President’s Message

§ YAM – Flag Contest

§ The RIAEA 2014 State Conference

§ NAEA Conference 2015

§ RIWCS Postcard Invite

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Rhode Island Art Education Association is to offer opportunities for professional development, leadership and service in order to advance the quality

of art education.

Hello All, Summer is finally here! The snow days have extended our year but the end is in sight. Much has happened since the last newsletter. We have all hosted Youth Art Month exhibits and school events that showcased multiple student works. The RIAEA Educators’ Exhibit, that took place in the Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School, was wonderful and many attended the closing ceremony. Thanks go out to Kristin Heynen and Kristin Street for their efforts to make this a success. The Wickford Art Association once again hosted its high school exhibit and awarded scholarships to some very talented students. An event made possible with the assistance of gallery director Sarah Tallarico, and RIAEA past president Mia Thompson. The Rhode Island Alliance for Arts Education hosted PS 2014, the statewide public school art exhibit in May. The show, which took place in Providence at the URI Feinstein Campus, was fabulous and the districts highlighted were many. The 2014 Gift of Art to the State was from the district of Johnston. Thank you to the Alliance for its continued support of our students. This year’s NAEA National Conference was in sunny San Diego and several RIAEA members attended. This year’s theme was emerging technologies. If I may borrow from Deborah Reeves’ recent conference reflections, the emerging portion of this title was key. Our very own Peter Geisser emerged from the conference in his post as the Eastern Region Vice President, and Patricia Lucciolla was honored as the RI Arts Educator of the Year. Congratulations to both of them. This year’s conference also signaled the emergence of the National Coalition of Core Arts Standards. By the time you read this

newsletter, the new standards will have been officially unveiled by the NCCAS. I hope you all were able to watch the virtual launch. Check the national site for information and links to these new standards. On the topic of conferences, our RIAEA biannual conference will be this fall on November 8th at Salve Regina University in Newport, so save the date. Our theme this year is “RI Creates.” We all know that Rhode Island plays host to a vibrant and creative community. Join us as we look to our own backyard for inspiration, and please think about sharing yours. The RIAEA website has all the information you need to become a presenter. Once again we thank Salve Regina for assisting us in hosting this event, as well as Conference Chair Sue Suprock for agreeing to take on this endeavor for another year. Without our community supporters, and the hard work of our board members, we could not offer this conference to our members. As we prepare for the end of this school year, many of us have already started thinking about the fall. Whether we are working on curriculum, taking courses and participating in workshops, tending to our own artistic practices, or just relaxing in the sun with friends and family, we all know that our “teacher brain” never really shuts down. By the nature of what we teach, and who we are, we find inspiration everywhere. So have an inspirational summer, feed your artistic practice, and enjoy the sunshine. Regards, Nancy Comire Brandley

Alexandra Robat, Regional Director

Congratulat ions to the 2014 National Scholast i c Art Award Winners for the ir recogni t ion at the National Student Exhibi t ion in New York City ! Thank you for your submiss ions to the Rhode Is land Scholast i c Art Awards and for represent ing our reg ion at the nat ional l eve l ! We apprec iate a l l o f your hard work and dedicat ion to the arts .

Signe Brown

RI Gold Medal Drawing

Fantastic Animal

Moses Brown School

 

A manda Chisholm

American Visions Medal Drawing

Fight or Flight

Portsmouth High School

 

Jasper White

RI Silver Medal Mixed Media

Sri Lankan Man

School One

 

 

Timothy A rcher

RI Silver Medal Art Portfolio

Tim's Sculpture

St. George's School

       

   

A shley Smyth

RI Silver Medal Mixed Media

One Berry, Two Berry, Strawberry!

Archie R. Cole Middle School

 

WHAT????        Think  about  next  school  year  already???    

Are  you  crazy????  Start  your  2015  school  year  with  the  Youth  Art  Month  Flag  Design  Contest.  

Your  school  (or  student)  gets  to  keep  the  flag!!  Theme:  RI  Creates!  

