at Platt El-ementary. Nadine was elected as Bossier Parrish’s Elemen-tary Teacher of the Year! She will ride in the Haughton High School Homecoming Parade!!! Congratulations again, Na-dine! Her classes have recently completed a 2’x6’ banner for the Red River Revel arts festival. Last spring her students made enough quilt squares for the Red River Quilters to make more than 18 quilts. These quilts are given to children who need comfort while they are in the hospital. They are planning to make the quilt squares again this year. Nadine’s students also participated in Pinwheels for Peace.

< Margaret Holt’s students participated in Pinwheels for Peace for the first time this year. Students painted and “plant-ed” their pinwheels in front of the school and on the sur-rounding fences. Margaret teaches K-8 at Southfield School in Shreveport.

artspace held an opening reception for all ArtBreak winners Thursday evening, September 20th in the 3rd floor gallery. The winning art will remain on display during the LAEA Conference.

Janet and Sir Kevin Wolfe are working on building and paint-ing a set for Christmas in the Sky, SRAC’s biennial fund rais-er. They have participated in building sets for the last 10 years. Janet teaches at Claiborne Elementary Magnet School. Margaret Holt

North Louisiana Region 4 Report

If, (SLT + COMPASS = TEACHING ABILITY) then, how did I do it?What is a SLT? Not knowing exactly I tried the old alphabet trick. Alt is altitude, BLT is bacon lettuce and tomato, CLT, ........SLT salami or sausage, lettuce and tomato? It is obviously something worth chewing on. Was I wrong. Yes I did some chew-ing, my finger nails right down to a nub. I was in-serviced on how to write a SLT using a template provided for that purpose. We were told don’t stress out, you can do this. Just when I was sure that I could do this (whatever that meant) then I went to another in-service and found out that the template I knew so well was no longer being used. Knowing that I mastered the first template I was sure I could just as easily master the second one. At this point my mail box was filled with important pointers about SLT’s. I read everything each day just to discover oops we’re not doing it like that anymore. The corner of my desk where I stacked things to do was two feet tall. This is what happens to people who want to be on top of everything . Then I started in-servicing Middle school art teachers and discovered another template in Compass that was being used to write SLT’s but soon discovered that the State Department of Education hasn’t specified a particular template to be used. . For those of you out there that haven’t written your SLT’s I have gotten to be an expert to adapting them to various templates. Just e-mail me. For a minimal fee I’ll write the entire thing for you. This may just be a new line of work for me undertake.

Now that all of the teachers have finished writing SLT’s they stay awake nights thinking about the thirty–two students that can make or break her. The formal evaluation is a snap, everyone knows how to put on a dog and pony show but those precious little children that President Bush said “no child left behind” may decide that they really don’t want to work so hard to get ahead. How is she going to explain that she was teacher of the year last year and failed her teacher evaluation this year. Right now the word stress is spelled SLT-Compass. If you haven’t read the evaluation document, don’t. The side effects might include a red itchy rash, migraine headache, dementia (anyone over 50), or nightmares.

Sally BabinCalcasieu Parish Art Educator p.s. It’s meant to be a touch of humor, or written with tongue in cheek. SB

A New Education Formula

Student Learning Targets -- Crunch TimeSo as Sally Babin, veteran art educator and art education advocate, affirms above, there’s lots of digging and reading required in figuring out just what to write for a Student Learning Target (SLT). With frustrations abounding, we look to one another for help. We were so fortunate to have Nancy Von Brock (LAEA President) and Barbara Clover (LAEA Past President) working with the state. Many of us used the state examples and made them our own. I know I did. Yes, maybe some tweaking that addressed your art program and your students and then you were done. Our Facebook account came in handy for quick communication. You may find SLT examples on Facebook as well. In our state instructions, under Teacher Role, it does list “Collaborate with colleagues to define ambitious, achievable SLTs”. Thank you, colleagues, we did it!

Then, questions start creeping in. Did I address the three key characteristics of strong student learning targets, Priority Content, Rigor and High-Quality Evidence? Rigor was my big “gulp” and after speaking with Sally, I felt a little better. She said Rigor could be addressed by using Bloom’s Taxonomy, the higher up the scale, the more rigorous. In the new revised version (which I happen to have right in front of me), creating is now at the top of the list, then evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding and remembering. CREATING, at the TOP, is what we have our students do every day! Did I have that (creating) in my SLT? You bet I did and I’m sure you did as well. Sally also says to fulfill rigor we should address both an Element of Art and a Principle of Art. See Sally shares SLT for all grades on page 19 of this newsletter.

So this is our first year with SLTs and we wonder what the outcome will be. As 50% of our evaluation, are we now going to “teach to the test”?! The best part is that it is a test of our own creation, speaking to our own program and students. It is a much better alternative to the standardized tests that so many of our non-art colleagues are facing. So, in closing, I thank you for being my col-leagues, a part of your professional organization, LAEA. This won’t be the only storm we weather together but whatever comes, let’s work together! Let’s continue to build LAEA. Invite an art teacher or an art advocate to join NAEA/LAEA. Art advocates can be associate members!Denise Tullier-HollyLAEA President-Elect

This is the stack of art I have to grade today to prove I am teaching my students art ... the

rubric I am using is on top. Just being teacher of the multi -verse is not enough!

