Lincoln North Star High School Art Teachers Lead Students on a Journey to Present Art I AM NOT YOUR MISCONCEPTION, Lincoln North Star High School Painting, Photography, Pottery, Digital Art Student Art Show Five Lincoln North Star High School art classes have collaborated to create their own exhibition based on the theme of Identity Misconceptions, which was installed for public viewing at LUX Center for the Arts on April 22nd. Students in the Advanced Art Courses at North Star explored traditional and contemporary art exhibition venues in Nebraska that support working artists and offer opportunities to create and present artwork. This project is a collaboration of North Star, and LUX Center for the Arts, and Doane College’s Arts Are Basic Program, whose mission is to support outstanding curriculum development. The public is invited to view the work during regular business hours of LUX from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and during the closing reception held during Lincoln’s First Friday Artwalk May 1st, from 5 to 8 p.m. Throughout the duration of this immersion unit, students explored all four Nebraska Visual Arts Standards: CREATE, PRESENT, RESPOND, CONNECT Learn more about this project or contact the NATA members involved in the collaboration: Lynette Fast (Painting), Jocelyn Reiss (Photography), Mollie Magunson (Pottery), and Lorinda Rice (LPS Visual Art Curriculum Consultant). Others instrumental in facilitation of the project were: Brooke Gillotti (Digital Art), Bri Murphy (LUX Center for the Arts Curator), and Rhea Gill (Doane College Arts Are Basic Director). Restructuring NATA - What are your visions? Teaching has changed. Professional responsibilities have changed. Students have changed. Accountability has changed. School/district structure has changed. Shoot, even lunch and recess has changed. Our responsibilities and needs are changing faster than we can keep up. The new NATA Board Structure is in a piloting phase right now. We are trying to determine where our focus should lie and what member's needs will be in the next 1-5 years and beyond. Please take 2 minutes to complete a brief survey that includes your opinion of which services are most important to you as NATA plans for support of art educators across the state of Nebraska. Please ask yourself what you need in order "to advocate for and advance art education in Nebraska to fulfill human potential and promote global understanding".  Assessing Learning in Students' Responses to Works of Art Monday, April 27th - Saturday, May 2nd Event Hosts: Michelle Grohe (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum); Stephanie Downey (Randi Korn & Associates); Benjamin Tellie (Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, Maryland); and Olga Hubard (Teachers College Columbia University) The purpose of student interactions with works of art has been defined in multiple ways: from nurturing skills associated with critical thinking to enhancing empathy and cultural awareness; from learning about the history of art to nurturing profound experiences of artworks; and so forth. The way we assess student learning is inevitably linked to notions of how engagements with art matter. In this Interactive Café, researchers and practitioners share visions about the value of students' encounters with works of art and discuss how particular visions might influence-or be shaped by-approaches to assessment.  Consider signing up your school today!
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NATA PRESERVICE TEACHER SPRING FORUM DISCOVERY: STEM to STEAM - GET SIGNED UP NOW! April 11th, 9am-4pm Sponsored by UN-O and NATA Get Information and Register Here By April 3rd! ESU 10/ NATA Art Educator's Networkshop, April 10th Register now! Featuring Pat Jones, Mandalas, and Lorinda Rice, LPS Art Curriculum Specialist. Free to ESU 10 teachers, $20 fee if outside ESU 10. Register at ESU 10 ODIE system. The workshop will be held at ESU 10, 76 Plaza Blvd, Kearney.
