the message aug/sept 2013

Aug/Sept 2013 Volume 5 :: Issue 1

Art Educators of Iowa

The Message

A publication for Iowa art educators and their

supporters.

InsideGifted and TalentedMolly Wait shares what we can do for our gifted students.

Failure FriendlyWhat a dryer taught Cedar Falls instructor, Andrew McCormick.

And More!

Welcome Backfrom your friendly Editor

Welcome back to what promises to be a fantastic new school year! Anyone that knows me, knows I love to refresh my take on things

from time to time - and what better way to do that then to learn from last years volume of publications and apply some changes and

improve my skills - in other words, make this the best publication for AEI members that I can.

That said, this issue is a longer one - there’s a lot to catch up on from the summer and some great inserts for the Fall Conference in Cedar

Rapids!

Be sure to stay tuned to all things AEI these next few months as there are some major[ly great] initiatives that are unfolding. And enjoy the

good read!

Lisa Jorgensen, Findley Elementary, [email protected]

Welcome back to school, AEI

members.


Moving Our Mission Forward Wow! The beginning of another school year is upon us. I hope you are entering the school year refreshed, rejuvenated and excited for the many pos-sibilities of a new school year. AEI representatives and your board are hard at work to provide opportunities and programming to help you make this year a success for you and your students. AEI board members spent three days in July at the 1st AEI Leadership Training and Summer Board Retreat. Dr. Deborah Reeves facilitated leader-ship training along with instruction and guidance from special guests Jessica Balsley, Art of Education and Jen Sweeney, president of the Wisconsin Art Teachers Association. Representatives from the Iowa Department of Educations, Iowa Alliance for Arts Education and the Iowa Arts Council joined us for table discussions and provided insight on ways we can partner for great impact for visual arts education in Iowa. “The Mis-sion of the Art Educators of Iowa is to promote art education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge and leadership.” AEI members, your board is fired up and motivated to move AEI forward as we review our mission state-ment and establish a vision. The work on our vision has only begun and we know it is our vision that will move our mission forward. AEA Reps are on fire with plans to collaborate with Fine Arts Consultants in our AEAs to create more PLC opportunities, open the line of communication to create more involvement in AEI and to create a net-work for visual arts educators. The Iowa Core training workshops held this summer are just the beginning. AEI is here to support all visual arts educa-tors in the state of Iowa. AEI provides an incredible PD opportunity through the Fall Conference. It is our goal to improve and increase programming and sup-port in all areas of the state throughout the entire year. Your membership in AEI is only the beginning. AEI is only as strong as it’s members. Through member support, not only financial but also your time and vol-unteer efforts, we can provide incredible programs for visual art educators and their students.

“How can I get involved?” You don’t have to be an AEI board member to make an impact on visual arts education. AEI Division Reps and AEI programs need volunteers like you! Volunteers and participants are needed for YAM, All-State, Middle School Art Com-petition, Mentoring, Retired art educators and many more. Here are a couple examples… • AEI Mentoring program depends on your help to identify 1st and 2nd year teachers and plac-ing them with a volunteer AEI mentor. IAAE will pay their first year membership, registration to the Fall Conference and invite them to take part in the Fall Symposium for free! You can volunteer yourself or identify retired art educators in your area to become mentors. • Help to identify higher ed instructors. We provide scholarships to pre-service teachers to attend the Fall Conference, identify pre-service teachers in college and in their transition from high school stu-dents to college and eventually their own classroom. • Consider turning your art clubs into National ART Honor Society Clubs. For a $3 membership fee per student, your students can take part in many new opportunities including the first National Art Honor Society Conference planned for 2014!

I encourage each of you to share this excit-ing-back-to –school issue with fellow art educators. Extend a personal invitation to check out AEI and consider joining our network of incredible visual arts educators and professionals. Compare your calendar and the AEI website. Establish an action plan on how you can take advan-tage of these art opportunities: • 63rd AEI Fall Conference: Cirque d’Arte • IASB Student Art • AFC Workshop-VSA/IA Dept. Ed • Youth Art Month …and more!This is only the beginning of what AEI has to offer you and your students!

Shanise, AEI President, [email protected]“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” - Walt Disney

We all have a lot to do to get ready for another amazing year in the art room, but I can check one job off the list! I have already made myself a handy-dandy folder to collect potential Youth Art Month entries. I don’t

want to miss out on the fun of another Y.A.M event, or the chance to win the unbelievable prizes sponsored by Sargent Art.

Youth Art Month is not going to sneak up on us this year!

YAM 2014 info can be found at http://sargentart.com/sa/yam-iowa.asp and if you have any questions, you can contact Christy Humpal at yam@

artedia.org.

Christy Humpal

[email protected]

Newton, Iowa

HELP WANTED.Who was the visual arts educator that you were hired to replace? Did the teacher move on to another position or did they retire? If they retired, please contact them and inform them about the pre-conference day and activity on October 10th, 2013 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa! Send Kathleen Almelien their information and she can get them even more information! [email protected]

October 10, 2013 - AEI Retirees’ Day

October 11-13, 2013 - 63rd AEI Fall Conference, Cedar Rapids, Fall Board Meeting

November 2, 2013 - IAAE Fall Symposium for New Teachers

January 11, 2014 - Winter Board Meeting/ YAM Judging, State Historical Building, Des Moines, IA

January 29, 2014 - IAAE- “Create, Legislate and Celebrate”- A Fine Arts Advocacy Day- State Capitol

March 1, 2014 - YAM Reception, State Historical Building, Des Moines, IA

March 14, 2014 - All-State Submissions Due

March 28/ 29-31, 2014 - NAEA Delegates Assembly/ NAEA National Convention, San Diego, CA

April 5, 2014 - All-State Judging, Location TBD

May 3, 2014 - All-State Awards Ceremony

UPCOMING EVENTS


Molly Wait

Gifted andTalented.

