MAEA has dedicated volunteers, Liaisons, who represent the various regions. Contact your liaison for information about the MAEA Student State Shows (art work selected in March) and activities within your region. Many regions have regional shows prior to the selection of work for the state shows.
Region 1: Greetings from Region 1!
Detroit Public Schools City-wide Art Exhibition is on display at Detroit Institute of Arts through May 30.
Evening of Fine Arts (Detroit Public Schools) at Fox Theater, 6:30, Thursday, May 20.
We are happy to announce that Kevin Clarke has joined your Liaison team. As your Liaisons, we represent the region at council meetings and plan the region student art show. Our Region 1 Show is usually during the month of February through the first week of March. During the year, we hope to plan some fun and informative events. Emails will be sent out with information about regional events and state MAEA news. Please contact us at anytime if you have questions. (Jacqueline Edwards Lane, Jlane51437@sbcglobal.net, Gayle Glenn, glenngayle@sbcglobal.net, Kevin Clarke, kgclarke@gmail.com)
Region 2:
Region 2 is looking for a liaison to assist Michelle Graznak. It is a great way to see how MAEA works and to get to know other art teachers from around the state. If you are interested or know someone who is, please contact Michelle at graznakm@taylor.k12.mi.us or Jill Shannon at shannoj@gischools.org
The MAEA Region 3 show was fabulous! The walls and pedestals were packed with beautiful creations! The event took place February 12-28 at AdrianCollege and the reception was held on the 28th in the afternoon. Check out the blog and link to more photos at..... http://maea-reg3-k-12-2010.blogspot.com/ ......Courtesy of a grandparent at the reception.
1) The Lenawee County K-8 Show was held on January 14 – 31 and the 9-12 Show was held on February 4-21 at the LCVA gallery in Adrian
2) We had a great turn out at the Region 3 show. It was held on February 12-28 at AdrianCollege. The show was hung by Adrian College Art Education students and our jurors were Adrian College Art Professors.
3) The Visual Arts Educators of Lenawee (VAEL) held and Explorations in Felt Workshop on March 13 at FloraWorks in Tecumseh.
4) The 3rd Annual Lenawee County Fine Arts Festival “Arts Speak” was a huge success.It was held on April 23 at AdrianCollege. In the Visual Arts Portion of the festival, over 70 art students from 13 school districts participated in 4 workshops and had their work in the festival show.
The workshops were taught by MAEA members:
Ron Frenzen – Blue Firing Techniques
Vicky Beagle – Bookmaking
Taina Bundshuh – Encaustic Wax Painting
Katie Hatch – Monoprints
The Visual Arts committee was composed of MARA members:
Sue Thompson, AdrianCollege
Linda Hooker, Madison
Ron Frenzen, Tecumseh
5) Many Region 3 members will attend a Colored Pencil Workshop for art teachers on June 29-30. It will be held at the Community Arts of Tecumseh (CAT).
Just a few side notes....
The NAEA has a lot of grants available to you. Some are up to $5000.00!!!
WHOOOHOOO!!!!!! Check out their webpage.
We are on Facebook.... Search.... MAEA Region 3
Know anyone that needs to renew or join???? Check out www.miarted.org :)
Interested in helping out in the MAEA???? Contact myself, Sue Thompson or Janet Hughes :)
Thanks for you time and participation. Have a great year!
Annie
(Sue Thompson, sthompson@adrian.edu, Annie Howard, afhoward@adrian.k12.mi.us, Janet Hughes, hughesj@saline.k12.mi.us)
Region 4:Region 4 show will be January 19th-February 5th with a closing reception on that day, Feb. 5th 4:00-5:30 located at Willard Library on the 3rd floor of our administration building.
MacombCommunity College and the College for Creative Studies sponsored the Macomb, St. Clair and Lapeer Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. MacombCommunity College hosted the exhibit at the MacombCulturalCenter, assisted by volunteer art teachers from schools
throughout the region. Approximately 1,500 works of art are received
from Macomb, St. Clair, and LapeerCounty middle school and high school students to be adjudicated and selected for Certificates, Silver and
Gold Key Awards, American Vision nominations and Best of Show
Portfolios. The opening ceremony took place at the MacombCenter for
Performing Arts Theater, followed by a reception and exhibit in the MacombCulturalCenter.
The Southeastern Michigan Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
was sponsored by the College for Creative Studies and supported by
volunteer art teachers in Wayne and OaklandCounties. This region
received approximately 4000 works of art from middle school and high
school students to be adjudicated and selected for Certificates, Silver
and Gold Key Awards, American Vision nominations, and Best of Show
Portfolios. The art exhibit and opening ceremony were held at the
College for Creative Studies. Approximately 1000 works of art were
displayed in this exhibit throughout all four levels of the Walter B.
