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2015 ANNUAL REPORTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

President, Tim Lowke ........................................................................................................ 1

President-elect, Suzanne Greene ...................................................................................... 5

VP-Membership, Mel Basham ........................................................................................... 7

VP-YAM, Chris Cooper ...................................................................................................... 9

Secretary, Gretchen Bell .................................................................................................. 10

Treasurer, Jami Bevans ................................................................................................... 12

State VASE Director, Linda Fleetwood ............................................................................ 13

Membership VP-elect, Samantha Melvin ......................................................................... 20

Executive Director, Sara Chapman .................................................................................. 22

State Junior VASE Director, Suzanne Greene ................................................................ 24

Commercial Exhibits Director, Ricia Kerber ..................................................................... 25

Elementary Division Chair, Becca Bailey ......................................................................... 26

Middle School Division Chair, Lisa L. Miller ..................................................................... 27

High School Division Chair, Betsy Murphy ...................................................................... 29

Higher Education Division Chair, Christina Bain/ Sherry Snowden .................................. 30

Supervision/Administration Division elect, Dr. Sharon Chumley ...................................... 31

Community Based Art Education Division Chair, Lauren Goetz-Warren ......................... 32

Student Division Chair, Shaun Lane ................................................................................ 36

Distinguished Fellows, Tina Farrell, Vice Chairman ......................................................... 37

Retired Art Educators, Donna Andrich/Janice Wiggins .................................................... 39

Region 6 Representative, Robert W. Parker .................................................................... 40

Region 7 Representative, Christine L. Killian ................................................................... 41

Region 10 Representative, Kate Rifkin ............................................................................ 42

Region 11 Representative, Kelley Quinn McGee ............................................................. 43

Region 12 Representative, John H. Dunn, M.A.E. ........................................................... 44

Region 13 Representative, Pam Arnold. .......................................................................... 45

Region 16 Representative, Denise Olson ........................................................................ 47

Region 18 Representative, LaRee Morris ........................................................................ 49

Brazos Valley Art Education Association Chair, Melissa Schulman ................................. 51

Richardson Art Teacher Society ...................................................................................... 56

McKinney Art Education Association Chair, Shannon Kessler ........................................ 57

TRENDS Chair, Carrie Markello, Heidi Powell, William Nieberding< co-editors .............. 58

Annual Report Office: President, Tim Lowke November 2015

Summary of Activities of the Past Year

November 2015 Since the September 2015 Executive Board Meeting, I have been working on the following projects:

Assisting with final conference preparations and decisions.

Made preliminary arrangements for the 2016 TAEA Leadership Institute.

Working on winding up my presidential term and dealing with associated details.

Awarded TAEA Dale Battle Memorial Conference Scholarships granted by the board.

Promoted Conference 2015 – formulated e‐blasts, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ posts.

Worked with our Awards Chair to finalize awards.

Planning the November 2015 Executive Board meeting.

Worked on graphics for the conference app and worked with Core‐Apps to get the app launched.

Updating annual conference materials and working with Core‐Apps and TAEA Headquarters.

Completed the elections process for 2015‐2017 leadership cycle including a special run‐off election for

President‐elect.

Worked with WellDon / Jackie Brewer to update the website

Communicating with all areas of TAEA Leadership.

Fielded questions from the membership.

September 2015 Since the June 2015 Executive Board Meeting, I have been working on the following projects:

Worked with Regional Reps on Regional Conferences for 2015.

Monitoring and soliciting conference workshop proposals.

Awarded TAEA scholarship and grants granted by the board.


Worked with our Awards Chair to get awards underway.

Planning the September 2015 Executive Board meeting.

Contracted the conference app and completed the MCC contract process for 2015‐2016.


Attended the NAEA Western Region Conference in Santa Fe with Suzy Greene.

Worked with Jackie Brewer to get elections materials for deployment.




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Summary of Activities of the Past Year (cont’d)

June 2015 Since the March 2015 Executive Board Meeting, I have been working on the following projects:

Worked with Regional Reps on Regional Conferences for 2015.

Monitoring and soliciting conference workshop proposals.

Gathered the TAEA scholarship and grants for consideration by the board.

Continued to work with Jackie Brewer, Jami Bevans and Gretchen Bell to get the Executive Board and TAEA

Leadership areas updated and reorganized.


Worked with our Awards Chair to get potential awards candidates before the board for consideration.

Planning the June 2015 Executive Board meeting.

Helped with YAM Exhibition and Reception.


Attended the NAEA Conference in New Orleans with our TAEA leadership team.

Facilitated CEDFA Presentation Planning with Jen Raybourn and Amanda Lanahan.

Served as Region 13 North VASE Director at State VASE in Dallas.


Ready materials for Western Region in Santa Fe as appropriate.


Created the May 2015 TAEA Leadership Update to communicate effectively with the Executive Board,

Executive Council, Regional Representatives, Executive Director and MCC.


March 2015 Since the January 2015 Executive Board Meeting, I have been working on the following projects:

Completed and distributed the TAEA Annual Conference Planner.

Completed and posted to the website the TAEA Forward; Strategic Plan for 2015‐2020.

Worked with board members and TMEA staff to get Arts in Education Day at the Capital packet created,

organized, stuffed and distributed.

Updated and launched the TAEA scholarship and grants process to the membership.

Worked with Jackie Brewer, Jami Bevans and Gretchen Bell to get the Executive Board and TAEA Leadership areas

updated and reorganized.

Promoted Big Art Day – formulated e‐blasts, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ posts.

Prepared for the Spring 2015 meetings – Executive Council, Council‐at‐Large, Regional Representatives.

Worked with our Awards Chair and developed a timeline / launched Awards window to the membership.

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March 2015 (cont’d) Served as Region 13 South VASE Juror Foreman and Region 13 North VASE Director.


Ready materials for Youth Art Month, NAEA Conference, etc… as appropriate.


Created the January & March 2015 TAEA Leadership Update to communicate effectively with the Executive

Board, Executive Council, Regional Representatives, Executive Director and MCC.

Worked with Elizabeth Battle to solidify the Dale Battle Memorial Conference Scholarship and posted

information to the website.

Created and distributed our first TAEA Foundation Report to Foundation Trustees.


January 2015 Since the November 2014 Executive Board meeting, I have been working on the following projects:


Accepted resignation of Linda Cross.

Appointed Jen Holsinger‐Raybourn as new Youth Art Month VP‐elect and Christian Parker as Private

School Chair.

Working with WellDon to upgrade our lesson plan template and update various website areas.

Attended the K‐16 Summit in January 2015.

Dealing with lots of closing details relevant to my work on Conference 2014 in San Antonio (ie. billing, surveys

etc…

Dealt with member requests involving refunds for conference – fewer this year than last year.

Responding to member requests for refunds for Conference 2013.

Responding to member requests for refunds for Conference 2013.

Renewed the TAEA Professional Development credit number with the Texas Education Agency.

Continued to work with the three conference co‐chairs for Galveston 2015.

Working on Be Visual/Big Art Day.

Readying the scholarship and grant process to be opened for 2015.

Worked with Kristen Marstaller on nominations and pushing out information to the membership via website,

e‐blast etc… to help fill the ballot.

Organizing, registering, booking airfare and preparing to represent TAEA at the National Art Education Association

(NAEA) conference in New Orleans on March 23‐ 29, 2015.

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Goals and Objectives for Upcoming Year

My goals for the beginning of my term for Past President include:

1. Supporting Suzy Greene as she begins her Presidency – providing feedback, experience etc… to support the projects she would like accomplished during her term (2015‐2017).

2. Continue planning the upcoming 2016 TAEA Leadership Institute including programming and promotion.

3. Promoting the 2016 Leadership Scholar Cohort.

4. Work with the Texas Art Education Foundation (TAEF) to continue to develop it into a functioning and beneficial part of the organization.

5. Work to develop a fundraising/awareness event for the 2016 conference in Dallas for the Texas Art Education Foundation (TAEF).

6. Working to promote service leadership within our membership to grow candidates for the 2017‐2019 ballot.

7. Form and lead the 2016‐2017 budget committee.

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Annual Report Office: President-elect, Suzanne Greene November 2015


• Sent and received MOU for both Galveston Keynote

• Attended all meeting for the Galveston Conference

• Finalized the Time Line Schedule for Galveston

• Sent Timeline to Paul

• Commissioned gifts for Galveston Co‐chairs and Western Region

• Finalized menus for Galveston 2015

• Finalized AV Contract • Finalized Spreadsheet for Room information‐what is needed in each room

• Finalized overview of schedule • Finalized shipping arrangements

• Have been in direct contact with both keynotes • Proofed TV Guide for Conference • Worked with Paul on room placements especially for Strands like MAE

• Bought all gifts for Conference‐ Tim, and New CAL

• Assisted Conference Chairs when asked for Input‐have been in direct contact with all three • Answered emails from members about conference

• Researched hotels for Galveston for members who can not book at Moody

• Set up meeting for Galveston Chairs and the hotel on Nov 11

• Created a list Conference Chairs for Dallas 2016 • Sent greetings and congratulations to the new Dallas Chairs • Have begun working with all four Dallas Chairs • Sent Dallas Chairs a suggestion for a Keynote • Finalized needs for Western Region‐airfare, rooms, and car rental Attended Western Region

• Attended Blue Ribbon • Presented in Austin for Region 13 Regional Conference • Completed a draft for how to donate to TAEA in your will

• Completed a draft for being a mentor


>Increase Membership

• Reach out to small districts

• Create a Mentor file

• Rework MAE

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Annual Report Office: President-elect, Suzanne Greene November 2015

Goals and Objectives for Upcoming Year (cont’d)

• Finalized TAEF • Create a Core team of TAEA members who are open to assist and help with questions that are sent to

headquarter‐this could be an outreach of mentors or others who will travel to create In‐Service workshops, assist classroom teachers, or just be there to listen and help.