Nadine CharityLAEA Secretary

SeeSally shares SLT for any grade

on page 19 of this newsletter

View Point: Professors of Education Need to Speak OutBy Guest Author, James D. Kirylo

At a recent school board meeting in Tangipahoa Parish, John White, the under-qualified Louisiana State Supt. of Educa-tion, nonsensically declared that he is not “keen” on teacher certification, making the point that all that is necessary to teach is a college degree and that one simply be proficient. What “proficiency” means according to White is not all that clear, but what is clear is that certification is not part of the process. Moreover, what is also apparent is White’s attempt to systematically redefine what it takes to enter the field of education and what it means to be a teacher.

Particularly for professors of education, two stark choices of responses seem to be at stake here. One, they might as well go ahead and close shop, and move on elsewhere where their expertise is valued and needed; or, two, collectively speak out with a loud unified voice in resisting the irresponsible rhetoric that is coming out of Baton Rouge.

A driving force that apparently guides White’s thinking is his support for what is known as Teach for America (TFA). Typically young, minimally experienced, under-qualified, and from out of state, White and many who currently work at the State Department of Education possess some kind of link to TFA. Indeed, Heather Cope, the newly hired executive director for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), has ties to TFA. Obviously, the ma-jority on BESE is drinking the TFA Kool-Aid, and pitifully thumbing their nose at more qualified candidates, even those who happen to be born, raised, and educated in Louisiana.

In short, TFA is a program where college graduates from whatever discipline receive several weeks of “teacher training,” and then are released to teach in area schools, mostly in high poverty settings. Indeed, TFA can be characterized as a domestic Peace Corps type of organization. The indictment here is not on what may be the good intent of the individuals who make the two year commitment to teach under the umbrella of TFA; rather, the condemnation is on the infrastructure that is aggressively promoting TFA in our state.

It is clear that the Louisiana State Department of Education believes that domestic Peace Corps workers are the answer for our high poverty schools. For example, it has been reported that approximately 80 percent of the teachers in a nearby parish are associated with TFA. To put it another way, this particular parish—with a high poverty rate, with high needs, with mostly children of color attending the schools—are using the most under-qualified and least experienced teachers around.

Contrast the above reality to another nearby parish, one of the higher economic areas in the state and where high educa-tion achievement is consistently recognized. Teachers are expected to have a degree from a reputable university teacher education program and to be certified; and, to be seriously considered for employment, a master’s degree is assumed. In other words, the expectations for what it takes to be a teacher, what it means to be a teacher, and the professionalism involved is an absolute consideration for this particular parish school system.

I am reminded of the words of the great American education reformer, John Dewey, when he states, “What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child that must be the community want for all of its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely…” Taking my cue from Dewey, why, then, are the same expectations for teacher qualifi-cations in a higher economic district not the same in a neighboring school district where the poverty rate is high? Would the parents in the higher economic district be accepting of under-qualified teachers teaching their children? Of course not. Then, why are we not outraged by the infrastructure that touts under-qualified teachers for the poor?

To become a teacher one must carefully study, among numerous other essential considerations, theories of human de-velopment, the nature of learning, the nature of knowledge, and the influence of cultural and social forces that play into the pedagogical process, all of which is critically examined in quality teacher education programs. To trivialize the importance of that process is nothing short of ignorance and arrogance. But that is exactly what TFA does when it sug-gests a few weeks of training of learning a couple of “tricks of the trade” are all that is needed before one is ready for the classroom.

Especially for professors of education, now is the time to forcefully speak out how the teaching profession is systemati-cally being undermined in our state, and perhaps movement to not only call for John White’s resignation is in order, but also to call into question the credibility of BESE. Especially for children of poverty, they deserve the most qualified, the most excellent, and the most dynamic teachers around, not any different than children who come from more fortunate circumstances.

James D. Kirylo is an education professor and author of Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife. He can be reached at jkirylo@yahoo.com Used with permission by the author.

LAEA Calendar

September 2012September 21 - World Peace DayJoin teachers around the world as they create “Pinwheels for Peace” with their classes, http://pinwheelsfor-peace.comOctober 2012October 26 - 27, LAEA Fall Conference, Shreveport, Louisiana Presentation of LAEA AwardsWorld Peace Exhibit, State Capitol, opportunity for showcasing student artwork with the LA Legislative Youth Advisory CouncilNovember and December 2012Work on Youth Art Month Flag DesignsJanuary 2013 Jan. 8th YAM Flag Design Entries due and judged the following week. Winning design created into 3’x5’ flag and sent to Council for Art Education (CFAE).Jan. 19th, 2013 Saturday prior to Martin Luther King Holiday ~ Annual Board Business meeting Plan YAM activities and collaborate with Music EducatorsFebruary 2013Get YAM mayoral proclamations and send out press releases about your YAM exhibitions and events. • Hang posters, send invitations and announcements for your YAM upcoming events. Newsletter deadline February 15; send photos and articles on all topics.March 2013CELEBRATE Youth Art Month -YAM. Fill in your YAM calendar (found in this newsletter).Have an exhibition of your students’ work!! Request endorsements from Principals and School Boards!Take your class on a fieldtrip to an area Art Museum!! Promote your quality art program! Keep track of publicity - newspaper articles, radio and TV shows and spots, etc. for our YAM state report.March 7-10, NAEA National Conference 2013 - Forth Worth, Texas April 2013 Testing. Send your YAM report to Carolee Miller, miller8933@bellsouth.net.May 2013Artists in the Capitol Day, LAEA’s Culminating Youth Art Month Event, YAM Flag Designers honored. Send your YAM report to Carolee Miller, miller8933@bellsouth.net.June 2013 Summer Retreat is to be announced; there’s lots of art making, rest and relaxation. LAEA nominations are also prepared during the board meeting at this event. Send all nominees to Ange Riehl, ange.riehl@lusfiber.net. July 2013NAEA Southeast Leadership Conference Southeastern Leadership Conference - Tennessee All are welcome.August 2013School begins. Newsletter deadline August 15. ; send photos and articles.

