In this week's email:

• LACMA Virtual Evenings for Educators - November 29 and December 1, 6, & 8, 2022
• NAEA Webcast: Exploring Research as Embodied Practice - December 1, 2022
• NAEA School for Art Leaders - Application Deadline is December 2, 2022
• NAEA Stick with Art Contest - November 14 - December 18, 2022
• CAEAEDI - Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools . . .
• CAEA Membership Survey Reminder
• Job Opportunities/Position Openings
• NAEA Scholarships Info - Deadline January 9, 2023
• Coastal Art and Poetry Contest - Deadline January 31, 2023
• Skirball Cultural Center: Teaching through Storytelling - September 14, 2022, through March 1, 2023
• NAEA 2023 National Convention April 13 - 15 Registration Now Open
• Let Us Know!
• How Do We Help Student Artists with Cognitive Learning Barriers?
• Shout Out to our Conference Sponsors
• Make a Donation to CAEA Scholarships
• Join or Renew your NAEA/CAEA Membership

LACMA

Virtual Evenings for Educators: Conversing in Clay

November 29 & December 1, 6, 8; 5–6 pm

Ceramics is one of the earliest surviving forms of artistic production and it remains a vital field of expression and experimentation today. Join us online to learn about Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection, which compares and contrasts historical works with contemporary examples to explore connections between them.

Lecture: Conversing in Clay

Workshop: Ceramics From the Heart

Artist Talk: Courtney M. Leonard

Workshop: Basket of Abundance

At NAEA, we embrace the truth that to be an art teacher is to be a researcher. All education is research—and, indeed, all forms of teaching, assessment, and reflection are integral parts of that research. The presenters of this webinar, who are three members of the Professional Learning through Research Working Group, will share examples of preservice, early service, and higher education art educators who use research as an embodied practice inherent to their roles as artists and educators. To strengthen art education as a field, we strive to enlarge who is perceived as “researcher” and how “research” takes place, while simultaneously building stronger bridges between K–12 art classrooms and higher education.

In this webinar, the presenters will situate the relationship of research within a conceptual framework that is centered on artmaking and teaching as an embedded practice of research as opposed to an additional task or role one must adopt. They will also share various hands-on exemplar projects that effectively integrate research and teaching practices. This research-based approach can lead teacher–researchers to revisit their educator identities and reconstruct their teaching philosophies in order to deepen their practice and find renewed passion and joy as art educators.

This webcast will be presented via Zoom. You’ll need to sign up for a free Zoom account to access the live event.

The NAEA School for Art Leaders at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art provides a transformative experience for art educators that both inspires and prepares them to become active leaders of positive change in the field of art education.

The program design, geared specifically for art educators, is based on the recommendations of the NAEA Leadership Development Task Force. Seven different leadership models provide a strong basis for the content of the work, with individual and group exercises woven throughout the experience. These models are:

• The NAEA Art Educator Competency Model (developed by the Leadership Development Task Force)¹
• Thurber–Zimmerman Empowerment/Leadership Model²
• Mindful Leadership
• Total Leadership³
• Emotional Intelligence⁴
• Storytelling for Leaders
• Strategies to Support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Leadership

A cohort of no more than 25 participants annually will form this learning community. The 7-month program begins June 14, 2023 and ends January 31, 2024. A required, on-site 5-day intensive learning module, July 10–14, 2023, in Bentonville, Arkansas, is followed by online virtual learning modules, August through January. A final capstone project is then submitted by January 31, 2024. The 2023 School for Art Leaders Class will be recognized and celebrated at the 2024 NAEA National Convention in Minneapolis, MN.

Questions? Contact Dennis Inhulsen, NAEA Chief Learning Officer, at dinhulsen@arteducators.org.

Stick with Art! invites Title I art teachers to share their students' creative, colorful, and imaginative craft stick creations on social media for a chance to win $1,000 to help support the cost of art supplies for their students.

To participate, art educators in K-12 Title I schools can share a photo of their students’ craft stick creations via the teacher’s Instagram using the hashtag #StickWithArtContest and tagging @Popsicle.​

• Popsicle and NAEA will select 40 teachers to win $1,000 to fund art school supplies.​
• Four of the winning teachers’ schools will receive $10,000 and one lucky teacher will receive $20,000​.
• Rewards are meant to be spent on supporting arts access in contest-winning Title I schools​.
• Submissions will be open from November 14, 2022 through December 18, 2022. Contest winners will be announced in 2023.​

Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference

by Howard C. Stevenson

Based on extensive research, this provocative volume explores how schools are places where racial conflicts often remain hidden at the expense of a healthy school climate and the well-being of students of color. Most schools fail to act on racial microaggressions because the stress of negotiating such conflicts is extremely high due to fears of incompetence, public exposure, and accusation. Instead of facing these conflicts head on, schools perpetuate a set of avoidance or coping strategies. The author of this much-needed book uncovers how racial stress undermines student achievement. Students, educators, and social service support staff will find workable strategies to improve their racial literacy skills to read, recast, and resolve racially stressful encounters when they happen.