[email protected] Schools

First of all “Welcome Back” to the new school year, I’m sure that is probably the 99th time you have heard it lately. I had a wonderful summer going back to school for my Talented and Gifted endorsement! WooHoo, Yippie, Yay! You think I am being sarcastic right? NOPE! I loved every minute of it. It has made me want to empower you as well!

Second, Did you know that we have talented and gifted programs in our schools? You might, if you also carry a TAG endorsement as an art teacher, then again you might not. Don’t feel bad, it was not really something I had put much thought into myself. My son is in the talented and gifted program, and I still had not thought about what I am about to remind you of...

The thing is, all these years, I only thought of myself as an art teacher, but all along I was a talented and gifted teacher too, because I am an art teacher. We naturally diversify our lessons for the various levels of talent that our students exhibit. We already take an extra time to encourage and extend instruction for the really talented students that we see. Some of us have art clubs, or better yet National Junior or High School Art Honor Societies through NAEA. (often without extra-curricular stipends). But here is what still happens, in elementary and middle school we only see our students a small amount compared to the amount of time they spend on academic endeavors. Yes, yes, I too find this unjust, but it is what it is. Soooo, by the time they reach middle school and high school, unless they have received

encouragement and recognition for their talents somewhere along the way, all but a few gifted students have learned that their talents are not valued, and so they begin to let that passion for art die down, and they redirect it to something that society has shown them does have value. This does not mean that they will not be happy or successful doing that other, it just means we have missed an opportunity to nurture a talent and meet a need. All really gifted students are not just gifted when they are in that class, they are talented all day, every day. They need guidance, encouragement and experiences that will help them build their talent and reassure them that who they are and what they love is just right.

So to provide you will vital information that will allow you to make a BIG difference here is a simple break down: Gifted students, as defined by Iowa Code, “are those identified as possessing outstanding abilities who are capable of high performance. Gifted and talented children are children who require appropriate instruction and educational services commensurate with their abilities and needs beyond those provided by the regular school program. Gifted and talented children include those children with demonstrated achievement or potential ability, or both, in any of the following areas or in combination: 1) General intellectual ability, 2) Creative thinking, 3) Leadership ability, 4) Visual and performing arts ability and 5) Specific ability aptitude (Iowa Code 257.44). Students are to be identified at the building/district level through “valid and

systematic procedures, including multiple selection criteria for identifying gifted and talented students from the total student population (Chapter 12 -12.5(12)).

As “Special Areas” teachers (Art/Music/P.E.), we see every student in our schools, so who better to recognize gifted students, and assist the teacher of the gifted program in identifying and serving our talented and gifted creative visual art students. Please do seek out and communicate with the gifted programs teacher to help gain recognition for your gifted students, take the time to share the student’s work with them, and offer some of the following solutions on how you can provide meaningful and advanced artistic opportunities to continue challenging these students in your classroom. Collaborating with the teacher of the gifted program will ensure your students will receive differentiated instruction in the arts because:

1. You understand and share their passion for creativity whether artistic or musical 2. You have the education and skills to provide for them and guide them. 3. You have the resources to encourage and support their continued love of art

By telescoping, compacting, or accelerating the curriculum for these students, you will keep them interested and engaged. Never heard of these teaching strategies before? Contact your talented and gifted teacher to explain or model these for you. In addition, consider the following:

1. Invite them to bring in their sketchbook from home so you can see what they’ve been up to. Then take Invite them to bring in their sketchbook from home so you can see what they’ve been up to. Then take time to talk to them about their artwork. 2. Develop a web page through your school’s website that includes lesson extensions, artist interviews, links to pages that might inspire their independent work. 3. As you create new art lessons try working backwards through the process. Start by designing it for the most advanced of your students. Then work backwards, provide extensions, resources on top of your regular presentation. Don’t know what to include? What are you passionate about on this project? 4. Join Artsonia.com so that your students can create their online portfolio, add work from home, get a fan club and receive encouragement for their artwork. 5. Start a National Junior or High School Art Honor Society through your NAEA membership. 6. Send their artwork in for the Youth Art Month exhibit (K-12) or All State (11-12th grade). 7. Contribute their work to the traveling art show, or the Superintendents Conference Show, or scholastic, anything! 8. Contact local businesses and ask them if you can display some artwork at their facility during Youth Art Month in your community. 9. Organize a conference, district wide or school wide art show and invite the community. 10. Plan a community service project and invite voluntary multi-grade participation. (Check out the NAEA instructional resources gallery, or Artsonia.com for lesson ideas.)

Also consider inviting the students to be a part of the problem-solving process by asking them to share 3-4 artistic ideas they would like to pursue and then you can decide together how to plan their class time so it is challenging and productive.

My point? Use the resources provided by your school, ArtEdIA and NAEA organizations to recognize and encourage the talented and gifted students in your school. Because nobody knows better how to identify them, or serve them than you do. Now... the secrets out of the bag! Have a wonderful start to the school year.

Special thanks to Rosanne Malek who is the Arts Education and Gifted and Talented Consultant for the Iowa Department of Education and kindly offered me wonderful feedback on the writing of this article.

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And ages after the classroom.

The Challenge...Instead of being RE-tired, becomeRE-committed to your professionIt is important for you to RE-member your membership in AEI/NAEA.


Kathleen [email protected]

Rule of 88.Visual Arts education has been your profession and your professional organization has been Art Educators of Iowa. This is not something that goes away when you turn in your classroom keys. AEI still needs your time and effort just as it did when you were in the teaching profession. I would describe “ RE-tired “ as someone who is still juggling their 24 hour days, only in a different way. We, as volunteers, can add to the Art Educators of Iowa and impact the VISUAL ARTS students of Iowa.

