In this week's email:

• NAEA online event: Planning a Curriculum that Works - Wednesday, July 19, 2023
• School Leaders Institute: Leading & Creating Equitable School Culture and Climate - July 25, 2023
• Call for Proposals for November 4, 2023 San Diego Conference - deadline Friday, July 28, 2023
• Prop 28 Online Info Session - Tuesday, August 1, 2023
• Crystal Bridges Virtual Summer Online Teacher Institute - July 17-19, 2023
• Job Opportunities/Position Openings: Elementary Enrichment Art Teacher, Robla School District, Sacramento, CA; TK4-Grade 8 Art Teacher, San Diego Cooperative Charter School; K-8 Art Teacher, Coastal Academy, Oceanside, CA
• Membership Matters Letter to Administrators
• Upcoming CAEA State and Regional Events
• Craft in America Summer Workshops: July 22 and August 26, 2023
• Become an ARTEFFECT Ambassador information webinar - Wednesday, August 16, 2023
• NAEA Monthly Member Portrait details
• NAEA - Highlight your art education in action
• Let Us Know! What news do you have to share with our members?
• CAEAEDI: Embracing Our Differences - 2024 Call for Artists: October 5, 2023
• Start Your Year Off Strong with the Studio Habits of Mind
• Thank You to Our Sponsors
• Make a Donation to CAEA Scholarships

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Facing History and Ourselves presents:

School Leaders Institute: Leading & Creating Equitable School Culture & Climate

July 25, 2023

Building off of last year’s School Leaders Workshop, join us for this four-hour institute that will go deeper into creating a more equitable school culture. We will recognize the history of inequity in schools and learn practical ways leaders can mitigate those disparities today. This will also be a time of collaborative collegial dialogue with fellow school leaders to problem-solve and share best practices, including our newest resource, our Equity Reflection Tool. Finally, we’ll provide space for attendees and teams to create an action plan for the school year.

Activities and resources from the session will be provided. This event will be LIVE and will not be recorded.

Details for joining the Zoom meeting will be shared by email prior to the event.

Call for Proposals: 2023 CAEA San Diego Regional Conference Sessions

This fall, the CAEA San Diego regional conference will be held in-person Saturday, November 4, 2023, at UC San Diego Park and Market from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

If you are interested in submitting a workshop proposal for this event, please click on the link below. The proposal submission deadline is July 28, 2023. Applicants will be notified of acceptance in early August.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdujQRhqLhiCVFKuf0j3kLZuaJuW4cyPcQ85P-qpxki5SM-Tg/viewform

For help in writing proposals, please view this presentation from the Fall 2021 CAEA conference: Build Confidence in Writing Proposals and Presenting at Art Education Conferences https://tinyurl.com/CAEAConferenceProposals.

All proposal submissions should receive an email acknowledging receipt. If you do not receive one, please email Alyssa Navapanich caeasd.president@gmail.com as you may need to re-submit the proposal.

Prop 28 Online Info Session

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

2:00 - 2:45 PM

If you would like to know more about Prop 28, we invite you to attend this Prop 28 Zoom Info Session on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, from 2:00 - 2:45 pm, presented by Letty Kraus of the California County Superintendents Arts Initiative.

Click here to register.

Questions: Ross Roadruck, r.roadruck@gmail.com

In these sessions, teachers will connect with and learn from museum educators and one another, while discovering how to use the power of art in teaching all subjects. You'll receive PD credit, classroom resources to take home, and priority access to on-site or virtual field trips for your students for the 2023-2024 year.

You have three opportunities to join us this summer. Follow the links to learn more and register. We'll see you there!

Creating Curriculum with Art, July 17 - 19, 9 am - 3 pm - on-site

Virtual Summer Teacher Institutes require a $50 registration fee, which will be fully refunded if attended. The On-Site Creating Curriculum with Art requires a $100 registration fee, if attended you will be refunded $50.

Elementary Enrichment Art Teacher

Robla School District

Click here for details.

Art Teacher

San Diego Cooperative Charter School

If you are looking for a TK4-Grade 8 school dedicated to the whole child, honors creativity, and allows teachers a strong voice, we are the school for you! SDCCS is a child-centered, progressive, constructivist school focused on academic excellence and social-emotional learning. Please see our website for more information www.sdccs.org.

Click here for additional details about the position.

Art Teacher

The Coastal Academy, Oceanside, CA

The Art Teacher is responsible for providing instruction, leadership, and supervision to students. The Art Teacher will instruct students on core subject areas. This position will support and uphold the mission and vision of The Classical Academies.

Click here for details about The Classical Academies. Click here for a link to the Edjoin listing.

