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creativity everyday

The true locus of creativity is not the genetic process prior to the work but the work itself as it lives in the experience of the beholder.

-Monroe Beardsley

Maxine Green (1995/2000) says that it is our educative task to “create situations in which the young are moved to begin to ask...Why?” (p.6). She encourages us to look at the process of human questioning, to respond to the blank spaces in experience, and to resist meaninglessness. We feel this is what is meant when we say creativity everyday. It is a dedication to exploring the world through our senses and through the process and product of the visual arts.

Being creative does not necessarily mean creating everyday, but we feel it means being actively engaged in the world around you. Creativity is looking at objects for their form, rather than just their function. Creativity is imagining others’ reality and taking the time to examine our own experience in relationship to theirs. Creativity is making the unseen visible.

We hope you will join us in this fall’s conference where the theme Creativity Everyday will be explored and expressed through member’s artwork and learning sessions. Have a creative day!

Green, M. (2000). Releasing the imagination. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (Original publication in 1995.

LETTER FROM THE

call for submissions

• Spring 2012 Collage theme will be i ♥ art: Technology in Art Education. We are looking for articles, lessons, works of art, and narrative pieces that encourage and exemplify technology in the art classroom.

• Email your document labeled with

a title and your nameEXAMPLE: title_your.name.doc or docx

[email protected]

call for student artwork

• Artwork may be submitted throughout the year and showcased in our student gallery spread. In your email, please give student name, age/grade, school, and art teacher. In the picture title, give student name and school

EXAMPLE: frida.student_grade3_westsideschool.jpeg

editors

AmberAmber Whelchel ArnoldLevel Creek Elementary

karinnaKarinna Riddett-Moore, Ph.D.Notre Dame Academy, Pk-8th

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photoMiranda P.8th grade, Notre Dame Academy

collageWalker C.5th grade studentLevel Creek Elementary

fall professional learning conference

Hilton Hotel and Conference Center

Marietta, Georgia

October 20-23

events and updates6 GAEA AWARDS

9 CAPITOL ART EXHIBIT

16 FALL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CONFERENCE

19 YOUTH ART MONTH

24 AIRPORT EXHIBIT

30 HELEN FLEMMING STONE SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION

34 SPRING CONFERENCE

articles12 THE FERNBANK ELEMENTARY “MUSEUM” PROGRAM by Jill Brown

25 LIVING EVERY DAY, CREATIVELYby Katherine Inguie

29 TREASURER’S TIPSby Kelli Shadwell

in every issue20 DIVISION REPORTS

23 MEMBERSHIP INFO

32 DISTRICT REPORTS

contentsTABLE OF

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Conditions of creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

- Erich Fromm

left, Kensie SearsUniversity of Georgia

below, Allie H. and Dani S.8th grade, Notre Dame Academy

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presidentCreativity Everyday…isn’t that the goal of every artist!? But oh, how elusive can that creativity be in this busy, hurry-up-and-wait world we live in? In

this fast paced world were internet and emails are supposed to keep us in touch with the world and make our lives easier, I find that I am so bogged down with the mundane, the must-do-right-now

activities and the “didn’t-you-get-that?” requests that it seems I have little time to be creative. My, what a vicious cycle can develop if we let it!

I always feel energized when the new school year rolls around with so many plans for how I want to inspire my students and myself - then the classes

start and I am quickly overwhelmed with the outside influences that demand so much time and eat away at my enthusiasm. I have to constantly remind myself how important it is to let students

develop their own creative process, and that I am the facilitator in that process. I continually commit myself to present an atmosphere of creativity everyday trying to show my students the

importance of thinking past the mundane, past the

obvious and ordinary solutions. I constantly ask my students to step beyond the ordinary way of looking at a project and to view it in an

extraordinary way, making a statement with their creativity rather than following blindly along with the crowd.

As artists and teachers we must set aside the time to be creative ourselves! We must reflect on the past in order to get a clear picture of the present

and use that thought process to develop our own creativity in our art and our personal world. Taking the time to be creative is the truly hard part because we are often the last on our lists of things-

to-do, and we run out of time to just sit quietly and let inspiration catch up with us!

If you need a jolt of inspiration to jump-start your creativity, then you need to make plans to attend the GAEA Fall Conference on October 20-23, 201. The workshops and registration are listed on the

GAEA website. (www.gaeaartforall.com) The list of workshops alone is an inspiration! Come join other like-minded teachers and artists and place yourself at the top of that to-do list! I guarantee

you will leave the conference with a new enthusiasm and a goal to make creativity an everyday process!

DebiDebi Davis

GAEA PresidentLowdens Middle School

MESSAGE FROM THE

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

- Gail Sheehy

http://www.gaeaartforall.com


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It has been a busy time working on GAEA Awards and Elections. We had 41 Award Nominees and 26 nominees for elections! In the end, the awards

committee chose 13 award winners and the nominations committee narrowed the field down to 14 candidates. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved in these processes. This

includes the nominators, those willing to run for office and serve if elected, those who wrote the letters of support, those who read the packets for awards and the vitas for elections and who made

the entire process run as smoothly as possible. You made a huge task much easier!