And Two More NATA Members Presenting in New Orleans Makes 15! Congratulations to the following Nebraska Teachers presenting at NAEA National Convention! Look at the wealth of knowledge being shared from Nebraska. Download the presentation schedule. Kacee Conley, UNK PreService Student, Be the Author! Creating iBooks that Enliven Inspire, and Advocate, with Stephanie Baer. Dr. Lilly Lu, UNO, Design Thinking for New Media Arts: Digital Game Design See last weeks blog post for the other member presentations. Y.A.M. Celebration Recognizes Sixty-Four Students K-12 On a lovely day March 21st in Lincoln, at the State Capitol, families filled the Rotunda for our annual Youth Art Month Celebration. During the 30 minute ceremony, a Lincoln North Star High School Vocal Trio opened the celebration with the National Anthem and special guest Senator Hansen lead the Pledge of Allegiance and addressed the audience about the importance of the arts. This year's words of inspiration were delivered by featured high school artist, Evan Spencer of Aurora, and 2014 Nebraska Art Educator of the Year, Dr. Lisa Kastello. NATA member Sarah Weganast is proud to be Evan's teacher. Thank you to the many NATA teachers that attended and assisted with the ceremony and packaging of the artwork. Special thanks to Jocelyn Reiss and Jody Boyer for facilitating the show. Debbie DeFrain and Carol Bom of the NDE provided the beautiful color programs and certificates for each student honored and coordinated the delivery and return of the artwork. News from other sources...Video Portraits of Nebraska Artists Project Well Underway with Great Success and Support As of Friday, the main interviews of the first four artists that were prioritized for the project have been completed. These are the interviews that are supported with funds from the Nebraska Arts Council (NAC). They include — Eddie Dominguez, Mary Zicafoose, Ying Zhu, Angela Drakeford. With two of these four — Eddie and Mary — we have also completed presenting to two arts classes and documenting the artists’ visits to their classrooms. We are still working to set up the school visits with Ying and Angela. The next task is to edit the interviews and presentations into the short video segments that will illustrate the Standards. The NAC made available short video segments with four artists who they interviewed several years ago. These are great pieces, but they provide only one viewpoint about one of the Visual Arts Standards. So, Laurie and Bill made the decision to interview them again — at no charge to the project — so that they can provide full answers to all standards. To date we’ve interviewed — Keith Jacobshagen, Karen Kunc In the near future, we’ll interview — Jun Kaneko, Michael James We’ve also received a second round of funding from the Cooper Foundation. That will allow us to document the lives and work of Littleton Alston, Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez, Donel Keeler, and Debra Salopek. View the beginnings of the project or contact Bill Ganzel to get your students involved with the project. Northern Plains Indian Artist Residency
The University Art Galleries is excited to sponsor the second Northern Plains Indian Artist Residency at the University of South Dakota. The postmark deadline is fast approaching April 3, 2015. The Contemporary Native Arts Program (CNAP) at the University of South Dakota (USD) seeks applicants for the Northern Plains Indian Artist Residency (NPIAR). Artists who are registered members of a tribe in the Northern Plains region are eligible to apply for the residency. The artist-in-residence will spend the entire month of June living and working at USD, located on the banks of the Missouri River in Vermillion, South Dakota. The artist will be expected to work on a new or ongoing visual arts project. This prestigious artist residency includes a generous stipend package, including a general living stipend of $3,000, a materials stipend of $3,000 and a technology stipend of $3,000. All food and lodging is covered by the CNAP program for the artist's four week stay. The artist will use the USD art department facilities to work towards the completion of their visual art project. Find out more...  Travon, Grade 1, Eastridge Elementary, Lincoln, Bob Reeker Art Specialist NATA PRESERVICE TEACHER SPRING FORUM DISCOVERY: STEM to STEAM April 11th, 9am-4pm Sponsored by UN-O and NATA Get Information and Register Here By April 3rd! NATA's Rich History 2005 Photos provided by Julie Ryan. News from other sources...Two Opportunities at UNL Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala Learn in a unique, natural setting while fostering collaboration between artists and scientists. The summer art session at UNL’s Cedar Point Biological Station provides concentrated time for creative research in an expansive, exotic, yet local location. Read more... Eligibility: Nebraska art teachers and creative writers at colleges and universities, MFA art students, and K-12 art teachers. Artist in Residency at UNL Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala. July 5- 12 or July 5-19. Deadline is March 20th. ARTP 183 Art at Cedar Point: Eco-Printing into Bookmaking. 