Administrator “Ask Letter” For CAEA Membership

As Art Educators, we are no strangers to advocacy. 

We so often have to advocate for the importance of what we do, the resources we need for our classrooms, and for our own professional development. 

CAEA is here to help build your advocacy toolbox: and this includes making it as easy as possible for you to request financial support from administrators for membership costs to join your state and national professional organization. Remember: a personal request from educators is always more powerful than a mass email from our organization.

Click here for a customized letter that you can personalize in an email to your school administrator. You can use this to renew your own current membership or to help an art educator you know who is not a current member become one.

Upcoming CAEA State and Area Events

CAEA San Diego Area Events

CAEA San Diego Area 2023 Fall Conference: Compelling Stories, Authentic Voices

November 4, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Optional guided Chicano Park tour and cocktail hour following the conclusion of the conference.

UC San Diego Park and Market

1100 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101

Contact: Alyssa Navapanich, caeasd.president@gmail.com

Click here for details and watch for more information to come.

CAEA Statewide Events

SAVE THE DATE!

Check out these summer Craft in America workshops!

Frame Loom Weaving Workshop

with Lesley Kice Nishigawara

Saturday, July 22, 12:00–4:00 p.m.

at the Center



Learn how to weave on a frame loom, a small portable way to weave. This workshop will take inspiration from the work of Sheila Hicks. Workshop fee: $100 

Sign up and learn more.

Backstrap Loom Weaving Workshop

with Lesley Kice Nishigawara

Saturday, August 26, 11:00–5:00 p.m.

at the Center



The backstrap loom is a portable loom where the warp (yarn) is stretched between two sticks. Tension is held on the loom with the weaver’s body weight. The backstrap loom has been used in many cultures historically and is still used today. Workshop fee: $175 

Sign up and learn more.

The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes is excited to announce the launch of a professional development program for educators working directly with K-12 students to foster the visual arts. As a member of the LMC community, you may have heard some of the inspiring stories of the Unsung Heroes—diverse individuals from history and across varied disciplines who are largely unrecognized for their extraordinary contributions to society. The new ARTEFFECT Ambassadors program provides a framework for educators to learn from and alongside other high-level practitioners and be inspired and inspire others specifically through art-focused, project-based learning about the LMC Unsung Heroes. 

We invite you to review the program offerings and apply if this opportunity seems right for you. The program runs online from October 18, 2023 to June 3, 2024. Ambassadors commit to participating in a series of online modules and completing a capstone project to make an impact on their schools and communities. 

 What are the benefits of being an ARTEFFECT Ambassador? 

• Participation in live online modules taught by seasoned art educators.
• Strategies to develop instructional practice and learner-centered curriculum.
• Peer-to-peer learning and meaningful dialogue on diverse issues in the field.
• Advocate for art education and inspire leadership in the classroom and community.
• Recognition in an official press release. 
• An unrestricted stipend of $1,250 and a Certificate of Participation.
• 

 Interested in learning more? 

1. Review the ARTEFFECT Ambassadors Info Sheet for all the details.
2. Register to join the Open House webinar on Wed., August 16 @ 4:00-5:00 PM (PT) for a program overview and to ask any questions.
3. Submit your online application by Mon., September 18, 2023. 

On behalf of the entire ARTEFFECT team, thank you for all the work you do as an educator! Feel free to email Toni Guglielmo, Director, ARTEFFECT, with any thoughts or questions at arteffect@lowellmilken.org. You are welcome to forward this email to a colleague who may be interested.

Each month, on the NAEA website and social media, we spotlight a member’s name, photo, professional title/workplace, why they value NAEA, and their tip for visual arts education success. We invite you to share your perspective. It only takes a few minutes.

Now on the NAEA website, Arts Education in Action is giving us a wider view into our vibrant professional community. See the latest at arteducators.org.

We want to highlight YOUR art education in action!

What are your students creating? What is happening in your museum? Do you have an NAEA Preservice Student Chapter that is doing cool stuff? Is your district getting creative? Send us photos so NAEA can share them and represent art education in action as it is really happening.

Do you have something to share that you think other CAEA members would be interested in knowing about? Would you like to share some good news about an educator you know? We'd love to hear about it.

Simply email us at

membership@caea-arteducation.org.

Click here to view the entire flyer with details.

Click here for website updates.

Start Your Year Off Strong with the Studio Habits of Mind (PRO Release)

Courtesy of

Natalie Fenton

The Art of Education University

Enhance your art curriculum with the Studio Habits of Mind (SHoM) before the summer slips away and you have less time! The SHoM is a framework that follows moment-to-moment artistic habits throughout the creative process. Introduce this framework and language to kick off the year strong and keep students thinking like artists all year long.

 Learn more . . .

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