EMPOWER Visual Thinking

TAEA 2013 Convention

EMPOWER: Visual Thinking

Make plans to attend this years TAEA convention in Dallas, TX at the Hilton Anatole hotel downtown, Nov. 21-24, 2013

Keynote Speakers: Magda Sayeg, Liz Ward, Melanie Stimmel Van Latum (melaniestimmel.com).

CEDFA update

This year's Texas Fine Arts Summit will be in Austin on June 13 and 14. The Summit will address the New TEKS and Professional Development. Presentations will be by the committee members who served to write the TEKS. Everyone who has attended this annual event before has walked away gratified by the quality of information and the leadership. If you can, plan early to receive a discount. The Hilton Airport Hotel in Austin is hosting the event.www.cedfa.org

Be Visual!

Be Visual! Support Texas Art Education
Program from TAEA is going strong and on schedule.

TAEA was represented at the NAEA convention March 2013, in Fort Worth with alot of success. Lots of events...

• Be Visual Day @ NAEA- Saturday, March 9th (great sucess)

More events to come... let's Be Visual!

• Be Visual Day @ State VASE- Saturday, April 6th (can't wait)
• Big Art Day! Statewide event engaging all art educators, their students and communities in a single day event. (coming to an area near you Spring 2014)

If have any ideas... regarding Be Visual! submit to the Idea Gallery.

Prepare now to send Art for Captial YAM Exhibit

YAM Capitol Exhibit and Awards Ceremony 2013

 

If you missed the deadline for submitting a flag design, don't worry. You can still be a part of the event by submitting art. The exhibit that will take place in the Rotunda of the State Capitol from March 20th to March 24th. Registration of all work is by one district representative. Contact colleagues or your arts coordinator to submit work. Deadline for submission is January 12, 2013. Check the TAEA website for more information. 

YAM Art: What is Happening In Your Area

Don't forget to send any documentation to Samantha Melville about YAM events at your school or in your city. She is in charge of this year's scrapbook.

Vice-President Youth Art Month
Samantha Melvin

samantha.melvin@taea.org
512-277-0510

Area 5 Information

Email Contact: taeaarea5@live.com

Tyra Gonzales tgonza98@yahoo.com

Maureen Doebble moetx@hotmail.com

Norma Moore Norma.Moore@nisd.net

Yvonne Quijas yquijas@mcallenisd.net

Counties in Area 5: Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala

Help us! We need to contact Art Educators in these locations!
Send email address contacts for Art Educators in these locations to taeaarea5@live.com

YAM Art Can Be Seen On Artsonia

There is now a TAEA Artsonia webpage. Type in Texas Art Education Association1 once you get into the Artsonia website. All images from last year's YAM Capital Exhibit are posted.