• Help with the Leadership Retreat • Work with the new Leadership Scholars

• Work with the new Board and CAL

• Build team work

• Attend NAEA Chicago • Attend NAEA Leadership Conference • Attend conference planning meetings in Dallas when possible

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Annual Report Office: Vice President of Membership, Mel Basham November 2015


attended January 2015 Executive Board Meeting

worked with Sara Chapman on STAR update and design

attended Galveston Conference Planning Meeting

proposed and drafted procedure for “Sketchbook Challenge”

ordered and received sketchbooks for Executive Board, Division and Affiliates for “Sketchbook Challenge

participated in Youth Art Month Flag Design voting

attended March 2015 Executive Board Meeting


finalized and prepared sketchbooks, “Sketchbook Challenge” handout, Division/Affiliates Membership Listing and

mailing boxes for distribution to membership

worked with Robert Parker, Region 6 Representative, on plans for upcoming Region 6 Regional Conference

attended and worked four Regional VASE Events

assisted local art educators with preparations for Regional VASE Events

contacted colleges/universities regarding participation in State VASE Portfolio Review Workshop

collaborated with Suzanne Greene on article for TASA/TASB publication

attended Big Art Day at the Museum of Art Houston

attended June 2015 Executive Board Meeting

attended NAEA Conference in New Orleans

volunteered as juror for local art show

assisted Karri Clark with State VASE preparations

attended State VASE and worked as juror and workshop presenter

worked with nineteen colleges/universities as liaison for State VASE Portfolio Review workshop


contacted and communicated with Division Chairs, Elects, and Affiliates regarding “Sketchbook Challenge”

worked Region 4 TEAM event as a juror

assisted local art educator with preparation for Advanced Placement Portfolio submissions

attended and presented at Region 6 Regional Conference in Brenham

submitted Galveston Conference Workshop Proposals

attended Blue Ribbon Committee Meeting in San Antonio

attended and presented at Region 13 Regional Conference in Austin

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Annual Report Office: Vice President of Membership, Mel Basham November 2015


presented staff development program for Rockwall Independent School District Elementary Art Educators with

Suzanne Greene

worked with Galveston Conference Chairs to create flyers for “Sketchbook Challenge” and Recruit a New Member

campaigns

assisted local art educators with back to school preparations, sketchbooks and curriculum planning


contacted and communicated with Division Chairs, Elects, and Affiliates regarding status of “Traveling Division

Sketchbooks”

wrote article for Conference STAR

added a sketchbook page to Executive Board and Distinguished Fellows “Traveling Division Sketchbooks”

attended September 2015 Executive Board Meeting


collaborate and assist incoming Vice President and Vice President Elect Membership

work to develop “Outreach Program” to help small school districts establish quality art programs

establish “Mentor Roster” as part of “Outreach Program” to assist and support art educators in all areas

work with Retired Division and Distinguished Fellows for input and assistance with “Outreach Program” and

Mentorship

develop “TAEA Traveling Presentation Group” as part of Outreach Program and Mentorship

support and promote TAEA programs such as Youth Art Month, Visual Art Scholastic Events, TEAM, Big Art Day,

“Be Visual”, Scholarships, Grants and Leadership Initiative

help build and maintain Texas Art Education Foundation

assist all TAEA Board Members and Membership as needed

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Annual Report Office: VP-YAM, Chris Cooper November 2015


It’s a good time to celebrate YAM in Texas! Jen Holsinger‐Raybourn (VP YAM elect) and I have worked hard together to

solidify our YAM program for Texas art students and their teachers, and we look forward to Jen stepping into the YAM VP

position in November.

2015 has been a banner year for YAM in Texas. We’ve accomplished quite a lot, and improved the program. Highlights for

this year include:

Replacing our old PVC‐pipe flag stands with new, easier to use and transport banner stands

Refitting all YAM flags with a sleeve to accommodate hanging them in the new stands

Increasing the number of attendees (and seats) to 400 for the YAM State Capital Celebration at the Bob Bullock

Texas State History Museum

Bringing our new Texas First Lady, Cecilia Abbott, and her staff, into our YAM and Governor’s Gallery program; she

then increased the Governor’s Gallery from 10 artworks to 13, which includes one she chose to hang in her

personal office

Introducing a new YAM All State Artist lapel pin for all YAM artists, both exhibit artists and flag winners

Introducing online YAM reporting

Continuing our solid presence at the TASA/TASB Fall Conference with a large art exhibit (nearly 200 artworks),

student demo artists, and an Arts Advocacy booth, where we network with superintendents and school board

members from across Texas…Art Keeps Kids in School is our theme

Increasing the number of art exhibits at the Texas Education Agency building to three with the addition of an

exhibit selected from the 2014 TASA/TASB artworks

Creating materials to distribute to Texas lawmakers at the 2015 Arts Lobby Day at the State Capitol

Publishing an Arts Advocacy column in Texas School Business magazine

Winning the national 2015 Claire Flanagan (Grand) Award for our Texas YAM program and report from Council for

Art Education, who works in conjunction with NAEA

We are looking forward to Jen’s tenure as YAM VP, and will continue making Texas a shining star in the national Youth Art

Month movement. Thank you for letting me serve as YAM VP for the past two years.


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Annual Report Office: Secretary, Gretchen Bell November 2015


January 2015 Since our November Conference in San Antonio, I have been working on revising and editing the minutes and motions for the Executive Board Meetings and Council at Large. I have also been meeting and corresponding regularly with the Galveston 2015 Conference Co‐Chairs, President elect and Local Committee chairs about brainstorming and planning a great conference for the members of TAEA next year. Many great ideas have been shared and discussed as to how to improve on past conferences based on member feedback all while adhering to our budget and incorporating some new ideas! March 2015 Since our January Meeting, I have been working on revising and editing the minutes and motions for the Executive Board Meetings and Council at Large. I have forwarded all Executive Board and CAL minutes to Jackie Brewer to update on the website. I have also been meeting and corresponding regularly with the Galveston 2015 Conference Co‐Chairs, President elect and Local Committee chairs about brainstorming and planning a great conference for the members of TAEA next year. We have had another great meeting to report where each committee is on their planning. Many great ideas have been shared and discussed as to how to improve on past conferences based on member feedback all while adhering to our budget and incorporating some new ideas! I worked VASE 4S and 4W; both amazing events that I greatly enjoyed being a part of and will be working at both 4W and 4E Jr VASE events. I registered our Fine Arts Round‐Up at Hairgrove Elementary for Big Art Day and the event was amazing. All of our Kindergarten thru 5th grade students were able to showcase their talents in the Fine Arts by performing songs and choreographed dance routines all while being surrounded by their artwork that parents, teachers and visitors were able to be entertained by. June 2015 Since our March Meeting, I have been working on revising and editing the minutes and motions for the Executive Board Meetings and Council at Large I have also been meeting and corresponding regularly with the Galveston 2015 Conference Co‐Chairs, President elect and Local Committee chairs about brainstorming and planning a great conference for the members of TAEA next year. We met in March for each committee chair to report where they are in the planning process. Many great ideas have been developed since our last meeting that we are hoping to incorporate into the existing schedule. We met at Moody Gardens for a photo op to be included in the Conference handbook and conduct a walk‐through where committee members could see the space and visualize how their ideas would work. Everyone was able to talk through and compare ideas from past conferences at Moody Gardens to give insight to new committee members and guide them in the right direction. I have also been preparing to teach a week long Fine Arts Camp at Willow Meadows Baptist Church for preschool where their artwork will be included in a collaborative art piece with elementary for a Fine Arts Show at the end of the week.

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Annual Report Office: Secretary, Gretchen Bell November 2015


September 2015 Since our June Meeting, I have been working on revising and editing the minutes and motions for the Executive Board Meetings and Council at Large. I attended the Blue Ribbon Board meeting where I took notes and participated in conversations with the rest of the Board about changes and revisions to the VASE Rules and Policies. I have also been meeting and corresponding regularly with the Galveston 2015 Conference Co‐Chairs, President elect and Local Committee chairs about brainstorming and planning a great conference for the members of TAEA in Galveston. We finalized a T‐shirt design and started collecting sizes and money for committee member shirts. We recently met on September 3rd at the Children’s Museum of Houston for each committee chair to give a report of the progress and any challenges/questions they have. All committee members were shown the TAEA website where all of the flyers they created for each event can be located. Many great ideas have been developed and are coming into play and we are excited about sharing them with membership at conference. The 2015‐2016 school year is now in full swing and as always, my schedule is busy, busy, busy. I am working on getting Miss Cy‐Fair to be a presenter to my 5th grade girls group Dazzling Dolphins and going to be ordering supplies for our group through a PlayOn! grant that I received for $500 to purchase personal hygiene packs, healthy snacks, volleyballs and kick balls for our group to use during our meetings/lessons.


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Annual Report Office: Treasurer, Jami Bevans November 2015


I have worked diligently to keep track of TAEA’s financial status by posting in a spreadsheet that allows the membership to better understand how funds are allocated. TAEA is in great financial shape. We have been able to start an anniversary fund for the 2017 conference. We have instigated a transfer of funds to the Memorial Scholarship Fund that will occur at the end of this fiscal year. We have transferred a little to VASE to allow VASE to grow their scholarship funds and we’ve adjusted the budget for Regional Reps to encourage their presence and participation in CAL. We’ve instigated an audit with Sutton Frost Cary, LLC which is the same group that does our taxes. This is a practice that should occur at least every five years or so and it had been nine years since we had it done last. With the insight of a great Board, we have put into place several programs to benefit our membership. And as we continue to grow in numbers, I foresee even greater benefits in the future. From the initiative of growing our leadership to Big Art Day to the birth of the Scholarship Foundation, we are providing our members with opportunities to advocate for Art Education and to gain insight in new art trends.


I will strive to continue my work to the benefit of TAEA members in regards to keeping track of TAEA revenues and expenses. I will continue to report our financial status by submitting monthly reports to the Board and CAL.

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Annual Report Office: State VASE Director, Linda Fleetwood November 2015


VASE Report from October 2014‐January 2015: 1. Organization of VASE Policies & Procedures: Compiled, updated, revised the TAEA/VASE Policies &

Procedures; composed of 112 pages including all of VASE (e.g. updated job titles and job descriptions, created timelines, State VASE, High School VASE, Jr VASE, and TEAM guidelines and information.

2. Organization of State Directors: Worked with Karri Clark to organize the division of the State Directors jobs and to clarify job descriptions. Made organizational actions to include Jr VASE and TEAM more firmly under the total VASE umbrella.

3. Creation of VASE Budget: Created VASE pay scale for regional and state events, firmed VASE budget

line items on the actual VASE budget (to also include Jr VASE and TEAM), established pay scale for VASE state event directors, and revised regional budget sheets for required submission with payment and reimbursement requests from the regions. Gay Selman (from MCC) and I melded the line item numbers and descriptions for a final document.

4. VASE Website Update: Worked with Don Dinnerville to update and re‐organize the VASE website for

greater ease of handling. I also had Don add more functionality to the website – putting the Guidelines on the homepage and having the available early, director timelines and files added, other functions to make the job of directing an event smoother. There were quite a few bugs in the VASE site this year related to the use of Chrome and login through the VASE site. These have been corrected. Don does not suggest the programming to take us out of using Cold Fusion. He said this is costly and not necessary as small tweaks when needed are just as effective.

5. Development of Gold Seal Manager: developed job, job description, and pay scale for a Gold Seal

Manager who will: a. Meet Gold Seal Foreman on the Saturday of the State VASE Event to pack Gold Seal artwork; b. Load Gold Seal artwork and transport either to the 1st venue or to storage; c. Coordinate 3 extra venues for the showing of the Gold Seal Exhibition other than the 2 standard venues (5 venues in all). These venues are scheduled by the Gold Seal Foreman. The venues will be: 1. ? (right after State VASE, 2. ?, 3. ?, 4. TEA Travis Building, Austin, and 5. TAEA State Conference; d. Transport Gold Seal Exhibition (plus display panels & tables if needed) to the venue, unpack and set up the show for viewing; e. Create and post Gold Seal artwork labels for the exhibition (using the spreadsheet and PowerPoint that the Gold Seal Foreman creates); f. Will maintain correspondence with the Gold Seal Foreman throughout the year; g. Needed and provided by TAEA/VASE: Yearly stipend, Travel expenses: mileage (standard Texas rate), hotel if needed, food if needed, Storage Unit – found and maintained by Gold Seal Manager; paid for by TAEA, Display Panels, Display tables, Drape & Runners for Display tables, Packing Materials, Gold Seal Signs. Contracted was accepted by Duane Sanford. YAM work and storage was also rolled into the contract.