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And our LAEA Award Winners Are....

2013 NAEA National ConventionPresident Nancy Von Brock will represent LAEA at Delegates Assembly on March 6, accompanying her will be President-Elect Denise Tullier-Holly as a non-voting attendee. Members are invited to attend in a special section as observers.Some LAEA members are presenting in Fort Worth; please check the program for them and show support by at-tending their session. The 2013 NAEA National Convention will be held March 7-10 in Fort Worth, Texas at the Fort Worth Convention Center and Omni Fort Worth Hotel.The 2013 NAEA National Convention will explore the value of community—and how our professional community is essential in advancing visual arts education to fulfill human potential and promote global understanding.Presentations will reflect one or more of the following NAEA Strategic Planning Goals: Community, Advocacy, Learning, and Research and Knowledge.

Congratulate your fellow art educators, by attending the Awards ceremony at our Fall Conference in Shreve-port. The LAEA board would like to see your name on this list! Get involved; ask any board member how you can volunteer. And our LAEA award winning art educators are:

National Art Educator Nominee Barbara CloverNational Elem Art Educator Ellen VercellottiNational Middle Art Educator Carolee MillerNational Secondary Art Educator Virginia BerthelotNational Higher Ed Art Educator Jeani Stevens (state only)Southeastern Region (Louisiana) Art Educator Janet WolfeSoutheastern Region (Louisiana) Elem Art Ed Jennifer KeithSoutheastern Region (Louisiana) Middle Art Ed Nancy Von BrockSoutheastern Region (Louisiana) Sec Art Ed Angela RiehlSoutheastern Region Higher Ed Art Ed Kathy VellardLouisiana Art Educator Margaret HoltLifetime Achievement Marie Tilleux Davis (state only)Museum Educator Anne ReidSupervision & Administration Henry Price (state only)Distinguished Service within the Profession Denise Tullier-HollyLouisiana LAEA Newsletter Denise Tullier-HollyLAEA New to the Profession Amber Moreland

Our LAEA District Map

Ogden Workshop -- Day of the Dead

Please contact your Regional Vice Presidents with news from your area:

Kristie Gough kgough@stcharles.k12.larepresenting the Southeast Re-gion, #1,Pat Love patricia.love@cpsb.orgrepresenting the Southwest Re-gion, #2,Karen McPherson karen_mcpherson@bellsouth.net our Central Region, #3 and Margaret Holt margholt@mac.com represent-ing Northern Region , #4.

Thank you for your service!

Celebrating the Dead: Teacher Workshop Exploring el Día de los muertosOctober 16th, 2012, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, You may register online.Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130November first is “el Día de los innnocentes” or the day of the children and All Saints Day. November second is All Souls Day or the Day of the Dead. As a way to celebrate, communities throughout parts of Latin America make altars. Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans are sponsoring this year’s teacher work-shop to introduce teachers to the history of Día de los muertos. The workshop will explore the tradition throughout Latin America through an original film and highlight special resources locally to learn more about New Orleans’ tradition of celebrating the dead, All Saints Day. All participants will receive a light snack, teaching materials, CEUs, and free entry into the Ogden After Hours Day of the Dead celebration (value of $10) Thursday, November 1st from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. For more information email dwolteri@tulane.edu.Other Day of the Dead ActivitiesSaturday, October 27, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Book Reading & Sugar Skull WorkshopLearn more about Día de los muertos with a reading of Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales (ages 3-7) followed by a sugarskulls workshop with renown artist Cynthia Ramirez. Sponsored by the New Orleans Public Library. Free and open to the public.Monday, October 29, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Altar Building Demonstration, Ogden Museum of Southern ArtJoin local artist Cynthia Ramirez as she builds this year’s Day of the Dead altar in honor of Uncle Lionel Batiste. Teachers are encouraged to bring their classes and observe and contribute one small item (of little monetary value) to the altar. School groups are admitted free to the museum. The altar will be up from October 29 until mid November. Make sure to set up a time to bring your class and introduce this rich cultural tradition to your students. To visit on October 29, please register on the form below. To arrange for a visit on any other day, please contact the museum directly: 504.539.9608 October 29 – November 9, Altar ExhibitionAltar created by Cynthia Ramirez and local K-12 Teachers in honor of the legendary Uncle Lionel Batiste will be on display for all through mid November. Contact the museum to schedule classroom visits 504.539.9608 Thursday, November 1, Ogden After HoursMariachi Jalisco performs traditional music of Mexico. Come out and learn more about the only Mariachi band in the state! Kids craft table will be working on Day of the Dead activities and delicious food will be available. Contact 504.539.9608.Saturday, November 3, Public ForumDiscussion with community activists, scholars, and artists on the tradition of celebrating the dead from Mexico to New Orleans, LA. Contact the museum at 504.539.9608 All events are sponsored by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans, The New Orleans Public Library, and the Hermann-Grima House.

