10 Great Reasons to be a WAEA Member

1. Connect and Network with your Art Education Community – Meet other art educators at events, meetings and online.

• WAEA Facebook 

2. Great Events where you can earn FREE Clock Hours

• WAEA Annual Fall Conferences with lots of amazing best practice and hands-on sessions, keynotes, exhibition hall, and swag bags full of cool stuff
• Virtual Events: Free monthly online zoom workshops on a wide variety of topics
• Local Events in you ESD such as tours, workshops, social events
• WAEA Summer Events: Learn, Create Rejuvenate at the Summer Art Retreat with longer hands-on workshops; Envision, Connect and Strategize at the Summer Leadership Retreat and help our organization become even better.

​3. Splatter Magazine: Get WAEA’s award winning quarterly digital and print magazine where you can read inspiring articles, learn about WAEA events, find out about leadership opportunities, and get published by submitting articles.
4. Art Exhibits and Events for You and your Students: Find out about and participate in Art Exhibits and Competitions for educators and students.
5. Scholarships: WAEA’s has financial scholarships for high school seniors and art educator scholarships for membership and conferences. 
6. NAEA Convention: Get a discount on registration for the action packed, inspiring multi- day national art education convention held each year in destinations around the county.
7. NAEA Resources: Get unlimited access to NAEA Webinars, a FREE subscription to Art Education magazine and NAEA News, and archived resources, plus discounts on NAEA books and Merchandise.
8. WAEA Open Membership Meetings: WAEA’s bi-monthly meetings are open to anyone and are a great way to find out upcoming events and opportunities, connect with other art educators and learn about ways you can get involved with WAEA. 
9. WAEA will advocate for YOU: WAEA will support art education in your school or district with a strategic letter, email or phone call. Plus, WAEA and NAEA have great advocacy resources. 
10. Benefit from the fact that WAEA is THE Professional Association for Visual and Media Art Teachers in Washington. Your participation in WAEA demonstrates your commitment to the profession and can be used on your educator evaluation as supporting evidence of your professionalism and involvement in the art education field.