Spotlight
Welcome NATA members!
Shining a spotlight on our amazing art education leaders across the state
and highlighting the many events NATA hosts throughout the year!
NATA NEWS
NATA Summer Board Meeting Held Saturday, July 25 via Zoom
Twenty-three members joined President Bill Cavill on Saturday, July 25 via Zoom to meet for the 2020 NATA Summer Board Meeting. Over the four hour meeting, many agenda items and reports as well as actions were shared & approved. The 2020-2021 NATA Budget was approved.
To see the agenda, visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lLcMOgfFuX9kc_PDLz11ltCDBsUOgewR18fKupXcaLI/edit?usp=sharing
The NATA Fall Board Meeting is Thursday, October 15.
Left: Attendees demonstrate the many hats they wear.
Below: words that describe attendees' summers.
To see the agenda, visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lLcMOgfFuX9kc_PDLz11ltCDBsUOgewR18fKupXcaLI/edit?usp=sharing
The NATA Fall Board Meeting is Thursday, October 15.
Left: Attendees demonstrate the many hats they wear.
Below: words that describe attendees' summers.
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Dr. Trina Harlow Visits June NATA Camaraderie and Conversation Gathering
NATA hosted Dr. Trina Cole Harlow for the June Camaraderie and Conversation gathering. She shared a message of hope, honesty, and healing as we prepare for the next school year. She encouraged all educators to fall back in love with teaching whether remote, in person, or blended.
Thank you Dr. Harlow for spending time with the twenty art educators who joined us from Nebraska to California!
Next month, our guest will be Dr. Ferial Pearson speaking about "Equity and Culturally Responsive Teaching". We will gather on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00pm.
Thank you Dr. Harlow for spending time with the twenty art educators who joined us from Nebraska to California!
Next month, our guest will be Dr. Ferial Pearson speaking about "Equity and Culturally Responsive Teaching". We will gather on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00pm.
NATA Receives Nebraska Arts Council Grant to Support Fall Conference
Second Camaraderie and Conversations Gathering Focuses on Time and Creativity
NATA hosted its second in the series of Camaraderie and Conversations on Wednesday, May 27 with a focus on how members are using their time during isolation and how quarantine is impacting creative ventures. Hosted by Jody Boyer, Josie Langbehn, and Bob Reeker, fifteen attendees spent the hour sharing, based on a series of questions: How do you structure your time to balance work, life and creativity? During isolation, what around you is inspiring you in your creations? To what extent is virtual social networking impacting what or how you create? Have you used this time to finish old projects or go back to incomplete ideas to finish? I find that I have more time to think ideas through - have you found your work changing at all? Does any one have any work they want to share?
The next NATA Camaraderie and Conversations will take place Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00pm CT with guest speaker, Dr. Trina Harlow. She is the founder of the online group, Online Art Teachers (K-12). Her message title is, "Modifying Art Education Structures: Planning for Digital Instruction". We hope many will plan to join!
The next NATA Camaraderie and Conversations will take place Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00pm CT with guest speaker, Dr. Trina Harlow. She is the founder of the online group, Online Art Teachers (K-12). Her message title is, "Modifying Art Education Structures: Planning for Digital Instruction". We hope many will plan to join!
NATA Board Accomplishes Much during Virtual Spring Board Meeting
Seventeen members, including your NATA board met on Saturday, May 23 for the Zoom 2020 Spring Board Meeting! Much great work was accomplished and some amazing door prizes were given. We thanked Tyler Hinton for her work as Member Services Director and gave Julie Ryan a celebratory thank you for all her work over the last six years. We also began to welcome Bill Cavill Jr. and Bob Reeker into their new roles starting this summer! This was also the final board meeting for Jody Boyer and Josie Langbehn as co-presidents.
First NATA Camaraderie and Conversation for Nebraska Art Educators Well Attended
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NATA launched a new offering on Tuesday, April 28 in the form of a Zoom gathering for "Camaraderie and Conversation with Nebraska Art Educators". We had 18 art educators join the discussion as participants shared and processed the current crisis and its impact both personally and professionally. Hosted by Jody Boyer, Josie Langbehn, Rebecca Jorgenson, and Jennifer Bockerman, participants had many opportunities to interact and share their thoughts about emergency instruction delivery and a myriad of other topics in response to quarantine and isolation. The Wordle above is a result of attendees sharing through Mentimeter, words that describe art educators!
A team is already working on the next few monthly deliveries of this format for Nebraska Art Educators. We hope you will join us!
A team is already working on the next few monthly deliveries of this format for Nebraska Art Educators. We hope you will join us!
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We hosted a successful Youth Art Month Exhibit and Virtual Celebration.
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2019 Fall Conference
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What a weekend! We hope you found rich material this weekend at the fall conference. Thank you again to Dr. Donalyn Heise, Dr. Ferial Pearson, Amy Haney, Gabrielle Gaines-Liwaru and all our member presenters!
Thank you also to all of the volunteers who helped make this happen. Our two fundraisers, the silent auction and our new raffle raised $1.708.00 this year! Thank so much for donating items and participating in these engaging fundraising events at conference! Sending items to the silent auction or basket raffle is a great way to highlight the businesses and regional assets in your community! Please click the links below to fill out a brief survey telling us about your experience at the conference, and to see the materials from your favorite presentations! |
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NATA was a 2018 Nebraska Governor's Arts Award Recipient! NATA PROUD!
NAEA NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
Nebraska Arts Council Floating Deadline grants are available - check out the possibilities!
Check out Witness: The Art of Samuel Bak at the UNO Art Gallery. Funds are also available for school visits, contact jmenard@unomaha.edu
Amplifier Arts offers Working Artist Wednesdays, a series of artist professional development workshops - check it out!
Did you know the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha Nebraska offers a variety of workshops and access to numerous studios? Check out programming for this fall!
The Kansas City Art Institute's 2020 Art Educator Lab application process is now open! Check it out. http://info.kcai.edu/continuing-education/programs/art-educators
Check out Witness: The Art of Samuel Bak at the UNO Art Gallery. Funds are also available for school visits, contact jmenard@unomaha.edu
Amplifier Arts offers Working Artist Wednesdays, a series of artist professional development workshops - check it out!
Did you know the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha Nebraska offers a variety of workshops and access to numerous studios? Check out programming for this fall!
The Kansas City Art Institute's 2020 Art Educator Lab application process is now open! Check it out. http://info.kcai.edu/continuing-education/programs/art-educators
Thank you for all the work you do in and out of the classroom to make Nebraska a great place for art education! ANNND Thank you for all the work you do to make this organization shine!
Warmly,
Josie Langbehn & Jody Boyer
NATA Co-Presidents (2018-2020)
Warmly,
Josie Langbehn & Jody Boyer
NATA Co-Presidents (2018-2020)