TAEA Member Exhibition

A view past winners featured in the Retrospective Exhibition 2016. 

The TAEA Member Exhibition season is upon us again. As we approach the holidays and a new year, we also have the chance to celebrate our wonderful teachers and members as they share their talents in the TAEA Member Exhibition. 

The Seventh Annual TAEA Member Art Exhibition is a juried show open to all current 2016-2017 TAEA members.  No more than two (2) entries per member may be entered and must be in the form of high-resolution JPGs (minimum 300 dpi). Please crop to show artwork only (crop out mat, etc.).  Please label each image with the full name of the artist, title, medium and size of the piece. For example: John Smith-“Sunrise”-painting-30x40. E-mail images to: jdodsonart@aol.com and also to jdodson@ortn.edu  (Please include phone number and mailing address with email submission!).  All entries must be received by March 29, 2017.

View the full prospectus.

The University of TN NAEA Student Chapter Hosts Art Education Intern Exhibition

The University of Tennessee’s NAEA Student Chapter hosted the reception for their Annual Art Education Intern Juried Art Exhibition on Thursday, December 1 at the University of Tennessee’s Cookie Aytes Elliott Art Education Gallery. Award winners received gift cards courtesy of Jerry’s Artarama. Winners included Jon Purtill (1st place), Georgia Vogel (2nd place), and Mary Carbonell (3rd place). The exhibit will be on display through January 23, 2017. 

Post-Conference

Greetings Art Educators!

 

I am so excited to be representing you all as the TAEA President.  We had our annual Fall Professional Development conference in October 20-22, 2016.  We had a wonderful time being together at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville, TN.  A big thank you to Donna Anderson, TAEA Past-President, for her work on putting together the conference.

Mid South Ceramics/The Clay Lady hosted our awards reception at their studios in Nashville. We had amazing art educators being honored for their contributions to Visual Art Education in Tennessee.   Thanks goes to Kathy Dumlao, our President-Elect, for her work on putting together the awards.

We had two keynote speakers at this year’s conference. Debra Reeve, our Executive Director at NAEA gave us wonderful inspirational talk leading us to tell our Art Story and bring in our colleagues to join us in TAEA/NAEA.  Michael Bell gave us an energetic talk on his school and professional artist life.  Watkins also gave us really nice reception on Friday night.

In addition to all this, we had hands on workshops and supersessions!! It was such fun to get to work on art during this conference.  It was also a great time to network with such quality art educators and learn from them just by talking at breaks to the Supersessions bringing us great lesson ideas and important information on what is going on in our State.

I urge you to make an effort to come to the conference in Memphis next year! What a great creative town to host our conference.  Bring your colleagues even if they are not TAEA members. Let them know all the benefits you have from being a TAEA/NAEA member. I also hope you will contact any board member or me if you want to help out the organization in any way.  We are open to ideas and volunteers!!

Looking forward to the Regional Professional Development conferences this spring semester.  Look on this website for more information. We will be having division level profession development also, so keep an eye out for more on these.

 

Janis Nunnally

TAEA President

2016 Youth Art Month Flag Contest

2015 YAM Flag Contest Winner

2015 YAM Flag Contest Winner

Your students are invited to join TN students from across the state to participate in the annual Youth Art Month flag design contest. This year’s theme is “Art is a Visual Journey.” Please support Youth Art Month and TAEA by participating in this year’s flag contest with your students.

Youth Art Month is a nationally observed celebration of the visual arts and is observed each year during the month of March. Its goal is to emphasize the value of visual art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.

Flag entries will be divided into four different grade levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High. Each teacher can submit up to 10 of your best entries (please no more than 10). A winner will be chosen for each level. The winning student flag designers and their teachers will receive prizes courtesy of Sargent Art. From these four winners, an overall Grand Prize winner will be selected. The Grand Prize winner’s design will be made into the Tennessee YAM flag, which will represent Tennessee at the National Art Education Conference this year. This year's prizes include a $1500 cash prize for the winning student and $2000 worth of art supplies for her/his art teacher.  

Plans are in the works to display all the flag entries at a Youth Art Month Celebration in March. Please consider participating in this great opportunity! More importantly, however, Youth Art Month activities promote the great work you do with students each and every day. Entry forms are available on the TAEA website (below), along with directions on how to submit your entries. More information can also be found on the TN Youth Art Month Facebook page.  The deadline to submit is January 13.

Download the 2016 YAM Entry Form and mail entries no later than January 13th to: 

Angela McCarter/Art Department

Farragut Middle School 

200 West End Avenue

Knoxville, TN 37934

 

Why Should I Become a Member?

I live and work in a smallish district in East TN. While we have excellent schools, we only have 8 Art teachers. Of those Art teachers, maybe 1/2 of them are members of TAEA, two of which are on the TAEA Board! In our last district-wide Art meeting, I asked everyone, "Why haven't you joined TAEA?" Their answer: "I just don't see the benefits of joining..." Yikes! 