Youth Art Month Flag Design Changes

New this YAM year, there are CHANGES to the Flag Form. Please find the 2013 YAM Flag Form in this newsletter. Our theme goes back to the National YAM theme, “Art Shapes the World. This year, we are requiring Parent and Principal emails. Please include them as Virginia Berthelot can then keep all interested parties informed as to when artwork will be on display.Virginia is requesting TOTAL participants. Please provide the total number of students that participated in the YAM Flag Design Contest at your school along with the entries you send to the contest. This will allow all students’ efforts to be recognized in our YAM report.Website highlighting awesome Louisiana information can be found at http://knowla.org/. It will help students learn more about their state and inspire their flag designs.Remember size change from last year 8.5” x 14” (legal size).

Virginia BerthelotYAM Flag Design Chair

Our Youth Art Month Committee just received news that our state has been recognized for our 2012 YAM activities and growth. This is an National Award of Excellence, one of only three given in the nation. Thanks go to our chairs, Virginia Berthelot, Jennifer Keith and Carolee Miller and to all who sent in their Youth Art Month observance forms and scrapbook pages. The three chairs will honored during the ceremonies at the NAEA/Fort Worth National Convention.To continue our efforts to build support for art education in our state, all members please consider celebrating March as Youth Art Month with a Mayoral Proclamation and community activities to promote your own art program. You can find the proclamation online and at the end of this newsletter. Send any information of your year-roung activities to Carolee Miller as soon as possible. This will help in the compiling of our state report.Congratulations to our YAM Chairs and all our participating members!

Jay Dardenne gave opening remarks. Senator Mac “Bodi” White and House of Representative Walt Leger III Speaker Pro Tempore sponsored and handed out the commendations for student and state educator award. There were around 150 people in attendance. Nadine Charity was recognized as Louisiana Art Educator of the Year. Barbara Clover, Virginia Berthelot, and George Rodrigue were recognized for their National Awards. The Episco-pal High School Lower School choir sang for the opening and closing of the ceremony. Award winners were an-nounced on the House Floor following the tour of the Capitol. Winning flag designs were taken to the Governor’s Mansion for future display. Governor Bobby Jindal proclaimed March Youth Art Month for the state of Louisiana as well as May 7, 2012 Artists in the Capitol Day.Please see the following page for more photos of Artists in the Capitol Day. This day at the Capitol is LAEA’s culminiating event for Youth Art Month where recognize our flag designers and our honored art educators. All are welcome to visit the exhibition that day. That day some classes book a tour of the State Capitol and/or the Governor’s Mansion. Consider attending next year’s event.

Jennifer KeithArtists in the Capitol Day Chair

Artists in the Capitol Day 2012

Award goes to our YAM Report and Chairs

Artists in the Capitol Day 2012

Becca Maples, Denham Springs High School was the Youth Art Month Flag Design Grand Prize Winner. Her flag design is pictured below.< Winning Flag Designers stand with our Louisana offi-cials. Jay Dardenne gave opening remarks. Senator Mac “Bodi” White and House of Representative Walt Leger III Speaker Pro Tempore sponsored and handed out the commendations for student and state educator award.Jason Gray and his student, Danielle Reed of Avoyelles Public Charter stand with officials.

Lower Youth Choir at Episcopal High of Baton Rouge perform patriotic songs at the beginning of the event.

Below, exhibit and audience can be seen while choir sings.

You are invited to join Louisiana in the National Youth Art Month Flag Design Contest and Exhibit. Our goal is to help promote the visual arts education in our national and state capitols. Schools throughout the U.S. are holding flag design competitions. Louisiana Art Education Association will select a design to represent the state of Louisiana, which will be made into a flag and flown at NAEA/Fort Worth during March. In addition, all entries and the winning designs will be exhibited at the Louisiana state capitol. These students and their teachers will be recognized at a Youth Art Month awards ceremony at the state capitol May 2013. Winning students will receive Senate and House commendation certificates. Awards to the winners will also be presented by LAEA. Flag design entries will become the property of LAEA for purposes of promoting YouthArt Month and art education. Any questions please e-mail or call: Virginia Berthelot, virginia.berthelot@lpsb.org 225.315.4025.Contest Rules and Information:1. Eligible contestants: All Louisiana students grades K-12, individual work only–no groups….ONE entry per student only. 2. Generate your artwork based on any aspect of the state theme: “Art Shapes the World.” Find information at http://knowla.org/ The name of our state (Louisiana) must be in the design as well as the Youth Art Month YAM logo. Please see YAM logo above. 3. Use smooth paper cut to 8.5" x 14" (note NEW size). Please send unfolded, will fit in a 12" x 15-1/2" clasp envelope. 4. Use color in your design: markers, colored pencils, watercolor, etc. 5. Lettering should be at least 1/4" from the border. . All flag designs should be horizontal with no computer generated art, please. 6. Five entries per teacher for each of the following grade categories may be submitted:

Lower Elementary (K-2nd), Upper Elementary (3rd-5th), Middle School (6th-8th) and High School (9th-12th). Teachers with more than one school affiliation may submit five entries per school per category.

7. Entries must be postmarked no later than Thursday, January 12, 2012. LAEA members must include a $10.00 entry fee per 5 designs per qualifying categories. All entry fees go to support YAM Contest prizes and no refunds are available.

