Greetings!
March--Youth Art Month is almost here. There is still time to plan an activity for your students to share their enthusiasm for their art work with others. One of the trends in the past few years is to combine student art work with helping others:
- Hold a bus safety poster contest and display art work on school buses
- Ask VIPs from your local community to pose for portraits
- Start a quilt project to benefit those less fortunate
- Donate student-designed placements or table tents for local restaurants
- Appoint a local celeb who is supportive of the arts as the Honorary Chairperson of the local Art Month celebration
- Participate in an art postcard exchange with students from a sister city
- Donate student art to an assisted living center or nursing home
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The Alliance
Thank you, AEI Friends
 Iowa Alliance for Arts Education has a new process for renewing your membership. If you have been a member of IAAE, you should have received an invitation to the IAAE. If you received the invitation and have not done so, you need to go to BigTent/IAAE to register. If you have not been a member or made a donation to this worthy cause, go to the IAAE Website and click to join or make a donation. Read the important message from Executive Director Diane Franken and consider making a donation to IAAE. |
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Call for Student Self-portraits
IASB
The Iowa Association of School Boards is honored to use student art as part of the 2010 IASB Annual Convention, which will take place Nov. 18. They hope to inspire school leaders by displaying the faces of the students they serve, and to showcase the excellent work of students from across the entire state.
IASB is seeking digital photographs of original student self-portraits. They will be used for IASB convention publications (printed and online), displays and other materials. The deadline for submission is May 15, 2010.
For more details about submissions, go to the IASB website.
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Win a Trip to NY Art Museums
Iowa Art Teachers Submit
"Brighter World" Contest
Submit photos of your students' art work (K-12) and win a trip to NY art museums for you, a student, and a parent. One winner is selected from each state.
Deadline: April 30, 2010. S|A|R|G|E|NT|S ART
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Daily Pottery Ideas
From Ceramic Arts Magazine
Visit ceramicartsdaily.org to get your own free subscription to Ceramic Arts Daily. You will receive a pottery instruction idea, a download from their magazine, or a video clip by email every day.
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For 2010-11
If you wish to receive the 2010-2011 Traveling Art Show(s),
please contact Christine Laue (Secondary)
or Jean Cabot (Elementary) by May 1, 2010.
Student work for the traveling shows will be collected at the Spring Board meeting on April 24.
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YAM Celebration in Des Moines
March 7, 2010 Sunday
1:00-4:00pm
State Historical Building
Des Moines, Iowa
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Cultural Advocacy Day
Several student works were selected to appear at the Cultural Advocacy Day on Feb. 17 in Des Moines. It was the intention to use all of the work not selected for YAM, but due to limited display space, it was necessary to select a smaller number of works. Here is the list of student artists whose work was shown.
Cultural Advocacy Day brought keynote Robert Bluestone to the State Historical Building to speak and play his wonderful music. Bluestone spoke about weaving the arts into our everyday lives. In addition, many workshops were provided to participants. The day ended with a legislative reception where cultural creatives were able to visit further more with their legislators while enjoying music and refreshments.
Thanks again for providing the youth art at the capitol! it really added a lot.
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Add These Events to Your Calendar
NAEA Confernce, Baltimore, April 17-21, 2010
AEI Spring Board Meeting, Marshalltown, April 24, 2010
2010 Western Region Leadership Forum, Omaha, June 24-27, 2010
AEI Summer Board Meeting, Grundy Center Public Library, July 12, 2010
AEI Fall Conference in Sioux City: October 1, 2, & 3, 2010: Art is Core
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