During our Fall Conference at Watkins College of Art, Design, and Film, our board members had a similar discussion. Why aren't our TN teachers joining? Deborah Reeve, Executive Director of NAEA, was lucky enough to join us for this meeting and shared insight into advancing our membership and benefits. While this may seem like a simple answer, her suggestion was that we just need to talk about it more! TAEA benefits are a well-kept secret among members. Each of us can tell you why we joined but where are our benefits spelled-out for the uninitiated?

Perfect timing! We have just updated our website to better communicate with you so our 'Join' page will also be getting a little added pizzazz. 

Here are just a few of the member benefits you get from TAEA:

  • As a TAEA member, you have access to free Online Professional Development, including NAEA monthly webinar series, as well as live and archived webinars, sessions, and workshops. 
  • Access to timely resources, including the new National Visual Arts Standards that support teaching and learning.
  • Access to the NEW NAEA Art Standards Toolbox App, a FREE app available exclusively to NAEA members and offers a suite of tools for National Visual Arts Standards-based planning, assessment, archiving, and more! 
  • Print and digital subscriptions to Art Education journal and NAEA News—NAEA's premiere bi-monthly publications, plus access to digital archives.
  • Discounts on NAEA National Convention registration fees and other professional learning events including SummerVision
  • Discounts on premiere publications and advocacy merchandise in NAEA’s Online Store
  • Connect with colleagues through the Member Directory, showcase your art through a complimentary personalized e-Portfolio powered by Digication, and/or display your students' artwork in a Classroom Gallery provided by Artsonia
  • Eligibility for prestigious national awards and grant opportunities
  • Eligibility to establish a National Art Honor Society in your middle or secondary school
  • Discounts on a variety of insurance programs including Professional Liability Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Auto & Home Insurance, and Additional Plans & Benefits

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts post-fire. Photo credit: Bill May, Executive Director

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts post-fire. Photo credit: Bill May, Executive Director

If you've been following the news, many parts of East Tennessee have suffered from a severe drought and forest fires. Many of our beautiful areas of Tennessee have been devastated by fires, including Gatlinburg, TN, home of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Despite raging fires in the area, most of Arrowmont's iconic campus was not lost. While the whole of Gatlinburg is evacuated except for emergency personnel, Arrowmont Executive Director, Bill May has confirmed that the campus is safe. 

The fire destroyed three Arrowmont buildings, Hughes Hall Dormitory, Wild Wing Dormitory and the maintenance shed. Smoke and heat damage has not yet been assessed. 

"All Arrowmont personnel are safe," says Bill May (via email), "We have received many emails, phone calls, texts and social media posts expressing support and concern for Arrowmont and for the people in our community who have suffered loss. We are grateful for our local and national community and the outpouring of support. Hope is not lost. We will rebuild." Bill May is appointing a recovery team to assess damage and plan for the rebuilding of lost structures.
 
Arrowmont has received numerous requests regarding donations to support the recovery. To make a secure donation online, go to www.arrowmont.org and click the “donate” button. Send checks to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, P.O. Box 567, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 37738.

TAEA Awards 2016

Each year, one of the most exciting things that the board of the Tennessee Art Education Association gets to do is recognize some of the outstanding art educators in all divisions and regions from across the state of Tennessee.  These amazing teachers exemplify the qualities and standards of what it means to be a great art educator, going above-and-beyond for their students.  To receive one of these meaningful awards, teachers must be nominated by their peers and colleagues, then those nominations are reviewed by the executive committee of the TAEA board to determine the award winners.  What a challenging task that is!  Each nominee brings so much experience and passion for teaching that making those selections is truly a difficult job.  In 2016, we had a fantastic line up of amazing teachers receive these awards.  It is genuinely a pleasure to be able to recognize them for their hard work and dedication to the profession of art education.  Congratulations to our 2016 award winners!

 

Tennessee Art Educator of the Year

Bill Hickerson

 

East Region Art Educator of the Year

Ethan Pignataro

 

Middle Region Art Educator of the Year

Justin Makemson

 

West Region Art Educator of the Year

Carol Eckert

 

Elementary Art Educator of the Year

Holly Briggs

 

Middle Level Art Educator of the Year

Kathy McMillan

 

Secondary Art Educator of the Year

Rose Doherty

 

Higher Education Art Educator of the Year

Shannon Elliott

 

Museum Art Educator of the Year

Margarita Sandino

 

First Year Educator of the Year

Melanie Hill-Guion

 

Pre-Service Art Educator of the Year

Lindsey McCartin

 

Higher Education Student Achievement Award

Rachel Rhea

 

Friend of TAEA

Belmont University

A Letter from the TAEA President

Welcome Visual Art Educators!

I am Janis Nunnally, President of TAEA, and I would like to welcome you to our website! The mission of the Tennessee Art Education Association is "to advance quality visual arts educations and to promote a cohesive professional community through advocacy, leadership, and professional development." We are here for practicing artists, artist who teach art in the school systems, higher education educators, students, administration, museum educators, and any others who want to advocate and advance art education.

TAEA is a not-for-profit professional art education organization and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, sex, color, disability, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin in administering policies, membership, events, meetings, or activities.

© 2016 TENNESSEE ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

 

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