MAEA Museum Meetup: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Aug 2

Join us for a summer MAEA Museum Meetup! Teachers will meet up at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to connect with other art educators and explore the museum!

Advance registration required. Space is limited. Cost: Free MAEA will be reserving tickets for registered attendees. 

Teachers will meet up at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. MAEA will provide entry for up to 20 guests.

Entry is timed and must happen between 11:00 – 11:30 am. Please plan to meet MAEA President Cari DiCicco at the front entrance to receive your ticket. If you use your own MFA membership or purchase your own ticket you can enter at any time.

When: Saturday, August 2, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115
Register here! 

July 16, 2025 Melissa Mastrolia 0

Urgent Need – President-elect

The next term for the MAEA Executive Committee position of President-elect started January 1, 2024. This position is typically a two-year term, that transitions into the role of President, and Past President, which are also two-year terms. At this point the term would be about 6 months, and then transition into the role of MAEA president, which is a stipend role.

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

For additional information about responsibilities and descriptions please refer to the MAEA website. You can also email info@massarted.com to reach the Executive Board for answers to more specific questions. Serving in this role includes paid membership for MAEA and NAEA, as MAEA is a state affiliate of NAEA.

July 16, 2025 Melissa Mastrolia 0

Conference 2025

MAEA still does not have a conference chair for our typical annual conference in the fall of 2025. With that in consideration, the MAEA Board has partnered with Connecticut Art Education Association (CAEA) to provide a conference opportunity this fall for our membership.

Please see the details below for information about participating in the 2025 CAEA conference as a Massachusetts educator.

Connecticut Art Education Association (CAEA) is holding their conference, a one-day conference, on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050. Presenting at and attending the conference is open to Massachusetts educators! More information about the conference can be found here.

Present at CAEA – submit your proposal by the extended deadline of July 6, 2025 at 11:59 pm. Submit your proposal to present here.

Notification of Acceptance – CAEA plans to notify members of the status of their submission as early as possible.

June 30, 2025 Melissa Mastrolia 0

Summer PD with MAEA

Details are almost all finalized for the summer professional development.

Register now for Collaborating on Curriculum, which starts on June 30. This course features synchronous and asynchronous meeting times on Zoom and participants will earn 25 PDPs at completion. All of the details, including the course syllabus can be found here.

We will also be offering the SEI for Art Educators course again June 24-26. This course features synchronous meetings on Zoom and participants will earn 15 PDPs at completion. All of the details, including the course syllabus can be found here.

Our Wicked BooksmART book group focus on the book Guerilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly and will run throughout the summer. Details are still being finalized – email pd@massarted.com to be notified when registration opens!

May 11, 2025 Melissa Mastrolia 0

Hands – On Workshops – May & June offerings

Our PD Committee Chair Margaurita Spear has been working hard to put together more hands-on workshop offerings for this spring. Check out the May and June offerings and register today.

MAEA and NAEA members can register at a discounted price of $12 for each workshop. Learn more and register here.

Each registrant will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the individual workshop. If you attend a total of 5 unique workshops (10 hours), you can submit a request for a PDP certificate.

Have an idea for your own hands-on offering? Reach out to Margaurita (pd@massarted.com) or submit a proposal today.

Margaurita is also interested in co-chairing the PD Committee – connect with her today to learn more about how that might work. Or visit our Join the Board page website to learn a bit more about the position.

May 4, 2025 Melissa Mastrolia 0

Visual Arts MTEL Objective Review Committee Members Needed

The Department and the Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson are seeking Massachusetts educators who hold a provisional, initial or professional Dance or Visual Arts license or educator preparation faculty with expertise in these content areas to participate in an upcoming Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) Objective Review Committees.

  • 5/20/25 – Dance Objective Review Committee
  • 5/21/25 – Visual Arts Objective Review Committee

These committees meet in person from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. over the course of one day. The Department is committed to centering the voices of people who have been historically marginalized in public education, and DESE strongly encourages Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Latino, Asian, other educators of color, and members of other historically marginalized groups to apply.

Interested educators are asked to please complete an application online.

Anyone with questions about this opportunity can email Robyn Kaczowka at evaluationsystemscrg@pearson.com.

April 4, 2025 Mel Mastrolia 0

YAM Poster Design Contest

Thank you to everyone who submitted work to the YAM Poster/Flag Design Contest.

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner

Shu-Ning H., 5th grade artist from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Cambridge, MA. Shu-Ning’s art teacher is Sara Engel.

The winning flag will be hung as part of the NAEA Convention Youth Art Month exhibit in Louisville, KY later this month.

Check out the website to see all the winners and honorable mentions.

March 23, 2025 Mel Mastrolia 0

Urgent Need – President-elect

The next term for the MAEA Executive Committee position of President-elect started January 1, 2024. This position is a two-year term, that transitions into the role of President, and Past President, which are also two-year terms.

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

For additional information about responsibilities and descriptions please refer to the MAEA website. Serving in this role includes paid membership for MAEA and NAEA, as MAEA is a state affiliate of NAEA.

March 23, 2025 Mel Mastrolia 0