NAEA Student Chapter Fundraising

NAEA student chapters have already begun fundraising efforts for important chapter activities that will occur later in the year. Middle Tennessee State University conducted their first fundraiser of the year by painting designs on small pumpkins and selling them to staff and students. Next on their agenda is a bake sale for the week before Thanksgiving break. Along with the pumpkin painting, the bake sale is also a fundraiser for their planned workshops next spring. They are considering a hand lettering workshop as well as water marbling art and the possibility of polymer clay. Meanwhile, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s student chapter has begun raising money for future chapter activities by designing logos for various educational entities. They are currently designing a logo for the East Tennessee STEM Hub. Their vice-president, Heather Eades, will be receiving TAEA’s Higher Student Achievement Award this month.

By Dr. Joy Bertling

Fall Conference Schedule

Curious about the Conference Schedule? We are still finalizing some of the details but we are excited to share all of the fun and excitement.

Be sure to join us for the Awards Banquet on Thursday night to honor the 2018 TAEA Awardees. 

The Conference begins bright and early Friday morning with pastries, fruit, and coffee/tea breakfast, followed by our opening presentation by TAEA Past-President and Conference guru, Donna Anderson. The Membership Meeting, presented by Janis Nunnally will take us right up to the first round of Super Sessions. 

What are Super Sessions, you ask? Super Sessions mini-presentations or workshops about any number of topics. You'll get your choice of which sessions to attend so you'll be sure to find a topic that's right up your alley. 

Following a lunch meeting with your division leaders (Elementary, Middle, Secondary, Higher Ed, or Museum), you'll be in the studios doing what we all love best, making ART! For 4 hours! 

After studio clean-up, we will hear from our keynote speaker, Dr. Olivia Gude and party hard at the reception following! 

Don't go to crazy at the party on Friday because its another early start on Saturday! After breakfast, Dr. Olivia Gude will speak to us again (yay!), followed by a special presentation about Creating an Arts Education Future. Then, its what you've been waiting for! DOOR PRIZES! You'll have to turn in an evaluation sheet before you can win. 

After lunch, you've got 4 more hours of workshops and art making! 

It's going to be fantastic! Won't you join us?

Workshop Spotlight: Stiff Paper, Soft Slabs

To the typical art teacher, clay is a daunting endeavor but to the average student, its just a change to squish some mud! The possibilities with clay are endless, which is one of the reasons students love it so! Whether its a 2-D clay tile with a little relief work or a 3-D vessel, clay is an inspiring medium for students of all ages and all skill levels. Luckily Wendie Love's workshop is all about differentiation and choice through clay. 

This workshop will offer soft slab techniques that are valuable to all levels of students. Adding breadth and depth to any level of clay studio practice the tools and techniques demonstrated in this workshop will allow participants to explore differentiation in the context of clay. Using roofing paper templates to create soft slab forms; students will have the opportunity to explore, design, and construct a wide range of forms. The work may be sculptural, functional, or decorative. The skills will apply to the classroom and/or personal practice. Sam Chung and Bill Griffith are two artists who embrace these techniques. Their work will be used as a point of reference.

Participants should bring: a variety of clay tools, scissors, sketchbook and boxes for transport.

Wendie Love’s artwork is primarily influenced by the role of the form and function in art as it enables the building of community. She works to provide an environment and encouragement for young people to imagine and create. Valuing the creative process over the product, she strives to contagiously instill in her students a love research, planning, and the full embrace of the accidental. For her, clay more than other media, provides endless opportunities for technical research, historical appreciation, creative problem solving, and perpetual learning. Art is about process: establish/recognize a problem, imagine potential solutions, create a solution, evaluate and reflect on the quality of the solution, and repeat. In art and in life, she seeks to experience and share a passion for learning while building a creative community. She teaches at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN. 

Workshop Spotlight: Introduction to Painting

If you live as an artist in the Knoxville Area than you already know the heaven that is Jerry's Artarama. Seeing all of those art supplies will send a shiver of inspiration from your fingers to your toes! So imagine being taught oil painting by the manager of heaven? Scott Manning gets to play and test these materials all the time! Its sure to be an inspiring painting class!

Participants will explore Color and Mediums from the three major types of Paints - Oils, Acrylics and Watercolors. See how Mediums can open up the world of color from the major Paint Manufacturers of Winsor Newton Oils and Watercolors; Liquitex Acrylics and Golden Acrylics. Participants will try all major mediums and paints from Winsor & Newton and Golden Acrylics A-Z sets. Also an introduction to Caran d’ Ache Drawing and Water soluble product portfolio.

Materials: Participants should bring:

• Drawing Pencils,

• Brushes for Acrylics, Oils and Watercolors;
  Journal Samples from manufacturers will be provided for use in classroom and take home. 

Scott Manning is the General Manager for Jerry’s Artarama of Knoxville. Scott is a Graduate from University of Tennessee in Art and Business. He does multiple Art Presentations and classes throughout the year at University Campuses, Schools and Artist Guilds. He works in Watercolor, Acrylics, Drawing and Pourings. A Winsor and Newton Working Artist will accompany him.