This competition is for LAEA/NAEA members only. Make checks payable: Louisiana Art Education Association or LAEA

Mail to: Virginia Berthelot, LAEA YAM Flag Design Competition Coordinator, 13890 Andrews Road, Denham Springs, LA 70726.8. The grand prize winner’s flag design will be transferred to a 3' x 5' flag by LAEA. The winning student and teacher will be responsible for

filling out forms for the National Ceremony to be held in Washington D.C. 9. Additional prizes will be awarded to all category first place winners from our sponsor SARGENT ART. Each will receive art supplies and

a certificate for the student. The Flag Design Grand Prize Winner and her/his (one) parent and the Art Teacher will be awarded an all expense paid trip to New York to visit Art Museums. If teacher, parent or student is unable to attend, the prize is non-transferable.

10. The national exhibition for participating state flag winners usually takes place in Washington D.C. at the Smithsonian Postal Museum in March. Final date and location will be announced.

**See laarteducators.org to view pictures of past winners’ flag designs. Please do copy this form and forward to LAEA members. **Please fill out the information below and attach to the back of each entry. Make your own color copies, as original entries will not be returned until the Artist in the Capitol Day Awards Ceremony, held in May at the state capitol. All entries will be on exhibit on that day.

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Student’s Name:____________________________________________________Grade:______Student’s Home Phone:____________________

Students Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________Zip Code ________________________________ Teacher’s Name: ___________________________________________________________________ LAEA Member #_________________

Teacher’s Home Phone: _________________________________

Teacher’s E-MAIL:____________________________________________________________________________________________________

School:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

School Address:____________________________________________________________________________ Zip Code__________________

School Fax:________________________________ Principal’s Name: _________________________________________________________

Principal’s E-MAIL: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

State Representative:__________________________________________________________ State Senator:____________________________

Student’s Parents Name:________________________________________________________________________________________________

Parent’s Permission for LAEA to reproduce and use students’ design to promote YOUTH ART MONTH and possibly photos for PR.

________________________________________________________________ (parent’s signature) Date: _________________________

Parent’s E-MAIL: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Students’ T-Shirt size: child med. ______ child large ______ adult small ______ adult med. ______ adult large ______

Please provide the total number of students that participated in the YAM Flag Design Contest along with the entries you have sent to the contest

Please remember to keep all YAM activity information and send to Carolee Miller in June, 2012, for the annual report.

Tulane’s Summer Teacher Institute

Professional Development ExperiencesJennifer Keith goes to “THE Dinner Party”I attended “The Dinner Party Institute” at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania in July. The institute was directed by Dr. Marilyn Stewart, art ed guru and au-thor. Her and her art ed team from Kutztown as well as members from Penn State lead the institute which was based around the work of Judy Chicago’s “The Din-ner Party”. The week was about creating pathways for curriculum using art. We took a day trip to the Brook-lyn Museum of Art to view the dinner party and talk with Judy Chicago. Dr. Marilyn Stewart and her team were top notch and beyond inspiring. The experience was life changing and to hear Judy Chicago speak of her experiences was a chance of a life time. I would encourage everyone to attend. More info @ thedinner-partyinstitute.com.

Denise Tullier-Holly and her husband Michael, attended the ten day visit to Guatemala. Tulane University’s Summer Teacher Institute is on the Maya, “Signs of Change: A Glimpse of Past & Present Cultural Landscapes of Guatemala.” This institute guided educators through a quick yet in-depth exploration of Guatemala and its geography, people, and culture. Participants engaged in the complex issues of identity, globalization, language, and cultural inheritance while on this trip. The group is creating a set of curricula for use in their own classrooms as well as for distribution to all other educators teaching the Maya.This program is sponsored by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies through a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant, Tulane’s De-partment of Anthropology, the Middle American Research Institute (MARI) and the University of Texas at Austin’s Casa Herrera. This group has been invited to be presenters at this year’s 10th annual Tulane Maya Teacher Workshop coinciding with our annual Symposium (http://mari.tu-lane.edu/TMS/) called “KAANAL: The Snake Kingdom of the Classic Maya” February 22 – 24, 2013. The teacher workshop will be Friday, February 22nd. The cost of the teacher workshop is quite affordable and all are invited to attend. Plan to attend.For more information about future institutes, contact Denise Woltering at dwolter@tulane.edu

Photos provided by attending teachers and include pho-tos of Tikal, Antigua, the Melody School, and Purification ceremony.

NAEA Southeast Leadership Conference

NAEA Southeast Leadership Conference“Communication/communication/communication! It’s great for our members to see how NAEA leaders are working on their behalf and to encourage member partici-pation!” This is a message from Deborah B. Reeve, EdD, our NAEA Executive Director.Please review the State Leaders’ Platform and Position Statements at the back of this newsletter for the most up-to-date information on what’s happening.These items were discussed and contributions were made. In July, Nancy Von Brock and Denise Tullier-Holly trav-eled to Mobile to participate in this meeting. It is work but it’s also fun. We met our NAEA President-Elect Den-nis Inhulson. He’s going to be a great President.The Southeast Leadership Conference will be held in Tennessee next summer, generally the weekend after July 4th. Even if you are not a LAEA officer, you may attend this meeting. All are welcome, contact your president for more info in the Spring.LAEA will be hosting this event in the next two years. Please consider assisting in the planning and attending our leadership conference. Contact Denise Tullier-Holly if you like to help.Pictured right is a leadership breakout group with NAEA President-Elect Dennis Inhulson looking on.