6. Blue Ribbon Board 2015: Scheduled time and place for the Blue Ribbon Board Meeting (according to

the guidelines in the VASE Polices & Procedures) – Wednesday and Thursday, July 8 & 9, 2015, at the Richard A. Middleton Education Complex (NEISD central office) in San Antonio. Because the rotation was complete, I proposed a new rotation of BRB members to invite to participate; this to be voted on by the TAEA Executive Board during the January meeting. This is a separate document.

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7. VASE Jurors & Juror Training Re‐certification: VASE Juror Training Course site stable this year. I haven’t had to troubleshoot as many issues with jurors not being able to get in or have their certification noted. Still needs to be moved, but waiting ‘til VASE season is over. Don set up several new systems for directors in the certified juror site: 1. A place for directors to input whether there was a problem with a juror, 2. A system to notify jurors easily, 3. A rotation of reminders to renew certification, starting with our oldest jurors in the system (requirement is to re‐certify every 3 years, but this first rotation were with jurors who had certified 5+ years ago). Other small tweaks were made to the juror list functionality.

VASE Report from November 2014‐March 2015: 8. VASE Website Update: Worked with Don Dinnerville to institute many new functions in the VASE

website to make it more usable by teachers, directors and State VASE personnel. The fine tuning was also applied to Jr VASE and TEAM where applicable.

9. Blue Ribbon Board 2015: The time and place for the Blue Ribbon Board Meeting (according to the

guidelines in the VASE Polices & Procedures) is Wednesday and Thursday, July 8 & 9, 2015, at the Richard A. Middleton Education Complex (NEISD central office) in San Antonio. A new rotation of Blue Ribbon Board members – focusing on obtaining membership from all over the state – was nominated, accepted and contacted. The separate list has the names of the new Blue Ribbon Board members.

10. High School VASE Events: Statewide, there were 28,760 registered entries – approximately 1,800 more

than last year. There were 27 regional events scheduled this year. With the addition of the Region 5 event on February 14, all state ESC regions now participate in VASE. This was made possible through the efforts of Jennifer Thompson – a teacher for Pasadena ISD – who had the vision to direct the event and who recruited a host and host school and directed a very successful event of 35 entries. Students and teachers who participated were very excited and are already looking forward to next year. Another first this year was the cancellation of 6 events scheduled for February 28 due to icy weather conditions in Regions 10E, 10S (Dallas), 16 (Amarillo), 9 (Wichita Falls), 15 (San Angelo), and 18 (Odessa). 4 of the regional directors worked extra hard and totally rescheduled their events for one week later on March 7. 2 of these 4 actually had to use a new school. 3 rescheduled events remain for this weekend, March 21. At this point there are 1,663 artworks advancing to state, with a predicted (according to size of the region) addition of 133 more qualifiers this Saturday. This will make an approximate total of 1,796 state entries.

11. VASE Pay‐Scale: Difficulties with 2 regions refusing to work within the pay‐scale set by the TAEA Board. 2 other regions had minor issues with this but chose to voluntarily take out their small overages from their own honorariums. The issue stems from regions having complete autonomy for so long even when there has always been a suggested pay‐scale. Part of the problem is also that they are not running the event in an efficient manner and have employed many extra chief workers. One help will be the further division of Region 4 into 4 regions. This will put all Region 4 regions between 1400 and 1700 artworks – more like the rest of the larger regions in the state. Discussion here with the March Board. Also, it will be the first item of discussion on the Blue Ribbon Board agenda.

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12. State VASE Plans: Karri Clark has done an excellent job of pulling together an excellent workforce for State VASE and has brought some excellent organization to the event. Set‐up, AV, food, and decorating (pipe and drape) have all been ordered. Our hotel block is full, but some rooms are cancelled periodically and are immediately picked up by waiting schools. Ginger, Mackenzie and Erin Doyle attending to accept Joey’s Spirit of VASE Award. Mackenzie and Erin will also be singing a duet for the attendees. The agendas and maps are posted. Vendor information is posted.

VASE report from June 2015‐September 2015:

13. VASE Honorarium Pay‐scale and the VASE Policies and Procedures approved by the TAEA Executive Board at the June 12‐13 meeting.

14. VASE Blue Ribbon Board met on July 8‐9, 2015, at the NEISD central office in San Antonio. All aspects of VASE were discussed. Rules were revised especially in regard to clarification and emphasis of originality rule, items to be attached to the back of artwork and addition of “variety” to various media. The Board accepted the VASE Honorarium Pay‐scale as presented. A new procedure for payment of VASE fees was discussed. Summary of my action steps follow in preparation for the launch of VASE after the fall conference in November:

o Creation of website/eBlast reminder to remind teachers to pick up Gold Seal artwork o Workshops for State VASE event to have application online similar to conference o Revise the system and procedures for making fee payments for all VASE events. Payments will

now go directly to the Dallas office with checks made to TAEA. Jody and Gay will mark the revised Regional Invoice which now has a section for whether the teacher has paid, the amount of the payment, and the date it was paid. Regional directors can check status on this form. Invoices are revised to show new payment method. Also, Pay‐Pal for VASE has been implemented on the VASE account so that teachers and other officials may pay VASE fees online.

o The classification “variety” has been added to the drawing, painting, and printmaking media. o A checklist is being created by Laura Grundler that area judges will take with them to the area

judging to help remind jurors to: consider all sizes of artwork, consider expressive artworks, not just photorealism, originality, consider monochromatic as well as full color, etc.

o Created a “reminder” when teacher submits a digital art & media artwork or a digital photograph that the digital form must be printed.

o Created a function that allows directors to send out several “reminder” emails if the VASE fees have not been paid.

o An additional line was added on the Student Intent Form for the back of the artwork. A question about the source of the imagery was added as a part of the body of the writing rather than just a check box and blank at the top.

o All artworks now must have sources attached to the back and the wording “Production/Reflection Notes” and “Sketches” were added to a check box at the top of the Student Intent Form.

o The State Teacher Checklist was changed to encompass more and also is fillable online and then available for the directors. With participating regional teachers who have state qualifiers now being asked to sign and turn in their State Entry Certification Form at the check‐out process at regional events, with the checklist being fillable online and printable by the directors, VASE permission forms pulled by the director for State VASE, and the fees going to Dallas ‐‐‐ no state qualifying teacher will have to mail in any forms to directors.

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o An agreement form for director acknowledgment and pledge to comply with VASE Honorarium Pay‐scale to be handed out at director training at conference and signatures procured there.

o Formatting online State VASE workshop selection so that teachers may edit or delete a workshop selection.

o Formatting State VASE function to show “VASE Worker” rather than “VASE Helper.” o Juror badges to be printable online for regional and state events. o New printable regional high school VASE documents available for print to mirror those added

for Jr VASE. 15. Revised VASE Rules and revised policies and procedures posted online 16. Director files revised and posted. 17. Spirit of VASE Award 18. Moving and Revision of Juror Training Course 19. Added – new workshop at fall conference for new directors only because 10 new directors were added

this year (10 includes the 2 new directors for the 2 new regions. This is in addition to the regular VASE regional director training. (see new directors and regions below.

20. All done to ready for VASE launch the Monday after state conference.

Reg Regional Director Event Regional Event Location

1 Lisa Saenz‐Saldivar 2/6/2016

James “Nikki” Rowe High School, 2101 N Ware Rd, McAllen, TX

78501

2 Jody Summers 2/20/2016 Del Mar College, 101 Baldwin, Corpus Christi TX 78404

3 Shelly Spears 2/27/2016 Victoria West High School, 307 Tropical Dr, Victoria, TX 77904

4N Mike Hall 2/13/2016 Klein Collins High School, 20811 Ella Boulevard, Spring, TX 77388

4S Donna Reedy 2/6/2016

Ridge Point High School, 500 Waters Lake Blvd, Missouri City, TX

77459

4E Rebekah Tee 2/27/2016 Atascocita HS, 13300 Will Clayton Pkwy, Humble, TX 77346

4W Sally Doyle 2/20/2016 Seven Lakes High School, 6301 S. Stadium Lane, Katy, TX 77494

5 Jennifer Restauri 2/20/2016 Stark Museum of Art, 712 Green Ave, Orange, TX 77630

6 Jami Bevans 2/13/2016

Bryan High School, 3450 Campus Dr, Bryan, TX 77802 (Kim Marshall

helping)

7 Christine Killian 2/13/2016 Whitehouse High School, 109 East Main, Whitehouse, TX 75791

8 Melissa Manning 2/27/2016 Pleasant Grove High School, 5406 McKnight, Texarkana, TX 75503

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9 Caroline James 2/27/2016 Region 9 ESCenter 301 Loop 11 Wichita Falls, TX 76306

10E Chad Wilkinson 2/13/2016 Rowlett HS, 4700 Pres George Bush Hwy, Rowlett, TX 75088

10N Amy Semifero 2/27/2015 Williams High School, 1717 17th St, Plano TX 75074

10S Tamera Westervelt 2/6/2016 Coppell High School, 185 West Parkway Blvd, Coppell, TX 75019

11N Jeannette Genuardi 2/20/2016 Hebron High School, 4207 Plano Parkway, Carrollton, TX 75010

11S Dallas Williams 2/13/2016 Timberview High School, 7700 S Watson Rd., Arlington, TX 76002

11W Paul Randall 2/6/2016

Chisholm Trail High School, 3100 NW College Dr, Fort Worth, TX

76179

12 Julie Smith 2/20/2016 James “Nikki” Rowe HS, 2101 N Ware Rd, McAllen, TX 78501

13N Tim Lowke 2/27/2016

Cedar Ridge High School, 2801 Gattis School Rd. Round Rock, TX

78641

13S Chris Cooper 2/20/2016 San Marcos High School, 2601 E McCarty Ln, San Marcos, TX 78666

14 Stacy Sanchez 2/27/2016 Wylie High School, 4502 Antilley Rd., Abiline, TX 79606

15 Kathy Gist 2/20/2016 San Saba High School, 808 W Wallace St, San Saba, TX 76877

16 Denise Olson 2/27/2016 Amarillo High School, 4225 Danbury, Amarillo, TX 79109

17 Dawna Gillespie 2/13/2016 Frenship High School, 902 Dowden Rd, Wolfforth, TX 79382

18 LaRee Morris 2/27/2016 Permian High School, 1800 East 42 Street, Odessa, TX 79762

19 Sam Garcia 2/27/2016 Hanks High School, 2001 N. Lee Trevino Dr., El Paso, TX 79936

20E Mary Hierholzer 2/13/2016 East Central High School, 7173 FM 1628, San Antonio, TX 78263

20W Tina Barajas 2/6/2016 Marshall High School, 8000 Lobo Ln, San Antonio, TX 78240

High School VASE

Registrations Participated Regional IV DQ State

28760 24287 17696 318 1785

# Districts # Campuses # Teachers # St Teachers

VASE 334 757 1343 642

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Program Success:

