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VIRGINIA ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP, RESEARCH AND SERVICE.

Conference Highlights !

OCTOBER 14 - 16, 2021
Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront

CONGRATULATIONs
2021 VIRGINIA STATE AWARD WINNERS!

Elementary Division Award
Angie Salerno

Middle Division Award
Andy Harris

Secondary Division Award
Jessica van Veenhuyzen

Higher Education Award
Roger Tomhave

Retired Educator of the Year
Stephanie Slate

Administration & Supervision Award
Aaron Stratten

2022 Virginia Art Educator
Helena Agnew

VAEA Fellows
Dr. Charles Bleick, Dr. Karin Tollefson-Hall

Distinguished Service Outside the Profession
John Brewington

Distinguished Service Inside the Profession
Lee Darter

Our new Art Advocacy Hotline is now open to provide resources, mentorship, and advice as you navigate the many changes created by the Covid-19 pandemic in planning for your art program. There is no question too small, or issue too large!

HOTLINE HELP

Creativity Continues

A Call to Collaborate:
Art Educators are continuing education in different ways across the state whether through online platforms or distributed packets. Let’s work together to share resources, tips, videos, and inspiration for keeping Virginia Creative during Covid.

SUBMIT RESOURCES

Guiding Practices During the 2020-21 School Year

As the prevailing focus moving forward is our students’ social and emotional well being, the arts provide an invaluable outlet for expression and healing through these unpredictable times. This is not only an opportunity for us all to reexamine the important place the arts have in our schools, rather, this is a call for the arts to lead the way in navigating the road ahead.

The Creativity Continues document aims to support visual arts teachers as they return to school in September and resume instruction in either virtual, face-to-face, or hybrid plans for school operations. While the information on this subject is constantly evolving, this living document will be updated accordingly. This document also is in no way intended to substitute or contradict any national or state health guidelines. Rather, it is a collection of suggested guiding practices for the field of art education during different modes of learning.

DISTANCE LEARNING RESOURCES

Stay safe, stay creative & stay connected:
Share the art you are creating, teaching, or enjoying and then post it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the #vaarted hashtag.