The 2017 SISAL member schools’ art exhibit will be held at The Carroll School in Lincoln in May 2017. The exhibition will be up and open to the public May 1 – May 5, 2017 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Awards and take down will be on Sunday, May 7 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Downloads including submission instructions, inventory form, and entry form are in a zip file – click here.
For more information, please contact Diane Francis – dfrancis@carrollschool.org
Open positions: NAHS, Higher Education, Pre-service, Exhibitions Committee Chair, Secretary.
Description of all positions are in the bylaws.
The Massachusetts Art Education Association and CVPA at UMass Dartmouth are proud to announce that Art All-State Massachusetts will celebrate its 30th year in 2017.
The application portal is now open – go to the Art All-State page for complete information – click here.
Each school and/or program may nominate two high school juniors.
Important Dates
January 31: Application Materials Due
March 10 and 17: Student Interviews
June 9 and 10: Art All-State
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact artallstate@umassd.edu
or call 508.999.9204
Lesley University’s College of Art and Design is currently hosting an exhibition of artwork by students who attend schools associated with AANEPS. The exhibition includes work by roughly 120 students from thirteen different preparatory schools — including St. Marks, Thayer Academic, BB&N, Milton Academy, Winsor School, etc. For this project, the students were asked to produce work that explored the concept of “identity.” Needless to say, the results are both interesting and compelling!
November 12 and 13, 2016, Lesley University | Cambridge MA
The 2016 MAEA Conference took place on November 12 and 13 in Cambridge, MA hosted by Lesley University.
Jane Best’s Keynote Address and accompanying pdf’s:
I hope you are looking forward to the first weekend in December. The invitation linked below has all the details of this year’s ISAIA conference. This is going out exactly one month from the deadline, but please do not hesitate to send your confirmation in early.
A glimpse of what is in store can be seen on the conference website – click here – but again the included invite/letter speaks to occasion directly.
Questions / comments?
I’d love to hear from you,
Scot
Scot J. Wittman – ISAIA co-President / Rutgers Preparatory School – wittman@rutgersprep.org
Bill Hardy – ISAIA co-President / Millbrook School
Ian Torney – ISAIA 2016 Site Director / Milton Academy
MAEA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Massachusetts Art Educators of the Year. The Massachusetts Art Education Association will present the awards at MAEA’s Annual Conference at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
Click here for the list of award recipients on the awards page.
Dear MAEA Members,
It is with a heavy heart that I write to you this afternoon regarding the unfortunate passing of John Michael Gray.
As the founding father and committed member of MAEA for approximately 40 years, John Michael certainly wore many hats serving tirelessly as Treasurer, President, Conference Coordinator, and Exhibitions Director.
With his long time partner and husband, Timothy O’Connor, the “Hat Sisters” have made a substantial and lasting impact on the art education and LGBTQ community across the state. Their dedication to advocating on behalf of art education is truly unmatched.
For those of us who have been working with John Michael on the Board and through various projects over the years, we will certainly miss his positive, upbeat personality and wonderful calming demeanor. As our unofficial MAEA historian, we valued his insight, advice and guidance in all Board activities. Among his many legacies, John Michael and Tim O’Connor co-directed the Scholastic Art Awards celebrating the creative achievements of our students and provided professional development for our educators through directing the New England Art Education Conference for many years.
As we receive additional information regarding the arrangements and services we will be sure to forward along. If you have the means, please consider donating to the GoFundMe page set up by a family friend to assist with medical expenses – click here.
We are still planning to complete the book for both Tim and John Michael and will present it to Tim at an appropriate time. If you would like to submit a page for the book the deadline for receiving artwork has been extended to October 20. We have many ideas as to how we can best honor John Michael’s memory and commemorate the founding father of MAEA. If you have any ideas, please let us know as we are committed to honoring both John Michael and Tim in the future.
Our most sincere and heartfelt sympathies to his husband Timothy O’Connor and family.
With deep sympathy,
Kristi Oliver
MAEA President, on behalf of the MAEA Board of Directors
October 3 – November 18, 2016
State Transportation Building | Boston
The Massachusetts Art Education Association is continuing a series of art education exhibitions in the second floor atrium/gallery space at the State Transportation Building in Boston.
Photography teachers for grades 9 – 12 have submitted student work for a “first” exhibit of the 2016 – 2017 school year. The past photography exhibits were very well received, and we had lot of positive feedback from students, parents, and teachers as well as the general public and employees in the State Transportation Building.
The exhibit will open on Monday, October 3, 2016. It will hang until Friday, November 18, 2016.
The following MAEA Executive Board positions are currently open for a two-year appointment:
Please submit a letter of intent, resume/CV, short biography (250 word), and head shot for the election to secretary@massarted.com by October 1, 2016.
Elections for President, President-Elect, and Secretary will open October 15 through October 31 and will be held electronically.
For a description of responsibilities, please refer to the bylaws.
If you have any questions, please contact president@massarted.com