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CONVENTION NEWS!

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!!!

Go HERE to REGISTER

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Use this FORM to mail in your registration.


DOWNLOAD THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE HERE

DOWNLOAD FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE HERE

DOWNLOAD SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE HERE

DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION AND WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS HERE

WHY come to Convention? 

The AEAI Fall Convention is the largest professional development event for art educators in the state!   

  • Registration fee covers: Fri. & Sat. Continental breakfasts, Friday Division Business Luncheon,  Friday night Awards Celebration Reception
  • Procure Professional Growth Points! 
  • Students and beginning teachers:  meet and network with teacher-mentors
  • Participate in workshops that are informative and practical for your classroom
  • Visit exhibitors who offer valuable knowledge of new items in the art field
  • Listen to Keynote: Eric Jensen’s  “Art with the Brain in Mind” which will give you new ammunition to use against a school board that wants to drop the Arts
  • Listen to Keynote:  NAEA President Elect Bob Sabol speak on current issues that our national organization is working on to support the state organizations
  • Attend  U. of St Francis’ Opening Reception Thursday night, which also includes viewing their Ceramic Invitational Exhibit & listening to Keynote Dan Anderson
  • Friday night enjoy “A Caribbean Destination” with the Kekionga Steel Drums & with free refreshments at the AEAI annual Awards Celebration
  • Saturday, hear the special presentation, “Video Games for Social Change” by Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers (sponsors of the Scholastic Art Awards) & Alan Gershenfeld, President of E-line Media    And attend their computer workshop Saturday afternoon.
  • See the Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibit at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art as well as many other Gallery Shows on our “Gallery Crawl” Sat. afternoon.


The AEAI 2010 Convention will be well worth the price of admission!!

SEE YOU THERE November 4th-6th at the Ft. Wayne Convention Center!

FOR HOTEL INFORMATION, GO TO: "CONVENTION"

SEE MORE CONVENTION NEWS IN OUR:

Fall CONTACT Newsletter

                   

 

 


Check out the most recent developments in AEAI including:

  • Youth Art Month State Scrapbook Needs Your Input
  • Respected and gifted art teacher passes on
  • Getting support from administrators to attend this year's AEAI Fall Convention
  • AEAI's response to program reductions in art education across the state
  • Proposed changes to the AEAI Bylaws

Click on "News/Updates" NOW!


 

About AEAI...

  The Art Education Association of Indiana, Inc. (AEAI), an affiliate of the National Art Education Association, is the professional organization dedicated to promotion, advancement, and improvement of art education at all levels in the state of Indiana. AEAI's purposes are to increase public awareness, develop strategies for statewide advocacy, inform membership on current issues and political action, recognize outstanding performance and programs statewide, and assist the State Department of Education in development and implementation of curriculum materials.

The goals of AEAI:

  • Unite, Support and Encourage Art Educators
  • Advocate the importance of Art Education
  • Provide for professional growth of Art Educators
  • Collaborate with the Arts and Education Community

 

A brief history of AEAI is available: The Roots of AEAI, Affiliation & Goals, and a List of Past Presidents


   AEAI President-Elect Terri Nagel and Technology Cordinator Leah Morgan share a moment with 2009 Convention  Keynote Juane Quick-to-See Smith.

  "As an organization, we affirm our belief in the power of the visual arts to enrich the lives and endeavors of humankind. In a highly technological society, such as ours, the visual arts serve as a humanizing force, giving dignity and a sense of worth to an individual. They provide the means by which aesthetic quality and order are derived from the exercise of an individual’s creativity and critical understanding." — from the Preamble, Art Education Association of Indiana, Inc. Constitution/Bylaws

             

Youth Art Month Celebrations

     

2010 YAM Student Award Winners


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JOIN the AEAI Listserve!

  By joining the AEAI Listserve, you will receive the most up-to-date information on scheduled workshops, conferences, advocacy issues, teacher positions, and other vital aspects that are related to art education in Indiana.  To join the AEAI Listserve, simply send Leah Morgan an email at homested@dmrtc.net and request that your name be added.

                           

                                    

Arts Advocacy Day at the State House 


 

Fun at the 2010 AEAI Saint Mary of the Woods Workshop!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want to join AEAI/NAEA?

 

  It's EASY. Simply join online at the NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION website at: www.naea-reston.org/community/membership  OR join here by clicking on www.aeai.org/sitepage.asp (or by clicking on "Membership" at the left).  Membership in AEAI, Inc. offers you automatic membership in the NAEA.

 

THE AEAI CALENDER

 

Upcoming Important Dates:

Date: Event or Meeting: Details:
September 11th

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Time:
10 am

Location:
Indiana State Museum (650 W Washington St, Indianapolis - 317-232-1637) beginning at 10:00 AM
November 6th

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING (at Fall Conference) Location:
Ft. Wayne Conference Center
November 4th-6th

AEAI 2010 Fall Conference Location:
Ft. Wayne


  

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