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Greetings!
The deadline to participate in the 2021 K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition is fast approaching! Submit your students' artworks by March 15th. You can view the 2021 requirements, scoring rubrics, and past virtual exhibitions by visiting the FAEA website.
Looking to gain some professional development during your spring break? FAEA has two new digital learning events during the month of March that are FREE for current members. Join Pamela Haas on March 9th at 6:30 PM ET for the workshop Mind/Art Connections, which will be presented live on Zoom. On March 18th at 4:00 PM ET, take a virtual tour of the Frost Museum of Art with Chief Curator, Dr. Amy Galpin. Register today to attend these events.
Help support art education in Florida's schools by donating to FAEA! With your support, FAEA will continue to grow its programs for teachers and students, strengthen united advocacy efforts, and improve your professional development opportunities. Donate today and make a difference!
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Postcard from the President |
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It is hard to believe we are already well into the third quarter of the school year. Nancy Puri, President-Elect, and I are deeply committed to our role in the Delegates Assembly at the National Art Education Association Convention this month. We are part of a working team, serving as a liaison between the membership of our state and the NAEA Board of Directors. The camaraderie that has been fostered among our local, state, and national groups during this unique school year has been truly inspiring. Our Board of Directors, committees, and task force members have been working hard to continue to deliver high-quality resources throughout various platforms.
Time is running out for the K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition. Demonstrate how resilient your art program is despite how difficult this school year has been. Submission deadline is March 15th. Continue to focus on the positives by celebrating your students’ artworks. Congratulations goes out to Miranda Pulmano (grade 6) from Glades Middle School for her winning entry for the 2021 YAM Flag Design. Miranda and her teacher, Jacqueline Ortiz, represent Glades Middle School in Broward County. Check out the winning entry here!
Professional development continues this month with two more digital learning events. Sign up for this membership benefit today on our website. The professional development team is continuing to develop innovative opportunities throughout the spring with Out of the Office series coming soon.
Marisa Griffin, chair of the Adaptive Arts Task Force, is seeking members to join the work we have started for our membership. If you are interested in joining us in developing creative initiatives, please email Info@FAEA.org. The purpose statement for this task force is:
The purpose of the Adaptive Arts Task Force is to advocate and collaborate with the membership to investigate, foster, and present methods of teaching effective adaptive art concepts, respond to the diverse needs of exceptional learners, and to support learners in reaching their full potential by participating in art education programming at their most independent level.
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) task force is also starting back up this month to review valuable resources for our members. If you are interested in joining us or learning more about our initiatives, please reach out to me at Info@FAEA.org. The group embraces all perspectives and encourages leadership within our art association.
I am extremely proud of the extraordinary work we have done during this unusual year and look forward to helping build the content of our conference at Caribe Royale in Orlando on October 14th through 17th, 2021. As March is the time for school budgets, advocate for your spot at the conference in 2021. Ask your administration for support in this extremely valuable professional learning.
March will be a time to continue focusing our energy on the positives in the world, practice patience and compassion with those that do not understand us, and collaboration as we navigate the remainder of the school year together.
Dr. Jackie Henson-Dacey
FAEA President
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2021 K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition |
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The FAEA K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition is Florida's premier program for assessing student artwork, as well as promoting the artistic achievements of these students and their teachers.
The deadline to submit your students' artwork is March 15, 2021.
Login to your FAEA account to submit your students' artwork.
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Digital Learning Opportunities |
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Join FAEA Supervision/Administration Division Director, Pamela Haas, for an hour-long session exploring ways to use art to transform fear and chaos into peaceful, meditative, and therapeutic practice. Using the principles of neuroscience, participants will learn an art technique that helps us trigger connections in our brain and create healing art through mindful expression.
When: March 9th, 6:30 PM ET
Where: via Zoom
Price: FREE for members,
$5 for non-members
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Virtual Museum Visit: Frost Art Museum, FIU |
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Take a tour of the Tesoro exhibition with Dr. Amy Galpin, Chief Curator of the Frost Museum of Art. The exhibition was curated by Pepe Mar with artworks from the permanent collection.
When: March 18th, 4:00 PM ET
Where: via Zoom
Price: FREE for members
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March is Youth Art Month (YAM)!
FAEA invites all art educators to participate in YAM activities! Celebrations can be as simple as a single class learning activity that focuses attention to the value of arts; or celebrations can involve collaborations that result in multi-school art exhibits. You can start with one thing that you already are doing successfully and design a way to share the value gained by your students with parents, with school administrators, with the community, and/or with politicians.
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Congratulations to Miranda Pulmano and her teacher, Jacqueline Ortiz, for winning the 2021 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition! Miranda is a 6th-grade student from Glades Middle School in Broward County.
The winning design, which incorporates the national theme of "Art Connects Us," was selected by a panel of judges to represent the state of Florida at the NAEA Virtual Convention!
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Introducing a new blog on the FAEA website called YAM Recipe of the Month! This is a monthly series where fellow teachers throughout Florida share their "recipe" for success in advocating and highlighting school art programs in the spirit of Youth Art Month.
Interested in sharing your success stories in celebrating Youth Art Month? Submit your "recipe" to info@faea.org.
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Thank you for your support of FAEA. Our members help FAEA fulfill its mission of advocating and supporting high-quality art education to all students in the state of Florida.
Sincerely,
Florida Art Education Association
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