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Idyllwild Summer Arts Program Scholarship for Middle to High School Students

Application Deadline: November 30

CAEA has joined with The Idyllwild Arts Foundation to provide an opportunity for one student to experience this unique summer art program. Current CAEA members may nominate as many students as they wish.

The programs that students can choose from include the following. All are for students ages 14-17 and will be offered from June 29-July 12, 2025.

Art Exploration: Finding your passion

Ceramics: Clay Works Intensive

Computer Game Design

Drawing & Painting Intensive

Number of Students:

Based on current funding, the Idyllwild Arts Foundation is able to extend financial aid for up to 1 full tuition scholarships for summer of 2025. Students must be between the ages of 14-17 at the time of the summer program. Please be aware that Idyllwild requires immunizations and follows the same guidelines as CA school law.

Spaces are already filling up quickly. Once a program is full, Idyllwild will not be able to enroll students in that program. 

Cost:

Idyllwild Arts is covering:

• 100% of residential tuition for up to two weeks ($4700)

The student/family is covering: 

• $50 Application Fee
• Lab Fee (varies by program between $100-$175)
• $200 Health & Safety Fee
• Any incidentals
• Travel costs

CAEA is covering:

• The cost of art supplies needed for the program up to $250 with the submission of receipts

Program Information:

Here is a great introductory video of the summer programs.

Learn more on our FAQ page

See here for a visual map of our class offerings.

CAEA Members' Artwork on Display in NAEA Online Member Art Exhibit

The annual NAEA Member Exhibition showcases artwork created by NAEA’s vibrant professional community of visual arts educators, highlighting the artistic skill and vision of members worldwide. NAEA received 433 entries during the call for submissions. The 82 artworks below were juror-selected for inclusion in the virtual exhibit.

The following California Art Education Association members have artworks in the exhibit.

Click here to learn more about the exhibit.

Jenny Burrow

Coarsegold, CA

Native Mother and the Prince

Painting

This is one painting from a series of Native American images inspired by The Keeper Series, a multimedia series of work created over a span of six years. The Native mother is nurturing her baby, the Prince, to be raised as the tribal chief. The Prince already has the knowledge he must possess to become the tribal chief when he becomes of age. “The Keeper” is watching over and protecting the Prince as he matures into the role he was destined to fill.

Tray London

Santa Barbara, CA

Self Portrait 2024

Painting

After watching seasons of Portrait Artist of the Year, I finally committed to painting my self-portrait. Not long after, I was sitting at a desk near an open door and noticed how beautiful the light was, so I took a selfie. I was happy to see I captured the light effect as well as the quiet, reflective mood I was in that day. I am rediscovering oil paints and learned a ton through the process. I am excited and motivated to keep painting portraits!

The 2025 CAEA YAM programs are underway. Please visit the CAEA YAM "How To Participate" webpage to learn more about program dates in your Area.

https://www.caea-arteducation.org/how-to-participate

CAEA Area and Regional News and Events

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Visual Arts News and Events

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

STUDENT VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE 

The Autry Museum of the American West presents the 9th annual Student Visual Arts Exhibition: Visions of the Future, a juried exhibition with more than 100 middle school and high school students' artwork exploring a topic of relevance in the American West. Student Visual Arts Exhibition calls on the students of the American West to share their visions of the future. For peoples living across the American West, the future has long been an inspiration for dreams, fears, hopes, and actions. Millions of people have headed to the American West in the hopes of securing a better future. Others have viewed the future as an opportunity to reach new horizons, and still others fear what the future might bring. As the present turned into the past, it is those actions, those dreams, those hopes and fears that fill today's history books and shed light on how those who came before us viewed the future. What do you think the future holds? What do you think the world will look like, sound like, feel like in ten years, fifty years, one hundred years, or even a thousand years?

We call on the students of the American West to share with us their visions of the future, and we look forward to sharing your visions of the future at the Autry Museum.>Learn more

Submissions will be accepted through Saturday, February 8, 2025

KidWind is an international leader in clean energy education.

Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, KidWind opened the call for entries for the 2025 National Wind Energy Art Challenge. The theme, “Beautiful Wind Energy,” will highlight the importance of wind energy and renewable energy education.

It is free for teachers and parents/guardians to enter student artwork, and the deadline to enter is 12 p.m. CST on February 28, 2025. Additional information on the contest can be found here.

2025 ARTEFFECT COMPETITION

NOW OPEN!

Bring the Unsung Heroes into your classrooms and communities through the annual competition!

The 2025 ARTEFFECT competition invites submissions from all students in grades 6-12 interested in making a positive impact through their art. First awarded in 2016, thousands of students have participated in ARTEFFECT from around the world. The competition invites students to creatively interpret the story of an Unsung Hero by creating an original visual artwork, accompanied by an artist’s Impact Statement.

Submissions deadline is April 27, 2025

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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.

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