3 credits, (ACE 7) June 8-9, instructor Karen Kunc. See flyer... Nebraskans For the Arts Legislative Update Upcoming Hearings on Arts-related Legislation Monday, March 2nd -- Education Committee hearing on two bills. LB355: eliminates the termination date of the Nebraska Opportunity Grant fund and changes funding allocations from lottery proceeds; and LB402: require the State Department of Education to provide distance education to school districts and ESUs for qualified distance education courses. Monday, March 2nd -- Appropriations Committee hearing on LB565: provide funding for training and education program in high-need fields. Monday, March 9th -- Appropriations Committee hearing on funding for the Nebraska Arts Council for fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17. See more Bills/ Legislation of Interest... McCook Art Guild Summer Youth Art Workshops, June Instructor Ginamarie McCarty More information and registration... University of NE at Kearney Job Opportunity
Lecturer, Art Education #2015-00027 JOB DESCRIPTION OR DUTIES: The Art and Art History Department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is seeking applications for a Full-time Lecturer in Art Education. This individual will teach in the undergraduate program in art education and art foundation courses. Additional activities include supervision of student teachers, student advising and recruitment, department/college/university committees and activities including assessment and National Art Education Association Student Chapter; pursuing scholarly research and service in the area of Art related topics. HOW TO APPLY: Application review will begin March 23, 2015. Review continues until position is filled. For more information and to apply visit http://unkemployment.unk.edu/. All applications MUST be completed online. To apply select "Apply" and follow instructions to complete the Faculty Application. Also, please attach a letter of application, vita, statement of teaching philosophy and contact information for three references to the on-line profile. In addition send or e-mail electronic media (pdf files) and/or slides of student and professional artwork to: Search Committee Chair, Lisa Kastello, 2506 12th Avenue, Kearney, NE 68849. Phone: 308-627-6224, Fax: 308-865-8806, kastelloll@unk.edu. Direct questions about the position to 308-627-6224.
If we have not received your work at TAC this is the schedule for when I will be available to show you where to unpack your work and to put key stickers on your name tags. Unless you are shipping your work, PLEASE DO NOT JUST DROP YOUR WORK OFF WITHOUT UNPACKING AND ADDING SILVER AND GOLD KEYS TO NAME TAGS. This helps make sure your work is unpacked properly and labeled correctly. When you come to TAC, bring work to fourth floor and see Lynn C. in office 4-163, if she is not there, try the second door on the left, this is a store room for all the works as they are checked in. We have started installing/hanging work so it is imperative we have your work asap, so it can be curated appropriately in the exhibit. Feb. 17 Tuesday Work til 5:45 p.m. Feb 18 Wednesday is Ash Wednesday so won't work as long. Feb 19 Thursday work til 5:00 Feb 20 Friday Work til 5:30 Feb 21st - DeAnn Hansich will be at TAC at 9:00 a.m. to work with volunteers to complete the installation of the exhibit. Please arrange a trip with your students to see the entire show once it is installed! I know many area schools come to the ceremony, but to experience it again as a class/school is an excellent opportunity to reflect and take in all the great work without the 'rush' of the ceremony. We have several schools that travel to Omaha 1 - 3 hours to view the exhibit and go to other art venues, like Joslyn, Bemis, Hot Shops etc. We would LOVE more Omaha, Bellevue, Lincoln, Millard students to attend the show as a field trip also. The dates are Feb. 23 - end of March. March is Youth Arts Month, so it a great time to plan this!
YOUTH ART MONTH DATE CHANGE BECAUSE OF SNOW DAY SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND NO ACCESS AVAILABLE TO THE STATE DEPT OF EDUCATION ON FEB 15 & 16: ARTWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THURSDAY FEB 19TH AT 5:00PM Print your YAM Student Invitations NOW! COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP BRAINSTORMING RESULTS At Fall Conference Stephanie Carlson-Pruch, NATA Community Leadership Director, asked division liaisons for specific feedback about communications and resources.
