Check out the opportunities page for some a recent job posting – Middle School Digital Photograph Elective Teacher (part-time) & Middle School Animation Elective Teacher (part-time) at the Shady Hill School in Cambridge.
Email webmaster@massarted.com to post opportunities. Please include a link to the job posting
Leading Ladies would like to invite your students to participate in the 2024 Art as Activism Poster Contest for high school students in northern Massachusetts, specifically in Middlesex and Essex Counties. This year’s theme is encouraging people to vote.
The contest is sponsored by Leading Ladies, a nonpartisan North Shore group dedicated to social justice and the importance of voting. We believe in art as activism and that art can be an especially effective way for students to find their voices.
Participation details can be found here on the Leading Ladies website, and downloadable guidelines to share with students can be found here.
More information can be found here: leadingladiesvote.org/art-is-power
The International Fiber Collaborative has two local exhibit opportunities. IFC will ship canvases to those who sign up. Contact them directly here or via email jennifer@ifcprojects.com.
Springfield Armory National Historic Site, MA, Exhibit 5
May 1 – June 30, 2023
Theme: What does “progress” mean to you?
At Springfield Armory National Historic Site, we often think of “progress” in the terms of technological innovation, craft production to interchangeability, iron to steel, and water power to electricity.
Postmark Due Date: Friday, March 17, 2023
Past exhibits: Exhibit 4, Exhibit 3
Salem Maritime National Historic Site, MA, Exhibit 5
July 1 – August 31, 2023
Theme: Commemoration of America 250 – the Revolutionary War, Read More
Postmark Due Date: Friday, May 19, 2023
Past exhibits: Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3
We are happy to share that Elizabeth has expressed interest in the role of Treasurer. While Elizabeth is running unopposed, please take a moment to cast your vote in support. You will find the ballot in an email that was sent to MAEA member emails on December 15 from info@massarted.com. The deadline to cast your vote is January 4, 2023.
Below you can read her full bio as well as what additional positions we are currently looking to fill on the MAEA Board of Directors.
Artist-educator Elizabeth Buck has taught art since 2004 to youth and adults in many non-profits, schools, and museums throughout central Massachusetts. As an educator, Elizabeth helps others learn to enjoy their creativity and successfully express their thoughts, experiences, and emotions through art. As a program manager at the Worcester Art Museum, she concentrates on providing enjoyable, high-quality art experiences for visitors and students, supporting her staff, and helping to highlight artists in the community.
The Arts|Learning Distinguished Arts Educator Advocate Award recognizes arts educators in music, dance, theater, and the visual arts who demonstrate leadership and excellence in teaching and the development of model arts programs and partnerships. These outstanding educators use the arts and cultural resources to support opportunities for multicultural learning and interdisciplinary planning, and to further the role of the arts in education.
LYNN S. FELDMAN DISTINGUISHED VISUAL ART EDUCATOR ADVOCATE
The Feldman Award is being given to two educators this year. The second art educator we are celebrating is Alexandra Gelles Etscovitz.
Alexandra loves being an art teacher. Alexandra has been teaching visual art for 18 years at Memorial Spaulding Elementary School in Newton, Massachusetts. Her passion for allowing children to express themselves, interpret, reflect and understand the world around them through creative expression has driven her to both teach art and act as an arts integration champion for all content areas and best practices. Alexandra instructs visual art in Needham with her after-school businessThe 34th Annual Champions of Arts Education Advocacy Awards Celebration will be held on November 17th at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA 01566
This year’s event will be live AND livestreamed! Stay tuned for more information about this event.
MAEA is happy to share that we are partnering with the Wisconsin Art Education Association to provide MAEA members with a fall virtual conference opportunity. 20/20 Vision will be hosted online on October 24, 2020 with a mix of both live events and pre-recorded sessions. All live sessions will also be recorded and added to the library of sessions and you will have access to those sessions until December 31, 2020 so you will be able to view sessions at your own pace. Featured Massachusetts presenters include Sandy Coleman, Lauren Gould, Lydia Gruner, Chris Hall, Diane Jaquith, Kristi Oliver, and Margaurita Spear, and Emily & Robb Sandagata. Learn more and register for this opportunity here.
MAEA members are also invited to participate in the virtual exhibit. Visit the conference page here for more information and to register. Registration for the exhibit opportunity closes September 27.
With many art educators across the state planning for distance learning or online learning through April 6 the MAEA Board of Directors wanted to share a collection of resources we’ve put together ourselves or have seen shared online. Click here to view resources.
Each school and/or district is approaching this differently, so please check with your appropriate administrator before implementing any of these resources.
If you have additional items to add to this resource list, please feel free to email webmaster@massarted.com with additional materials.
It is with great pride that we announce the 2020 MAEA Art Educators of the Year. If you would like to honor a colleague please consider nominating them when our nominations open up later this year in November! Learn more.
MAEA Lifetime Achievement Award –
Timothy O’Connor – New England Art Education Conference, Boston
Art Educator of the Year –
Lizzie Fortin – Worcester Public Schools
Elementary Art Educator of the Year –
Jacob Ginga – Weston Public Schools
Middle Level Art Educator of the Year –
Jonathan Hansen – Mendon-Upton Regional School District
Secondary Art Educator of the Year –
Amanda Davis – Hull Public Schools
Higher Education Art Educator of the Year –
Lora Barrett – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Museum Art Educator of the Year –
Julie Bernson – deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln
Early Childhood Art Educator of the Year –
Mary Geisser – Bunker Hill Community College, Boston
Exceptional New Art Educator of the Year –
Callie Mulcahy – Worcester Public Schools
Distinguished Service Within the Profession –
Robb Sandagata – Davis Publications, Worcester
Distinguished Service Outside the Profession –
Marc Mastrolia – Ride Studio Cafe, Lexington
In mid-June, Our Climate’s youth leaders will be constructing a huge mosaic of a Right Whale on the Boston Common to show our support for strong, effective Massachusetts climate policy. The mosaic will be made out of 12”x12” tiles, preferably from recycled cardboard, but foam board, poster board, etc. all work as well, decorated with a response to the prompt: “What to we stand to lose to climate change?” People are encouraged to write their name, age and representatives on the other side, and have the option to write to their representative responding to the prompt “What climate solutions make you feel hopeful?”
Making art related to climate change is a great way to get youth involved in the environmental movement, especially because their futures are most directly affected. Want to get involved? Host a tile-making party! Deliver completed tiles to an Our Climate Fellow or staff, or send them to:
Our Climate, attn: Eben Bein
5 Glenn Terrace
Cambridge, MA 02139
Check out the Facebook event for regular updates and information about the event! For more information on the event and tile-making, click this link.
Have questions or need help with anything? Email Our Climate’s New England Coordinator Eben Bein at eben@ourclimate.us