VASE rules, policies and guidelines were combined into a comprehensive VASE Policies & Procedures that covers High School VASE, Jr VASE, and TEAM. It includes the rules for all 3 programs plus a mission/visions statement, history and background, organizational chart, Blue Ribbon description and guidelines, timelines for all 3 programs including State VASE, job descriptions, checklists, all juror guides and documents, and all VASE forms. A VASE pay‐scale was developed for all 3 programs and was placed into effect by the TAEA Executive Board. A budget for all of VASE was created and implemented for the first time. We held a successful director training session at the TAEA fall conference and all 3 programs were addressed in the training. Region 5 had a VASE event for the very first time. Now all 20 ESC service regions have VASE ‐ the entire state is covered! We welcomed a new position in the High School State Event Director and this was a very good division of labor. The position was filled by Karri Clark of Klein ISD. We welcomed another new position in the Gold Seal Manager and he has been a blessing storing and moving the Gold Seal Show. The Manager is Duane Sanford and with the help of Mary Hierholzer who is the Gold Seal Chair they have implemented a yearly schedule for the show and Duane travels with it and installs it. He also works the entire State VASE event and alleviates much of the heavy setting up and hanging of the show. We successfully held the State VASE event at a hotel/convention center in spite of the financial burden and difficulties. The teachers and students loved it and the new tours as a workshop was a success. We awarded the first Spirit of VASE Award to Joseph F. Doyle III and it was accepted by Joey's wife Ginger and her 2 daughters Mackensey and Erin. Program Challenge: Losing Joey Doyle was the biggest challenge coupled with becoming director at a late time that made it difficult to implement some order. Some of the things that were our biggest successes were also our biggest challenges. A few directors balked at job descriptions and a pay‐scale that took away their unlimited autonomy to make their own decisions on how things were run and how much was paid. The size of VASE necessitates common guidelines and pay. It had become a complaint point among VASE workers on how much some regions paid for things. This was a difficult implementation. Another giant challenge was having State VASE at a hotel/convention center. The costs just seemed to keep growing and then the hotel cancelled one month out from the event. The logistics of doing State VASE at this scale was very difficult. The space difficulty also caused a problem with reducing the number of workshops available. Lastly, the transition from one person doing all of the work of running VASE to several people managing VASE took adjustment. Communication was key and this can be hard at time. Changes for Next Year: For VASE 2016, we will split region 4 into 4 regions instead of 3. This will mean the splitting of Cy‐Fair ISD into 2 different regions. New directors will be chosen for Regions 4E, 4N, 4S and 11N due to resignations and the creation of a new region. We will revise the VASE pay‐scale again paying more attention to the needs of smaller regions. The TAEA Executive Board will establish this. State VASE will again be a high school ‐ April 22‐23, 2016, in San Antonio at North East ISD's John Madison High School. This will greatly reduce the cost of the event while at the same time opening up

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more rooms for workshops. We are also considering having the participating teachers be the workshop

facilitators and will work out a system for this. Just like this year, all workshop presenters will supply their own

materials and VASE will reimburse them $2 per attendee just like it is done for conference. The last

consideration for next year will be the scholarships given at State VASE. This is the largest expenditure, and it

may need to be re‐structured.

Other:

Even with the difficulties along the way, it was my privilege and honor to serve as Director. I look forward to

many more productive years.


1. Continue to improve on and organize the structure of VASE 2. Continue to maintain positive relationships with Regional Directors 3. Host a positive, informative, and effective VASE Directors meeting at TAEA Conference in November 4. Host a positive, informative, and productive Blue Ribbon Board meeting on July 13‐14, 2016, in San

Antonio. 5. Launch 2 new regional events: Region 4E and Region 11W 6. VASE Website updates 7. Restructuring the way teachers & students register for Workshops and Activities for State VASE. 8. Working with Karri Clark, State VASE Event Director, to host a successful and organized State VASE

event 9. Work with TAEA Executive Board to fulfill their expectations for me as State VASE Director 10. State VASE site for 2016 and 2017: James Madison High School, North East ISD, San Antonio

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Annual Report Office: Membership VP-elect, Samantha Melvin November 2015


Ongoing communication with Mel Basham, Membership VP to assist with launching initiatives and special projects (conference and sketchbook challenges for recruiting & connecting members)

Prepared for and presented sessions and workshops at TAEA conference (San Antonio), NAEA (New Orleans, LA), regional mini‐conference (Region XIII and Region VI), CEDFA (Summit XV), at the Texas Cultural Trust: Arts and Digital Literacy Institute, and in various districts for professional development workshops for CEDFA

Selected as Trustee, National Art Education Foundation, Board of Trustees (NAEA) Assisted Mel Basham, Membership VP with membership‐focused projects at conference recruiting members and connecting membership across levels and regions

Submitted Youth Art Month art work on behalf of Burnet CISD, participated in YAM Flag competition, and TEAM with RJ Richey Elementary student work

YAM judging with Chris Cooper and Jen Raybourn at San Marcos HS Attended and assisted the Youth Art Month Celebration at the Bullock, State History Museum, Austin TX. (Celebrated with my student who won the Elementary YAM Flag award, and my other student whose work was selected for the YAM show, NAEA and TEA exhibits)

Youth Art Month proclamation from Burnet CISD, City of Burnet and Burnet County, YAM art exhibit at the Burnet YMCA for the month of March featuring K‐12 BCISD artwork

Coordinated and participated in Big Art Day! at RJ Richey, presented to faculty on “Reading Art as Text” for interdisciplinary connections to art with a “Writing about Art” activity

Prepared for State VASE workshop TASK with Suzy Greene Completed Master of Arts in Art Education from the University of Florida, May 2015 Assisted at State VASE and presented TASK with Suzy Greene to student participants Attended executive board meetings in September 2014, November, January, March, June and September 2015 Ongoing communications with colleagues on the TAEA Executive Board TAEA Award Committee Communicated via Facebook and Twitter on behalf of TAEA pre‐conference, pre‐deadline for TASA/TASB exhibit registration, Big Art Day!, YAM and Sketchbook Challenge

Collaborated with Mel Basham on new Sketchbook Initiative launching after conference November 2015: The ABC’s of Gratitude

Worked with new elementary art teacher for new school year success, and registration for BCISD for TASA/TASB art exhibit

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Annual Report Office: Membership VP-elect, Samantha Melvin November 2015


It will be my honor and privilege to continue in the capacity of Membership VP, following my colleague and friend, Mel

Basham. Following her lead, I propose the following:

The ABC’s of Gratitude Sketchbook Challenge will be the first initiative, this shared predominantly via social media (Twitter and Facebook) with future opportunities for publication, connecting artists and ideas through visual art across the state

Ongoing sketchbook challenges to nurture hands‐on art experiences that connect artists/art teachers across the state with traveling sketchbooks & digital portfolios

Nurture membership through social media as well as by connecting through small districts or unattached districts (those whose art teacher(s) if they have one, are not yet members of TAEA) with postcards and phone calls‐‐the personal connection

Encourage members to connect with new art teachers in their districts, communities and regions, facilitating communication between division levels and regional membership

Continue to assist the Youth Art Month VP and committee during TASA/TASB communicating the importance of Visual Arts to shareholders (school board members and superintendents), updating membership brochure and sharing online via the website

Communicate via website, email blasts (with permission) and social media to membership regarding upcoming events, opportunities and workshops

Facilitate communication at all levels and regions to connect membership to each other, initiatives and professional development opportunities, in‐state and nationally

Attend Executive Board meetings, TAEA conference, NAEA, CEDFA and other art education‐related events Communicate membership ‐related opportunities, initiatives and news via STAR articles Grow membership by connecting with future art and museum educators at the university level, connect with community‐arts educators and private school art educators, reaching small districts as well as large to encourage participation

Support initiatives launched by the President, other colleagues on the board, and Council at Large, and launch new special projects/benefits for members beyond conference

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Annual Report Office: TAEA Executive Director, Sara Chapman November 2015


This has been a very busy year with an abundance of events, special projects and membership interaction. The

following are just a few of the activities:

Hotel selection and negotiations for events and conferences such as Blue Ribbon Board, Dallas & Austin Conferences, state VASE to name a few. Work with Helms Brisco for hotel selection with a great deal of focus on details.

CEDFA Board activities and my selection of presenters for Visual Arts as well as planning/ preparation for the Summer Summit XVI. It was a big success and art had the largest participation. Our CEDFA Board met in Austin in September to begin discussion/planning for the 2016’s Summit. Our plans are to keep the same presenters for another year.

Work with the TAEA President and the Board of Directors to facilitate their work and to keep a continuous positive line of communication going at all times.

Communication/work with the NAEA board members because Texas is a big contributor to the power base of our national association. Texans are on the NAEA Board and we also provide program models for them to replicate. We do not have a dues agreement with NAEA, but we do have a close working relationship with them. I work hard to keep this positive position with the governing board of NAEA.

I monitor TAEA programs as well as conference work….keeping concepts strong, keep the focus on details and work with TAEA headquarters for clear and on‐going communication.

I assist VASE with hotel arrangement and negotiations as well as advisory.

Publications….I work with the TRENDS editors to produce a quality journal each year. The STAR is returning in a different format in January and in November the STAR will be the annual conference edition.


Monitor programs and assist the board, director, council members and the general membership with information and assistance with their needs.

Keep open communication with the Board of Directors and help them with their programs and TAEA work.

As Editor of TAEA publications, I am responsible for planning and implementing and monitoring the work of the STAR and TRENDS yearly.

Attend all TAEA Board Meetings, the TAEA annual conference and the annual NAEA and Western Region conference.

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Annual Report Office: TAEA Executive Director, Sara Chapman November 2015


Make sure that there are records kept for all of the TAEA programs and events.

Monitor and assist with work done for the new Foundation, Exhibitors, VASE & Budget.

Assist with the policies and procedures as well as the general history of the association.

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Annual Report Office: State Junior VASE Director, Suzanne Greene November 2015


• Monitored emails from Teachers and Directors

• Created a newsletter for JV Directors • Created Newsletters and Flyers for JV Teachers • Assisted at four high school events • Judged and Presented at State Vase • Assisted at three JV Events‐flooding prevented the forth one • Directed Region 4W JV then appointed my replacement for 4W

• Contacted all of my directors during and/or after their event

• Did a mock JV for KIPP Spirit

• Contacted all new JV Directors after activation • Created a master list for JV with dates and locations

• Still looking for Directors for 2, 3, 8, 9, and 17 • Attended Blue Ribbon Board Meeting

• Revised the JV Rules • Updated Director Page for JV • Sent all of this to Don for upload • Ordered shirts for JV Directors • Gave my JV directors a help guide


• Continue to grow Junior VASE • Work with Linda Fleetwood on her goals, mine, and TEAM

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Annual Report Office: Commercial Exhibits Director, Ricia Kerber November 2015


Updated Vendor Packet, added in information for advertisement to make it more convenient for purchasing an add Worked on collecting and filling in App information on all of the exhibitors for our App, that will be used at this year’s conference. Sent several emails reminding exhibitors of:

reserving booths

deadlines

making hotel reservations

mail outs to our exhibitors monthly

sending information to new vendors

creating name badges

packets for our exhibitors to be given at conference

worked with Freeman on vendor list and signage Worked with headquarters getting payments in on a timely manner and copy of all paperwork Updated all forms for next year’s conference


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Annual Report Office: Elementary Division Chair, Becca Bailey November 2015


This past year has been a great one for connecting within the Elementary Division. We have continued to keep

membership connected through our Facebook group, which has grown to include over 230 members so far! We are

hoping to reach even more members in the year to come as this has proven to be a great way to stay connected with

TAEA and art education related events and information. We have also seen relationships facilitated through this

avenue, which has been wonderful to see our membership interacting with each other.