Read more . . .

CAEA Membership Survey Reminder

For the past four months, CAEA has been conducting a two-phase survey to collect members’ ideas and opinions. Past, current, and new members are encouraged to take the survey and tell the State Council what you expect from your professional organization—what CAEA is doing well and what changes you’d like to see. Over 200 responses (collected in Phase One) have already provided many innovative ideas.

Phase Two of the Membership Survey started in mid-September and will continue through November 30. Past and present members who haven’t yet submitted their survey responses can do so up to midnight, November 30.

All new responses will be eligible for the December 1^st drawing (complementary registration for the 2023 conference in Anaheim).

Please take the time and effort to share your ideas. The survey will have a great impact on the future of CAEA.

The link for the survey is https://forms.gle/pnxRq69eg4KAPiMw7

None at this time.

Have you applied for an NAEA Art Educator scholarship? The NAEA Art Educator Scholarship Fund supports art educators seeking further professional learning opportunities through the many programs and events offered by NAEA.

NAEA offers three scholarship opportunities. These scholarships support innovators in visual arts, design, and media arts education, providing access to professional learning, leadership experience, and connectivity to the field.

The deadline to submit for all scholarships is

Monday, January 9, 2023 at 11:59pm ET.

NAEA offers three scholarship opportunities.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

(ED&I) Scholarships

Application Deadline: January 9, 2023

Learn more and apply here!

The NAEA ED&I Commission offers a scholarship opportunity that is designed to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in the field of visual arts, design, and media arts education and remove barriers to access for underserved and underrepresented individuals. The scholarship includes complimentary registration to the 2023 NAEA National Convention, up to three (3) nights of hotel accommodations in an NAEA designated hotel, and one year of membership to NAEA (not to be combined with state association membership). This scholarship is open to all visual arts and design educators. Up to 10 individuals will be selected, with a priority focus on first-time NAEA National Convention participants and Preservice educators.

First-Time Attendee Scholarships

Application Deadline: January 9, 2023

Learn more and apply here!

This scholarship is designed to support visual art educators that are first-time attendees of an NAEA National Convention. Four First-Time Attendee Scholarships are awarded. This scholarship will cover complimentary registration to the 2023 NAEA National Convention, up to three (3) nights of hotel accommodations in an NAEA designated hotel; and a travel stipend of up to $300 for transportation, meals, and incidentals. This scholarship is open to all NAEA Members.

Art Educator Scholarships

Application Deadline: January 9, 2023

Learn more and apply here!

This scholarship is designed to support visual art educators in their path of continued professional learning. Complimentary registration to the 2023 NAEA National Convention. Ten scholarships will be awarded. This scholarship is open to all NAEA Members.

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest

Find out more about the contest here

Scholarships for the 2023 NAEA National Convention are generously supported by the Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest—designed to inspire creativity in youth,

ages 4-15, and help them imagine the future of mobility.

Coastal Art & Poetry Contest

Presented by the California Coastal Commission

California students in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to submit artwork or poetry with a California coastal or marine theme to the Coastal Art & Poetry Contest, presented by the California Coastal Commission.

Entries can be submitted online by 5pm on January 31^st, 2023. For rules, contest flyer, entry form (and helpful links for teachers and students), please visit https://www.coastal.ca.gov/art-poetry/ The instructions, flyer, and entry form are also available in Spanish.

Up to ten winners will be selected to win $100 to an art store (art winners) or $100 to a bookstore poetry winners). Each winner will also receive four tickets to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Each winner's sponsoring teacher will receive a $50 gift certificate for educational supplies, courtesy of Acorn Naturalists. Students may have their work featured on Commission web pages and materials, and winners and honorable mentions will be exhibited at multiple venues throughout the state.

Thank you and please take care,

Michelle Peres (she/her)

Public Education Program

California Coastal Commission

455 Market Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105

Teaching Through Storytelling

Pre-K–Grade 12 Educators

September 14, 2022, through March 1, 2023

Discover new arts-integration teaching techniques during fun professional development workshops co-facilitated by working artists, classroom teachers, and Skirball educators. The course is divided into four sets of workshops; teachers are welcome to register for one or more units. No prior experience in the arts is required. One LAUSD salary point may be available, pending district approval.

Registration for the 2023 NAEA National Convention—taking place April 13–15, 2023 in San Antonio, TX and virtually—is now open! As an NAEA member, you receive the most savings on registration. And the earlier you register, the more you save.

We hope you’ll join the thousands of visual arts, design, and media arts educators from around the world as our NAEA community gathers for professional learning, connectivity, and creativity through hundreds of sessions, workshops, events, exhibits, and more!

How Do We Help Student Artists With Cognitive Learning Barriers?

Courtesy of

Lindsey McGinnis

The Art of Education University

You spent time planning an amazing art lesson, taught it passionately, and now you are excited for your students to start making. You look over your classroom and see blank stares and students scrolling their phones or fiddling with their pencils. You hear students start chatting about the upcoming game and instigating others instead of sharing ideas for the project. They seem disinterested.

Learn more . . .