Let me end by saying what a privilege it has been

to serve GAEA through the presidential offices for the past six years and on the board for the last 14 years. I have gotten to know so many of our leaders and members and will cherish these

friendships always. I have the utmost respect for all of our GAEA leaders who put in countless hours on a volunteer basis to move our organization forward and make us the best that we

can be. If you are not involved as a GAEA leader, I encourage you to become involved; I know that you will find it as rewarding as I have!

kirbyKirby Meng, Past PresidentUnion Grove High School

award winnersCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GAEA

Elementary Art Educator of the Year

Tracy Kuzminsky

Middle Level Art Educator of the Year

Dr. Karinna Riddett-Moore

Secondary Art Educator of the Year

Steve Schetski

Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Susan Krause

Supervision/Administration Art Educator of the Year

Betsy Eppes

Museum Art Educator of the Year

Annette Cone-Skelton

GAEA Art Educator of the Year

Jackie Ellett

National Art Honor Society Sponsors

Debi West and Dr. Bruce Bowman

Retired Art Educator of the Year

Dr. Deb Lackey Wilson

Outstanding Service within the profession

Dorothy Eckman

Outstanding Service outside the profession Arts Now and Young Audiences

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boardPRESIDENT Debi Davis Lowdens Middle School

PRESIDENT ELECT Dr. Stephen Lahr* Valdosta State University

PAST PRESIDENT Kirby Meng Union Grove High School

SECRETARY Cathy Heller

Perry High School

TREASURER Kelli Shadwell

division repsELEMENTARY Shannon Finley Tracy V. Kuzminsky*

MIDDLE LEVEL Emily Holton Loria Crews*

SECONDARY

Kathy Jackson Hope Steele*

MUSEUM ED Carissa Dicindrio Georgia Museum of Art Shannon Morris*

Georgia College MuseumADMINISTRATION Betsy Epps Dekalb Co. Schools Jessica Booth* Fulton Co. SchoolsHIGHER EDUCATION Diana Gregory, Ph.D. Kennesaw State University Kevin Hsich*

Georgia State University

committeesFALL CONFERENCE 2011 Diana Gregory, Ph.D. Kennesaw State University

SPRING CONFERENCE 2012 Alisha Montgomery (right) &

Jeff Davis AIRPORT EXHIBITCarol Mohor, EdS, NBCT, retired,(right)

Aimee Burgamy, Ph.D. (left)Trickum Middle School

(cont. on page 10)

MEET THE

Many thanks to the volunteers who serve on the board! Pictured are the current reps, unless otherwise denoted. Elect members (those serving after Fall Conference) are indicated with an asterisk*. To find out more about how the Board serves GAEA, see the cont. section or meet a member at the conference.

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John & Wanda KinnamanJamie Scott, B.F.A. Art EducationGolden Isle Elementary

No better time like the present to advocate for the importance of art for Georgia’s students! Policy-makers and school systems across Georgia making difficult financial decisions debate whether art is essential for

student success. As art educators, we see the multiple applications of creativity every day, and we know that students benefit from the process and exposure to art. This is your chance, as their art educator, to help bring student creativity before the eyes of our lawmakers.

Get involved! It’s easy! Each GAEA member is allowed to submit 2 student artworks. This year’s goal is to have 300 student works on exhibit. Please note that a few changes have been made to this year’s exhibit.

Art critique and group work submissions have been eliminated due to space availability and expense. See the GAEA website for details.

art exhibitCAPITOL

Laura & Sen. Jeff Chapmanphoto by Jamie Scott

The purpose of the Capitol Art Exhibit is to share with our legislators and the public the

exceptional creative ability of Georgia’s students.

Important Dates:

December 13, 2011 – Electronic entry due

January 13, 2012 – Artwork to Regional Representatives due

January 28, 2012 – Exhibit setup

February 8, 2012 – Reception

February 25, 2012 – Take down exhibit

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boardcommittees cont.MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Richard Siegesmund, Ph.D.(left)University of Georgia

Joe Emery (right)

Gainesville High School

BUSINESS REPAmy Johnson

HFS SCHOLARSHIP/ HISTORIAN

Dan DefoorShorten University & Delta State University

GOVERNOR’S EXHIBITHank Mergeson

HIGH MUSEUM ATL HS/MULTIETHNIC CONCERNSRenee Gaither

CAPITOL ART EXHIBITJohn & Wanda Kinnaman

Jamie Scott (right)

Golden Isle Elementary Whitney Riker

POLICIES& PUBLIC RELATIONSDr. Deborah Lackey Wilson

RETIRED EDRosanna Stutts

YOUTH ART GALLERYMartha ArringtonSTUDENT CHAP SPONSORRebecca Williams

Katie Burnett

YOUTH ART MONTHKatie Harrison (top)

Pam MorganWhitney Riker (right)

JJ Harris Charter Elementary

district presidentssee section or website for district details

district 1: Denise Marshdistrict 2: Pam Morgandistrict 3: Devi Knapp & Lauren

Phillips

district 4: Mollie Spardellodistrict 5: Brooks Dantsler & Polly Sheehandistrict 6: Ivey Colmandistrict 7: Alisa Hyde & Jessica Ricedistrict 8: Emily Holton & Erin Mathisdistrict 9: Tamara Daughtry & Alisha Montgomery

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VOTENOW

DIVISION ELECT FOR 2013-2014

President Wanda Kinnamon Kelli Shadwell

Elementary Division Director Elise Dotson Devi Knapp

Middle Level Division Director Dr. Aimee Burgamy Kristi Harvey

Secondary Division Director Dana Jung Munson Noelle Petersen

Administration/Supervision Director Greg Bailey Raymond Veon

Higher Ed Division Director Dr. Chris Dockery Dr. Paula McNeil

Museum Division Director Emily Hermans Melissa Rackley

We recently voted to change our bylaws so that we can vote electronically for our elected offices. This fall is our first

opportunity to take advantage of this! GAEA Elections are ongoing and members

can vote online from

September 15 - October 15 at:

https://www.balloteer.com/bp/nph-bstart?&eid=3611769562828471

You will be required to type in your

member number to vote. Each member can vote for GAEA President and also for the division director in the ONE division in

which you spend at least 50% of your time. Voting in more than one division will

disqualify your vote. You can view information about and a picture of each candidate on the site prior to voting. This

year's slate includes:

vote online DEADLINE OCT 15






by Jill BrownFernbank ElementaryAtlanta, GA

Beginning in the Fall of 2010 and into 2011 at Fernbank Elementary School, the walls are alive with glowing art representing a new curriculum, “Fernbank Goes to the Museum.” On exhibit is artwork by all the students involving the study of more than a dozen mostly contemporary artist, including Monet, Warhol, Johns, Kandinsky, Miro, Haring, Klee, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Mondrian, Munch and more!