This year, thanks to newly elected Division Chair Elect; Tracy Evans, we also expanded our social media reach to

include Twitter and Instagram. There is now a handle for each platform for the division team to use. Search @TXEart

on each platform to follow along. TXEart stands for Texas Elemenary Art! In addition you can use the hashtag

#taeaelem in posts as well as see what others have posted.

The Elementary Division as a whole came out in full force to help with VASE this year as jurors, Juror Foreman, and

various other roles! We feel it is important to support this program as we hope our students will participate as they

progress in the art programs statewide!

In the year to come we are looking forward to building communication and our digital PLN within our membership!

We want our members to feel like the division team is accessible and part of their network! We plan to do this by

stressing the use of our social media connections as our state is so large geographically that this provides a way to be

in each other’s “daily lives.” We look forward to also welcome Tracy Evans from Plano ISD to the Elementary Division

Team at the end of the conference November 2015.


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Annual Report Office: Middle School / Jr. High Division Chair – Lisa L. Miller November 2015


The Middle School/Junior High Division of the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) has enjoyed a

productive year. From the incredibly well attended Division meeting at conference last November 2014 to

posts on our TAEA Middle School Facebook page we have continued our goal of reaching out to the Middle

School/Junior High members of TAEA with our yearly theme of “You Can’t Scare Me, I Teach Middle School

Art”. This theme which uses humor and art history in the Middle School Class Room served as a focus for our

“Traveling Sketchbook” which is currently making it way across the state of Texas from teacher to teacher. It

also made an appearance on our Facebook page with various posts highlighting best practices by TAEA

teachers. As the 2015 TAEA Conference rapidly approaches, our thoughts return to the 2014 TAEA

Conference Division Meeting and the incredible turnout we had with last year’s theme of “Traveling the

World with Middle School Art”. As seen from the photos below this meeting was well attended and provided

an opportunity for Middle School educators to try their hands at a variety of lesson plans from around the

world. This year’s Division meeting will be more of the same and we look forward to sharing Art History and

Humor with our members.

Page from the MS Division Traveling Sketchbook TAEA Conference MS Division Meeting 2014

Erbu or Turkish Marbleized Paper demo at meeting Group Photo at 2014 Conference Division meeting

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Annual Report Office: Middle School / Jr. High Division Chair – Lisa L. Miller November 2015


As we move forward into the coming year, I am excited to begin my new role as Middle School Chair. We are planning to

focus on the use of technology in the Middle School Art room and use it as our theme this year. As technology continues

to develop and grow in our home and school environment, it is important to implement lessons using these technologies

to create engaging and challenging lessons for our students. We are planning to encourage the membership to share

lesson ideas and uses of new technologies via our Facebook page, and I am hoping to create a webpage for the Middle

School Division as well where we can post these ideas for the membership to access. I believe this theme will be especially

applicable since the use of technology is something that many of our students have had access to their entire lives, and

with more districts implementing BYOD (bring your own device) policies, it would be foolish for us to ignore this resource.

I also believe that the use of technology can afford us the ability to create highly engaging lessons that might not be as

available using traditional media. My co‐chair, Joelle Dulaney, is extremely well versed in the use of technology in the

classroom, and she will be a great resource as we develop these new ideas.

We will also be working with our local organization, the Brazos Valley Art Education Association, to initiate and implement

ideas and programs to benefit teachers in our local community and the state at large through YAM, Big Art Day, and both

Junior and Senior VASE (I will be the Region VI Junior VASE Site Director again this year).

Ideasfor2015‐2016:

Light paintings using App Heather Galler Selfies Stop Frame Animation Lightbomber using IMotion app and IMovie

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Annual Report Office: High School Division Chair, Betsy Murphy High School Division Chair-elect, Michelle Mosher November 2015


Began a dialog with the executive board regarding the need for quality staff development opportunities in rural areas of our state

Continued to use the TAEA High School Division Facebook page to communicate news and events with membership

Continued to use a quarterly High School Division newsletter to communicate news and events with membership

Promoted Big Art Day and VASE

Encouraged membership to serve as jurors and presenters for VASE and Jr. VASE

Encouraged members to run for leadership positions within TAEA

Division Chair and Division Chair‐elect served as presenters for National, State and Regional Conferences

Division Chair and Division Chair‐elect served as members of the Blue Ribbon Board

Assisted behind the scenes at VASE and Jr. VASE

Organized and promoted the High School Division Traveling Sketchbook project


CONNECT & COMMUNICATE: Reach more membership through High School Division Facebook page Encourage membership to connect with us and each other through Facebook Continue email distribution of quarterly newsletter

ADVOCATE: Plan and promote more participation in Big Art Day, National Art Honor Society, and service learning programs

SHARE NEW TRENDS Introduce high school division to TAB ™Teaching for Artistic Behavior Support art educators in implementing new TEKS Increase awareness of the role of art education in the Maker Movement Initiate involvement in STEAM education

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Annual Report Office: Higher Education Division, Christina Bain and Sherry Snowden November 2015


The Higher Education Division continues to work to improve communication and connect members.

Ongoing Activities 1. New Facebook site

In order to stay connected throughout the year, the Higher Education Division has created a new Facebook page: TAEA Higher Education Group. This group is open to anyone! Join us!

2. TRENDS

Several Higher Ed members have been actively involved with the administration and production of the journal Trends. Dr. Carrie Markello (editor) and Dr. Heidi Powell and Dr. Bill Nieberding (co‐editors) have completed the 2015 issue of Trends, which will be available at the fall conference. The 2016 Trends co‐editors are Dr. Heidi Powell and Dr. Bill Neiderbring.

3. Division sketchbook

Division members have been encouraged to submit a page for the higher ed division sketchbook/journal. Sherry Snowden is coordinating this through electronic submissions.


Future Activities

1. Planning for Fall 2015 conference As the new school year kicks off, our division is planning for an exciting fall conference in Galveston. We have several research focused sessions planned. Have you ever wondered what speed dating and research have in common? Find out at New Directions in Research, facilitated by Sherry Snowden. You’ll hear about cutting edge research by top art educators in our field—in a pecha kucha format. This is guaranteed to be fun and fast paced. Dr. Christina Bain will be leading the Graduate Student Research forum, where graduate students get a chance to show how research and practical issues intersect. Dr. Melinda Mayer will facilitate a session where faculty members from several universities will talk about their graduate programs in art education.

2. Plans for Summer 2016 higher ed summit

Our division is planning to organize higher ed summits every other summer. We are starting to organize one for summer 2016 in the central Texas area.

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Annual Report Office: Supervision/Administration Division elect, Dr. Sharon Chumley November 2015


A quick summary of activities from the position of chair‐elect during the past year, November 2014, to the present, November 2015, may be summed up in the word observation; observation as in watching, seeing and learning. It has been stated that learning to draw is merely a matter of learning to see correctly. And though, the purpose of last year was not one of learning to draw, it was a purpose of learning how to see correctly the duties and responsibilities of the position of the Chairperson – Division of Supervision/Administration. It was a privilege to learn from a master and pro such as Karri Clark, who served in this position for the past 2 years and guided our division through a myriad of successful events. As the incoming chair for the years 2015‐2016 and 2016‐2017, I plan to review the established goals and planned initiatives that are currently set in place for the Division. Then with that knowledge, I will continue to implement those initiatives aligned with the goals as a part of the targeted objectives for the upcoming year. Also, as we are such a dynamic state organization with so much excellent leadership in this particular division, it will be mandatory and very exciting to do conceptual planning involving such topics as e‐books, virtual learning, on‐line trainings, and installations in our exhibits and art shows. With the TEKS revision now in place, curriculum is big and the opportunities to add rigor to what we teach is something worth discussing and researching. It will also be of interest to reach out to the many regions and widen the circle from our central areas. This can be done with such items as videos, chats, and shared experiences. I am excited about moving into this position and I am hopeful of serving well in this office.


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Annual Report Office: Community Based Art Education Division Chair, Laurel Goetz-Warren November 2015


Structuring CBAE Division For Launch: Research, Networking and Data Collection

Document generation:

Generated General ‘Housekeeping’ Documents:

‐Set up official email to pass on to next chair to keep records of email correspondences throughout the year(s)

for cross reference:

CommunityArtTAEA@gmail (they can add year to the back of their gmail to update under their own name later

to keep continuity if they choose.)

‐Collecting and building mass email/contact chain (individual email to each group) me as true recipient; BCC

everyone else

‐Created Emails to send out: ex. one page Introduction Email with TAEA info and why you should join. 2015

TAEA Conference email for CBAE. (To send to potential CBAE members/ CBAE businesses). (I have NOT sent any

yet.)

•Created closed group on Facebook‐ TAEA Community Art Division‐ an online social network/community

space for relevant news, sources/resource, art/project happenings. (Due to the nature of the larger umbrella

of CBAE and their diverse needs, I added a few non‐members who are well established professionals who

support the arts and are willing to give free insight or input into grant writing, public policy, psychology,

political, general & entertainment law, and established community based art program managers/artists as

mentors for our online community via the TAEA Chair's direct request. They also chime in on issues to give their

view of things when a discussion catches their eye to bring more depth to the community's conversation.)

‐Educating the public (and teachers/art teachers) about community based art education. Educating CBAE

about each other and that they are not alone. Define‐ art programs outside of public, private, and museum

education, such as after school programs, community centers, homeless shelters, retirement homes, prisons,

etc. *(I have found that many people in our community overlook most ALL of these vital programs in our

community, except high profile ones like Pinot's Pallet, and Painting with a Twist, and some recreation centers

with well established long running art programs. They do not even know when/if their schools use local

vendors or CBAE artists to enhance their students' learning days.) *** This underscores that We/Art Teachers

and CBAE teachers need to actively/aggressively advertise and TELL students’ parents (and our principals)

about all the extra mileage we have put into their students' public education by providing/coordinating extra

arts enrichment to underscore the value of public school education. By doing this, we can keep up our head

counts in our schools high so we do not lose students (that reduces our funding) to local Charter schools that do

not provide outstanding fine arts education, and ultimately cause public schools to shuffle or let go of new

highly educated art educators with fresh ideas and tech skills. Once they leave, they may not come back to

teaching once shuffled too many times. These are great losses to TAEA members.

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Document Building on Research and Master Resources lists:

Documents on:

‐How to build your CBAE resources (ex. make best friends with your city’s resource librarian to help you scour

for new clients. Connect with established programs as your mentors, pay it forward and be mentor to others,

etc).

‐How to use resources to build a stronger CBAE program in your school/community by creating a clear vision

and plotting your course of action with a master plan for year 1,3, and 5+).

‐How to use the above information to apply and get grants, and make community connections with art and

community leagues/guilds, and businesses to fund your program year to year. **Consistent funding was a big

concern for new/potential CBAE members.