AEI convention is October 11-13 in Cedar Rapids. Pre-conference October 10.

AEI has organized a pre-conference day for all who can attend; you will have fun:

- Learning from others- Making art- Touring galleries and studios- Networking with friends- Visiting museums- Researching a topic of your interests- Meeting to help share knowledge with others- Offering assistance with last minute items that need to be done for last minute- Hosting at the conference or conference site.- Welcoming new friends- Reading and responding to the NAEA Retired Art Educators Issues Group- RE-tired group session

You can assist the organization in volunteer hours by:

- Improving the visual arts during business hours outside the classroom.- Offering a workshop for conference art shows // Youth Art Month- Teaching your expertise in problem-solving with media or technique- Supporting creativity in your community- Substituting in the art classroom- Sharing with pre-service students- Organizing a national student chapter of the NAEA- Mentoring first and second year students- Listening to teachers who need a sounding board- Attending and supporting school board meetings- Participating in political rallies for support of the Arts- Supporting the teacher that replaced you with the community- Committing time to committee work of the AEI organization- Stepping up to organize a state convention, perhaps becoming the Convention- Joining the board- Judging art shows local , county ,and state- Participating in art production.- Networking with fellow artists- Communicating with other teachers- Traveling to NAEA convention- Understanding and supporting the arts as a core class in Iowa.- Learning about the Arts Core offerings and the Universal constructs so that you- Share AEI’s educational improvements.- Agreeing to become a co-RE-tired division rep

.... you can continue the list and contact me on additions to your contributions at [email protected]

You are the Teacher Ameritus of our organization and I challenge you to volunteer and participate with your knowledge experience and expertise. I want to encourage continued personal involvement and development in art education.

You are the bridge from the past to the future of Art Educators of Iowa.

Volume 5 :: Issue 1Aug/Sept 2013

Nov. 20-21, 2013, at the Iowa Events CenterThe Iowa Association of School Boards wants to shine the spotlight on Iowa’s most precious commodity - our students - by showcasing student artwork at their annual convention. Now is the time to start saving your students’ art for the fall IASB 68th Convention Student Artwork Show! School districts must be IASB members. Submissions for student artwork will open Aug. 1, 2013.

Due to printing deadlines, artwork must be received no later than Oct. 15, 2013 . Bring your work to the AEI Fall Conference and submit it at the registration desk. See Nancy Sojka via Art Educators of Iowa for questions.

Here are the submission details and requirements: - School districts must be IASB members. - Submissions for student artwork will open Aug. 1, 2013; - Due to printing deadlines, artwork must be received no later than Oct. 15 2013; - Each school district may submit up to three original student pieces; - Each piece must represent a different grade level (one from preschool or elementary, one from middle school, one from high school); - 2-D, high quality art can be no larger than 24” x 30” which includes a well-crafted 3” mat; - 3-D, high quality 8” x 10” photos (11” x 14” matted) are acceptable; - Mats must be crescent board quality in any color; - Mats are not required if your artwork is on canvas; - Each piece must be labeled according to the instructions (see link below); - All three pieces must be sent in the same box and will be returned after the convention; - Completed “Student Art Exhibit Forms” must be included with the artwork submissions; - All students will be mailed a certificate of appreciation!

Refer to the Student Art Exhibit Contact Information Form (http://www.ia-sb.org/uploadedFiles/IASB/Convention_Web/studentArtForm.pdf) for details and procedures.

Nancy Sojka

Display your students’

artwork at IASB Convention.

www.artedia.org

Andrew McCormick

FailureFriendly

Classroom.

[email protected] Falls, Iowa

Broken Dryer+ Youtube + Coffee

This

I’m sitting here writing this with about one and a half weeks left of summer break. I can feel that annual sense of dread quickly approaching. Soon my nights will be filled with anxiety dreams of inept instruction. As a younger teacher, the upcoming school year signaled the unfortunate end of summer… the end of freedom! But the dread has changed. I mean c’mon, I’ve got three kids of my own at home, forget freedom! Now thinking about my own teaching spawns this lurking dread. I’ve always believed that good teaching is reflective teaching; but now I think the mantra needs to evolve. Good teaching is adaptive. It’s flexible. Good teaching is nimble. Good teaching is daring! What can I do better this upcoming year? Have I done enough during this physical and mental break, to reinvigorate my teaching? You can see why perhaps I’m having sleepless nights.

To mix things up this year, I plan on running a 20% Project - (http://educationismylife.com/the-20-project-like-google-in-my-class/#.UY7ckY2k_XM.twitter). To summarize this idea popularized by Google, or better yet to contextualize what it might look like in a classroom, 20% of my students’ “work week” (to borrow a business term, which we all know can be problematic) will be spent working on art that falls outside the normal confines of their classroom assignments. I know this is nothing new, it’s Choice-Based Art Education version 2.0, all gussied up with the sleek smell of Google Glass. So I know giving my students every Monday “off” to work on a project of their own choosing isn’t really that revolutionary. But here’s the thing, I have absolutely no idea how this little experiment is going to turn out. This whole endeavor could be a huge failure, finally getting around to explaining the title, but this flirtation with failure is necessary. Look at every school’s vision statement. I guarantee you’ll find some amalgam of “critical thinkers,” “life-long learners,” and “responsible and productive citizens” of an “ever changing world.” It’s kind of like educational mad libs. I don’t fault these sentiments; in fact, I really like them and desperately believe in them. But I think for too long, education in general and art education in particular has been infatuated with tight, fool-proof, unimaginative, cookie cutter projects that look great. Product > process. This infatuation only loosely pays lip service to these lofty ideals. I think we can do more than that… but only if we’re willing to fail. We can’t be daring in our teachings, and our students can’t learn to be critical, life long learners if they don’t at times tempt failure. I’m not saying pretty products are bad because I honestly don’t’ subscribe to the fallacy of either/or situations. We can give our students amazingly thoughtful processes that straddle the line between success and failure (and who decides this anyways?) that still create amazingly beautiful products. “We need to think of art as less of a noun and more of a verb” -Ian Sands. (http://apexhsart.blogspot.com/2010/01/rethinking-art-one.html) This shift will make art less elitist and self-defeating, and more approachable and democratic.

