Arkansas Art Educators is hosting a contest for our next logo design!

The deadline is October 18 and voting will take place at the 2019 Fall Conference in November. The winner will receive a cool swag bag along with free conference registration for the 2020 Fall Conference. Please note that only current AAE members are allowed to enter and vote in the contest.

Acceptable entry will be a JPEG or TIFF file. Optimal size is 1200 pixels on the shortest side at 300 dpi. Format should be more square than rectangle. A successful logo will include AAE and the state of Arkansas. File name must be the member's last then first name (e.g. jones_tom.jpeg). Color images are always subject to being printed in black and white or grayscale. Member MAY upload a second version of their entry for black and white printing. (e.g. jones_tom2.jpeg). Your design will become property of Arkansas Art Educators and may be altered for printing purposes.

We can't wait to see all the great designs you will create!

This CPR workshop (commitment, passion, and reflection) will include curriculum designing for K-12, including activities called Elements of Art Ice Cream Cone and Visualizing Vocabulary. It will also include a summative assessment bookmaking lesson and visual journaling. Come learn about everything from assigning to assessing!

Debi West is a longtime art educator and advocate and is currently an author for The Art of Ed and a consultant working with teachers to implement project-based learning. Ms. West is from Georgia (read more about Debi on The Art of Ed).

This workshop will be held at the Windgate Center of Art and Design at UA Little Rock with a capacity of 25 attendees. However, it will also be livestreamed to every educational service cooperative with facilitators at each site to assist you with the hands-on activities. Each co-op has their own registration and attendee capacity. Little Rock and Pulaski County Special School District educators should consult regular PD sources for locations provided for their districts.

For further information contact Lana Hallmark, ADE Fine Arts Program Advisor, at lana.hallmark@arkansas.gov or 501-682-7590.

All applications for an Arkansas Art Educators Presidents' Foundation mini-grant must be postmarked by January 17, 2018.

More information about the grant program is available here on our website.

Click here to download the application. Good luck!

Who’s Eligible:
All public, private, charter and home-schooled high school students (Grades 9-12) who reside in Arkansas are eligible.

2018 Competition’s Theme: Natural Wonders
Our 2018 theme, “Natural Wonders,” welcomes artwork that is inspired by nature, music, science, natural products, resources and environments. “Natural Wonders” can be interpreted quite widely, bringing together a broad range of elements and ideas. Art submissions should be more than a simple landscape. They should communicate a real message and purpose, as well as provoke an emotion. As you begin evaluating the subject matter for your art submissions, please consider the following questions related to our 2018 theme, “Natural Wonders.”

• What celebrates our Natural State and our World?
• How do you interpret your surroundings?
• What is strange or surprising? What fills us with amazement or awe?

Submission Requirements:

• Artwork must be submitted by a high school teacher or representative
• Each high school teacher/representative may submit up to 15 pieces of artwork. Please note that this is a juried show. Entries are NOT guaranteed acceptance.
• There are NO fees associated with submission
• ANY piece created by students at any time during their high school education may be submitted. However, reproductions are NOT allowed.
• Photograph entries (8X10 minimum) are limited to 5 photos per student.

Media Specifications:

• Work must not exceed 40 inches wide by 40 inches high.
• Minimum size is 11 X 14.
• Work must be physical, tangible, and available to be displayed for the duration of the exhibition. All winning submissions must be ready to hang for a professional gallery. No tape with wire or string will be allowed. Pastel and charcoal drawings must be sprayed with fixative.

HOW TO SUBMIT ARTWORK:
Each artwork submission must be uploaded online, using the following link: https://form.jotform.com/70814952764161. You will use this link for EACH individual piece of artwork submitted. Please keep the images free of identifying information (artist name, etc.) as this information will require cropping of the image. ENTRIES ARE ONLY ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS LINK. The link is also available at our website: www.friendsofthemansion.org

Entries MUST be UPLOADED no later than 6 p.m., February 21, 2018

Important Dates:

• February 21, 2018 - DEADLINE for uploaded submissions to: https://form.jotform.com/70814952764161
• Week of March 5, 2018 - Teachers/schools will be notified if submissions are selected for exhibition.
• March 29, 2018 – DEADLINE for selected works (gallery ready) to be delivered to Mansion.
• April 3, 2018 - The student exhibition at Governor’s Mansion begins.
• April 28, 2018 - Awards Reception/Recognition ceremony at Governor’s Mansion.

For more information, contact Sharon Morris at: sharon.morris@governor.arkansas.gov, or 501-324-9805

Are you looking for an opportunity to teach and also do personal work? There is a wonderful opportunity for all you arts/design folks in Helena for the coming year. The deadline has been extended on this community design residency, but is quick approaching!

Thrive is seeking 4 people to be part of the 2017-2018 class of its new Community Design Residency program.

As a Community Designer in residence, you'll be working with high school students enrolled in Central High School's EAST (environmental & spatial tech) program, mentoring them through the strategic design process and providing one-on-one expertise as they work on self-guided projects intended to address and/or solve local community challenges.

Additionally, you'll be part of creating a rich arts and design culture in an underserved (but rebounding) school district and community, exposing the next generation of creatives and problem-solvers to possibilities that they can’t yet imagine.

Apply before Monday, June 26 at http://www.thrivecenter.org/residency.

Congratulations to LaDawna Dillman, the recipient of the 2017 Arkansas Art Educators Presidents' Foundation Mini-Grant!