‐The Importance of getting your company/nonprofit/organizations name and logo printed/published on as

many events/media sites as possible for proof of collaborations and presentations to gain notoriety and social

media clout for higher chance of continued funding or finding long term endorsements via collaborating with

larger companies and foundations.

‐Grant writing and resources: collecting info on grants and resources to present at TAEA for members who

have made the trek and purchased admission (the old carrot trick!) Community Art Division Meeting.

‐Data base‐ collecting and gaining insight on how to use info of existing art centers, artist communities, local

and state wide reach out for CBAE membership and links to national resources/organizations, Art Leagues,

Guilds, etc, to support, promote, collaborate with to help build CBAE programs and find gage interest in each

community (Using data collected to see where to focus time and energy first; I want to know is it worth

pushing in this city/area now, or later.) By looking at the data, I have found that many smaller towns, and

growing cities are pushing to reinvigorate their local economy by creating, (or have an agenda to build) Artisan

Squares or "Arts Districts" across Texas to renovate and uplift lower socioeconomic areas.

***These areas are potential hot spots ready to support the CBAE, local artists, and the expansion of school

arts programs with the right guidance, and insight on how investing in public art education and CBAE the city

builds multigenerational internal community interest & support as appreciative consumers of the arts provided

by the Arts Districts so they are not only dependent on tourism*** The newly awarded $30 million federal

grant to Georgia, might be something to watch for CBAE and TAEA to see how much is used on arts projects to

invigorate their state.

‐Attended Houston Arts Partners Conference to gain insight on how Houston area community based art

education programs found success, and where they are needing/wanting help with to streamline their

programs. They are extremely interested in TAEA CBAE for a community to join other CBAE members and for

high quality CBAE professional development. They are very excited about the upcoming conference in

Galveston.

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‐Attended Houston Art Partners conference to gage classroom teachers interest in joining TAEA to help learn how to work with their school's art teacher, and Afterschool CBAE member and other CBAE members/providers to expand their school’s art program and boost their students' academic success while investing and growing our CBAE members at the same time through these partnerships.

(After the keynote speaker: John Abodeely, Deputy Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and

Humanities presentation, everyone I talked to from principals to classroom teachers, they were all interested in

joining TAEA for access to high quality art/arts integration professional development.)

***Through these discussions, they want to know if the possibility of a TAEA created ARTS Integration Series

can be created so a campus art teacher, one grade level classroom teacher from each grade and the

Afterschool program coordinator/provider from a school can go together through the series to help give them

the guidance and opportunity to build camaraderie while becoming more comfortable collaborating together

on lesson planning/Unit Building...I feel maybe these could be great for art programs struggling to get

administrative support on campus, and to reach into more rural districts to expand our reach of TAEA in

general).

ID Work Flow Obstacles:

‐Needs for Digital Information Access/Restricted Access for Membership Information Updates: Need to work a

way to get quick notifications of new division memberships to enable following process: Once a new CBAE

Member joins/pays (notification of actual membership to CBAE Chair to follow up with> Send warm welcome

email and Survey Monkey to better assist TAEA CBAE Division to met their membership needs: current

projects, needs, wishes, contact info. > CBAE Chair adds data to email list, and data list for pinpointing

presentation needs for CBAE Division Meeting and workshops/presentation for recruitment and invitations for

presentations and speakers. (Some members will disclose more needs by email/survey vs. talking in person at

conferences; I want to make sure these opportunities for full honest anonymous discloser are accounted for

and considered.)

Created 1,3,5 year Outlines for CBAE Program complete with Future Hopes Includes: ‐Creating a Community Based Arts Presence at TAEA Conventions, and Art Partnership Conventions by: 1) creating site specific collaborative community art project(s) to raise awareness or spirit at the event. 2) Set Up a CBAE Members’ Student Art Display at Annual TAEA Conferences ‐Create a members only access Community Based Art Lesson Plan Bank

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‐Continue developing all of the above ‐Expand and add to membership of CBAE Division ‐Identify and court potential future CBAE Division leadership to take the lead (already 500% on it!) ‐Start organization and strategy of building CBAE Conference Presence Project for 2016

***Please note that I am not currently teaching. I have returned to working in film with my husband as a

Digital Image Technician, Digital Utility and Final Colorist and Digital Curator. I am currently on a series of

commercials and films between Dallas and New Mexico. Due to the nature of our current film contracts, time

use on set (the Director, Director of Photography (and often the producers/clients) are next to me at all times

watching my monitors), the strange hours of filming/transcoding, and travel, (no internet/ phone signal zones

in areas of rural New Mexico and Texas) my correspondences may come in bursts, and silences. I apologize in

advance.

I do have the week of conference blacked out without filming, or camera preps, so I can attend all TAEA

Meetings and host the CBAE Division Meeting. I have been honored to be a part of TAEA, and will continue to

do so as long as I can. I may have to step down from Chair early if our film demand keeps the pace it has taken

as of late. I have already identified several potential CBAE chairs to take the lead in the event that I must leave

early. Thank you for everything you do for art education.

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Annual Report Office: Student Division Chair, Shaun Lane November 2015


Since taking the office of Student Division Chair in 2013 I have been working on the following projects:

Continued to facilitate/moderate a statewide network for pre‐service/student educators to collaborate ideas, encourage one another, and discuss topics concerning art education. (Social Media: Facebook/Instagram/Twitter)

Increasing involvement by updating content on TAEA Student Division Page as well as promoting TAEA 2015 Conference

Collaborated with a student member from a neighboring higher education campus for 2014 Conference, by presenting information on how to develop and maintain a strong student chapter.

Lobbied for alternative solutions by which student members could attend state conference besides paying registration fees.

Secured the Executive Board's approval for the waiving of student registration fee to state

conference altogether.

Sought out and interviewed potential candidates to fulfill the Student Division Chair/Elect position for term 2015‐2017.


Advocate

Continue to promote TAEA among pre‐service/students at Higher Education campuses by contacting Visual Art Studies/Art Ed professors, as well as Fine Art Professors/Advisors across the state

Big Art Day 2016 ‐Encourage a strong showing/quality of events on Higher Education Campuses . Compile a database of photos & videos to promote for BAD 2017

Develop more incentive for student members to attend/present at TAEA Conference 2016

Grow

Develop paper mailing list of student membership and send out information promoting Big Art Day 2016, TAEA 2016, and the organization overall.

Do giveaways/contests/raffles through the social media pages for sharing TAEA Student Division information/promotions electronically

Visit nearby campuses and discuss with Art Ed/Studio Art Majors there about TAEA

Lead

Continue to set a strong example of a driven, involved, student member of TAEA.

Develop future presentations for TAEA 2016 for student membership

Encourage student member to fill the role of Student Division Chair Elect, and train them accordingly

Serve

Continue to be a liaison between student membership and Executive Leadership.

Provide student membership with multiple avenues of communication to TAEA membership, resources, and information

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Annual Report Office: Distinguished Fellows, Tina Farrell, Vice Chairman November 2015


The TAEA Distinguished Fellows met at the annual fall meeting at the 2014 TAEA Conference held in Dallas. Items on the agenda were:

Discussion ‐ ways to implement the Fellows Scholarship in honor of TAEA Fellows who have passed.

Followed up discussion with Elizabeth Battle regarding her wishes for the funds that were collected in honor of Dale Battle. Passed those onto the Executive Board for action.

Presentation by Mel Basham on the TAEA Sketchbook Initiative for the 2015 Conference in Galveston. Voted unanimously to participate in the Sketchbook Initiative.

Presentation of the 2015 Distinguished Fellow Nominations. Names of nominees were taken from the floor. Three names were considered for nomination and to be sent applications for 2015.

Discussion on communication and ways to stay in contact with Fellows during the year. Passed around the list of members. Those present signed up to contact 2‐3 members each on a regular basis. Janice Wiggins completed the updated list.

Updated the forms for the nomination process and bylaws.


Goal: 1. Update the Distinguished Fellow database to ensure accuracy of contact information. Objective: 1. a. To maintain quarterly contact with Distinguished Fellows throughout the year. Goal: 2. To establish a Spring Weekend Workshop for members utilizing the strengths and experience of the Distinguished Fellows. Objectives: 2. a. To provide professional development in a relaxing atmosphere where members can participate in creative expression, art making and fellowship. 2. b. To raise funds for scholarships for teachers to attend the annual conference.

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Annual Report Office: Distinguished Fellows, Tina Farrell, Vice Chairman November 2015


Goal: 3. To provide creative, Best Practices and Lesson Plans or "Pocket Art Plans" for members to utilize in their classrooms. Objective: 3. a. To utilize the vast experience and knowledge of the Distinguished Fellows to contribute to effective art education practice in the classroom today. Goal: 4. To develop an Outreach Program for smaller, struggling districts with a traveling team to work with art teachers. Objective: 4. a. To promote effective classroom instruction and support teachers in their application and implementation of art education best practices.

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Annual Report Office: Retired Art Teachers – Donna Andrich/Janice Wiggins November 2015


End of 2014 ended on a Great Note! We are expecting a good attendance as last years, achieving goals & setting new ones! Our Retired Teacher’s meeting has been scheduled on the same day following Fellows. We have submitted an Article in the TREND as well as Conference Guide Ron Venable will be our 2nd Guest Speaker at TAEA 2015 Conference in Galveston Have current Contact List of Retirees & Fellows Submitted Blast announcing our Meeting @ TAEA to all Retirees & Fellows


Increase Membership

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Annual Report Office: Region 6 Representative, Robert W. Parker November 2015


This year in Region 6, we decided to do something a little different in the way of Regional Conferences. We

held a FREE conference for the teachers of Region 6. The conference was held on the campus of Blinn College

in Brenham in June. There was 60 participants and presenters in attendance including teachers from other

regions. A representative with Asel Art manned a booth with art supplies for the teachers to purchase if they

wished. The only cost to teachers was for their lunch.

The enthusiasm was high and the question was asked if we were going to do it again next year (2016). Plans

are already in progress to offer another free conference in June 2016.

Thank you to everyone who made our first Free Conference a success.


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Annual Report Office: Region 7 Representative, Christine L. Killian November 2015


September 2014 Student workshop for Region 7 Teachers and students at Whitehouse High School. Student met to discuss Visual Art Scholastic Event rules and prep for work. Students were then immersed in two workshop sessions and enjoyed a lunch together while their sponsors met and discussed plans for the region. TAEA Convention, November 2014 Meet with Region to discuss plans for mini workshop opportunities in summer 2015. Visual Art Scholastic Event, Teachers met during the event. Discussed issues with entries, expectations, upcoming summer event. Summer Workshop 2015 Relief Sculpture A two day hands on workshop that included a speaker from Tyler’s Gallery Main Street who engaged the teachers in the 6x6 Gallery Fundraiser.


