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2024 Fall Conference

Nov. 1-2

Ellensburg, Washington

Central Washington University
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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Clock Hour | Reflection Form

For clarification, you are eligible for Clock Hours even for the session you were teaching. 

Even if you are not requesting Clock Hours (not all of us need them), we ask that you fill our the form as a way to reflect on the Fall Conference so we may gather feedback to improve for next year!

Reimbursements on Materials 
from Workshop Sessions.  Here is a form to log your receipts for reimbursement of supplies used in your workshop sessions. 

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Resources-WAEA Fall Conference 2024 Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA
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Join us for the weekend of Nov 1st-2nd, 2024.
The 2024 Fall Conference is being held at
Central Washington University
in Ellensburg, WA
with additional events at
Gallery One on Friday and Saturday Night.

We are heading to the "Crossroads of the State" to pull the East and West (and all other areas) together to Be HERE for the ART !


We will be hosting workshops aligned with WAEA's vision for building connections, collaborating, learning together, and advocating for the Visual Arts in the state of Washington! Plus SO MUCH MORE!

Visual Arts Education: the Crossroads of Creativity!

Be sure to check out the Lodging and Travel page for Information about the WAEA DORM, Hotel Discounts, and Ride - Share / Room - Share Details!​
Lodging | Travel Info

​Central Washington University

​400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
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​Gallery One
408 N Pearl St
​Ellensburg, WA 98926
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WAEA Member
170
 
Conference Registration
​Update your WAEA membership today!
Register NOW!
Workshops on Friday & Saturday with Sunday Site-Based Learning
Saturday Lunch, Art Gallery Show and Saturday Night Party Included.
Clock Hours Available for WAEA members.
Registration & Tickets Coming soon
WAEA Member (First Time Membership Only)
170
 

​Join WAEA today!
includes a $90 Dick Blick Gift Certificate when you join WAEA your first year.
Register NOW!
Workshops on Friday & Saturday with Sunday Site-Based Learning
Saturday Lunch, Art Gallery Show and Saturday Night Party Included.
Clock Hours Available for WAEA members
Registration & Tickets Coming soon
Non-WAEA/NAEA
​Members
270
 

Why not just ​Join WAEA for $80-$95
and register as a member! 
​Pre-service member dues are $50!
Many benefits to being a member!
*Clock hours available for WAEA members ONLY.
Register NOW!
Workshops on Friday & Saturday with Sunday Site-Based Learning
Saturday Lunch, Art Gallery Show and Saturday Night Party Included.
Registration & Tickets Coming soon
Friday, 11/01​​
Check-in at Central Washington University 

First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Ellensburg
​
Connections to Creativity Art Show Reception at Gallery One

​5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Pick up a Packet at the Front Desk of Gallery One for some Learning Activities to earn Clock Hours.

WAEA Event at the INK - Ticketed Event - 
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Proceeds go to WAEA Scholarships
TBD fee 
(tax deductible donation) - limited to 30 WAEA members - 
Sign up here!

Here is the link to add the Workshop.

Saturday, 11/2​​
Check-in at Central Washington University

Check in opens at 7:30 am
Workshops begin at 8:15 am


Vendor Fair 8:00 am - 5:15 pm
Silent Auction 
8:00 am - 5:15 pm

Lunch provided

WAEA Annual Membership Meeting with Awards Ceremony

Monster Bash Art Party at Gallery One
Pizza provided, Bring Drink to share (network over regional delights) or enjoy a sparkling water!
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm



Sunday, 11/3
Informal Site-based Learning at your own pace, or on a tour.

*Make sure to take Selfies of you at the place to upload to the Whova App Photos Section (or upload to the clock hour form) to verify your attendance at the informal learning center.

​Upload as many photos as you want!




Potential to earn up to 15 Clock Hours!

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We are sill looking for:

   Local Tour and/or Offsite Art Making (at least 1 hour or up to 3 Hours) FOR SUNDAY OPTIONAL OPPORTUNITES FOR CLOCK HOURS.
  • You can also email ideas to [email protected] and she will contact to arrange.
  • Could be local Museums and Galleries, Could be in Ellensburg or on your way home...