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2012 Summer Retreat...Grande Isle at Last!!

“Life is a Beach”Grand Isle, Louisiana

Thank you to Janet Wolfe and Margaret Holt for preparing the 2012 Summer Retreat. These photos do show our members en-joying the sand and sun although there was rain as well. Creations included sandcastles, kites, cray-on paintings and more. This event is open to all members. Look for details in our Spring newsletter.

Sandcastles 101, our LAEA members enjoy this collabora-tive effort creating on the beach. Lots of fun had by all. The executive board meeting at the retreat is where award nominations are made. Jennifer Keith’s sunset pic above.

Pat Mason works on her crayon paint-ing. Below, under the direction of our kite experts, Sir Kevin and Janet Wolfe, ladies create fantastic kites.

Background: Emily Rhymes (3rd Grade, J.I. Bar-ron Elementary and my private art student and granddaughter) won second place, 3-5 division, in the 2012 LAEA LA YAM Flag Design Competition. This was her second year to enter the competition and second year to win second place in her division. In fact, she was born on Artist in the Capitol Day—destined to be a great artist! She and her mother at-tended the state awards ceremony held at the State Capitol Building in May. At her own awards day at school, she was recognized before her classmates. Soon an invitation came from our LA first lady to the principal, and Emily’s teacher inviting her class to visit the Governor’s Mansion to view her winning flag design on exhibit. After school started this year, Emily came to me so excited and said that her principal wanted her to paint her winning flag design on a ceiling tile which would be prominently displayed at her school. The principal even provided the tile which is 2’x 4’ which is the perfect size for the art project. Emily and I worked together to draw a simple grid on the tile and the reference picture of her flag design—and then began painting. We painted on our time off for Hurricane Isaac and were able to complete the project in two days of painting. It was great fun. We provided all the pertinent information which will remain with the tile. Emily painted her name clearly on the tile and now has an artistic legacy which will remain at her elementary school. Last year, my high school seniors had the same idea —to paint ceiling tiles as their own legacy. But, somehow, I didn’t make the connection with the flag designs. Incidentally, we have done just about everything imaginable with flag designs; t-shirts, artworks, magnets, and lots of cards, but I had not thought about the painting ceiling tiles. So now thanks to an elementary principal looking for a new way to display student art, we will take up that con-cept at Holy Savior Menard and paint a legacy of LAEA LA YAM Flag Designs. Perhaps you will too!

Barbara Clover LAEA Past PresidentHoly Savior Menard Central High SchoolAlexandria

New Ideas on YAM Flag DesignsA new idea for making an impact at your school with LAEA LA YAM Flag Designs! Paint the designs on ceiling tiles!This idea came quite unexpectedly—a request from an elementary school principal.

The Hammond Regional Arts Center (HRAC) invited me to host the second Art Educator as Artist Exhibition: An invitational. This is the 5th year anniversary of the first show (HRAC, 2007) which was digitally exhibited at the NAEA/New Orleans in 2008. I believe there are not enough venues for art educators to be recognized as artists. All current LAEA members were invited to participate as well as selected NAEA members. The following list of art educators participated even our Executive Director Deborarh Reeve!

Donna AndersonJanis Anderson

Fatih BenzerZora Bergeron

Virginia BerthelotKelly Berwager

Lynn Bolding-PoissotAlicia Breaux

Cissie Brothers GardnerNancy M. Chambless

Nadine CharityBarbara CloverTammy Frazier

Kitty FaulkenberrySusan GabbardGaye GladneySharin Glasser

Suzanne GouletBrenda Howell

Dean JohnsJennifer Johnson Keith

Nancy KeismanLinda Kieling

Therese KnowlesEleanore Krentel Pitard

Stephen LahrTerry Linder

Mia MarshallMarian McClellan

Patty McGeheeSamantha Melvin

Carolee MillerKelly Morantine

Amber MorelandDebra PylypiwDeborah ReeveAllan Richards

Ange RiehlRussell Roper

Lynn Sanders-Bustle Kim Schulze

Ruth SiporskiCarol Smoczynski

Deborah SniderKim Soule

Jeani StevensRebecca Stone-Danahy

Kimberly ThibodeauxDenise Tullier-Holly

Ellen VercellottiNancy Von Brock

Adair WatkinsDebi West

Killian WilliamsSteve Willis

Art Educator as Artist Exhibition: An invitational

Hanging crew for the Art Educator as Artist exhibition are from the left, Nancy Keisman, Nancy Von Brock, Virginia Berthelot, Carolee Miller, Killian Williams, Kelly Moratine, Barbara Clover and Ellen Vercellotti. Seated are Denise Tullier-Holly and Adair Watkins.

Above and to the right are billboard designs displayed electronically dur-ing the run of the exhibit. The image below to the right is the invitation with the list of participating artists.

Art around the State

Students in the Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Arts classes have been creating artwork for the 19th Annual Golden Tassel Gala put on by the Dollars for Scholars organization on September 21, 2012. The theme is Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Students have created two dimensional artwork for an exhibition in the lobby of the Ponchartrain Center in Kenner. Student made, theme-based, three dimensional centerpieces will be sold as part of the fundraiser. Marrero Academy students created a centerpiece with a tree, church, and mountain/swirling sky with moon to honor parts of the painting. All money raised goes to scholarships for summer enrichment camps and college level study.

