FAEA February E-News

Greetings!

Submissions are open for the K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition. This 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 13th, 2022.

The latest issue of FAEA's award-winning member magazine, Fresh Paint, is now available! Continue reading to see what articles are featured in the 2021-2022 Winter issue, or head on over to the FAEA website to read the full issue.

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! In addition to donating via your FAEA account, we have added a new way to support FAEA: AmazonSmile. When you shop at https://smile.amazon.com/ch/51-0182663, Amazon donates a percentage of your eligible purchase price to FAEA, and there are no costs to the association!

In order to participate in the programs mentioned in this email, you must be a current member of FAEA. If you have yet to renew for the 2021-2022 school year, you can do so here!

President's Note

Greetings!

What a year we have had so far! It was wonderful to be together again in person at Conference this year! We celebrated being together paired with lots of learning opportunities, art-making, and fun. We were in a new location this year, in Orlando at the Caribe Royale, and we will be there again next year as well. I am hoping that even more of you will be able to join us next fall!

I am looking forward to stepping into the FAEA Presidency in 2022 alongside our outgoing President Jackie Henson-Dacey. Jackie has done an incredible job of steering FAEA through the pandemic, fostering new initiatives, and strengthening existing programming. She has been a guiding light in providing support and guidance to the organization and to me as President-elect! I am so grateful for the mentorship she provided and am looking forward to working with Jackie in my new role as President.

I am both honored and excited to begin the work of moving FAEA forward over the next two years with the new Board of Directors and our new President-Elect, Latonya Hicks! What a talented and diverse group of individuals, all dedicated to arts education and you, the membership of FAEA!

I want to also thank our partners in this work, the Center for Fine Arts Education (CFAE), under the direction of their Executive Director, Kathy Sanz. CFAE is our management company and they guide and support all of our work. We are so grateful for the work they do and their dedication to helping us be the best we can be!

The new Board met for the first time at the end of January to engage in Board training and begin work ahead. Some of the initiatives addressed were updating the Strategic Plan, collaborative work with the NAEA and other States on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) within arts education associations, a membership drive, summer workshops, and more! One of our primary goals is to always strive to better serve our membership with quality programming and professional development. The member survey that so many of you participated in last Fall drives these initiatives. You will hear more about all of these plans as we progress through the year.

As we move into Spring, I invite you to participate in the student opportunities offered by FAEA! In doing so, you promote Arts Education, your school program, and, most of all, the students! Entries for the 2022 K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition are now being accepted. The purpose of the program is to serve as a statewide assessment for visual art and promote the achievements of students enrolled in visual art classes throughout Florida. Log in to your Member Account to submit your students' entries, and visit the FAEA website for submission requirements, selection criteria and rubrics, and guidelines for digital submissions. Submissions are due March 13, 2022.

Finally, we are so pleased to announce that ninth-grade student Saniya Jones from Davenport High School in Polk County has won the 2022 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition! Saniya's flag will represent the state of Florida and will be on display at the NAEA Annual Convention in New York City on March 3-5! Congratulations to Saniya and their teacher, Joshua Steele!

I look forward to serving you as President and the year ahead!

Nancy Puri

FAEA President

Student Opportunities

2022 K-12 Student Art Assessment & Virtual Exhibition

Participate in FAEA's statewide assessment program by submitting your students' artwork for adjudication by highly-trained jurors using research-based rubrics.

The deadline to submit your students' artwork is March 13th, 2022.

Visit the FAEA website to view the program requirements, rubrics, and past exhibitions.

Saniya Jones (Grade 9)

Tropics

mixed media

Davenport High School

Teacher: Joshua Steele

Polk County

2022 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition Winner!

FAEA is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2022 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition! Congratulations to Saniya Jones (Grade 9) and their teacher Joshua Steele from Davenport High School! Saniya's flag will represent Florida at the NAEA Annual Convention in New York City this March along with other state winners.

Visit the Youth Art Month webpage on the FAEA website to view the current and past winners of the YAM Flag Design Competition, and to learn more about how to celebrate YAM in the classroom.

Also, check out FAEA's new blog called YAM Recipe of the Month, which features "recipes" that show how members celebrate YAM.

Fresh Paint Member Magazine

FAEA's Award-Winning Member Magazine

Read the latest issue of our member magazine, Fresh Paint, for news around the Association, upcoming opportunities, and much more!