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Maps and Floorplans
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​Crossroads of Creativity Educator Exhibition 
hosted by Gallery One Visual Arts Center & Washington Art Education Association

ART SHOW RECEPTION is Friday, Nov. 1st
from 5:00PM to 7:00PM 
at Gallery One.

There will be a Cash Bar, live music, and multiple oppertunites to speak to the artists.

It is part of Ellensburg First Friday and many downtown galleries and shops are open hosting events
from 5:00 to 7:00.

See Art Map here.


More Information on the Art Walk in Ellensburg here!

All current, preservice, and retired: classroom educators, museum professionals, teaching artists, and art education professionals are invited to submit artwork.

More information on our
Educator Art Show Page
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Join the WAEA
for Pints, Pizza and Prints at the INK!

FRIDAY Nov. 1st, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
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[This is the only ticketed event for the WAEA Fall Conference,
and only open to those registered for the Conference or Presenting]

The INK is an artist INK-ubator around the corner from Gallery One. 

Join us for a screen printing workshop where you will learn the printing process and actually screen print a tote bag with a design created by the instructor tied to Arts Education.

You can sign up for the workshop only for $60, or engage in the Pints (or nonalcoholic seltzer) and Pizza (vege/meat/salad options) part for an additional $15. 
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[UPDATE: food has been ordered and we are no longer accepting meal ticket add ons]

2.5 Clock Hours for attending. 
Cap of 30 participants. 

The INK is located just around the corner from Gallery One.
map here.


Here is the link to add the Workshop.

then

Click back on here to Add the Meal Package. if you want.
[UPDATE: food has been ordered and we are no longer accepting meal ticket add ons]


All funds go to the Ink and Gallery One for the cost of the materials, workshop, space, artist knowledge and time! 

The Ink (named for its location as the former printing room of the Daily Record)  is designed to act as an incubator for creativity. It is a shared space for artists, creative businesses and creative nonprofits to interact with each other and the greater community. https://www.gallery-one.org/the-ink/
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Our organization is run by volunteers and this conference is made possible
by the collective force of US!

Please Sign up for a Volunteer Shift
to help us ensure the best experience for all!


Special SWAG for Volunteers!
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Need help making your case to attend the WAEA Fall Conference?​
We have you covered!
We have created some materials to help you request funding from your administrator, or visual arts district supervisor.

Check out the how-to guide here.
​
Here is a sample letter to send to your admin ASAP.

Our WAEA 2024 Keynote Speaker...
​

Mike Mitchell

Mike Mitchell is the Art Education Professor/Coordinator at Tennessee State University, an HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee.

Also known as mikewindy, he is a 2020 Makey Makey Ambassador, has achieved the Tennessee Art Education Association Middle Region Art Educator of the Year award, and is Tennessee’s only Crayola Creativity Ambassador.

He sits on the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s rural, educational, arts, culture, and history committee. He earned a degree from the University of Memphis in 2004, where he investigated making art using a wide array of media, including video, sound, painting, printmaking, ceramics, metal casting, stop motion animation, collage, and performance.

He has continued those investigations over the past twenty years and exhibited his work in public spaces all over the world, including galleries, trains, street corners, and outside the grocery store where he has been shopping for forty years.
www.mikewindy.com
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Though I have taught a wide variety of classes from 2-D Design, Digital Photography, Art History, 3-d Design, Sculpture 1/2, as well as, a Steampunk Sculpture a class I created, my mission in teaching is always the same; to impart to students the tools and permission to begin to navigate their immediate art community.

Connecting to what is going on outside of their classroom always reinforces and informs what they do inside of it. Students will buy into the research of contemporary practitioners when they feel they are becoming one. It’s easier to have a conversation about the craftsmanship of a piece of art when students have interaction with an audience about it in a public exhibit that they organize and publicize using social media, sending out a press release and securing the location for the exhibition.

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Auction Form Here
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The WAEA board is excited to offer 
WAEA Membership Scholarships.

Donations provide scholarships for potential members, for whom the $80-$95 fee is a barrier to participation, to receive a free year of WAEA membership.


