Some art education items to place in your calendar and web links.

Internship application for spring 2010 is due Tuesday, September 15th. Information and application forms are available on the UF STUDENT TEACHING page


Congratulations Meridith!
Art Education senior (and Ceramics regular) Meridith Coen has been awarded a scholarship to attend a weekend class at Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN, taught by artist and educator Julia Galloway (Univ of MT), Personalized Pots: Surface, Form & Problem Solving. Meridith will be joining Ceramics grad student Chris Pickett and Ceramics senior Sarah Marraffino, also awarded scholarships, for the class. Arrowmont draws national participants, and we are so pleased that UF will be well-represented for fall.

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renovations, realstate, & copyright on images
photographer Annie Leibovitz - risks losing the copyright to her images. Associated Press
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HEALTH & BUBBLES
As flu epidemic and pandemics continue in the headlines educators will have an opportunity to be proactive. This along with, I have to admit, being fascinated with bubbles since infancy spurred me to look for a few sites for children's art and science activities dealing with health.

Here are few resource for Elementary teachers.

The SDA kids Corner - Enhancing health and the quality of life through sustainable cleaning products and practices.

The Scub Club - Sponsored by NSF an organization widely recognized for its scientific and technical expertise in the health and environmental sciences.

Sink Those Germs: Wash Your Hands - Promote hand washing to youth with activities such a the Glitter Experiment.

hygiene-educ.com - Hygiene education website proposed by the Institut Pasteur (ages 6-11)

Additional Link for Educators
The government has put out a site on updated health information Guidance for Schools for the Fall Flu Season for prevention so that schools can plan on how to deal with issues in a timely manner. A good place to check as we move through the fall semester.


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Congratulations!!
NAEA member, Ethel Villafranca, for being accepted to the 2009 American Association of Museums and the Diversity Fellowship Program by the American Association of Museums.

Congratulations!!
Tracy Workman
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Award for "Grandma's House"
On display at the University Gallery
SAAH Juried09 Exhibition (February 24- March 6, 2009)

Grandma's House

NAEA 2009 Student Art Exhibition...Application deadline March 20, 2009
"Visual Dialogues: Contemporary Art Educators" April 10 - 17, 2009 NAEA09Exhibit_form_04.doc
P.K. Yonge 9:00AM - 3:00PM hours. All visitors need to stop by the front office, with photo ID and get a visitors tag before viewing the exhibit.

Opening Reception: Friday, April 10, 7-9PM
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UF NAEA Art Ed Chapter...makes GatorSports

Volunteer Opportunity
Williams Elementary School Carnival. Saturday, January 31, 200911am-2pm.
Assist with making puppets.
Contact Julia Morrisroe julia01@ufl.edu
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CONGRATULATIONS AND COME JOIN the Art Educators Exhibiting at:
Celebration of Undergraduate Creativity in the Arts and Sciences
Sunday, January 11
11 am - 4 pm
Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Art

“Cyborg Feeling” by Lauren D'Apuzzo
Through use of a soundscape the jacket is meant to convey the tentative public and private relationships generated between humans and the cybernetic technologies keeping them alive.

"Shelter" by Meridith Coen

This terracotta sculpture is a personal expression of refuge. A pretend fortress constructed from soft blankets and sheets becomes a home with in a home, a place where I felt protected as a child from the physical elements as well as judgment from others and myself. It is a private place that exists for the sake of imagination and creativity alone, a notion we tend to forget as we get older.
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Spring Art Camps
Saturday, January 31. 2009: 10:00 AM-12:00 Artists and their Sketchbooks
Saturday, February 28, 2009: 10:00 AM-12:00 Artist Sketchbooks: Story Illustrations
Saturday, March 28, 2009: 10:00 AM-12:00 Artist Sketchbooks 3-D Illusions
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Here is an example, by the Music Educators Student Chapter, of a way to voice your thoughts as a community (NAEA or UF Art Education Students) and to consider your role in supporting arts education.
"The Importance of Music and Arts" by Brenda Zelt, SUnday, October 26 G2 Editorial section

Have you seen
"Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy (PDF)”

Also, check out our new UFARE spot on Digication.

National Art Education Association (NAEA) 2009 Conference, April 17-21, 2009. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Finger Printing Clearance for all Art Education Students
School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) (8:30-4:00PM)
Personnel Office
WEST WING of the Kirby Smith Center
620 East University Avenue, Gainesville
Credit card or money order only. ($57.25)

Upload an artwork that you made as a child, or a fun photo from your childhood of you making art.

Upload a favorite page from one of your sketchbooks.