Ellen VercellottiJefferson Parish Talented Visual Arts LAEA Board Member

Jennifer Keith at Episcopal in Baton Rouge held a

Art and Music summer camp, “Arts A Go Go”.

Happenings in Calcasieu ParishMayor’s TenEvery year the Mayor selects Ten Art works from Calcasieu Parish art students (K-12) to hang in the Mayor’s office for a year. Each participant’s art work is framed and they receive a certificate from the Mayor’s office at the reception held for the students.The Mayor also presents certificates to Calcasieu Parish Summer Arts Camp artists at a reception called the Mayor’s Choice. The Theme for Arts Camp this year was The Sound of Art.Teacher and student designed Nutcrackers will be on display at the School Board Office for the Holiday season.Sally BabinCalcasieu Parish Art Educator

Art around the State

Line studies Day one: students folded newsprint in 32 rect-angles and drew examples of directional lines in each rectangle, cut the rectangles apart, and glued them in a collage style on another sheet of newsprint.Day Two: use charcoal, ink, and white paint to create a unifying line/series of marks on top of the directional line collage. I’ve en-joyed the results.

Jason GrayLAEA Board MemberAvolleyes Parish Charter School

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Thought I’d share this SLT. It can be adapted to any grade level. This SLT was written using Compass format.Rationale for SLT:The critical learning objective (CLO) selected addresses a very important component of my visual art curriculum. Success in this CLO is key to student mastery of the curriculum. Throughout the semester the students will regularly be assessed on their profi-ciency in the following areas: (1) analyzing how the elements and principles of design are used in works of art, (2) creating origi-nal works of art, based on the understanding of the elements and principles of design. This learning target focuses on the Louisiana Visual Arts Standards and Benchmarks of Creative Expression, Aesthetic Perception, Historical Perception, and Critical Analy-sis. (List the benchmarks)Student Learning TargetAt the end of the semester, 70% of the 5th grade students who attended 5th grade art classes at least 80% of the time, will score proficient at the level (3) as graded by the district reviewed per-formance rubric.Baseline Data:At the beginning of the semester I administered a district reviewed pre-test to measure the critical learning objectives of each stu-dent’s knowledge and ability to apply the elements and principles of design. The initial assessment showed……….Sally BabinCalcasieu Parish Art EducatorThank you, Sally!

Sally shares SLT for any grade

Editor’s note: Looking for another stu-dent artwork for our first page banner! You may have noticed the new banner for this Fall issue. Would like to chane it with each edition. Please send images cre-ated with lines to the editor at dtholly52@gmail.com. Thanks for your help!

2012 World Peace Exhibit at the State Capitol

The Children are the Future Exhibit Celebrates Louisiana World Peace Day The World Peace Day Committee, in partnership with the Legislative Youth Advisory Council, hosted the exhibit Children are the Future. This exhibit aims at creating dialogue about the rights of children throughout the world. The Children are the Future exhibit was created by a partner organization of the United Nations, Soka Gakkai International – USA, and the Buddhist Association for Peace, Culture and Education to illustrate the principles of The Convention on the Rights of the Child which was adopted in 1989 by the United Nations General Assembly. The Opening Ceremony was held on Sunday, September 30, 2 pm – 4 pm, Senate Chamber, State Capitol Build-ing. This is a youth driven event that includes student speakers, student presentations of their art work describing world peace, an Interfaith Service, including a production and interfaith prayers for peace by youth members of the Interfaith Federation Youth Alliance (IFEDYA) from Baton Rouge, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and multi-cultural and student entertainment from across the state. Students’ works of art are displayed at the State Capitol for the month of October.Children are the Future Exhibition Schedule: October 1 – October 14, 8 am to 4:30 pm, State Capitol Memorial Hall, 900 N. 3rd St., Baton Rouge. Exhibit is free to the public. For more information contact Lisa Lincoln at 337.303.2680.LAEA members Virginia Berthelot at Denham Springs High School and Denise Tullier-Holly participated in this event. Past LAEA member Geeta Dave at Glasgow Middle School also partipated. The student members of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council had the direct contact with the art teachers at their schools. So other LAEA members may have participated. This year’s exhibition has twice as much artwork submitted as last year. Hope-fully, each year the exhibit will continue to grow. Contact Sherri H. Breaux at breauxs@legis.la.gov.

Many art educators and their students participated in 2012 Pinwheels for Peace. Some are Margaret Holt, Nadine Charity, Jennifer Keith and Denise Tullier-Holly.Post your photo on our facebook page.

Senior religion students made videos; geography students and art students made pinwheels; we had an amazing prayer service every hour and it was an amazing appeal to bring Peace to the forefront of our lives and hopefully to the lives of those around the world who need it most!

Ange RiehlSt. Thomas More Catholic High Lafayette

Pinwheels around the State

Denham Springs High School display at the World Peace Exhibit at the Capitol. Art teacher is Virginia Berthelot, our YAM Flag Chair.