Scholarship awardees are expected to actively participate in the WAEA during their free membership year. This could include attending board meetings, regional in-person events, presenting at the annual Fall conference, or writing an article for Splatter Magazine.
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Before you apply, be sure you have looked into other resources for funding, such as your building or district professional development funds, PD grants, a school district foundation or even your school’s ASB.
(If you are the sponsor of a National Art Honor Society club, often times your ASB will pay the NAEA Dues as part of the club fees.)


*Scholarship applications will be reviewed and granted at WAEA open membership meetings. 
Apply HERE

​DISCOUNTS Available!

Preservice Educator 
​
Discount
​is $120 off registration.
 

If you are a Pre-service Educator...Use this survey to tell us what art education, art, technology or education program you are in, in addition to your Pre-service WAEA member number.
We will email you the Pre-service Coupon Code once verified.
WAEA Pre-service Discount is $120 off registration.
  • Joining WAEA as a Preservice Teacher is $50.
    • ​Join here
  • It counts as your first year in the WAEA and you are gifted a $90 Dick Blick Gift Certificate!
If joining WAEA for $50 is a deterrent for the pre service teacher, there is a Needs-Based Scholarship Option for Pre-Service w/o Membership on the Survey.

​Workshop Presenter Discount
is $70 off registration. 

Proposal Form Here
Once your Workshop is accepted, we will email you a Presenter Coupon code along with a form for some additional information we will need. Code can only be used once.​

​WAEA Retired Discount
is $70 off registration.

The Promo code for those registered with the WAEA/NAEA as RETIRED ​members is
​WAEARETIRED

NAEA members 

from other states may register for the WAEA price
if you enter your 

NAEA or State Art Association number
 
when you register!
Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah,
all other states,
including British Columbia
are all welcome at the member price!
*note, when joining WAEA, you are also joining NAEA. 
  • Pre-service members join for $50 a year. 
    • and you will receive a $90 Dick Blick coupon in mail a month after you join (if it is your first year).
  • First-year WAEA members join for $80 a year.
    • and you will receive a $90 Dick Blick coupon in mail a month after you join.
  • Professional WAEA membership (make sure yours is active) is $95 to join. 
  • Look up your NAEA/WAEA (or other state) registration number here to input it into the registration.

So many reasons to join! Free clock hours all year, professional development all year (in-person and virtual), Splatter Magazine Digital Subscription, collaboration, connection, and community!
Let's Create together! Let's Advocate for the Arts together! Let's better the profession of Art Educators together!
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​Join WAEA today!
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There are many ways you can help Sponsor and Support this WAEA event:

  • participating in the Vendor Fair,
  • providing SWAG,
  • providing Door Prizes for the Party,
  • providing Silent Auction items to benefit the WAEA scholarship fund, 
  • purchasing AD Space in Splatter Magazine,
  • sharing your non-profit information/resources with us,
  • become a WAEA Gold or Silver level Sponsor to get perks throughout the year!​

WAEA Sponsorship
Information can be found here
on the 
WAEA Sponsorship 
Page.
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To make this conference great, we need volunteers to help run the show!

WAEA Volunteer
Information can be found here
on the 
WAEA Volunteer 
Sign-up.

Volunteers will get a special SWAG item.

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        • National Awards
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        • Art Educator of the Month
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        • Student Scholarships >
          • Scholarship Award Winners
        • Educator Scholarships
    • Art Shows >
      • EDUCATOR EXHIBITS >
        • Teachers as Artists
      • STUDENT SHOWS and Contests >
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          • YAM FLAG >
            • YAM FLAG WINNERS
          • YAM RUBRICS
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    • Splatter Magazine >
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    • Senate Bill 5878
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    • Advocacy Resources
    • POSITION STATEMENTS
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  • EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
    • ED&I Resources
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    • Harassment Response Policy
  • Research-Knowledge
  • Board & GOVERNANCE
    • Governance
    • Executive Board
    • Division Reps
    • Committee Chairs
    • WAEA ESD Regional VPs
    • Past Presidents
  • WAEA Partners
    • NAEA & PACIFIC REGION
    • ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
    • Art Museums
  • Resources
    • Visual Art Standards
    • Lesson Plans and Blogs
    • Art for Social Change