The Fernbank students studied the many artists' styles and their contributions to the art world. They created artworks in the style of these artists and we have exhibited their work throughout the

school. Accompanying their artwork is a fine art print, signage identifying the artists and native countries, the date of the artwork and a brief explanation about the art. We then created a guide for parents and visitors to be able to tour the school and find the artwork.

The exhibit is a big success and the students are thrilled and proud of their artwork. In addition, we have taught the students about museum etiquette and a big poster of the High Museum hangs outside the art room.

When I read that "Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters" is coming to the High, I thought how exciting it might be to develop a curriculum based on the works of this show in the same manner that the Fernbank exhibit was developed. I am planning this program for this Fall for my school and plan to take the students to the High to see the exhibit.

Fernbank Elementary School is an International Baccalaureate School and the arts play a significant role in our curriculum, and our Museum exhibit reaffirmed the importance of our fine art program for the students and the community.

“museum” programTHE FERNBANK ELEMENTARY


5th Grade Students atFernbank ES

Georgia OʼKeefe inspired studnet work

2nd Grade Student working on Gustav Klimt inspired portrait (above)

Kandinsky inspired student work(right)

“The museum should be seen not so much as a place where knowledge is transmitted, but rather as a place where knowledge is produced.”

- Rita Burnham & Elliott Kai-KeeBurnham, R. & Kai-Kee, E. (2011). The art of teaching in the museum. In Teaching in the art museum: Interpretation as experience (pp. 759-66). J. Paul Getty Museum: Los Angeles.


1st grader Repeated Shape DesignNesbit Elementary, Lauren Phillips, MAEd

studentsINSPIRED BY

Owen, 3rd gradeBanks County Elementary

Katie Harrison, Ed.S.

Zebra Collage, 5th grade studentsSouth Columbia Elementary

Ivey Coleman, MSEd, TSS

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The worst enemy to creativy is self-doubt.

-Sylvia Plath

Ceramic Vessel, IB StudentDruid Hills High School

Anastasia Fink

Josiah, Kindergarten (right)Ezra, 2nd grade (below)Greenfield Hebrew AcademyDevi Knapp

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ARTICLE TEXT HERE

L&L Computer Kiln Giveaway Open until Friday, October 14th at 5pm.Deanna Ranlett, owner of Atlanta Clay, is working with L&L Kilns Manufacturing to give away a brand new, computerized kiln to a GAEA member at our 2011 Fall Conference. The kiln will also be delivered to your home school and set up for free!! If you are unfamiliar with the L&L Brand, then take a moment and visitwww.hotkilns.com/why.You must be a GAEA member and you must be registered for our 2011 Fall Conference in order to be eligible to win the Kiln. Atlanta Clay will select a winner from the entries submitted and the winner will be announced at the Saturday night Gala Dinner.

fall conference highlights

Visit the High Museum for Free!View Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Thursday 3:30-7:00 pm Transportation to and from the Marietta Hilton will be provided by the High for the first 110 attendees who register for this event. The High Museum buses will leave the conference center at 3:30 and return at 7:00.

Keynote Speaker: Enid ZimmermanEnid Zimmerman has published over 90 articles, 15 book chapters, and co-authored 22 books and monographs including Educating Artistically Talented Students and Programming Opportunities for Students Talented in the Visual Arts. She is Professor Emerita and current Coordinator of Gifted and Talented Programs at the Indiana University School of Education. In addition to being our keynote speaker for our Gala Dinner, she will be signing her books on Saturday evening beginning at 6:00 pm.

http://www.hotkilns.com/why

http://www.hotkilns.com/why

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ARTICLE TEXT HERE

conference overviewthursday 10.2011:00-4:00 REGISTRATION 11:00-5:00 MARIETTA/COBB MUSEUM (free entry w/GAEA badge)3:00-5:00 WORKSHOPS3:30-7:00 HIGH MUSEUM TEACHER’S EVENING (transportation provided for first 110 members)7:00-9:00 CLOSING RECEPTION FOR GAEA MEMBER’S EXHIBIT & PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION (cash bar at 7:00)

friday 10.218:00-4:00 REGISTRATION8:00-9:00 BREAKFAST (HOT)9:00-5:30 WORKSHOPS and KSU FACULTY DEMOS10:00-5:00 VENDORS MARKET OPEN11:00-4:00 HIGH MUSEUM (free entry w/GAEA badge)11:00-4:00 GAEA MEMBER’S EXHIBIT- KSU Sturgis Gallery11:00-5:00 MARIETTA/COBB MUSEUM (free entry w/GAEA badge)12:00-1:50 CREATE Luncheon honoring GAEA 2010 Award Winners2:00-2:30 VISIT VENDORS 7:00-10:00 GAEA Awards Celebration Dinner/NAHS Auction (cash bar at 7:00)

saturday 10.228:00-noon REGISTRATION8:00-9:00 YAM BREAKFAST9:00-10:30 CREATIVITY OPEN FORUM with Enid Zimmerman, Mark Runco, Raymond Veon, Melody Milbrant, Lanny Millbrant, Traci Costantino, and Richard Siegesmund9:00-5:00 WORKSHOPS9:00-3:00 VENDORS MARKET OPEN11:00-4:00 GAEA MEMBER’S EXHIBIT- KSU Sturgis Gallery (closes at 4:00pm)12:00-1:50 DIVISION LUNCHES2:00-3:00 HELEN FLEMING STONE DESSERT RECEPTION, Topiary Garden5:00-6:00 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING6:00-7:00 BOOK SIGNING WITH ENID ZIMMERMAN7:00-10:00 GALA DINNER EVENT WITH KEYNOTE (cash bar at 6:00)

sunday 10.238:00-12:00 FULL BOARD MEETING10:00-3:00 PICK UP MEMBER’S EXHIBIT

PLU credit at fall conference

“Creativity Everyday” at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Marietta, Georgia, the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) fall professional development conference October 20-23, 2011, is a great opportunity to earn Professional Learning Unit (PLU) credit. This year there are over 120 workshops including special workshops in painting, drawing, digital collaboration, glass fusion, and bookmaking. During this 2½ conference you can earn 1 PLU credit with 10 hours of training or 2 PLU credits with twenty hours of training by either: 1) using the prior approval form posted on the GAEA website (www.gaeaartforall.com) to secure PLU credit from your county or school district office; or 2) submitting your PLU information and a $25 application fee to Dr. Diana Gregory at Kennesaw State University (KSU) no later than the January 27, 2012 deadline.