2014 Rhode Island Every  year  March  is  the  month  to  celebrate  student  artists.  You  can  participate  in  Youth  Art  Month  activities.  Here’s  how:  Enter  your  students’  work  to  the  Flag  Contest.    The  winning  design  is  reproduced  into  a  3’5’  flag  that  will  fly  nationally  with  the  other  state  flags  at  the  NAEA  conference.    2nd  place  winner’s  design  will  be  made  into  postcards.  

•  theme  is  “RI  Creates”  (interpret  as  you  wish)  •  Images  should  be  colorful,  theme  written  in  design  •  Size  is  5”x9”    or  proportionate    e.g.  10x14  or  12x16  etc.  •  Deadline  is  January  1st  2015.    Send  to  YAM  Chairperson  either  snail  mail:  Jill  Armstrong,  16  Spruce  Avenue,  

Middletown  RI  02842  •  Or  electronically    @  Jarmstrong@mpsri.net  

 Youth Art Month Flag

Winning Design by Paula Frost Grade 11 Cranston East High School

     

           

   

 

 

 

 

 

Youth Art Month (YAM) was created in 1961 by the Center for Art Education, Inc. It is a national program that recognizes that the arts are a basic component of all students’ educations. YAM is now celebrated annually in the month of March.

 

I’m looking for your input on what kind of High School Roundtables you would like for the upcoming school year. Hands on? Teacher

Evaluation? AP? Scholastics? Grant writing? Technology?

Please take a minute to click the link and fill out the following Poll.

What kind of High School roundtables would you like to see offered for the upcoming school year?

If you are interested in hosting a High school round table, or have an idea that you would like to

share, please email Susanne Suprock at ssuprock@gmail.com

If anyone’s interested in a great free professional development opportunity, Edcamp Cape Cod is an awesome day of PD for teachers By Teachers.

Enjoy your summer!

NOVEMBER 8th 2014 The Rhode Island Art Education

Association 2014 State Conference "RI CREATES"

Link with

Don Bousquet & Nate Bousquet Rhode Island's own Cartoonist

and Aerial Photographers as

Keynote Speakers

Sponsored by Salve Regina University Registration will open in August

A Call for Presenters for "RI CREATES" has been extended until mid July ……

Just fill out the VERY SIMPLE form below

RI Art Educators! We want you to consider presenting at your State Conference! You

have so many great lessons and ideas! I know, because I’ve seen what you show at Scholastic’s, Senator Reed’s show, and during Youth Art Month displays all year long.

Please share your wonderful talent’s, technology expertise, Group Mural activities and lessons with our Membership….(Your Peers)

*Click here to sign up to present *All presenters attend the Conference free of charge.

How about a Figure Drawing workshop?

What about a presentation that you submitted and or presented at the

National Conference? Know about these?

STEAM? Twitter? Social Networks? Grant Writing?

Are you the queen of Pinterest? Please share! How about Scholastics help for the New teachers who haven’t

experienced it? Are you awesome at creating Digital Art?

Film studies? YAM? AP Studio Art Workshops? What are you good at?

What kind of Art do you make? How about sharing a hands on workshop?

Sincerely

Susanne Suprock

Conference Coordinator

http://nccas.wikispaces.com/  

President: Nancy Brandley

President Elect: Sue Root

Past President: Mia Thompson

Recording Secretary: Jodi Stanley

Treasurer: Sue Root

Membership: Diana Baxter

Webmaster: Jean Carmody

Art Educator’s Exhibition: Kristin Heynen & Kristin Street

Higher Education:Cheryl Williams

Teacher of the Year Awards: Louriann Mardo-Zayat

Historian: Christine A. Mullen

High School Representative: Susanne Suprock

Middle School Representative: Nina Lee Marold

Elementary Representative: Michelle Turner

Retired Art Teachers Representative: Robin Alcott

Museum Representative: Sarah Tallarico

RIAEA Newsletter Editor and Layout: Jonathan Paquette

Advertising: Jodi Stanley

Parliamentarian: Chris Mullen

Advocacy: John Tedeschi

Advocacy/Publicity: Vacant

Student Representative: Vacant

Youth Art: Jill Armstrong

Scholastic Art: Alexandra Robat, Tricia Barry, Christine Mullen, and Susanne Suprock