Category: Opportunities

Youth Art Month – Statewide Virtual Exhibit Opportunity

We know many of you participate in celebrating the arts at a local or regional level for Youth Art Month in March. Please consider also participating and sharing your students’ work on a state-wide level. Being virtual, this show can be shared with students’ families and friends across the country or even the world!  We are hoping to make this year’s exhibit bigger and better than ever, and we need you! The deadline to register for this exhibit is January 17, 2025.

Please read through the submission guidelines for everything you need to know about registering and submitting your student work to the virtual exhibit.

Secretary and Treasurer – Call for Nominations

The MAEA Executive Committee positions of Secretary and Treasurer are currently open for a two-year position, starting January 1, 2025. Serving in these roles includes paid membership for MAEA and NAEA, as MAEA is a state affiliate of NAEA.

Please submit a letter of intent, resume/CV, short biography (250 word), and head shot for the election to info@massarted.com by December 20, 2024.

We recognize this is a tight turn around, and welcome people reaching out if they are interested, but need time to put together their formal application.

Elections for Secretary and Treasurer will be held shortly after the submission deadline. For additional information about responsibilities and descriptions please refer to the MAEA website.

2025 Youth Art Month Flag Contest – Check out this opportunity

YOUTH ART MONTH FLAG CONTEST:

This year’s this theme for YAM and the Poster/Flag Contest this year is “Connected Through Art”.

  • The flag contest is open to all students in grades K-12.
  • Each teacher may submit up to 15 student entries.
  • Grand Prize of $300 art supply gift card for winning student. PLUS $100 art supply gift card for your classroom. And to top it off, the grand prize work will be displayed at NAEA’s national convention in Louisville, Kentucky!
  • In addition, $100 art supply gift cards will be awarded to one student winner in grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. PLUS an additional $100 art supply gift card for the winning students’ classrooms.
  • Digital entries will be accepted December 9, 2024 – January 10, 2025.
  • Click here for the Youth Art Month Flag Contest Submission Form.
    Please note you must be signed into a Google Account to access this form due to the file upload settings. If you have trouble submitting the form at school please try at home. Your school/districts internet settings may see this form as an issue. If you try it at home and you still have trouble submitting this form, please reach out to youthartmonth@massarted.com for assistance.

Read more about the submission requirements here. 

Recognitions Exhibit – Important Information

Details are coming together for the 2025 MAEA Recognitions exhibit. High School educators check out the exhibit page to find some basic information to help you plan for submitting student artwork for the 2025 exhibit. The submission portal will open in early December through late January.

Start thinking about what HS work you plan to submit today!

Conference Proposal Deadline Extended to August 11

The call for conference session proposals is now open.

We are looking for a variety of sessions for our 2 day conference held in Beverly, MA on November 9-10, 2024. Please consider submitting a proposal for a Best Practice Lecture, Demonstration, Research Lecture, Interactive Discussion, Studio Workshop, or other type of session offering not listed here. All presenters selected to present at the 2024 MAEA conference will receive complimentary tickets to attend the conference. We encourage new presenters! The deadline for session proposals has been extended to August 11, 2024.

More presenter information can be found on the session proposal form, linked here.

  • Best Practice Lecture – Presentation of exemplary lessons, instructional practices, programs, and/or initiatives followed by Q&A.
  • Demonstration – Presenter demonstration of an artistic technique, arts-based method, or pedagogical approach.
  • Research Lecture – Presentation of academic papers and/or discussion of research.
  • Interactive Discussion – Participatory discussion about art education issues/topics among presenter and attendees.
  • Studio Workshop – Studio art-making session.