If we only keep doing the things we know work… both in our pedagogy

and curriculum, we’re not really pushing our students to be 21st Century Learners. If students and teachers only stick to the tried and true, we won’t get at deeper skills like creativity, critical though, complex communication, flexibility, and adaptability (think about how this parallels the work of the NCCAS (http://nccas.wikispaces.com/) and the Visual Arts in the Iowa Core (http://visualartsiowacore.weebly.com/)). Sure… in venturing outside the confines of safety; the vaunted, vetted projects, we may have students making some really horrible artwork, bold and daring, but still horrible. But they’ll learn from those failures.

One of my only popular tweets- interesting for me to see how this resonated with a good number of people.

So let’s discuss the broken down dryer in the room, specifically it was in my basement and what it has to say about creating a “failure friendly” classroom. Perhaps a more administrator-friendly version would be “creating a culture of innovation (http://www.edudemic.com/2013/02/failure-is-mandatory-creating-a-culture-of-innovation/)” in the classroom. Most of our students walk around school with the entire universe of human knowledge and experience in their pockets. Smart phones! If you don’t know something, wait two seconds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ4o1N4ksyQ), and you soon will. Because of this, and this is a dirty little thought because it’s changing the paradigm of education, we don’t really need to worry about when middle school kids learn two point perspective. We just don’t. Because our students can “youtube,” a verb and not a noun, “two point perspective” and have our lessons taught to them by 50+ different videos, all of which can be paused, backed up, skipped, shared, bookmarked we are actually liberated from some of those duties. Think about how flexible students can be then with their own education when it comes to those entry level educational objectives… the bottom rungs of Bloom’s Taxonomy. So while youtube can walk me through how to dismantle my 20 year old dryer in

attempts to replace a fried motor (it didn’t end up working by the way, but I learned so much through the failure. I was brave enough, or stupid enough but let’s not split hairs, to try something I had no frame of reference for. This is what our kids do all the time when we’re not around. So let’s go ahead and let them do it when we’re in the room shall we?) it can’t teach me how to learn from my failures. It can’t teach me how to be creative, or resilient, or how to infer, conclude, synthesize.

Eleanor Roosevelt said “Do one thing everyday that scares you.” So as this new school year is upon us, let’s all agree to not let fear of failure or that tinge of uncertainty prevent us from being nimble. I recently told a friend of mine that I’ve never let my own lack of expertise prevent me from launching a new project. Our kids will fill in the gaps if we’re really doing our jobs; if we’re being guides on the sides and not sages on the stages. If we really want to give our kids the best chance for real learning, we can’t be afraid of a little failure.

A list of a few additional links that have informed these thoughts:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xffQBxfKJghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4vpMByBCQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHfo17ikSpY

Kathleen Almelien

VAAS Committee has support from

the NAEA Platform regarding AEI’s pursuit for Iowa

Code Clarity.

Visual Arts for All Students

The visual arts in Pre-K through 12 school settings should be taught by certified/licensed art educators. A certified/licensed art educator should have pre-service experience in the grade level and content area in which they are pursuing the profession. Certified/Licensed visual art educators should:

•Have a thorough understanding of the visual arts including history, studio skills, and the study of visual art and cultures.•Have an ongoing understanding of and ability to integrate current and emerging technology into their teaching.•Understand students as learners, including diverse characteristics, abilities, and learning styles•Help students understand the ways in which the arts make meaning, connect with the entire curriculum, and prepare students for success in school, work, and life.•Pursue ongoing professional development to support their continuous improvement in both teaching and the arts.

Please make checks payable to IAAE and send to: Robin Walenta , IAAE Treasurer, West Music Company, 1212 5th Street Coralville, Iowa 52241

“Advancing the Heart of 21st

Century Skills”

Individual Membership Form

Name:

E-Mail: __________________________________

Address:

Phone: ___________________ Fax: _______________________

Circleoneareaofinterest: visual arts music dance theater other: ________ ________ ____

Membership Categories:

$10: Student Member $35: Individual member

$50 - $99: Friend $100 - $249: Supporter $250 - $499: Sustainer $ : Additional Contribution

Questions? www.iowaalliance4artsed.org | Membership Forms also available on-line.Leon Kuehner, Executive Director, 641-456-5580 email: [email protected] David Law, Chair, 319-377-5203 email: [email protected]

Turn the page for more information regarding IAAE.

You CAN Make A Difference!

The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education promotes arts education for ALL students in Iowa.

During the past few years, while we have operated with all volunteer effort, we have been able

to accomplish many things on behalf of Iowa students, including the items listed below:

• Retained a lobbyist to work on behalf of our students and fine arts programs.

• Assisted 70 school districts in presenting information to their local school boards in support

of continuing fine arts programs. Of those 70, approximately 80% have had a positive

outcome.

• Conducted a Fall Symposium for the support and retention of first-year fine arts educators.

• Facilitated the “Iowa Model of Excellence” mentoring program. During the 2012-2013

school year, over 200 observation mentor visits were completed.

• Collaborated with the Iowa Department of Education to present statewide workshops on the

role of arts education in the Iowa Core. Workshops were presented at ten AEA sites in the

state to approximately 400 participants.

