Why You Should Become A Member Of WAEA
What does membership give you...
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Fall Conference
- Keynote Sessions
- Breakout sessions with keynote
- Member's Market Place
- Hands on Workshops
- Silent Auction
- Stuart Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Fall Conference - cont.
- Gala Event with State Awards
- Student art exhibit and performance
- Networking with educators around the state
Youth Arts Month - March
- Annual Student show at the Frye Art Museum
- State Flag Design
- Logo for State High School Art Show
- Hangs at State High School Art Show
- Hangs in Washington D.C.
Student participation statewide, K-12 Art sculptures often shown in other venues (WAEA and NAEA Conferences)
OSPI High School Art Show
- Tribute Award for support of arts education
- Reception hosted by WAEA
- Purchase of art work of high school student by WAEA for state permanent art collection
State Level Leadership Opportunities
WAEA members on OSPI committees such as:
- Members served on state committee to determine pre-service requirements in the arts
- Members serve on the State Arts Assessment Development Committee
- Members serve on Art Frameworks Committee
ARTSTIME
www.artstime.org
- Foster High School - Tukwila
- Covers all of the art disciplines
- Approximately 500 attend
- Artstime occurs on a bi-annual schedule sponsored by OSPI
Past and Present College Partnerships
- Cornish College of the Arts - Seattle
- Art Institute of Seattle - WAEA Art Exhibit
- Seattle Pacific University - Offer credit programs for conference
- City University - Advisory board for Master's in Education
Professional Development
- National Board Certification
- WAEA members support those seeking certification
- Gates Grant
- Members support technology application to art room
Division Forums
- Elementary Forum
- Middle Level Forum
- Secondary Level Forum
Forums are workshops with focus on the division level.
- Examples:
- RAKU Rodeo, Clay at the Frye, A day with Binney and Smith
Museum Partnership
- Frye Art Museum
- Workshops
- Student art show
- Seattle Art Museum
- Free admission during Conferences in Seattle
- Whatcom Museum of History and Art
- High School Art Show - February
- Bellevue Art Museum
- NAEA Pacific Region Meeting
- Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center
- High School Art Show - February-April
National Involvement
- NAEA Convention
- 2006 Chicago
- 2007 New York
- 2008 New Orleans
- Art Education Magazine
- Professional publications
- http://www.naea-reston.org
Possible Involvement
- YAM
- Museum Partnerships
- Informational Emails from the President
- Website
- State Level Involvement
- Grant Recipients
- National Involvement
- Statewide Networking