If you choose to use the Prior Approval method, pick up the PLU sign in sheet at the registration desk at the conference to use as verification of the workshops you attend. Be sure to check with your county or school district regarding specific rules for earning PLU credit. If you choose to obtain PLU credit through the KSU option, you need: 1) to pick up a PLU sign in sheet to verify the workshops you attend; 2) submit lesson plan(s) based on one or more presentations and visual examples of work created by students, samples can be digital images, samples of writing, or other appropriate documentation, to Dr. Diana Gregory, Kennesaw State University, Visual Arts Department, 1000 Chastain Road #2901, Kennesaw, GA 30144; and 3) send a $25 application fee payable to KSU Continuing Education with your lesson plan(s). Earning PLU credit at the conference is an important option for art educators, one that the conference committee is proud to offer. The Prior Approval Form and the KSU PLU process are both listed on the GAEA website at: www.gaeaartforall.com

dianadr. diana gregory

Kennesaw State University






studentsin process

right, drawing and painting students from Alpharetta High SchoolKathy Jackson

below, AP students draw from a modelAlpharetta High SchoolKathy Jackson


ARTICLE TEXT HERE

georgia art education association 2011 Member Exhibition

K E N N E S A W S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y | A R T MU S E UM & G A L L E R I E S

Unmasking Crea=vity: Process & ProductKennesaw State University Sturgis Gallery August 31 – October 22, 2011

Although crea=vity is a mul=dimensional, mul=faceted complex ofideas, the inspira=on and illumina=on for artworks is oUen found inthe mundane and the ordinary. The works chosen for UnmaskingCrea=vity: Process and Product were evaluated not only for theiraesthe=c produc=on, but also for the explana=on of their crea=veprocess. Providing a glimpse into what mo=vated the ar=st’schoices offers the viewer a deeper understanding of the work.

Closing Recep=on Hilton Hotel and Conference Center MarieZa, Georgia

Thursday, October 20, 2011 7‐9 pm


elementary shannon finley & tracy kuzminsky

School is back in session! As we are returning to school, I want to remind all of you of our upcoming Fall Conference, “Unmasking Creativity: Process and Product,” October 20-23, 2011 at the Hilton Marietta Hotel and Conference Center. I am looking forward to seeing you all there!

I have heard from a few of our elementary members that they have, and are participating in, charitable events like “Pinwheels for Peace,” origami paper crane

donations (Osh Kosh Clothing) for the victims of the tsunami in Japan, and “Empty Bowls.” What a wonderful way to teach our children compassion, generosity, and ART!! If you are planning an event like one of these, please email me the details and pictures so I can share them with our fellow art educators.

Preparing for the division luncheon has already begun. Tracy and I would love to include one of your art lesson plans to share with fellow art educator luncheon attendees. The lesson plans will need to be sent via email to Tracy Kuzminsky or me by September 30th. This will allow enough time to compile and burn cds to be distributed at the luncheon. Also, I would really like to have volunteer speakers to present at the luncheon. We usually have at least three. If you feel comfortable presenting one of your art lessons during the luncheon, then please send me that information when you send a lesson plan. Be sure to bring completed examples of your lesson to display.

The theme for the luncheon is “Modern Art Mash-ups.” In honor of the High Museum’s upcoming

exhibit “Warhol to Picasso,” it seems appropriate to share lessons that pertain to modern artists. Maybe you have an art lesson that combines modern artists, like Andy Warhol, with techniques that that artist didn’t normally employ, like sculpture, teaching students to create a portrait with clay rather than painting or printmaking. Or, maybe you have something more traditional with the lesson focusing on one artist and their main technique of producing art.

Either way, we would love to have your lesson plan submission to share with the luncheon attendees!

On a personal note, it has been an honor to serve my fellow GAEA members as Elementary Division Chair over the last four years. I will miss holding this position very much! However, I leave you in the very capable hands of Tracy Kuzminsky. She is not only a very talented teacher, but also a dedicated, approachable leader in our profession. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to be your division chair. It’s been a blast!

division newsWHAT’S HAPPENING IN GA?

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Hello to all our fellow YAM teachers! Your participation in the past Youth Art Month was documented in our digital state report, and we

received the Award of Excellence! We had 57 teachers participate this year, that’s a 14% increase. Above is a map of the counties that were represented by teacher participation. Please help

YAM celebrations spread throughout the state next year by participating and encouraging your friends to do the same!

This year we welcome Whitney Riker on board as a

new YAM co-chair. Whitney is a 2010 UGA graduate and is currently teaching at JJ Harris Elementary School.

We are now looking ahead to fall conference where we hope to see all of you at the YAM breakfast. We will be discussing our new theme for 2012… I

<3 Art! This theme is all about how art and technology come together, so we have used the well-known text symbol <3 for a “heart”. Whether it’s teaching art using technology or art that uses

technology to be created, we hope that you will celebrate this YAM theme with us come March, and let the nation know what you are doing in your classroom by submitting

YAM documentation.

<3, the YAM Girls!

youth art monthMARCH CELEBRATES YAM:

I <3 Art!