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Annual Report Office: Region 10 Representative, Kate Rifkin November 2015


In March 2015 the first Region 10E VASE took place in Garland, Texas after being postponed due to severe weather. State VASE took place at the Dallas Convention Center in April. The second annual region 10 mini‐conference took place at Richardson High School on Friday, June 26th. Deborah Moore from AP Strategies gave the keynote address about artful thinking and vertical team planning to build successful AP studio art programs. Several art teachers shared successful lessons, demonstrations, and best practices for their peers. Asel Art Supply was a vendor and provided raffle prizes for participants. The third annual regional conference will take place summer 2016


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Annual Report Office: Region 11 Representative, Kelley Quinn McGee November 2015


This past year I took over as Region 11 Representative. During this time, I attended the TAEA Conference and held the Region 11 Meeting. Two other regions met with us too. Our planning meetings allowed us to get to know each other as a group. We did activities that addressed the needs of the region and answered questions. The Regional Conference themed on the new TEKS was scheduled for the second week of June but due to being put on bed rest the conference was cancelled. I have created emails to send to our current Region 11 members to send to their colleagues inviting them to become members, and I made one encouraging new members to attend conference. I also made a TAEA Region 11 Facebook group to communicate with membership.


I will not be holding this position next year. The goals and objectives that I am forwarded to the new chair: ‐ Attend Conference Meetings to be a voice for the region ‐ Hold Regional meeting if we have them this year at conference ‐ Plan a Regional Summer Conference ‐ Maintain and increase Facebook group’s use. ‐ Encourage new membership through email communication with current members. ‐ Create an email to Region’s Fine Arts Directors/ Art Teachers to encourage membership of those who are not.

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Annual Report Office: Region 12 Representative, John H. Dunn, M.A.E. November 2015


No activity in Region 12.


Goal: Be Visible Objective: Encourage Art Teachers in the region to get involved in YAM and VASE

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Annual Report Office: Region 13 Representative, Pam Arnold November 2015


We continue to communicate through emails and the TAEA Region 13 web page. We made an effort to connect to new art teachers through emails and to continue to grow as a region. TAEA Fall 2014 Conference‐Region 13 Meeting has 38 members to attend. During the update information from Pam Arnold, Region 13 Representative, the members created a tooled copper pen for themselves. August 3. 2015 Recharge at Gullett Elementary in Austin attended by 43 with 14 presenters. The cost was $10 with bagels and coffee in the morning. We lunched on our own. The presenters were wonderful. Samantha Melvin started us off with a TASK activity. Mel Basham and Suzanne Green – Make a Book and Fill It Up Betsy Murphy – Painting with Sargent Art Sharon Preston – Kinder Blues Kim Moncus – Under the Sea Emily Cayton from AMOA – Sculpture Nicki Leatherwood and Deb Clarke – Weaving Stephanie Schmidt – Thiebaud Cupcakes Kathleen McElwaine – Painting Chris Cooper – Photoshop Susan Johnson – Multicolor printing registry Samantha Melvin – Terrific Tunnelbooks Pam Arnold completed the day presenting a collaborative ceramic project for the TAEA fall Auction – “Birds of a Feather” Region 13 Meeting at the TAEA Fall Conference 2015 is being planned with a hands on process/lesson/program.


Suggested Goals and Objectives for 2015‐2016 Advocate Continue to encourage communication between art teachers in Region 13 and TAEA Grow

Continue to reach out to small town art teachers because they sometimes lack support and monies in their districts

Lead

Continue to encourage participation in Big Art Day, Youth Art Month, and VASE/TEAM

Have the Summer Recharge before August 1 due to the TAEA budget year of August‐July. Suggested by Gay Selman at TAEA Headquarters.

Serve Continue to update the TAEA web page for Region 13. A few suggestions for the next Chairperson

1. Google docs/forms are the best ways to send out the information to members of Region 13

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Annual Report Office: Region 13 Representative, Pam Arnold November 2015


Serve Continue to update the TAEA web page for Region 13. A few suggestions for the next Chairperson

1. Google docs/forms are the best ways to send out the information to members of Region 13 2. Use TAEA Region 13 member list as is until there are changes made at headquarters. 3. Using a presenter that is part of a company sometimes does not have the interest of the art

teacher looking for student based lessons in mind. Art Teachers are the best presenters! Facebook page for Region 13 was not well received. Perhaps there is a better social network connection

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Annual Report Office: Region 16 Representative, Denise Olson November 2015


Region 16 High School VASE March 7, 2015 @ Tascosa High School 860 Registrations 57 State Qualifiers Workshops: Cyanotype Prints, Potter’s Wheel, Watercolor Techniques (Inclement weather on scheduled date of February 28 caused a one week delay and change of location. Due to the date change, several students were unable to attend and DNA numbers were higher than normal.) Region 16 Junior VASE May 17, 2014 @ Crockett Middle School 116 Registrations 10 Silver Medallion Awards (photographs submitted for TAEA website) Workshops: Potter’s Wheel, Handmade Sketch boards, & Mural Note: Event was shorted to ½ day to avoid the problem of providing lunch for the middle school students. We had to increase the number of judges, but we paid them for ½ day. This worked much better than a full‐day event. Texas Panhandle Student Art Show May 1‐15, 2015 @ Amarillo Museum of Art Reception Award Presentation – May 15, 2015 Approximately 820 Individual Artwork Entries & 24 Senior Portfolio Exhibitions Awards: 10 Individual Best of Shows 1 Best of Show Portfolio 2 Georgia O’Keeffe Excellence in Art Awards I Georgia O’Keeffe Excellence in Art Scholarship Texas Panhandle Art Education Association Scholarship

Art Scholarships awarded from West Texas A&M University & Amarillo College

I love how this exhibition honors all Panhandle art students, but emphasizes the accomplishment of our senior students and provides that morale boast they need before starting post‐secondary education. Service Learning Projects Pumpkins decorated and donated to Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center where they were auctioned to support the organization. American Quarter Horse Association Youth Art Show Several Region 16 art students were represented in the 2014 AQHA Youth Art Show. Students also attended workshops conducted by area artist.

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Annual Report Office: Region 16 Representative, Denise Olson November 2015


Congressional Art Contest Region 16 student artwork was submitted to US Representative, Mac Thornberry. The 2015 winner was from Caprock High School in Amarillo. VTS Training VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) training was conducted at the Region 16 Education Service Center for elementary teachers in the Texas Panhandle. An overview of VTS was provided for Art Teachers in Amarillo ISD. Art Curriculum in Amarillo ISD Underwent rewrites that focused on revised TEKS and project‐based learning. One of the goals is to attach common lesson plans to the curriculum objectives.


VTS – Visual Thinking Strategies Continue staff development training for elementary teachers in Amarillo and the Panhandle Area. Region 16 High School VASE Goals: Increase Entries and Attendance Outdoor Art Happening at Event Region 16 Junior VASE Goals: Increase Entries and Attendance

Involve high school art students, perhaps providing workshops Texas Panhandle Student Art Show Goals: Increase participation from elementary schools Increase scholarship awards YAM Flag Designs Goal: Increase participation by Region 16 Art Teachers Improve communication with Region 16 Teachers

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Annual Report Office: Region 18 Representative, LaRee Morris November 2015


Ector County ISD Art Teacher’s Art Exhibition/hosted by Odessa College

Ector County ISD Annual High School Student Art Show/Ellen Noel Art Museum

Ector County ISD Annual Junior High School Art Show/Ellen Noel Art Museum

Ector County ISD Elementary Student Show

Childs Play for Elementary Students hosted at Ellen Noel Art Museum

ECISD Local Christmas Card Contest

Odessa American News Paper Pumpkin Contest

Ector County ISD begins the process of changing from the Junior High School format to the Middle School format beginning 2015/2016 school year

ECISD developing a larger Secondary Art program at the Middle School and High School level

Odessa College works with ECISD developing 9th grade school on Odessa College campus beginning 2015/2016 school year

University of Texas of the Permian Basin working with ECISD develops the STEM Academy starting 2015/2016 school year

ECISD /Advanced Placement Art/IB Art/Dual Credit Art

ECISD Art‐1 credit given in 8th grade

ECISD new Fine Arts Director Mr. Mark Lyon

Midland ISD High School, Junior High School, and Elementary Annual Art Show/Museum of the Southwest

Midland ISD/Advanced Placement Art

Midland ISD Art‐1 credit given to 8th grade

Empty Bowl Project

Pots and Prints (Traveling art for a day at regional schools creating raku pots and linoleum prints) hosted by UTPB/Professor Chris Stanley, Professor Mario Kiran and Students

Region 18 students enter Congressional Show

Region 18 Junior VASE Event hosted by Midland ISD/Abell Junior High School/Director, LaRee Morris

Region 18 Junior VASE Workshops for Teachers and Students

Development of Region 18 Junior VASE Team/appointing a new director for Region 18 Junior VASE 2016, Robynn Teel/Abell Junior High, Midland ISD

High School VASE Event hosted by Ector County ISD/Permian High School/Director, LaRee Morris

Region 18 High School VASE Team

Region 18 High School VASE Workshops for both Teachers and Students

Matthew Martinez offers training to help develop both High School and Junior Art Honor Society in Region 18

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Annual Report Office: Region 18 Representative, LaRee Morris November 2015


Continued development of Region 18 Communication Network for Teachers and Artist

Promotion of getting student art out to be viewed by the public for both teachers and for students – GET ART OUT for the PUBLIC to VIEW!


Continue working on developing a stronger network/communication system

Promotion of who we are and making more contacts to develop a stronger/larger TAEA group in Region 18

Developing a Teacher Mentor Program for New Art Teachers

Developing an Art Teacher News Letter

Continue Region 18 Workshops for Teachers and Students

Developing more Quarterly TAEA Region 18 Workshops

Continued Development of both High School and Junior VASE Events and VASE Teams

Working on the development of the TEAM Event/appointing a director

Entering more Contest local and statewide with students across Region 18

Developing a Big Art Day

Enter and Promoting TAEA contest and YAM

Development of a Retired Art Teachers group

Continued contact and working together with all local colleges and universities to promote and have continued growth within art education

Continued development of Junior and High School Art Honor Society, Matthew Martinez

Sharing how to develop an Art Booster Club, Jason Sanchez

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Annual Report Office: Brazos Valley Art Education Association, Melissa Shulman November 2015


Date Program Location August • August 7, 2014, 4:30‐5:30 ‐ BVAEA Social The Chocolate Gallery 211 North Main Street Bryan, TX 979‐779‐2804 www.bcschocolategallery.com

BVAEA Summer Social at The Chocolate Gallery September • September 1, 2014 ‐ School Holiday • September 4, 2014 ‐ BVAEA Andy Goldsworthy with Lucinda Houtchens Rock Prairie Elementary • September 12, 2014‐ TASB/TASA Deadline http://www.taea.org/TAEA/Docs/2014/TAEA‐2014‐2015‐YAM‐Book.pdf • September 20, 2014 ‐ Brazos Valley Fair and Expo Photography contest deadline http://www.brazosvalleyfair.com/events/2014/photography‐contest

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfIn8kh7IxA Congratulations Jami Bevans on receiving: Celebrate the Arts 2014 Arts Champion Award given by The Arts Council of Brazos Valley October • October 2, In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows and Color and Light: The Glass of Louis C. Tiffany with Jennifer Korolenko UArt Forsyth Gallery MSC, TAMU • October 7, 2014 ‐ Brazos Valley Fair and Expo Youth Western Art Show contest deadline http://www.brazosvalleyfair.com/events/2014/youth‐western‐art‐show • October 10, 2014 Art of Friendship Art Contest • October 24, 2014 George Bush Presidential Library, Spotlight on Art Educators drop‐off deadline

BVAEA Workshop at UArt Forsyth Gallery MSC, TAMU with Jenn Korolenko

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November • November 6‐9, 2014, TAEA Conference San Antonio, Texas • November 20, 2014 ‐ BVAEA George Bush Presidential Library and Museum • George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Spotlight on Art Educators Exhibit • November 24‐28, 2014 Thanksgiving Break BVAEA Workshop at George Bush Presidential Library and Museum

Christine Grafe, Cypress Grove Intermediate clay whistle and lesson are in the November issue of School Arts Magazine!

