2024 Kansas Youth Art Month Winners

 

YAM Reception TODAY!

Today is the day! 

The Kansas Art Education Association will be sponsoring a Celebration/Reception for student artists, their families, and educators Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 from 1-2:30.  The Celebration/Reception will be held at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library.  There will be time for guests to view the artwork, a guest speaker, recognition of students, activities, sale of YAM merchandise and light refreshments.  The library will open at 9 am and the YAM activities will be set up by 11:30.

All students who have their work exhibited at the Youth Art Month Exhibit will receive a certificate of participation which their teacher will have to give to them after the exhibit.

Students who have their artwork exhibited and are in attendance during the YAM Celebration, will be recognized with a group photo.  This event would be a great opportunity for you to show support for the arts in your school and community!

We’d love to see your photos from the YAM celebration so feel free to tag us!

#ksyam2024 #ksarted

Save the Date for KAEA Summer Conference!

 Save the date!

KAEA's Summer Professional Development Conference, "Summer Camp" will be held June 6th and 7th in Southeast Kansas. More information will be shared soon!

2024 Harry Hart Memorial Senior Scholarship Winners Announced

Congratulations to our 2024 scholarship winners! 

The following three students were chosen as the KAEA 2024 Harry Hart Scholarship winners:

• Neva Livingston, Lawrence High School student of Todd Poteet
• Katie Eller, Shawnee Heights High School student of Avery Ayers-Berry
• Sydney Laster, Washburn Rural High School student of Brad LeDuc

 

Continuing Education Opportunity

 Hello all!

I am reaching out because I am working with Friends University to offer another continuing ed credit opportunity for our KAEA members this spring.  This will again be offered at our discount rate of $85 for the one-hour credit.  We will be reading the book Studio Thinking and connecting with the KAEA book club to have a couple zoom meetings for class with the rest of the class work done via email as reflection questions and a paper analyzing strategies and how you can incorporate them into your classroom.  See the course guide link below and specific class description attached if interested. 

https://issuu.com/friendsu/docs/friends-university-teacher-education-spring-2024-w?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

Friends University Graduate Workshops Spring 2024 Friends University Graduate Workshops Spring 2024 issuu.com

Our course number is 20720 and the first zoom meeting is March 4th! I hope to see you in class again this semester!

Natalie Brown

Adjunct Professor of Art Methods

Friends University

Virtual Conference in ONE WEEK!

The 2024 KAEA Virtual Spring Professional Development Conference is ONE WEEK away! This conference is offered free as a member benefit. 

Have a friend or colleague who’s not a KAEA member? Invite them to watch with you! 

We accept reciprocal membership for our conferences! If you are a member of NAEA in another state, you are welcome to attend or apply to present at our conference!

Click here to register!

Schedule & Session Information

This link will let you preview the line up of workshops and give you a materials list so you can follow along with hands-on presentations. http://www.kaea.com/p/virtual-conference-schedule-and-sessions.html

Google Classroom Invitation

The conference will use Google Classroom* to organize materials from sessions and later to post recordings. 

*Some districts block Google Classroom from outside organizations so you may need to join with a personal email address.

Questions? Contact Katie Morris! Email webmaster@kaea.com

YAM Flag Results

Congratulations to the 2024 Youth Art Month Winning Flag Designer, Ellie McGill, of St. Francis of Assisi, student of Lisa Lang!

Check out the 2023-2024 YAM Flag Finalists!

Rachel Gibson Western Region Elementary Art Educator

Congratulations to Rachel Gibson of Doniphan West Elementary School for being named 2024 National Art Education Association's Western Region Elementary Art Educator!

Rachel will be recognized at the NAEA National Convention in Minneapolis during the Division Awards Ceremony Thursday, 4/4/2024, in Center/Auditorium/Level 1.