Laura with Empty Bowls Golden Isles Elementary

studentsMORE INSPIRATION FROM

Students working at North Gwinnett High School

Debi West, Ed.S, NBCT

Song Kang, Congressional Award WinnerUnion Grove High School

Kirby Meng


The First Day of School. We are off and running at the beginning of a new school year. I love Harry Wong’s book, The First Day of School: How to be an Effective Teacher. He firmly believes that the first day of school is most important day of the year for every child. He personally greets each child at the door, introduces himself and asks their name, making them feel important and welcome. The last issue of Smithsonian had an equally intriguing article on the success of schools in Finland. It seems that when they do test, which is not often, students score higher in almost all subjects than any other country in the world. The issue is September (pp. 94-102) and the article is “A+ For Finland”; the article details an over 40 year effort to improve Finland’s schools, which they did by treating students with respect, dignity, and overwhelming care. You can find this article online at http://www.smithsonianmag.com, but you’ll have to buy Wong’s book if you don’t already have it.

A lot of what we do in schools and in art classrooms is about building positive attitudes, about building the student’s confidence and self-esteem. Art rooms and art teachers are literally the lifeline for many disenfranchised and marginalized students who need to know they mean something to someone and their ideas do count. Through their art they tell us their stories, they are empowered to think and act creatively and to express themselves with color, line and value in ways that words cannot convey. You, the art educator, have the power and the responsibility to help students, young and old, learn that they have a voice and what they say in images and words is important.

Membership. We need to use our positive attitudes to help other art educators understand the importance of being a member of NAEA and GAEA. The National Art Education Association, despite the dues increase, is one of the only education associations in America that is actually increasing in membership. We need to jump

on that bandwagon in Georgia. We need to gently tell those art educators who are not members what they are missing by not joining. Our membership roster is almost flat from year to year. It ebbs and flows with the time of year, fewer members in the summer and more members in the fall. The numbers over the past couple of years remain the same from month to month ranging from around 640 to 750. But, if we all work at it and stay positive and committed to our goal, we have the potential for almost 2,000 members. My hope is that we will grow to about 900 members over the next several years, but the goal should be 1,400. If you have ideas or suggestions as to how we can grow the membership, please contact me or your District President. We need and want your input.

Ad Hoc Marketing and Advocacy Committee. Last March at the Spring Conference Board Meeting, President Debi Davis, appointed an ad hoc committee to look into marketing and advocacy. That committee is currently working on ideas to gain support and to develop an array of materials targeting specific stakeholder. Some of these groups include legislators, school boards, superintendents, art vendors, parents, colleagues, principals, as well as other professional organizations and associations. The committee members strongly believe that the decision-makers must be better informed about the great things you all to in your classrooms and why art should be one of the most important parts of every child’s education.

membership newsWHAT’S HAPPENING IN GA?

president electstephen lahr

StephenDr. Stephen Lahr

GAEA President ElectValdosta State University

http://www.smithsonianmag.com

http://www.smithsonianmag.com


Celebrate your students’ accomplishments by exhibiting their work at an exhibit that gets 4 million visitors each year! GAEA has 2 galleries at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport which can display up to 220 works. Located on Concourse T and on the International Terminal (Concourse E) these exhibit spaces, which are reserved for GAEA members, change 4 times per year providing exhibit opportunities for more than 800 students. While art from K-12 is featured most of the year, college students may also apply. Participation in the Youth Art Galleries is easy, simply contact Carol Mohor or Aimee Burgamy to reserve space for your works and to receive a brochure with advice on work size and orientation. You do not even have to mount or frame the work. Professional framers will cut mats to the size of your works and when the exhibit is over you’ll get to keep the mats (TIP: if your work is small send 2 works to fill a frame so your school’s work will be matted and framed together). The Youth Art Galleries are in the secured part of the airport so instead of an opening reception, private tours are available weekdays, 9am-3pm and need to be scheduled at least a week in advance (5 person minimum, 35 person maximum, with at least 1 chaperone per 5 children). After seeing your masterpieces, the guides can take you to see the other art exhibits in the airport—This is an exclusive field trip opportunity available to exhibiting schools! For additional information or details download our brochure and forms from our website: http://gaeaartfor all.com/wordpress/?page_id+233.

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Everyday creativity is a way of living that is powerful and unique; it allows every individual to create meaningful experiences within their everyday interactions with the world, offering opportunities to question, risk, and reflect. I have become intrigued with the concept of everyday creativity, indulging in the research and adopting it practically to my own life. I believe that creativity has the capability to be expressed and explored in both formal and informal educational settings; I see such value in the act of play outside of the classroom, encouraging the imagination to explore, risk, and create through critical or abstract thinking. My experiences with everyday creativity consist of hardship and unfamiliarity, among them moments of relevancy, meaning, and success. I have challenged myself in areas that I have no experience in, relying simply on learned concepts in other disciplines to help guide my need to create. After graduating from UGA with a BFA in Art Education, I began working on my MAEd and felt the pains of withdrawal from a lack of studio space to create art. My parents then gave me a tool, a camera, which would allow me to create and make meaningful art in my everyday. It was unknowingly one of the most significant presents I would ever receive. It became my vehicle that would take me to places that I had never imagined I could travel, teaching me about my own creative potential. Always an obsession, and a constant theme for my work, I began to photograph food. I took my camera everywhere, photographing meals, pairing colors and ingredients, and annoying friends and family. I never saw the potentially threatening reality of my photography; it was not my most mature work, a hobby at best, motivated by pleasure. It was my way of making art, and a way of balancing demands from graduate school. I needed it, so I kept creating. After a few months, I decided to make an online blog to display my photography, engaging in a community of online creativity. I was creating everyday, and I was photographing everything: people, buildings, gardens, meals, and my daily life. I was documenting my experiences visually, reflecting on them as I edited the photographs and submitted them online. I was

happy and making art, and I was doing it while in a master’s program for education.