NATA PRESERVICE TEACHER SPRING FORUM DISCOVERY: STEM to STEAM April 11th, 9am-4pm Sponsored by UN-O and NATA Get Information and Register Here By April 3rd! News From Other Sources...We've Been Invited...to the Wyoming Art Education Association's 2015 Spring Conference February 28-March 1, 2015 Triumph HS in Cheyenne, WY And...you can attend for member price of $65! Read more... Joslyn Thursdays for Teachers  The Evening... Upon arrival, please check in with JAMA volunteers and enjoy refreshments! We move to Abbott Lecture Hall at 5:15 pm for welcome and introductions. Then Jeremy Johnson, PhD, UNO professor of art education, will present “Comics 101.” Then you will continue to learn about graphic novels or move to American modern paintings. PICK YOUR PATH: [ ABOUT THE GRAPHIC NOVELS PATH ] Gallery Experience: BAM! It’s a Picture Book: The Art Behind Graphic Novels Join docent Beth Howard on this exploration through the special exhibition, BAM! as she shares with you some of the popular graphic novels on display and participate in a gallery activity. Workshop: Comic Connections Description This workshop, led by Jeremy Johnson, will focus on how teachers can connect comics to lessons that they are already doing. Teachers will take a current event from a local newspaper and create a comic based on the article. This is a great way to help students understand the conventions of comics but also assess their comprehension and summarization skills! [ ABOUT THE AMERICAN MODERN PAINTINGS PATH ] Gallery Experience: American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keefe to Rockwell Join docent Karen Whittler who will first take you to see Stuart Davis’ American Painting in our permanent collection and then onto the special exhibition, American Moderns. This is a ticketed exhibition, but Joslyn will provide you with a ticket so you may gain entrance. Workshop: Absolutely Abstraction Come experiment with intuitive mark making with local painter Kim (Reid Kuhn) Darling. Inspired by Joslyn’s American Painting by Stuart Davis and the American Moderns exhibit, you will explore ideas of abstraction, text in art, and personal iconography using a variety of media. Find out more... ARTSLAM+
Each artist has four minutes to present their work to an art-loving audience, discussing their work, inspirations, techniques, and future directions as time allows. Presentation formats may include Powerpoint or individual slides. Artists are required to donate one piece of artwork for a raffle and to present another for sale (artists will receive the purchase price, less any transaction fees). After the artist presentations, audience members vote for their favorite by dropping a raffle ticket in the chosen artist’s bowl. At the end of the evening winning artists will be announced as well as raffle winners. read more... Fall conference Reflections Over 130 attended the NATA Fall Conference in Aurora, NE last weekend. This included 92 NATA members, 16 non-members, 21 non-member presenters, and 7+ vendors. Post by Marta Roman. Please share your memories and stop by the Nebraska Art Teachers Association Facebook page to view everyone's memories. PICK UP AVAILABLE HANDOUTS FROM CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Developing "PRESENT" and "CREATE" Standards by using Technology with Students See how Lincoln Public Schools Art Department makes the move! Here's some sources that could guide you in creating digital portfolios with students: GoogleApps Documenting Student Performance by Melinda Kolk Digi[cation] InformationWeek: 7 Ways to Create ePortfolios MEMBER NEWS Nancy Roberts, Logan View Public Schools elementary art educator is exhibiting at the Smiling Turtle Art Spot in Omaha during October. The show is titled "Spoke & Art"; opening reception is Oct. 4, 6:00p-9:00p. Bellevue East High School teacher, Tim Bogatz, communicating the value of art education. NEWS FROM OTHER SOURCES DISCOVER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE UNL Camp for High School Students June 14-19, 2015 Richard Sutton is a naturalist and was involved in Fall Conference at Aurora last weekend. He asked us to share this information with you. Landscape Architecture is “the art and practice of designing the outdoor environment”. Landscape Architects collaborate with communities, architects, and engineers to design campuses, parks, gardens, cities, and large-scale land planning projects. To learn more about the profession, visit the website of the American Society of Landscape Architects at www.asla.org. This workshop, developed for high school students interested in Landscape Architecture, provides a unique experience to explore issues surrounding the field. The workshop provides learning opportunities in the form of design studio exploration, seminars and discussions, field trips and film presentations. The central focus of the workshop is a design studio where design issues are explored and creative energies are nurtured. As part of the workshop, students will visit professional offices, learn about various career opportunities, and develop fundamental skills necessary for the study of design. Deadline to apply April 6, 2015 NEBRASKANS FOR THE ARTS VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS HONOR Each month, Nebraskans for the Arts will honor a Nebraska student who has made outstanding achievements in the Visual and Performing Arts. Nomination of students can only be made by Nebraskans for the Arts members, upon