Events

Annual Fall Conference

K-12 State Exhibition

Michigan Visual Arts Celebration K - 8

Professional Development

 

 

The Michigan Art Education Association is celebrating our 75th Anniversary! This year’s theme honors our history as art educators from the past, present, and future. YOU are the art expert in your school setting! Share what you do with your fellow art educators! The Co-Chair team is looking forward to hearing your ideas that you would like to submit for the Lansing 2024 Conference.

Submission Deadline:  April 30, 2024 at 11:59 pm E.T. 

Proposal Submission Link: 

Click HERE to submit your proposal

Presentation Proposals:

Presentation submissions are open to both Members and Non-Members to submit one or multiple proposal presentations for review. While this year’s theme is Past-Present-Future, we are accepting proposals of all themes for either a 50 minute or 110 minute time slot for a minimum of 25 participants per session. 

Possible formats include:

  • Individual Presentation: Discussion of lessons, best practices, programs, and/or research

  • Co-Presentation: Shared presentation with one or more colleagues of art-related experiences and research

  • Demonstration: Presenter demonstrates an artistic technique or approach while participants observe

  • Hands-On: Ticketed session demonstrating an artistic technique with participants as a workshop (Presenters will be reimbursed for materials used in presentation from $0-$25 per workshop participant with receipts due by November 30, 2024) 

 

Possible topic ideas to get you thinking about proposals:

  • Curriculum/Instruction

  • Specific Art Media Techniques (Painting, printmaking, watercolor, color pencil, clay, book making, textile, mix media, fibers, wire, 3D, VR, Ink, photography, charcoal, weaving, perspective, gel print, alcohol ink, glaze, collage, oil pastels, wood, metals, ceramics, etc.)

  • Adaptive Art

  • Social Emotional Learning

  • Diversity, Equality, Inclusion

  • Technology Practices

  • Museum Experiences

  • Admin/Supervision

  • Pre-Service/Student Teaching

  • After-school programs

  • Advocacy (How you advocate for building support for your art education program)

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with your fellow art educators! 

If you have questions, please contact the Conference Co-Chair team at conference2024@miarted.org

Erica Davis-Hernandez

Ashley Jager

Nathan Kukla

MAEA Conference Chairs, Lansing 2024

Past-Present-Future

 

 2024 Fall Conference

75th Anniversary celebrated in Lansing!

November 6-10, 2024

 


   

K-12 State Exhibition

This year the The MAEA K-12 Show will be available to be viewed in person Thursday, March 14th (Hanging on the 13th) through Tuesday, April 9th (take down on the 10th) at the WMU Grand Rapids Gallery on the 5th Floor, 200 Ionia Ave SW, Grand Rapids, 49503. Gallery hours are 8am-8pm Monday through Friday. Reception TBA very soon.

MDE May 2024- May 2025 - Michigan Department of Education, 608 W Allegan St., Lansing, MI 48933

To see a presentation of the artwork in the Michigan Department of Education Show, CLICK HERE.

About

The Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA) offers its members the unique opportunity to showcase outstanding artwork produced by students from all regions of the state of Michigan. In future years, artwork must be submitted first to its region to qualify for state adjudication -- for details on this you can email your region liaison or email the MAEA membership secretary if you don’t know who your region liaison is. This year we will be using Google Slides for works to be adjudicated for the State Show.  Please see details below and please see flowchart.

Exhibition available to MAEA MEMBERS ONLY.   To join, click here. 

 

Current and Past Digital Shows:

2024 Elementary Division Top 100

2024 Middle Division Top 100 & Top 18  (you will need to download this file to preview)

2024 MAEA Secondary Division Top 100 & Top 18

2023 MAEA Elementary Student Top 100  

2023 MAEA Middle Level Top 18 & 100  

2023 MAEA High School Winners & Top 18 & GTS  

2023 MAEA Elementary, Middle and High School Student Submissions for MDE  

2022 Elementary and Middle Division Top 100 and Top 15

2022 Secondary Division Top 100, Top 18, and Governor's Traveling Show

2021 Digital Secondary State Show

2021 Elementary Top 100/ Top 18

2021 Middle School Top 100/ Top 18

2020 Elementary Top 100/Top 15

2020 Digital Middle School Art Exhibition

2020 Digital Secondary Art Exhibition

 

Who It’s For

Submitting teacher must be a current MAEA member. Student teacher members may submit work by supplying their cooperating teacher’s contact information.

No more than two pieces of artwork by an individual student at HS level; one piece by an individual student at EL and MS levels.

MAEA leadership suggests that teachers consider the appropriateness of content when submitting artwork to MAEA sponsored exhibits, and reserves the right to make final decisions regarding whether a work is appropriate for mass distribution to members.


Submission to GoogleSlides and State Show Info

Regional liaisons must send the Google Slideshow of their regional winners to the division chairs by Wednesday February 28, 2024.