I took a risk one afternoon and applied for a job that called for individuals with experience in food, writing and photography. I had no credentials, just my photographs, my blog, an honest love for food, and a passion for creating. One week later, I received a letter from the editor, welcoming me to the team of contributors. I re-read the email, forwarded it to my parents, and began seeing my part-time hobby as a new way to actually make art that was representative of me. Since joining the community of food writers and photographers, I have been working more on the meaning behind my work. I want to contribute to causes that I believe in with people who are like me: inspired by what they love and taking a risk doing it. The need to create is ever-present, and in the everyday, we will make decisions based on the world we want to create for ourselves. Through personal dedication, we can grow in our creativity, everyday, as we embrace challenges and welcome unfamiliarity. We must do this to become more aware of our creative potential, to learn more about ourselves as individuals and ourselves as artists.

living every day, creativelykatherine ingui, MAEd candidateuniversity of georgia


Art projects are made by completing a series of steps. It is interesting to see how students go through the same steps, yet the projects all look different, except for those students who have to make it look exactly like

the teacher example. But for most, students take the project guidelines and create something of their own. For many of my older students, a blank piece of paper in front of them is too intimidating. If there is a mark on the paper, the students feel more comfortable and will turn that mark into something. I find that the students who take a mark and turn it into a design to be very creative, but with limitations. That mark makes that blank paper less intimidating. It makes them feel like they have a guideline. The younger students seem

to have no problem taking that paper and creating. As

we get older, we lose some of that creativity and constrain it so that we will not allow ourselves to go outside the

lines. We need to hold on to that creativity by using it every day. If my students are working on a project and get stumped, I tell them to do some “visual thinking.” Put those ideas on paper. Use your creativity to solve problems and get organized.

As art teachers, we know what

it is like to use our creativity, whether it is reacting to a lesson that did not turn out quite right or organizing the art room. When I first started

teaching, I learned how to be creative with organization very quickly. When I first entered my classroom seven years ago, it was chaos. There were three huge storage closets packed to the brim. There were supplies everywhere and dried paint all over the floor. Needless

to say, I was overwhelmed. I called my husband freaking out. How was I going to get organized before school started? My husband came to my rescue with his pickup truck, which we used to haul off all the junk. I know as an art teacher you think junk is a good thing, but this mess was not useful. He quickly put me to work telling me to make a keep and trash pile. It was just like the show Clean Sweep. It was my husband’s creative genius that solved the problem. When you find the solution, there is nothing better. To be creative is

to be open-minded, curious, positive, and motivated. Being creative is a part of who we are as art teachers. It is what we want for our students. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Hyein, 8th gradeArnall Middle SchoolDenise Marsh

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Secondary DivisionKathy Jackson, Secondary Division DirectorHope Steele, Secondary Division Director Elect

The secondary division offers numerous opportunities for high school students and art teachers to get involved in GAEA. On the secondary division page of the GAEA website you will find opportunities for creativity, exhibitions and scholarships! http://gaeaartforall.com/wordpress/?page_id=269

Below you will find quick facts about our upcoming exhibition opportunities

22nd Annual NAHS State Conference!February 10-11thValdosta State University, Valdosta, GAOrganizers: Heather Dorsey and Sherry [email protected], & [email protected]

About the NAHS State Conference:Art Exhibit, Workshops, Portfolio ScholarshipsAwards of $3,000 will be given to 12 deserving NAHS high school students, February 11th.All NAHS scholarship funds are raised by the NAHS Auction, Friday evening October 21st at the GAEA Fall Professional Learning Conference.

AUCTION THEME --"In Flight" Birds and variations on the theme. In addition to art work --we are attempting hot air balloon ride from a bird's eye view, weekend bird watching at a mountain cabin, folk art birdhouses, four country club golf passes (birdies), Botanical Gardens tour of the new Skywalk, Zigline Tours(Dahlonega), High Museum tickets and breakfast at the Flying Biscuit to name a few. We invite you to donate your creations for the auction and be a part of the fun to help our students! Contact the auction committee to contribute art work and

other items for the auction: Kathy Jackson, Hope Steele, Chris Hellyer, Ali Kates and Bruce Bowman: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Alexandra_ [email protected]; [email protected]

2012 Capitol Art Exhibit (ELEM, MS, HS)Submit two works of art work by December 12thExhibition in February (Dates TBA)Twin Towers BuildingOrganizers: John and Wand Kinnaman [email protected]

2012 Metro Atlanta High School ExhibitMid-March through Mid-May (Dates TBA)Greene Family Education Center, The High Museum of Art. GAEA members may submit two student works.Organizer: Renee Gaither [email protected]

2012 All State Art Symposium (ASAS)Awards Ceremony and Workshops: May 4-5, Exhibition May 5-30, 2012Kennesaw State University Gallery and Fine Arts DepartmentOrganizer: Dr. Diana GregoryComplete details are available at: http://www.kennesaw.edu/visual_arts/asas/Upload entries Dec. 12-Feb. 3 to this site https://asas.kennesaw.edu/students/register

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A Place for the Arts at the Common Core Table

Since July 2010, Georgia, along with 44 other states and several territories have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Below is a bit of history of the Common Core (The definitions of the common core are from the GDOE website).

The COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS INITIATIVE (CCSSI) is a common core of state standards in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12 developed by Governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia. It is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Tests to assess the standards will be developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). These organizations were awarded funds in September 2010 from the Race to the Top Assessment Program to create national online state standardized tests in mathematics and English language arts in line with Common Core State Standards (United States Secretary of Education Duncan, 2010).

Based on the implementation of the CCSS all students in Georgia will be assessed in a new way beginning in the academic year 2014-2015. Those of us who have gone through initial training can attest that the CCSS address rigorous and complex ways of thinking that require students to master skills that will ensure they are ready for the 21st century workforce. What is of a concern to many arts organizations and arts advocacy groups is who was not at the table when the standards were developed.