the recommendation of teachers or school administrators. Nebraskans for the Arts believes that student participation in high quality arts education contributes to overall higher student achievement, student engagement, critical thinking skills, and problem solving. Research from The Search Institute and Gallup supports the role of the arts in a positive school climate, hopefulness of students, and strong asset building. We believe the arts are essential and want to honor students who demonstrate both talent and the positive impact of the arts on their lives and the decisions they make. To increase recognition of our honorees, students will be showcased individually on the website: www.nebraskansforthearts.org. The student will receive a certificate of recognition, and the student’s school principal, superintendent and state senator will be notified in hopes of increasing awareness of the importance of these students’ achievements and talents. TO NOMINATE A STUDENT: complete the Nomination Form. If you have questions, please e-mail the Nebraskans for the Arts Executive Director, Doug Zbylut, or reach him by phone at 402.595.2125. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE SENIOR OPEN HOUSE
I wanted to share information with you regarding the College of Architecture Senior Open House at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Every year the College of Architecture holds a senior open house for students who may have an interest in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Interior Design. This fall our open house will be on Friday, October 10, 2014. High school seniors will have the opportunity to learn about our academic programs in Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture. These majors are ideal for students who have an interest in art, design, outdoors, environmental sustainability, and more! Participants in the open house will have lunch with our faculty and current students, tour the College facilities, and take part in a design activity. If you have students who have expressed an interest in these professions, would you please share this opportunity with them? Students who wish to attend the open house can register here. Event registration closes on October 6, 2014. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Leslie Gonzalez Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator & Advisor University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Architecture 232 Architecture Hall West Lincoln, NE 68588-0107 402-472-4065 FALL CONFERENCE DEADLINES APPROACHING Deadlines for important opportunities at fall conference are quickly approaching:.
2014 ART EDUCATOR SHOW You should have received confirmation of your acceptance of work into the 2014 show at Fall Conference in Aurora. Please ship/ deliver your work before 8/25/14 to Plainsman Museum, 210 16th Street, Aurora, NE 68818. Contact Jocelyn Reiss with any questions.  FEATURED ARTIST WORKSHOP for 2014 FALL CONFERENCE
Margaret Berry, Encaustics "Hot Wax/Cool Art" will provide a brief background in encaustic history and contemporary applications as well as basic safety, materials and equipment information. The focus will be on simple encaustic collage which uses beeswax to layer natural elements together and fits the conference theme most closely, although oil pastel and drawing into the wax will be explored to enhance the collages. Time for discussion on applications in the classroom and links to science and writing curriculums. Bob Reeker, Curriculum Facilitator Bob is the current Past Co-President of Nebraska Art Teachers Association. He served on the National Art Education Association board as Elementary Division Director 2009-2011. Bob is currently on the National Art Education Foundation board as a trustee. He was on the 2014 state standard writing team working with the media arts standards. He teaches K-5 Visual Art and Integrated Technology at Eastridge Elementary in Lincoln. Angela Kubalek, Naturalist Currently an intern resident at Branched Oak Farm where as well as working in organic dairy production she has had the opportunity for creating art with materials and inspiration that comes solely from the fields, nature, and animals of the farm. Prior to this she has worked extensively in prairie restoration and native plant propagation. In the summers she takes a short respite from the NE heat to commercial salmon fish in WA state, finding ways to make art from the natural surroundings everywhere. THANK YOU FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS The following have contributed to make this amazing conference possible. Please thank them for believing in Nebraska Visual Art Education. Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment Sheldon Museum of Art The Educational Sketchbook Program Davis Glaser Ceramics, Lincoln Hamilton Communications, Aurora Hamiltion Community Foundation, Aurora Pinnacle Bank, Aurora Bob Reeker, NATA co-Past President We continue to look for more sponsors to keep member costs of attending conference down. If you know of someone we could contact to support our conference, please email: Carolyn Albracht, Lynette Fast, Allison Varah STEM TO STEAM Here's an infographic created by University of Florida. You might want to print it or use it for talking points as you talk to staff and community members this school year. SAVE THE DATE The next NATA board meeting will be September 25th, 5-9pm, at the Leadership Center in Aurora, NE. |
