​VIRGINIA ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION ​THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP, RESEARCH AND SERVICE.​
We're Here to Help!
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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! Reach out for help with brainstorming, research, logistics, advocacy, and overall support from fellow Art Educators!

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.
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.
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​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.

GET INVOLVED!

ARTIST TRADING CARD SWAPS!
TECH TALK TUESDAYS!
FRIDAY NIGHT DRAW!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
2020 VIRGINIA STATE AWARD WINNERS!

Elementary Division Award
Libya Doman
 
Middle Division Award
Sarah Clark
 
Secondary Division Award
Liz Bahl-Moore

Higher Education Award
Natalia Pilato

 Museum Educator Award
Allison Byrne

Administration & Supervision Award
Mike Gettings

2021 Virginia Art Educator
Libya Doman

VAEA Fellows
Andrea Stuart, Twyla Kitts, Ginna Cullen
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