•

We are excited to announce the hiring of Leon Kuehner to be the new Executive Director of

the Alliance. With the addition of the new executive director, we will be able to accomplish

even more, but we will need your help, both financial and otherwise.

Additional objectives for the 2013-2014 year:

• Inclusion of the Fine Arts in Iowa Core

• Creation of a state-wide arts advocacy day.

• Continuation of training program for future leaders of our member organizations.

• Development of a sustainable mentoring program, as the current grant funding

concludes in 2015.

If you are a current member of IAAE, we thank you for your continued support. If you are

not a member yet, we need your help. While we are affiliated with the Kennedy Center, this

organization does not provide us with funding. Your membership is vital in allowing us to

communicate the essential place the arts have in every student’s education.

With that in mind, we ask for your financial support available for the IAAE. Please use the

enclosed form and send your membership today.

Together WE Can Make A Difference!

Thank you,

David Law, Chair-Iowa Alliance for Arts Education

Leon Kuehner, Executive Director-Iowa Alliance for Arts Education

Volume 5 :: Issue 1

Aug/Sept 2013

“The circus is coming, the circus is coming!”

Ladies and Gentlman, Art Teachers, all!Join us for a fabulous conference this fall!

Presented and artists are all set to go,For professional development,

So much more than a show!

Save the Date! October 11th-13th, 2013Pre-Conference: October 10thReception for retired art educators and others who would like to learn about AEI opportunities.

Reserve your spot!Hotel Kirkwood

Cedar Rapids, IowaAlso home of Kirkwood College,

New Bohemia Arts and Cultural District,as well as area museums and galleries!

AEIFall Conference“Cirque D’Arte”

will bring to Iowa art teachers three rings of amazing professional development, chances to share student successes and discuss strategies for improving the creative education of our children. It is the only

discipline specific professional development available for Iowa art teachers, so don’t miss out! There are

even course credit possibilities! Check out http://www.artedia.org for more information today!

Topics included in our learning/performance list: Art in Iowa Core, Curriculum and technology, Collaborations with artists and arts venues, hands-on experiences with content and lessons, sharing of ideas and successes, art history at various levels, standards based assessment and grading, portfolios, leadership, visual literacy, using themes to motivate students and integrate disciplines, advocacy . And many more general and level specific presentations.

Be a part of the Tiny Circus stop motion artist residency as well as keynote speeches from Jessica Balsley, David Law, the Visual Arts for All Students team, and others. An overview of the schedule is included in this

Message and detailed schedule with more description is located on the website as well.

Read the materials and Register soon! Check with your administrators for support in attending. To-do list also included in this issue of the Message. Contact Lynda Black-Smith if you have questions:

Email: [email protected] Or call: 319-899-0959 or 319-362-2234

REGISTER TODAY! www.artedia.org

“Cirque D’Arte” Cedar Rapids 2013

Friday – October 11th, 2013 General Events

8:00am-12:00pm Registration Open at Hotel Kirkwood

8:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm Exhibit Hall Open Time to visit our exhibitors and vendors.

9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm Tiny Circus Artists at Work These artists will be working all day, every day on our stop motion movie. Join in and/or just watch but most importantly have fun with them!

8:00am-11:00am Offsite & Hotel Sessions and Workshops

11:15am-12:00am Keynote Speaker, Jessica Balsley, The Art of Education “Taming the Lion – Becoming an Empowered Art Teacher”

12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch, Ballroom at Hotel Kirkwood Welcome and Announcements; Lynda Blacksmith (Conf. Chair) & Shanise Brockshus (AEI Pres.) Artist in Residence Presentation; Tiny Circus (a collaborative art project using stop motion animation.)

2:30pm-4:20pm Offsite & Hotel Sessions and Workshops

5:00pm Dinner on Your Own & a Night in new Bo Arts and Cultural District For attendees: Varied options for dinner in the New Bo areas as well as downtown restaurants (may also eat at the Class Act restaurant in the hotel. Carpool will be necessary for groups. For Board Members: Tentative slot for Fall Board Meeting, location to be determined.

5:00pm-8:00pm Open House/Studio Stroll in the Cherry Building OR Visit Legion Arts at the CSPS Building Visit the many artist studios and shops involved in this innovative arts and culture venue. Ceramics Center is also located on the first floor of the Cherry Building. OR visit the Gallery in the CSPS Building, optional performance at 7:30pm (performance TBD) – check website, www.legionarts.org

Saturday – October 12th, 2013 General Events




8:00am-8:50am Sessions in Hotel

9:00am-10:00am Open Exhibit Hall Tour & Continental Breakfast

10:00-10:50am Keynote Speaker, David Law, AEI Chair for Iowa Alliance for Arts Education (and the “guru of arts advocacy in Iowa” –Lynda) - - “Proper Care and Feeding of Your School Board: Positive Pro Active Advocacy – NOW!” How to present your program in a proactive way.


12:00am-1:00pm Lunch and VAAS Committee Presentation (Ballroom)

1:00pm-3:50pm Sessions in Hotel

2:00pm-4:30pm Afternoon Arts Venue Tours (Carpool or Bus Trip)

4:00p-6:00pm Evening Prep, Silent Auction, Carpool to Cedar Hall Arts Bldg for Cirque d’Arte Finale on Big Top Atrium.

6:00pm-7:00pm ~ Atrium Social Time; cash bar, silent auction, circus arts.

7:00pm ~ Atrium Dinner (like you’ve never experienced); final bidding.

8:00pm ~Green Auditorium Tiny Circus Film Screening & Awards; President’s Party at Hotel to follow these events.