Ford II Building.
The region 6 show took place from February 27th to March 11th at the
Clinton-Macomb Public library. The reception for the show took place
Saturday, March 6th. A fair number of people were in attendance, and
overall the show was a success.
Many of Region 6 members are participating in the Macomb County Student Show at the AntonArtCenter in Mt.Clemens. The Kindergarten through 6th grade exhibit is held March 6th through March 18th. The middle and secondary show is March 28th through April 17th. The reception and awards will take place Sunday March 28th, from 1-3pm.
The opening reception for the 2010 Macomb County Secondary Student Show took place March 28th. Students in grades 7 through 12 from across MacombCounty were in the exhibition. Over 500 pieces of art, representing dozens of area schools, were on display through April 17, 2010.
Students in grades 7 through 12 were eligible to submit work. Nearly 1,200 pieces were submitted for jurying. Works included 2D media such as photography, pencil and painting, as well as 3D pieces in a variety of materials.
A nationwide art competition, AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY, has been coordinated and conducted by Members of the House of Representatives in their own districts since 1981. The competition is open to high school students and provides Members of Congress and the public the opportunity to recognize the artistic talents of our youth.
Congressman Sander Levin, will have an awards ceremony and reception for all the student exhibitors, their teachers, families and friends in our district at the WarrenCity Hall in May. The artwork will be displayed at the WarrenCity Hall atrium.
Several schools in Region 6, have had or are having artwork on display to celebrate Youth Arts Month.
Thank you to all of the Region 7 MAEA members who participated in the "Young at Art" show during the month of February. Art teachers and students alike should be extremely proud of the quality and variety of the artwork submitted! Numerous teachers, administrators, and staff members gave the show rave reviews. Congratulations to those students whose artwork was chosen to go the state level for judging. The adjudication will take place on March 13th and you will be notified of the results soon after that date. Check the website for dates and times of the various state shows.
As many of you know, this past year we have begun sending members MAEA updates via email, so please let us know if you are not currently receiving emails and keep us informed of any changes to your email address.
As always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Artfully,
Candace DeTone and Rebecca Bolinger
Region 8:
Please check out http://www.miarted.webs.com for Lansing
area resources and announcements.Please join our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47088531379
to connect with Lansing area art teachers!
(Kerry Stapleton, staple10.kerry@gmail.com & Heidi Irvine, irvineh@gmail.com)
Region 9: Event for MAEA Region 9 Members
At our January meeting at Kendall, we announced a Region 9 Members
Event at the GRAM (Grand Rapids Art Museum) for Saturday, March 27
from 11-2. We have an exciting outing planned for the day to include:
- a personal tour of the GRAM, including behind-the-scenes and the
Calder Jewelry Exhibit as well as a new interactive display
- a presentation by Jon Carfagno, the education director, of some
exciting curriculum ideas and professional development opportunities
- lunch in the Cafe'
- an opportunity to pick up your student's work returned from the
State adjudication*
and, last but not least....the chance to see your most creative friends
The only cost for the day is your lunch at the Cafe', the museum is
waiving entrance fees for our members. Feel free to invite an art
teacher you know who is not presently a member of MAEA.
Please RSVP by calling Sharon Stratton at 669-3114 so we are sure to
reserve enough space.
We look forward to seeing all of you there.
Your Region 9 Liaisons,
Adrienne, Amy, and Sharon
Your Region 9 Liaisons,
Sharon Stratton, strattonsm@aol.com
Adrienne DeMilner, adrienne616@gmail.com
Amy O’Neill, amy_oneill@live.com
Region 10: Region 10 liaison officers are Jean Kempa jkempa@dishmail.net and Marianna Fiedor mfiedor@hotmail.com. We are here to assist you with region activities.
We plan to have a workshop for teachers this summer on students writing learning statement to go with their entries for the region exhibit.
We are looking forward to the region show being bigger and better than ever. We can only achieve this with your help and your students’ creativity.
The region 10 show was a success. We had about 75 pieces on exhibit from February 23rd thru March 6th. We had a reception that was attended by students and parents, with advocacy flyers and MAEA posters. Gallery 194 is very interested in promoting the visual and performing arts in LapeerCounty. We are very lucky to have such a great venue like the gallery to display the student's work.
Make sure if you are not getting information and you are a member to email us so we can correct the problem.
(Marianna Fiedor, mfiedor@hotmail.com, Jean Kempa, artlady@starband.net)
Region 11:
Region 11 had a very successful show for the entire month of February. The SaginawArt Museum gave us the entire 2nd floor for the show. It was well attended and the students were excited to have their work exhibited where they usually are looking at the masters. We are very lucky to have the SaginawArt Museum take this show on.
