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2025 Fall ConferenceNov. 7th - 9th
Seattle, Washington Lincoln High School Seattle Public Schools + more! Let’s nurture the courageous creativity within each of us — together, it can make a difference. Join us for workshops on visual arts, media arts, and design education and take the opportunity to share and collaborate on your own knowledge and learning. The Washington Art Education Association’s Fall Conference is one of the largest professional development opportunities in the state of Washington that is exclusively developed for art educators and artists. Attendees participate in exemplary professional learning workshops and sessions with pK-12 art educators, museum educators, researchers, scholars/university professors, pre-service art educators, retired art educators, teaching artists, and administrators/supervisors. |
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Each year WAEA looks to honor outstanding art educators and art supporters in our state. These educators have contributed by EDUCATING, ADVOCATING for and PARTICIPATING in Visual Art Education in their school, district, region and/or state.
PLEASE take the time to nominate art educators for WAEA Awards! Why nominate? Award winners gain: Beneficial Resume Enhancement, Networking Opportunities, Oppertunities for future National and Regional NAEA Awards, WAEA Fall Conference Registration fee waived, Art Educator of the Year gets National Conference Registration waived, Bragging Rights, and Recognized with Award at Fall Conference Awards Ceremony! Nominees do not need to be WAEA members (*except for the HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD... the student needs to be a pre-service WAEA/NAEA member) DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: October 15th [CLOSED] Winners recognized at the Fall Conference. |
2025 Youth Art Month
FLAG-BANNER Design CONTEST "Healing Through Color" more information on our winners here. 
Lillian Park, who attends Liberty High School in the Issaquah School District, entitled her work, "Emerald Remedy." Youth Art Month Chair, Nicole Dibble, shares this year's YAM Flag with King 5 News
Overall YAM Winning Flag Displayed at NAEA held in Kentucky in March 2025!
With YAM chair Nicole Dibble, Mark Moody (coPresident-Elect) and Becky Broyles (coPresident)
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Gov Ferguson proclaims March as Youth Art Month in Washington!
State Superintendent Chris Reykdal officially Recognizes March as Youth Art Month!
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Building Regional Advocacy |
Building Regional Advocacy is a presentation on how to make an interactive Google Map to increase advocacy and collaboration. Given at the National Leadership Conference for NAEA by Becky Broyles, Co-President, in July 2024.
Our map is on our Regional Events Page here for reference. Are you a member? Please add information about yourself and your district on the Regional Events Page in order for us to have up-to-date data. |
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The Washington Art Education Association (WAEA) has about 325 members, including K-12 art teachers from public and private schools, administrators, museum educators, art school and college professors, retired and pre-service educators. WAEA is affiliated, at the national level, with the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and is part of the Pacific Region. The NAEA has over twenty two thousand members.
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2024-2025
Open Membership Meetings All are welcome to join us for a WAEA Open Membership business meeting in which we will discuss our goals, upcoming events, and general agenda items. Use this link to Add ALL these dates (and all General WAEA Events) to your Google Calendar. *Please note that there are no open membership meetings during the summer. **Meeting Minutes can be found at the Meetings page 
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SPLATTER MAGAZINE2025 Fall Conference Splatter Issue (You can be a published author too! Submit your lesson plans & articles below) 
WAEA'S Splatter Magazine Was Awarded The NAEA Newsletter Award in 2021.
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