2018 TAEA Award Winners

One of the great privileges of serving on the board of the Tennessee Art Education Association is the opportunity to hear from our members to recognize outstanding art educators from all across the state.  This year, we got a fantastic slate of nominees in seventeen categories.  The executive committee of the board reviewed all of the nominations – carefully considering each nominee’s qualifications – to undertake the task of selecting which teachers to recognize.  Each nominee brought so much experience and passion for teaching; the hard part was choosing one educator per category to recognize!  This year’s award winners truly exemplify the qualities and standards of what it means to be a great art educator, going above-and-beyond for their students and their fellow teachers.  Congratulations to our 2018 award winners!

-Kathy Dumlao, President Elect

Tennessee Art Educator of the Year

Tina Atkinson

East Region Art Educator of the Year

Mary Katherine Chin

Middle Region Art Educator of the Year

Ted Edinger

West Region Art Educator of the Year

Amanda Tutor

Elementary Art Educator of the Year

Rebekah Laurenzi

Middle Level Art Educator of the Year

Eliza “Beth” Perthel

Secondary Art Educator of the Year

Carol Vinson

Higher Education Art Educator of the Year

Joy Bertling

Administration Educator of the Year

Heather Casteel

Museum Art Educator of the Year

Brooke Griffith

First Year Educator of the Year

Ericak Ryba

Pre-Service Art Educator of the Year

Gracie Knestrick

Emeritus Art Educator of the Year

Flowerree McDonough

Higher Education Student Achievement Award

Heather Eades

Distinguished Service within the Profession

Brad Foust

National Art Honor Society Sponsor of the Year

Cindy Bennett

Friend of TAEA

Dr. Richard Ranta

Watkins College of Art, Design, and Film

Workshop Spotlight: Painting with Oil Sticks

Ask anyone about their experience with Paul deMarrais' workshop and you'll hear glowing reviews! His oil sticks are the best quality and his instruction is stellar. Participants always leave with some amazing works of art. 

This workshop will get you started in a brand new kind of painting experience. Five years ago, Paul began learning how to make oil sticks and created his own user-friendly brand. Oil sticks are oil paint in a stick form made of walnut oil, natural waxes and dry pigments. It's a great way to paint. You won't need smelly solvents and the mountain of gear associated with traditional brush painting. Paul will show you how to do both a traditional painting and also techniques that lend themselves to more experimental approaches. In the classroom, Paul believes oil sticks are an excellent way to introduce students to color theory, color mixing and many other key concepts of painting. We all share a common 'crayon' experience from our childhood and these sticks are the ultimate crayon experience but with rich color, creamy handling and the exciting possibilities of oil painting. He will demonstrate and show how to create textures and effects with an inexpensive embossing heat gun. Paul will supply each artist teacher with a starter kit of oil stick colors and with ample supply of boards on hand. Come join me and you will be amazed at what you can create with these oil sticks! You’ll find more information at www.pauldemarrais.com . 

Workshop Spotlight: Inner Workings of Monotype

Messy artists beware! Printmaking is one art form that requires a little patience and cleanliness. You might be messy but your work won't be!  

This two-day workshop will cover the basics of monotype and its transfer processes. We will learn about ink and the grease content as well as modification and treatment of the oil base ink. On day one we will be focusing on treatment of paper and transparency and on the second day, we will be working with high contrast and opaque color printing. All materials will be supplied

Koichi Yamamoto is an artist who merges traditional and contemporary techniques so as to develop unique and innovative approaches to the language of printmaking. His prints explore issues of the sublime, memory, and atmosphere. Koichi has worked at many scales, from small and meticulously engraved copper plates to large monotypes.

Koichi has exhibited internationally. He has taught at Utah State University and the University of Delaware. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. His most recent sabbatical research has been working with bamboo from Kauai Island in Hawaii and making numerous kites at Joshua Tree National Park as an Artist in Residency. He lately produced a set of prints at an artist residency in Barcelona, Spain. 

Workshop Spotlight: Fibers

What could be more relaxing than spending an afternoon weaving with good company? The only thing missing is some tea! There are only a few spots left for this workshop; be sure to sign up soon before it's sold out!

Participants will each make a simple loom (to keep) and learn to weave on it. Looms may be long for a scarf, or rectangular for a bag. Fiber project ideas suitable for classrooms and suggestions for tying fibers in with many enduring ideas will be discussed. Instruction sheets and help will also be available for finger knitting, Kumihimo braiding, rope twisting, paper basket making and many other fiber techniques that only require inexpensive and easily available materials.

Materials: Participants should each bring at least two balls of yarn. One choice should be a relatively strong yarn that is not too hairy (for warp.) The other (for weft) can be any type at all, or even a medley of various yarns. Please bring extra odds and ends of yarn to trade and share with everyone. Grace will provide loom-making necessities.

Grace Eckert teaches Weaving and Fibers in the Visual and Theatre Arts Department of the University of Tennessee at Martin and is the Art Gallery Coordinator. She earned a bachelor degree in Fine Art from Illinois State University in 1977. Grace has exhibited worldwide and been awarded numerous artist residencies and public commissions. She lived in England for ten years and her works are in many private and public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Grace has designed, made and sold over a thousand fiber art pieces. She maintains a private studio in Paris, TN where she creates tufted rugs, woven tapestries, and one-of-a-kind knitted and loom woven pieces.