Friday – October 11th, 2013 Sessions & Workshops

8:00am-8:50am Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 1. Address Common Core Using Digital Fine Art Images with Cynthia Walker. 2. What Standards Based Grading Looks like in the Classroom with Molly Wait. 3. Potters for Peace with Doug Hanson – 4 Million Clay Water Filters! Artists making a difference. 4. A “Super Side Show” with artists, Mark Benesh and Elly Sitollo – Large Mural Paintings on the sides of buildings. 5. Kindergarten Creativity with an Artist/Art History Base with Laurie Olk

9:10am-10:00am Special Session (Location: Cedar Hall) 6. Drawing; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios. 7. Painting; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios. 8. Photography; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios. 9. Glass; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios.

9:10-11:00am Double Sessions (Location: Hotel) 10. Remarkable Rotating Pattern Prints, Hands On with Susan Norris ($10 Fee) 11. Keep them caged! Dragons, dragons, dragons! Hands On with Judith Schroeder and Deb Serbousek ($2 Fee)

9:10-10:00am Single Session (Location: Hotel) 12. Viewing Abstraction with Jenny Humphreys 10:10-11:00am (Location: Cedar Hall Gallery) Kirkwood faculty show in Cedar Hall Gallery; visit with the staff as artists about their work and processes.

10:10-11:00am Single Session (Location: Hotel) 13. Developing a Critical Eye in the Era of iPad and Pinterest with Lea Donhow Lovelace

2:30pm-4:20 Double Session (Location: Mt. Vernon) 14. Artist Tony Plaut, Professor of Art at Cornell College (15mins east on Hwy 30); visit the art, talk to the artists and then tour Mt. Vernon and shops (carpool necessary).

2:30-4:20pm Double Sessions (Location: Ceramic Center) 15. Raku Firing, located in the Cherry Building; participate in the firing and learn about collaborations with art classes in Cedar Rapids, Hands On ($10 Fee). Carpool necessary. 16. Ceramic Center: a place to learn and create with clay and glass; tour the studios and class areas and share favorite projects and techniques within the large studio area; Hands On ($10 Fee). Carpool necessary.

2:30-3:20pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 17. Step Right Up; see them, create ‘em – shoe monsters with Kassi Nelson; Hands On ($2 Fee). 18. No Clowning around; Bullying is a Serious Act with Wendy Miller and Chelsie Meyer. 19. Improve Performance and Motivation with Technology; share your technology uses in MS/HS – need iPad or Tablet with Kristina Dvorak and Molly Sofranko.

3:30-4:20pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 20. The Legacy of Henry Moore (Part One); Hands On Sculture with Pam Ballard and Sarah Peterson (Part Two is Sunday AM). ($5 Fee) 21. Concentric Kirogami; 3D Paper Folding and Cutting with Liz Bloomburg and Dick Blick, Hands On, No Fee. 22. NBPTS: National Board Certification; discuss the possibilities with Sara Fitzgerald, Lanette Hauser and Cassidy Reinken.

Friday – October 11th, 2013 Sessions & Workshops

8:00am-8:50am Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 1. Address Common Core Using Digital Fine Art Images with Cynthia Walker. 2. What Standards Based Grading Looks like in the Classroom with Molly Wait. 3. Potters for Peace with Doug Hanson – 4 Million Clay Water Filters! Artists making a difference. 4. A “Super Side Show” with artists, Mark Benesh and Elly Sitollo – Large Mural Paintings on the sides of buildings. 5. Kindergarten Creativity with an Artist/Art History Base with Laurie Olk

9:10am-10:00am Special Session (Location: Cedar Hall) 6. Drawing; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios. 7. Painting; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios. 8. Photography; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios. 9. Glass; Kirkwood staff present techniques and teaching strategies in their studios.

9:10-11:00am Double Sessions (Location: Hotel) 10. Remarkable Rotating Pattern Prints, Hands On with Susan Norris ($10 Fee) 11. Keep them caged! Dragons, dragons, dragons! Hands On with Judith Schroeder and Deb Serbousek ($2 Fee)

9:10-10:00am Single Session (Location: Hotel) 12. Viewing Abstraction with Jenny Humphreys 10:10-11:00am (Location: Cedar Hall Gallery) Kirkwood faculty show in Cedar Hall Gallery; visit with the staff as artists about their work and processes.

10:10-11:00am Single Session (Location: Hotel) 13. Developing a Critical Eye in the Era of iPad and Pinterest with Lea Donhow Lovelace

2:30pm-4:20 Double Session (Location: Mt. Vernon) 14. Artist Tony Plaut, Professor of Art at Cornell College (15mins east on Hwy 30); visit the art, talk to the artists and then tour Mt. Vernon and shops (carpool necessary).

2:30-4:20pm Double Sessions (Location: Ceramic Center) 15. Raku Firing, located in the Cherry Building; participate in the firing and learn about collaborations with art classes in Cedar Rapids, Hands On ($10 Fee). Carpool necessary. 16. Ceramic Center: a place to learn and create with clay and glass; tour the studios and class areas and share favorite projects and techniques within the large studio area; Hands On ($10 Fee). Carpool necessary.

2:30-3:20pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 17. Step Right Up; see them, create ‘em – shoe monsters with Kassi Nelson; Hands On ($2 Fee). 18. No Clowning around; Bullying is a Serious Act with Wendy Miller and Chelsie Meyer. 19. Improve Performance and Motivation with Technology; share your technology uses in MS/HS – need iPad or Tablet with Kristina Dvorak and Molly Sofranko.

3:30-4:20pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 20. The Legacy of Henry Moore (Part One); Hands On Sculture with Pam Ballard and Sarah Peterson (Part Two is Sunday AM). ($5 Fee) 21. Concentric Kirogami; 3D Paper Folding and Cutting with Liz Bloomburg and Dick Blick, Hands On, No Fee. 22. NBPTS: National Board Certification; discuss the possibilities with Sara Fitzgerald, Lanette Hauser and Cassidy Reinken.