Below is an excerpt from an editorial by Grant Wiggins in Educational Leadership published by ASCD March 2011/ Volume 68/ Number 6/pp 28-33

“The current standards movement, for all its good intentions, is perilously narrowing our definition of education, to the great harm of not only students but also entire fields of study: the arts, the technical arts and trades, and the social sciences. Threatened are visual arts, theater, music, and dance programs despite their obvious value. Indeed, there are more musicians in this country than mathematicians, but you would never know it from the work of standards committees. At a meeting many years ago, I heard Ted Sizer respond to a proponent of national standards, "It's not which standards, it's whose standards!" In other words, don't make this sound so objective. It's a political determination, made by whoever has a seat at the table.”

Like it or not, the table is already set in Georgia. Therefore Georgia Art Educators must take our seat at this table. What seat we have will depend on us. It is important that we as arts educators are front-loaded into this state led and federally funded (Race to the Top) initiative.

As you learn more about the CCSS you will immediately recognize that the arts already address the high order and analytical manner in which CCSS require students to think and perform. You will learn that there are four domains in the CCSS for K-12 English-language arts: Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking and Language. In each of these domains there are anchor standards. There are a total of 32 anchor standards in the Georgia CCSS K-12 English-language arts. I will give three examples.

Example 1-Writing Anchor Standard #8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. From first grade on art educators teach students to gather information for references, to generate and document original thinking through writing, and to support ideas that result in a students completed artwork. By high school, art students understand the importance of using original sources. Not only can students identify copy written material of all sources not just text, they understand and can articulate why

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using copy written material as a straight source or reference is plagiarism. Example 2-Speaking & Listening Anchor Standard # 5: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. -No explanation necessary. We teach students to analyze and support their argument in their work and in the planning of their work. We teach students to “integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.”This in quotations is Example 3- Reading Anchor Standard #7. Georgia art educators can claim our seat at the CCSS table. We can demonstrate to parents, administrators, legislators and other local, state and national school leaders that the CCSS are already part of what we teach and what we expect our art student to know and be able to do. And being the ultimate optimist I would like to think we can show those same folks what you and I already know - The arts prepare and deliver a main course of success and vast potential to the most important people of all; the people who are seated at the head of this table-our students.

BetsyBetsy Eppes

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Going to a GAEA Conference is one of the highlights of the year. But keeping up with all those papers can be a headache. Try this easy tool... get a durable expanding file and make a folder for each workshop. Put the folders in order and simply drop the workshop handouts, cds, and business cards in the correct folder! It even works for the CREATE luncheon and the YAM breakfast. Add a pencil and a sketchbook and carry it all in your conference bag. When you get back to school, your files are ready to work for you. See you

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Dr. Helen Fleming Stone was a ceramist and a lifelong learner. A dedicated art teacher at Cherokee County High School in Canton, GA for forty-nine years, she wanted to help deserving high school students continue their education in visual art at the college level. She began making and selling

pottery to fund an annual art scholarship. By 2006, she had raised the impressive sum of $60,000 – one pot at a time. Sadly, Dr. Stone passed away in 2007. We are fortunate, though, that her legacy and her dedication to art education live on through the Dr. Helen Fleming Stone National Art Honor Society Scholarship. Each year the Georgia Art Education Association hosts a reception honoring the scholarship recipient and an art auction to continue building the scholarship account as a memorial to Dr. Stone. Through the auction we are working toward the goal of making the scholarship self-perpetuating. There is an opportunity for members GAEA to support the scholarship by donating ceramic pieces or other work for the annual silent auction to be held on

October 22 at 2:00 PM during the GAEA Fall Conference in the Topiary Garden of Brumby House adjacent to the Hilton Conference Center. Those who wish to donate pieces for the auction can contact Dan DeFoor by phone at 706-629-2169, or by email at [email protected]. Pieces may also be left at the registration desk at the Fall Conference.

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Dear Colleagues, As the new Museum Division Director for the

Georgia Art Educator Association, it my pleasure to assist you with your efforts to serve the general public, other educators and special audiences, as you work diligently with the other departments within your museum and to communicate its mission, the contents of its permanent collection, the big ideas presented in a traveling exhibition and to assure that each exciting public program is well-publicized and well-funded.

Although I currently serve as the curator of the Georgia College Museum in Milledgeville, Georgia, I earned my stripes within the field as a museum educator for Birmingham Museum of Art, the Telfair Academy in Savannah, Georgia and Space 301 contemporary art gallery, where collectively I spent approximately 10 years.

Honoring the theme of the GAEA Fall Conference, I invite you to join me in the exploration of creativity everyday. It is generally agreed that creative people often display several traits including sensitivity, flexibility, originality, playfulness, productivity, fluency, analytical skill and organizational skill. As museum educators, who facilitate the understanding of the visual arts, I propose that we all ask ourselves how we can help our audiences better experience creativity everyday. Furthermore, can we help each other, through our GAEA network, to create programs and experiences that foster the use of these traits?

I encourage you to submit articles featuring your successes, as well as the challenges you met, to GAEA’s Collage as well as the Spring Conference. Please also send any items that you would like to share between now and then, discuss or receive feedback upon to me via email, and I will request that it be posted to our section of the GAEA website.

Thanks so much, and I look very forward to working with you all, as well as the great art educators who work directly with students in Georgia’s classrooms everyday!

Yours truly,

Shannon Morris

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district 1June 6th, the first day of summer following post planning in Coweta County, saw many GAEA and Coweta County art teachers gather for a Mayco glaze workshop. The site was Arnall Middle School hosted

by Denise Marsh and presented by Mayco’s Denise Ertler. There were teachers from Coweta, Troup and Fayette Counties coming together to learn new Mayco techniques for glazing and to do a bit of socializing and trading ideas. We had teachers from elementary, middle and high schools so it really was a good mix of ideas.

