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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.

March is Youth Art Month!

As we continue to celebrate Youth Art Month we wanted to share another exciting presentation of student work. We requested student artwork in a really tight turn around at the end of the last month for the NAEA virtual YAM Museum. We were excited with the wonderful representation of work from around the state and chose to further showcase the art. We were delighted when we discovered this online exhibition platform.

Please enjoy the virtual walk through presentation of the VAEA Youth Art Month Exhibit.

VAARTED20:
Conference Highlights

CONGRATULATIONs
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

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.