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Saturday – October 12th, 2013 Sessions, Workshops & Tours

8:00am-8:50am Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 23. Division Meeting Part 1: Mentoring/1st Year; Mentors and Mentees (and new Iowa Art Edu teachers) be sure to attend. With Erin Almelien. 24. Division Meeting Part 1: Middle School & Museum (YAM/MS Art Compeition); Job alike discussions and sharing. 25. Division Meeting Part 1: High School (YAM, All State/Scholastic, etc.); Job alike discussions and sharing. 26. Playful/Spatial Explorations; students access creativity and awareness through such explorations with Tiffany Carr (Elementary). 27. Engaging Students through Art Making and Narratives with Nicole Beckley (Elementary).

11:00am-11:50am Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 28. Division Meeting Part 2: Elementary; Job alike discussion and sharing. 29. Division Meeting Part 2: Students, Pre-Service, and Higher Education Art Educators; Job alike discussion and sharing. 30. Talent Development: The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards; hear more about these opportunities with Clar Baldus (Secondary). 31. Impact Students with Art History/Start a Class and Integrate history into Studio Classes with Gloria Zmolek (Secondary). 32. Producing Phenomenal ePortfolios! Learn about digital tools to create developmental, reflective, and truly phenomenal e-portfolios with Cynthia Walker.

1:00pm-2:50pm Double Sessions (Location: Hotel) 33. It’s a Circus – create your own circus themed paper puppets with Buffy Quintero (Eulenspiege Puppet Theater), Hands On, No Fee! 34. Celebrate the Creative Process with Creativity hats – Work and play together using the creative process to make original Creative Thinking Hats with Barbara Caldwell, Hands On, No Fee!

1:00pm-1:50pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 35. Taking the Mystery out of Iowa Core – learn how to fit the Iowa Core into existing lessons; bring a lesson for hands on help with the AEI Iowa Core Team (led by Maggie Parks). 36. The 21st Century Art Curriculum: What should it look like? Share and discuss how our curriculum can reflect contemporary art and culture with Gloria Zmolek. 37. Copyright and the Creative Commons; Join for a discussion about the seriousness of copyright laws both in the classroom

and out with Lisa Jorgensen, AEI Communications Chair. 2:00pm-2:50pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 38. How to Create a Standards Based Curriculum without Selling Your Soul with Jessica Balsley 39. Boredom Busters! Ideas to make art history come alive for students with Erin Ennis and Cedar Rapids HS Art Department. 40. Put your Art Classes and Student art in the Center Ring through the use of technology and multi-media with Marty Brown.

3:00pm-3:50pm Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 41. Eastern Iowa Arts Academy: “Explore, Excite, Excel – An innovative extension for arts education.” See what a community can do to bring more arts to all children with Julia Kottal, artist and creative director. 42. Zombies in the Classroom! Collaboration and Visual Culture; will look at meaning, origins, and implications of visual culture based on arts education with Andrew McCormick. 43. Embracing the Oops! Will discuss teaching methods and resources that embrace mistakes and help students stay motivated with Tiffany Carr. 44. Leadership and You! Identify your leadership potential and explore how leadership will benefit your students, program, other art educators and your own personal growth with Shanise Brockshus. 45. QR Codes in the Art Room? You bet! What the heck is a QR Code? And why would we want to use it in the Art Room? Learn how QR codes can take learning to a newer and higher level with Ronda Sternhagen.

2:00pm-4:30pm Area Musuem and Gallery Tours 1. National Czach and Slovak Museum: Carpooling with Coordinators for $5 or Conference Bus for $10; www.ncsml.org 2. Legion Arts at CSPS with presentation by Mel Andringa at 2:30, AND African American Museum: Carpooling with Coordinators for $5 or Conference Bus for $10; both of these venues are within walking distance from each other in the New Bohemia Arts and Cultural District; www.legionarts.org 3. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and Turner Alley (Gran Wood Studio: Carpooling with Coordinators for $5 or Conference Bus for $10; both of these venues are in downtown Cedar Rapids about 5 blocks apart; bus will be available to shuttle from Museum to Turner Alley if you choose bus option; www.crma.org

Friday – October 11th, 2013 General Events




8:00am-11:00am Offsite & Hotel Sessions and Workshops

11:15am-12:00am Keynote Speaker, Jessica Balsley, The Art of Education “Taming the Lion – Becoming an Empowered Art Teacher”

12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch, Ballroom at Hotel Kirkwood Welcome and Announcements; Lynda Blacksmith (Conf. Chair) & Shanise Brockshus (AEI Pres.) Artist in Residence Presentation; Tiny Circus (a collaborative art project using stop motion animation.)

2:30pm-4:20pm Offsite & Hotel Sessions and Workshops

5:00pm Dinner on Your Own & a Night in new Bo Arts and Cultural District For attendees: Varied options for dinner in the New Bo areas as well as downtown restaurants (may also eat at the Class Act restaurant in the hotel. Carpool will be necessary for groups. For Board Members: Tentative slot for Fall Board Meeting, location to be determined.

5:00pm-8:00pm Open House/Studio Stroll in the Cherry Building OR Visit Legion Arts at the CSPS Building Visit the many artist studios and shops involved in this innovative arts and culture venue. Ceramics Center is also located on the first floor of the Cherry Building. OR visit the Gallery in the CSPS Building, optional performance at 7:30pm (performance TBD) – check website, www.legionarts.org

Saturday – October 12th, 2013 General Events





9:00am-10:00am Open Exhibit Hall Tour & Continental Breakfast

10:00-10:50am Keynote Speaker, David Law, AEI Chair for Iowa Alliance for Arts Education (and the “guru of arts advocacy in Iowa” –Lynda) - - “Proper Care and Feeding of Your School Board: Positive Pro Active Advocacy – NOW!” How to present your program in a proactive way.