Contact:
Marilyn Biefer, 989-872-2224, rbiefer@charter.net
Marti Wesley, martijo49@hotmail.com
Judy Hoelzle, judyhoelzle@hotmail.com
Janet Wichmann, JLW9950@charter.net
Please call or email. We will have some more reminders and information
coming soon.
I hope those of you who attended the conference had fun and learned a lot. If you didn't attend try to come next year in Dearborn. Start saving now and check on the scholarships that the MAEA give to college students and teachers. It is limited so be quick.
Have a great week. See you January 30.
Marilyn Biefer
Region 12:
Hello, we would like to introduce ourselves. We are the new liaisons for MAEA region 12. Our names are Colleen Murphy DeSanto and Diane Brown, both teachers in the Bay City Public Schools. There are two of us working together to make sure that all you needs and questions are met with appropriate responses. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do for you. For Facebook members, we have also established a facebook group for MAEA region12. On it will be events and links that will be great information for you to know. Feel free to post photos, events or links that are of relevance to your school in our region. We also will be sending out emails periodically to update the members in our region. We also will have a MAEA regional show in the winter semester.
Membership in our professional organization is very important to keep track of the pulse of art education. We would like to encourage you to consider becoming part of the professional organization of MAEA if you are not presently. You may contact one of us at Colleen DeSanto, desantoc@bcschools.net or Diane Brown, brownd@bcschools.net .
We have just had our region 12 MAEA show at the beautiful Pere Marquette depot and had 27 pieces that we sent on to the juried state show. Photos are posted on Facebook's Region 12 group page.
In downtown Bay City, Teen Works is now in progress until March 20th, a display of middle school and high school art from the Bay City area at the beautiful Studio 23 on Water Street. April 8-24, Kids Kreations, a collection of elementary art work will be on display in the same venue.
We are going to try to have a sharing session during the summer break for all the art teachers in our region to share ideas and pass a dish! We encourage members of region 12 who are members of Facebook to join the Region 12 Facebook group.
Region 13:
Region 13 had their art show this February at the Arts Place in Fremont and had a 33 % increase in participation! The opening reception was also very well attended.
(Sara Recor, menges@whitecloud.net, Michael Heinz, mheinz@fruitportschools.net, Jennifer Hurrle, jhurrle@newaygo.net)
Region 14:
A local show will be held for K-8 students in OtsegoCounty, April 3rd until April 14th with a reception April 3rd. The Visual Arts Scholarship show for all high school students in our county will be held April 17th until the end of the month at Gaylord Area Council for the ArtsBuilding.
In celebration of Youth Art Month elementary students at Gaylord St. Mary are able to attend afterschool workshops and build paper mache' creatures. Also, High School Art students read and had an art activity with elementary students to celebrate March as Reading Month, as well as Youth Art Month. Marge Long
(Marge Long, malong6@yahoo.com)
Region 15:
We had our region show at the Artcenter in Traverse City February 12-26. It was a really nice show and our members are submitting more work so it was very exciting! We also opened up the show to non MAEA members to network and try to recruit a few and it was very helpful.
Contact Sarah DeKett with any questions: sarahdekett@yahoo.com
Region 15 Liaisons are Sarah DeKett and Kat Murphy. Sarah teaches high school art in Mesick and Kat teaches 7-12 art in Leland. 2009 was the first year we had a region show and we plan to have it every year during the month of February. This year we had a matting party so that every member would know the correct way to submit work to the state exhibit. Unfortunately we do not have many active members, so please contact us with any questions you may have and join us in promoting and exhibiting student artwork in the state of Michigan! Please contact by email: deketts@mesick.org or kmurphy@leland.k12.mi.us (Kat Murphy, kmurphy@leland.k12.mi.us, Sarah DeKett, deketts@mesick.org)
Region 16, 17, 18:
Greetings. Regions 16-18 encompass the whole UP! Because of our large area, we do not have a regional exhibit. Individual areas hold their own shows and teachers select several of their best pieces to submit to the state competitions. Members either have to mail their work or deliver it to the liaisons, which can sometimes mean a 6 hour drive! At this time, we have 2 liaisons in our region: Melissa Hronkin in the West (Ontonagon) and Karen Blaskowski in the East (Sault Ste. Marie). Sometimes we throw letters in bottles to each other (in Lake Superior) to communicate.
Recently, a local news paper has been helping to promote the area schools’ art programs by featuring Student Artist of the week for Chippewa, Luce and Mackinaw counties in their Arts & Entertainment section. We also received an email from another MAEA Upper Peninsula member who was informed by her school that her school eliminated for the elementary and middle school due to budget cuts and the high school students will now take their art class on line, using MichiganVirtual
High School. Her words” Isn't that great? I'm being replaced by a computer! I wonder if any MAEA members are involved with this. We shouldn't be. It's putting teachers out of jobs...” Sad.