December • December 4, 2014 ‐ BVAEA Gift Exchange and Christmas Social, Allen Academy, Marci Kacal • December 12, 2014‐ YAM Flag Designs due to TAEA http://www.taea.org/TAEA/Docs/2014/TAEA‐2014‐2015‐YAM‐Book.pdf • December 12, 2014‐ January 12, 2015‐ YAM State Capitol Exhibit Submit Entries http://www.taea.org/TAEA/Docs/2014/TAEA‐2014‐2015‐YAM‐Book.pdf • Christmas Break December 22, 2014 ‐ January 2, 2015

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January • January 8, 2015 ‐ BVAEA Printmaking with Blake Allen Bryan High School 3450 Campus Dr. Room# 4153 • January 12, 2015‐ YAM State Capitol Exhibit Deadline • January 22, 2015 ‐ Region VI Fine Arts Conference (Huntsville) February • February 5, 2015 ‐ BVAEA Charcoal Sketch Session at Bryan High School with Renee Richards Room #4154, back door #3F • February 14, 2015 ‐ Regional VASE, Bryan High School • February 25 & 26, 2015 ‐ 2015 Bush Library Art & Essay Contest entries due; 2‐7 pm

(Either deliver entries in person or send by mail to GBPLM, Education Department, 1000 George Bush Drive West, College Station, TX 77845)

• February 28, 2015 ‐ Empty Bowls, Jr. March • March ‐ Youth Art Month • March 3‐22, 2015 Houston Rodeo Art Contest • March 7, 2015 ‐ BISD ArtFest (Bryan High School) • March 12, 2015 ‐ BVAEA Pastel Portraits with Jami Bevans at A and M Consolidated High School • March 16‐20, 2015 Spring Break • March 26‐28, 2015 ‐ NAEA Conference (New Orleans) • March 27‐29 ‐ Robertson County Fair • Middle School Art Portfolio Reviews (Bryan HS)

BVAEA YAM Bottle Cap Mural created by: Cypress Grove Intermediate, Rock Prairie Elementary, South Knoll Elementary, Bowen Elementary, Mary Branch Elementary, Allen Academy, Bryan High School, and Fannin Elementary for display at The Arts Council of the Brazos Valley, TAEA Conference, and TASA/TASB as well as the schools above

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April • April 2, 2015 ‐ BVAEA Pastels with Kathy Dodd at Cypress Grove Intermediate • April 3, 2015 Good Friday, School Holiday • April 10, 2015 ‐ Region 6 TEAM Turn in Deadline Fannin Elementary • April 14‐15, 2015 ‐ Region 6 TEAM Judging Fannin Elementary • April 22, 2015‐ TAMU Vet School Deadline to drop off artwork • April 24‐25, 2015 ‐ State VASE (Anatole in Dallas) • April Stuff the Bus for (Bryan and College Station) May • May 7, 2015 ‐ BVAEA Symbaloo, EduCanon, free Rice, Kahoot and more with Joelle Dulaney at Oakwood Intermediate • May 16th, 2014 ‐ Junior VASE at Cypress Grove Intermediate • May 2, 2015 ‐ College Station ISD Art Show at Cypress Grove Intermediate • May 25, 2015 School Holiday • 2015 ‐ Brazos Youth Fair and Rodeo Art Contest deliver in May for $5 entry per student


Goals 1. Update the student artwork gallery on our website. 2. Increase active participation with the group and during BVAEA monthly meetings. 3. Every District in our association should have at least one piece in the TASB/TASA and Capitol Exhibit. 4. Increase surrounding area art teacher’s awareness of Brazos Valley Art Education Association. 5. Appoint a Big Art Day Committee Chairperson to guide the group during the year for the month of March.

Objectives 1. During the September BVAEA Meeting, we will hand‐out and/or email the permission slips for student artwork to

be featured on our web page. 2. During the September Meeting, present the BVAEA Perfect Attendance Awards. 3. Increase awareness of TASB/TASA and the Capitol Exhibit by discussing what each is and artwork deadlines. 4. Email and send the BVAEA tri‐fold brochure and letter that promotes BVAEA, YAM, plus, awards our association

and teachers have won. These will be sent to teachers in the surrounding areas along with the Important Dates and Deadlines document.

5. Amber Herbelin will be the Big Art Day Committee Chairperson. She will present the bottle cap project to the group at the September Meeting.

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Annual Report Office: Richardson Art Teacher Society, Jordan Taub November 2015


Richardson Art Teacher Society (R.A.T.S.) has held various events for members this past year. Best of TAEA After TAEA, RATS members shared out their favorite lessons from TAEA. Teachers exchanged lessons, shared art examples, and came away with more ideas to engage students through meaningful lessons and classroom management strategies. Lesson Plan and Poster Swap RATS members participated in a lesson plan swap hosted by Kate Shatz, This was an all‐level event, and members brought strong, successful lessons to share with others. Posters were also shared to enhance our collection visual learning aides. Encaustic Workshop Laura Lester, RATS Secretary, organized a hands on workshop for RATS members. They were then able to take their experience and share that with their students. RATS Kay Savay Scholarship Anne Gallo, RATS Scholarship Chair, is currently establishing, organizing, and facilitating the Kay Savay scholarship for deserving High School Seniors in Richardson ISD. RATS are raising money through t‐shirt sales to fund the scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to students later this April/ May.


Goals for the 2015‐2016 school year:

Going Digital! Our goal this year is to create and send out our RATS News Letter and use it as a tool to record events and communicate with our members.

PAL and RATS Goal: to collaborate with other Art Teacher organizations in our region, starting with the Plano Art Leaders in possible workshops, professional development opportunities, and art shows.

Kay Savay Scholarship Our goal is to award as many deserving students as possible this year with our Kay Savay Scholarship.

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Annual Report Office: McKinney Art Education Association, Shannon Kessler November 2015


This past year we have done quite a bit. Last October we participated in the Holiday Bazar, which was a huge success.

The teachers put on 4 different YAM for the schools. The 4 different YAM is due the size

and the work would not fit in one place. This is such a huge time.

In June we held a 3 day professional development for the teacher and work created from

this show led to an Art Teachers show.


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Annual Report Office: Trends, Carrie Markello, Heidi Powell & William Nieberding , Co-editors November 2015


The co-editors of Trends, Drs. Carrie Markello , Heidi Powell and William Nieberding The co-editors of Trends, Drs. Carrie Markello , Heidi Powell and William Nieberding compiled the 2015 issue of the journal Trends. Collaborating again this year with designer/art educator Erica Ciesielski Chaikin, the journal focuses on: Exploring Relevant Art Experiences for 21st Century Learners. This issue includes six peer-reviewed articles from practitioners in the field of art education, interviews with three artists, an e-mail conversation with Olivia Gude, and a section featuring Big Art Day events across the state of Texas.

The six peer reviewed articles explore a wide range of ideas and challenges for cultivating relevant art experiences and preparing 21st century learners to see and relate to the world we share. This year 's issue includes interviews with internationally recognized artists Mel Chin, and Dario Robleto , and an interview with Austin ai1ist John Yancey. An email conversation between Oliva Gude and Carrie Markello covers developing art education relevant for 21st century learners. This interview is a follow up to Gude's General Session talk and workshop conference presentations at the 2014 TAEA conference in San Antonio. The conversation with Gude, a highly recognized leader in the field, continues the practice of extending the scope of the journal to a national level. Written and photographic accounts of Big Art Day events are featured in this issue as well, and highlight the creative forces at work in the field of art education across the state of Texas.

Copies of the 2015 issue of Trends will be distributed at the TAEA conference in Galveston in (November 2015). Past issues of Trends are available in a digital format through the Trends webpage on the TAEA website supported by Dr. Jack Davis. The link from the Trends webpage links to The Portal to Texas History where past issues from l 957 to the present may be accessed .

Developed with input and inspiration from attendees of the 2014 Higher Education Summit hosted by Texas State University, the 2016 call for manuscripts "SITUATED " along with author guidelines have been published to the TAEA website to the National Art Education Association website.


After serving for three years, Dr. Carrie Markello will conclude her service as a Trends co‐editor at the end of 2015. Co‐Editors Dr. Heidi Powell from University of Texas and Dr. William Nieberding from Stephen F. Austin State University will be seeking a third scholar for editing the 2016 issue. The co‐editors also plan to draft and submit for approval the 2017 call for manuscripts before the 2015 TAEA conference in Galveston. The 2016 call for manuscripts Situate, Situation, Situating: Art Education along with author guidelines has been be published to the TAEA website . The 2016 call for manuscripts is also published on the NAEA website at http://www.arteducators.or/research/call‐for‐submissions.

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Annual Report Office: Trends, Carrie Markello, Heidi Powell & William Nieberding , Co-editors November 2015


Theme: Situate, Situation, Situating: Art Education Looking beyond the technical to the artistry involved in art education helps us understand where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. As we develop purposefully and responsively as art/ist educators, the narratives we build are important in developing the very sense of who we are, as well as what, and why we do what we do. These narratives impact how we view each other and ourselves in the spaces of art education. Art Education is the place where we all find ourselves immersed. In this call, we emphasize how context can change our views and interpretations of situations, how we are situated, and the process of situating ourselves within our profession. How do we as art educators respond to and initiate change? How do we create new adaptations for our programs when situations arise to challenge us, such as limitations of funding, our physical environments, policy mandates, or assessment practices? In what ways does experience and research shape Art Education and create new possibilities? How do shared experiences foster hope and improve pedagogy and practice in others, as well as for ourselves?

This issue of Trends encourages article submissions that reflect how we become responsively creative to our situations and our approaches to Art Education and invites those who are art educators, community‐based activists, museum educators, university educators, researchers, and graduate students for the 2016 theme: Situate, Situation, Situating: Art Education. Authors are encouraged to explore issues of classroom practice, research, policy‐making administration and community engagement that reflect the diversity of situation within which you are engaging in art education. Deadline: Original manuscripts must be received by January 1, 2016 as MS Word document attachments, electronically via e‐mail to: Heidi Powell at [email protected] or Bill Nieberding at [email protected]. To facilitate the anonymous peer review process, author 's name and any identifying information should appear on a separate page . Manuscripts must be formatted according to APA (6th Edition) standards. Photographic images are encouraged; please prepare them in digital (300 dpi.jpg) format and include the photo and/or copyright release form.

For questions or more information, please feel free to contact Heidi Powell, Bill Nieberding or refer to the Trends homepage (http://www.taea .org). Trends, The Journal of the Texas Art Education Association is a refereed professional journal , published annually by the TAEA and is sent to all members and to selected state and national officials. The journal accepts articles written by authors residing both inside and outside of the state of Texas.

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