12:00am-1:00pm Lunch and VAAS Committee Presentation (Ballroom)

1:00pm-3:50pm Sessions in Hotel

2:00pm-4:30pm Afternoon Arts Venue Tours (Carpool or Bus Trip)

4:00p-6:00pm Evening Prep, Silent Auction, Carpool to Cedar Hall Arts Bldg for Cirque d’Arte Finale on Big Top Atrium.

6:00pm-7:00pm ~ Atrium Social Time; cash bar, silent auction, circus arts.

7:00pm ~ Atrium Dinner (like you’ve never experienced); final bidding.

8:00pm ~Green Auditorium Tiny Circus Film Screening & Awards; President’s Party at Hotel to follow these events.

















Sunday – October 13th, 2013 Sessions & Workshops

9:00am-9:50am Single Sessions (Location: Hotel) 46. Henry Moore (Part 2) Second session of sculpture workshop will introduce carving techniques, hands-on carving time and a reflection/share out session with Pamela Ballard and Sarah Peterson. 47. Another Arrow for Your Quiver: Hitting the Target with Free Open Education Resources (OER); come see what free access digital courses are available to Iowa art teachers and students via OER, as well as resources provided through Iowa AEA PD Online/AEAK12 Online with Nancy Movall. 48. Literacy comes Alive with Artist Back-Packs and Living Museum; explore artist based tools to support literacy. Also learn about “Artist Backpacks” Students make a painting come to life, become an artist and put together a presentation for a Living Art Museum with Laurie Olk. 49. Stenciled T-Shirts using original images and bleach process (bring your own fabric design or stencil to share) with Andrew McCormick. 50. Zumba; dress comfortable for this fun active way to work out – dance your socks off and explore at your own level just in time for the fabulous brunch awaiting you with Erin Almelien

Sunday – October 13th, 2013 General Events

9:00am-9:50am Final Sessions

9:00am-Brunch Course Credit Final Meeting with Susan Noonan

10:15-12:00pm Brunch; Membership Meeting, Board Report, Conference Reflection & Door Prizes

12:00pm The Circus closes, tent comes down, and plans for further performances are discussed. As we move into a new school year, what will you do to move forward? What have you learned that you are going to try? What do you still need? What can you contribute? How can you help lead us forward? Who do you wish to keep in contact with this year? Remember, AEI is your support system!

THE CIRCUS IS COMING!

Tips for Writing a Strong All-State EssayMorgan Singleton, AEI Secretary & All [email protected]

Make it personal – Remember that everyone loves art so how do you stand out? However there is a fine line between personal and TMI.

Be descriptive – Make sure you are descriptive while still being concise. Remember you only have 400 words!

Make sure you answered the question – I have seen many judges mark down well written papers because they were completely off topic.

Edit ruthlessly – Get rid of clichés, generaliza-tions, and redundancy. You will probably start out with too many words and have to make yo ur essay shorter. Remove the fluff and keep the good stuff.

Have someone read it out loud – Sometimes hearing your own words can highly weaknesses, unclear passages, and sentence fragments.

Start it early and save it in Word – If you work on your paper throughout the year all you will have to do at submission time is copy and paste.

Volume 5 :: Issue 1Aug/Sept 2013

SUMMER BOARD MTG RECAPTasks to Complete:- Send out feelers for a person to organize the 2014 State Conference and a person to become the permanent Conference Chair and send suggestions to Lynsie Maynard along with a description of who they are and their contact info.- Send President Elect 2014-2016 Nominations to Tony Onesto or Shanise Brockshus

Key Issues Discussed:Marketing and Communication:- Board members expressed a need to identify specific people responsible for each role on the Communications committee (Facebook person, Pinterest person etc.) and have their roles clearly defined.- Jessica Balsley proposed that The Art of Education become a partner of Art Educators of Iowa and offer discounts to member and a monetary kickback to the organization. The board voted to pursue this relationship, but first the Executive Board would create an Ad-Hoc committee to explore issues of conflict of interest. Events:- The board decided that committees should begin working on Operational Binders that would house all information about the committee, timeline to complete duties, and contact information for important committee contacts and vendors. This could be passed down and would ease transition to new chairs.- The board moved to have an evaluation tool on the website so participants could evaluate events and programs. Leadership:- NAEA has a rule that members of state, regional, or national boards cannot move on to receive the National Award. The board voted to keep current AEI rules the same so anyone can be eligible for the state award this year and just not move onto national. We must decide at the Fall Board Meeting if we want to align our rules with National for next year.- The Board voted to have the Executive Board begin work to restructure the board, define the roles and duties of each position, and create a Policy and Procedures Manual.AEA Reps/Division Leaders:- AEA Reps want to create more opportunities for PLC and networking in their areas. Stay tuned for more info from your AEA rep.- Divisions Reps want to contribute 2 articles to the Message and send out a recap of what was discussed at the conference division meeting at the Fall Conference.

Leadership OpportunitiesOpen Board Positions: AEA Reps: Prairie Lakes & Heartland; Division Reps: Pre-Service & Middle School, Co-Retiree; Iowa Hall of Pride Chair; Conference Coordinator; IAC Representative; 2014 Conference ChairCommittees: (contact chair to join or get more information) President Elect Nomination Committee: Chair: Tony Onesto; All-State Committee: Chair: Morgan Singleton; YAM Committee: Chair: Christy Humpal; Communication Committee Social Media Contributors (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc): Chair: Lisa JorgensenAEI Calendar

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