Announcement of State Show artwork acceptance will completed by March 3, 2024 and division chairs will send out announcements to liaisons by March 5, 2024 to be shared with members.

Please note this is a PHYSICAL SHOW and all artwork will need to be delivered by March 5 through March 8, 2024 to the Regional Liaisons and available to show from March 13 to May 4, 2024. Artwork will be picked up at the May 4, 2024 Council Meeting.

K-12 State Exhibition - WMU Grand Rapids Gallery on the 5th Floor, 200 Ionia Ave SW, Grand Rapids, 49503. Gallery hours are 8am-8pm Monday through Friday. Reception TBA very soon.

MDE May 2024- May 2025 - Michigan Department of Education, 608 W Allegan St, Lansing, MI 48933

Governor Traveling Show (GTS) May 2024- May 2025- Locations will vary throughout the year. Please contact Keith Rayner to arrange hosting of this show- krayner@scslakeview-k12.com 

Forms / Application

This year MAEA Members will have the opportunity to submit artworks through Google Slides for State Adjudication. Please see flowchart.

Announcement of State Show artwork acceptance will be given March 8, 2024.

All pieces chosen for the State Show will need to be wrapped in acetate (HS pieces can be framed), have the learning statement attached using the MAEA Student Exhibition Form, have permission to publish on file (teacher hold onto this), a Google Slide of state adjudicated chosen pieces by February 28, 2024. Please make sure your Region Show is adjudicated before February 28, 2024 either in-person or online.

Five submissions per educator per level taught.

All works should be uploaded to their Regional Google Slideshow.

Forms/Materials

State Show Checklist

Google Slideshow for submissions:  GET FROM YOUR REGIONAL LIAISON.

Parental Permission Form

State Show Flowchart

Contact Info

You can contact your region liaison, or reach out to:  vicepresident@miarted.org

The juried slide shows for each division can be submitted/shared by REGIONAL LIAISONS to the following email addresses:

 
Elementary Division Co-Chairs
 
Val Eninishe & Kristin Walters
 

elementary@miarted.org

Middle Division Co-Chairs
 
Rachel Jensen

middle@miarted.org

Secondary Division Co-Chairs

Keith Rayner

secondary@miarted.org

Professional Development

 


Grants and PD Opportunities for Art Teachers

National Endowment for the Arts

https://www.arts.gov/grants/grants-for-arts-projects

Investigating Rock Art: Painted Bluff Teacher Workshop

https://projectarchaeology.org/event/investigating-rock-art-painted-bluff-teacher-workshop/ 

US Patent & Trademark Office - Teacher Summer Institute

Design Thinking

https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/kids-educators/nsti

Forever Wild: The Adirondacks in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

https://www2.cortland.edu/foreverwild/

 

Summer PD Opportunity at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA!

July 29-August 1, 2024

Imagining a Better World: Arts, Activism and Social Justice -- A Workshop for Educators

Application Deadline: April 1, 2024

Open to middle, high school and community college educators across disciplines.

For more details, click below!

https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/imagining-better-world-arts-activism-and-social-justice-workshop-educators 

 

Alaska Geographic offers high quality learning experiences. Popular multi-day field courses immerse participants in intensive wilderness-based experiences led by experts in fields ranging from geology and birds to mosses, mammals, and more. These are active learning vacations. Participants must be in good physical condition and ready for some of the challenges of exploring Alaska. Hiking distances and physical fitness levels are described in greater detail for each course. These courses are accredited through the University of Alaska and are designed for adults.

https://www.akgeo.org/field-courses/#1674682450333-a7531509-951a

 

The Smithsonian offers a wide array of opportunities to help you incorporate museum learning about art, science, history, and culture into your teaching practice. Visit a website below to discover professional development resources from across the Smithsonian.

https://www.si.edu/educators/professional-development

 

The National Gallery of Art provides K–12 educators and administrators professional development that deepens understanding of the visual arts and develops their teaching practice.

https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/professional-development.html

 

The Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (KCCLA) and National Korean Studies (NKS) have held Korean history and culture seminars for teachers and educational administrators across the United States to enhance the image of Korea’s national brand, and to promote correct understanding of Korean history and culture every year since 2004. (※ In 2023, it will be held as a two-day webinar)

https://www.kccla.org/events/view/?eid=6596&cm=6&cy=2023

 

Women in Modern East Asia: Understanding their Challenges and Successes

From the mid-19th century on, East Asian women’s lives have been marked by modernizations, imperialism, revolutions, warfare, and new roles in the workforce and within the family home. Women claimed their autonomies and rights through different avenues, be it liberalization, feminism, and the idea of the “new” or “modern” woman. Various state initiatives uplifted and/or appropriated women, affecting their day-to-day lives. This summer institute offers secondary teachers the opportunity to work with scholars and specialists and investigate primary sources to better understand Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese women’s voices and experiences. What were their challenges and successes across time and place in modern East Asia?

https://www.nctasia.org/course/women-in-modern-east-asia/