I hope to host other hands-on workshops, and I will try to schedule during post planning rather than once summer has kicked in. The workshop was free, and we

took home supplies that Denise Ertler gave us! If you are interested in future hands on workshops, please contact me: [email protected]

Denise

district 4 Here’s to a new year of teaching and learning in art. I hope that all of you in District 4 (and all over the state) are feeling positive about the start of the academic year. Please let me know of any new or first year art teachers within your districts, also I encourage you to reach out to other teachers in your district who are not members. GAEA can provide great connections for teachers especially across districts. As I interact with my students from day to day I find myself considering the theme of this year’s fall conference. I wonder if I am truly an example of creativity everyday? I wonder if students can see a desire for an artful life as I teach and work with them each day. When I began work in education, I was

always told that most of the time educators merely get to plant the seed and rarely get to see the ripened fruit. However, I feel if we observe our students with a certain eye we will see evidence of what we plant. One day earlier this year, I was monitoring students in the lunch room and I noticed that many of them were creating sculptures from the aluminum foil around their hot dogs. To some this may seem like frivolous play, but to me it was a glimpse into how my students show creativity everyday. As you dive into this school year look around for the ways in which your students display creativity and expect to be delightfully surprised.

Mollie

district newsWHAT’S HAPPENING IN GA?

6th grade work in PastelsMitchell County Middle School

Emily Holton, M.Ed., District 8 Pres.




district 9Do you want your students to be creative every

day? Do you need a new, quick idea to get their creative juices flowing?

At my school, the laminator is located in my

room. When people laminate things, we save the extra pieces that are cut off. I cut them into small pieces (or I have a student do it) and put these in a box for storage.

At the beginning of each class, I give the students a piece of the “plastic” and a dry erase marker. Then, I draw a shape or line on the board and they have five minutes to turn it into something. Then, we (I do this too) lay our drawings on the table and look at what was created. My students get very excited about their drawings and seeing what everyone has drawn.

This takes about 5 minutes.

Finally, we erase them and put them back in the box and begin our project or demonstration. Through this short activity, I have seen a positive change in the amount of creativity in my students’ artwork. This is one of the many ways we are creative every day.

For more information about this project or to learn about district activities for District 9 (Coastal Plains and Okefenokee Areas), please contact me at [email protected].

Alisha Montgomery

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Brooks Dantzler’s artwork from her very first art lesson, given by her grandmother

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Alisha Montgomery, Jeff Davis, & Emily Holton

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!

Reflecting on our March 2011 Spring Conference found us at Jekyll Island. We stayed at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, located in the historic district. The Goodyear Cottage allowed us to use their beautiful gallery to view local artists’ work along with a wine and cheese reception. This was a big hit! Included in that event was a practicing piano player who filled the gallery with beautiful music. On Saturday, everyone was treated to a delicious Italian buffet. Many

interesting and educational workshops and meetings with friends, both old and new, were held throughout the weekend.

With the help of our vendors and the 102 attendees, we had record earnings and a record number of attendees for Spring Conferences to date.

MORE TO COME…

Looking to a new year and a new conference, I think of all the things that art starts. Art starts so many things…imagination, growth, knowledge, learning, and

creativity. Art starts these things for us, not only as artists, but also as educators. We must start these things within our students, so that they can begin their own journeys and adventures in this fast-paced world. Join us as we start something incredible in Jekyll Island as nature starts something of its own this spring! We want to invite you to see what “Art Starts” at our annual Spring Conference.

Spring Conference will be at Jekyll Island March 2-4,

2012. We will stay at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel again

this year. Please join us for workshops on Friday

afternoon and all day Saturday. Vendors will be setup

on Friday and Saturday to showcase new ideas and

products and answer any questions you may have.

We are currently looking for fantastic art teachers to conduct awesome workshops. Check the website soon

for workshop proposal forms.

Mark your calendars for March and plan to see what ART STARTS!

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district 6Greetings fellow Art Educators! We are

beginning an exiting 2011-2012 school year. It is with sadness and joy that I report that my co-district president Jennifer Johnson has moved to Germany to teach at the Franconian International School. She will be missed and we wish her the best in her new endeavors! Art Educator Accolades

Fall is here and the school year has begun with an abundance of achievements for our art teachers. Congratulations to the following teachers of the year: Janette James; Lakeside Middle,Margaret Wesley; Greenbrier Elementary, Carrie Hauger, Grovetown Middle, Jeanette James, Lakeside Middle, Katherine Crossan, Greenbrier High and Mrs. Leigh Hearn, Freedom Park Elementary!

In addition, congratulations to the entire staff at John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Augusta, GA. The school has garnered the honor of being ranked as the 75th Best High School in America, according to a ranking released by Newsweek.

Lesson Plan to Share

Debbie Katcoff wrote in to share her twist on a lesson she learned about at last year’s conference. Dick Blick presented a lesson in Architectural Letters. The lesson can be viewed online at: http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/architectural-letters/. The project involves 3D letters made using chipboard with paper cups between 2 pieces to make it 3D. Debbie added an art historical element to the assignment by giving her students a list of African American artists to research. They chose one whose work they admired, and then decorated their letter in the style of the artist they had chosen. This creative approach to the lesson addressed the Contextual Understanding Standards.

I look forward to seeing some familiar and, especially, some new faces at the upcoming GAEA fall conference! Please continue to send us the news from your respective counties so that we can share it with the entire group.

See you at the conference!

Ivey Coleman

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October 20-23, 2011 fall professional learning conferenceOctober 22, 2011 YAM Breakfast at Fall ConferenceDecember 1, 2011 YAM Flag entries dueDecember 10, 2011 Capitol Art Exhibit entry forms dueJanuary 29, 2012 CAE set up January 31, 2012 Collage Spring issue submission deadlineFebruary 9, 2012 CAE ReceptionFeburary 9, 2012 YAM Flag winner(s) awards at CAEFebruary 10-11, 2012 NAHS State ConferenceFebruary 29, 2012 CAE dismantleMarch 2012 Youth Art MonthMarch 2-4, 2012 Spring Conference “stARTs...” Jekyll Island, GAJune 1, 2012 E-mail your YAM documentation

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