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October 5, 2012 Dear State Art Education Leader, On behalf of the National Art Education Association Vice Presidents, thank you for your leadership and contributions to the NAEA Platform and Position Statement process. The work you created during the summer NAEA Regional Leadership Conferences forms the basis for this important process. Your passionate voice and thoughtfulness on behalf of NAEA member needs contributed to an extensive list of topics to be considered for future Position Statements. The purpose of this letter is three-fold:

1. to explain how your leadership work this past summer has contributed to the Position Statement process;

2. to provide a brief review of the NAEA Platform and Position Statement process; 3. to highlight existing NAEA resources that we believe will be helpful to your state leadership

and members

Position Statement Process (in a nutshell) All of the topics collected by the four regions have been categorized and shared with the Platform Working Group. The Platform Working Group manages the process for developing, vetting, and recommending Position Statements. Consistent with NAEA policy to review adopted Position Statements every three years to ensure terminology and content remain current, the group will also review the Position Statements adopted in 2010. More details on the whole process can be found on the NAEA website; Under “About Us” you will find on the left toolbar a link to “NAEA Platform and Position Statements.” http://www.arteducators.org/about-us/naea-platform-and-position-statements For your convenience, the following diagram maps the process:

Beyond the summer meetings, State Leaders contribute to this process through participation in the annual meeting of the Delegates Assembly held on the NAEA pre-conference day, March 6, 2013. Representation at Delegates Assembly is based upon state membership and state bylaws; the Consent to Serve form must be completed and filed with NAEA to be formally recognized as a Delegate. Registered Delegates will receive a digital packet of information prior to the Delegates Assembly and the materials will include draft 2013 Position Statements to be reviewed prior to the annual convention. At Delegates Assembly, the drafts are presented, discussed, and voted upon to determine recommendations to the NAEA Board of Directors for adoption as official Position Statements. When the drafts are posted, please carefully review them. NAEA Resources A number of the topics collected over the summer can be found in the existing Position Statements; we wanted to provide a short list of resources that may be useful when tackling issues within your region or state and encourage you to review the complete list. Your state association members may also find these Position Statements helpful as they are the official position of NAEA as determined by its members through your representation as a national/state leader. Platform Category: STUDENTS Equity for All Students (Adopted March 2012) This position statement connects to the following issues raised at summer meetings: Children of Poverty/At-Risk, Special Needs, Students with Special Needs, Transient populations, Talent Development/Gifted/ Exceptional Learners, and Diversity/Multi-cultural/Culturally-specific. Definition of Fine Arts for High School Graduation Requirements (Adopted prior to 2008) This statement presents NAEA’s position on graduation requirements. Platform Category: ART EDUCATORS Certified Visual Art Educators in Pre-K through 12 School Settings (Adopted April 2010) The Professional Code for Art Educators (Adopted prior to 2008) Professional Development (Adopted March 2011) State leaders, over the summer, discussed state procedures to qualify individuals to teach art and these previously adopted statements reflect NAEA’s official position. Additionally, these documents present tools for defining professionalism in art education. Platform Category: RELATIONSHIPS Relationship of Art Educators to Decision-makers (Adopted March 2012) This statement is inclusive of local administrators and local school boards which was a point raised over the summer by some state leaders. Platform Category: CURRICULUM 21st Century Skills and Visual Arts Education (Adopted April 2010) State leaders discussed the 21st century curriculum and the important role of creativity and innovation. Visual Arts as a Core Academic Subject (Adopted March 2011) Addresses the importance of Art as a Core Curriculum subject. Platform Category: INSTRUCTION Benefits of Art Museum Learning in Education (Adopted March 2012) Excellence in Art Museum Teaching (Adopted March 2012) The issue of instruction in museums was raised and is reflected in these two separate position statements. Scheduling, Time, Funding and/or Resources for Visual Arts Education (Adopted March 2011) Issues of scheduling, funding/budget, and time are found in this statement. Also, a resource publication is available through the NAEA bookstore: Purposes, Principles, and Standards for School Arts Programs and the revised edition will be published this year. PreK-12 Teacher Evaluation in the Visual Arts (Adopted March 2011) NAEA’s views on teacher evaluation for Visual Arts Educator is reflected in this position statement. In closing, we would like to encourage your continued participation in the important Position Statement process and thank you again for your leadership and contributions that ensure a vibrant NAEA professional community.

Yours,

Linda Popp Penelope Venola Eastern Region Vice President Pacific Region Vice President

Debra Pylypiw Laura Milas Southeastern Region Vice President Western Region Vice President

YOUTH ART MONTH

ENDORSEMENT Whereas, art education is a viable academic endeavor and

contributes educational benefits to all elementary and secondary students including the following:

*Art education develops students’ creative problem-solving and critical thinking abilities;

*Art education teaches sensitivity to beauty, order, and other expressive qualities;

*Art education gives students a deeper understanding of multi-cultural values and beliefs;

*Art education reinforces and brings to life what students learn in other subjects;

*Art education interrelates student learning in art production, art history, art criticism and aesthetics and

Whereas our national leaders have acknowledged the necessity of including arts experiences in all students’ education,

AND WHEREAS MARCH is officially recognized as YOUTH ART MONTH, I endorse the observance of Youth Art Month and encourage the support of quality school art

programs for children and youth.

SIGNED_________________________________________________ POSITION _______________________________________________

YOUTH ART MONTH  2013 

Teachers, please fill out the calendar and information with absolutely anything that you did during the month of March to promote YAM…. a school display, a

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Your Name School &Position County Mayoral Proclamation by (name) Endorsements? (by principal, school board members, etc): how many? List significant ones. Publicity by: paper name date(s) *please send copy* Budget for YAM events/activities $ : in kind support: donations:

Any special materials created (bulletin board, programs, posters, buttons, etc)?

How did event/activity help increase support for your program? Explain. Do you know of plans in your school and/or district to increase positions and/or funding for visual art? Explain.