volume 5, issue 4

Jan/Feb 2013 Volume 5 :: Issue 4

Art Educators of Iowa

The Message

A publication for Iowa art educators and their

supporters.

InsideYouth Art MonthChristy Humpal lets you in on the details of this year’s YAM Celebration.

New TeachersCheck out a couple of Iowa’s newest art educators!

And More!

Getting Back Into Itfrom your friendly Editor, Lisa M Jorgensen

Well, it’s 2014!! Welcome back to the rest of your year. Is it just me, or is this year going by even faster than last? Regardless, I know it’s

going to be an excellent year.

Youth Art Month comes up in March during which we can recognize our amazing students and their creativity at the State Historical

Building. Be sure to check out the information on our website! If you haven’t paricipated before, I strongly suggest you should!

Have a fabulous winter - stay warm and I’ll see you in March!

Lisa JorgensenCommunications/Editor

[email protected]


A Blank Canvas...oh the possibilities!

I love the way the ground looks after a new fallen snow. There’s something about the way the sunlight glimmers off the snow crystals that is so appealing. It’s like the beginning of a new year, a blank canvas, a fresh start.

Ahh, a fresh start. I’ve begun the New Year jotting down some ideas, some resolutions, to make a fresh start this year in both my personal and professional life.

Resolution 1. Not to set any unattainable goals, only real-life expectations.

On a personal note, this means the difference between a) losing weight and b) eating healthier and being more active. I am in a constant battle with the idea of losing weight. Last year I began this journey towards a healthier attitude towards my physical and emotional well-being. By making my personal well-being a priority, I deal with daily pressures and stress in a more healthy manner.Focusing on my personal well-being is part of a real-life expectation and an attainable goal I can and will always need to work on. (Of course weight loss would be a wonderful side-effect!)

On a professional level, this means the difference between a) doing it all and b) doing less. I’ve come to realize that when I stretch myself too thin not only does my professional life suffer but

so does my personal. I can’t do it all, no matter how I try. There is no way I can live up to this unattainable goal. It’s okay to say “no” to those things, which aren’t important to you. By saying “no”, you give yourself permission to say “yes” to those things you are passionate about when the opportunity comes along. AEI has provided me the opportunity to clear my plate of commitments, which took a lot of precious time and created a lot of stress in my life. By saying “no” I am able to commit more time to the work of AEI and the visual arts educators in our state while pursuing my passion for arts education.

Resolution 2. Being open to ask and accept help from others with a gracious and thankful attitude.

Regardless of our personal or professional goals, we can’t do it alone. We need to surround ourselves with others who encourage and lift us to our true potential. AEI has a strong tradition of passionate visual arts educators like you. This is a goal I plan to pursue more ardently this year. It’s easy to say, “I’ll just do it myself.” However, when we ask and accept help from others, we surround ourselves with others who share our interest and passion. We not only grow in the experience but, provide a shared opportunity to learn and grow for all those involved. By asking and accepting help from others, we create friendships and relationships, which can last a lifetime.

What are your plans for your blank canvas this year? Shanise

The Department of Natural Resources invites you to enroll your class in our third annual “Take It Outside” Art Contest — win prizes that will get you and your students involved in outdoor

activities.

Registration is due February 1st, 2013.For more information and registration information visit, www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/education/takeoutart.pdf.

January 11, 2014 - Winter Board Meeting/ YAM Judging, State Historical Building, Des Moines, IA

January 29, 2014 - IAAE- “Create, Legislate and Celebrate”- A Fine Arts Advocacy Day- State Capitol

March 1, 2014 - YAM Reception, State Historical Building, Des Moines, IA

March 14, 2014 - All-State Submissions Due

March 28/ 29-31, 2014 - NAEA Delegates Assembly/ NAEA National Convention, San Diego, CA

April 5, 2014 - All-State Judging, Location TBD

May 3, 2014 - All-State Awards Ceremony

UPCOMING EVENTSNominate, nominate, nominate!It is not too early to nominate an outstanding art educator for the 2014 awards that will be presented at next year’s fall conference.

Nominees can be any AEI member in the following categories: Outstanding Elementary Art Educator, Outstanding Middle Level Art Educator, Outstanding Secondary Art Educator, Outstanding Museum Art Educator, Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator, Outstanding Art Supervision/Administration, Distinguished Service Within the Profession, and Art Educator of the Year.

Nominees for the Distinguished Service Outside the Profession do not need to be AEI members.

The nomination form for the above awards can be downloaded at: http://www.arteducators.org/grants/2014_Awards_Nom_Form.pdf. Save this form to your desktop. Simply fill it out with information about the person you are nominating and also your contact information. E-mail this completed form and a letter of nomination to [email protected].

You may also nominate a first-year art educator for the New Professional Art Educator Award. To submit a nomination for this award, four letters of support are required. 1) A letter of nomination listing the following: nominee’s name, home address, telephone number, e-mail address, university attended, date of graduation, and the school name, school address, and school telephone number where they are currently teaching; 2) A letter of recommendation from a faculty member or administrator at the school or school district where they teach; 3) A letter of recommendation from their student-teaching supervisor at the school where they student taught; and 4) A letter of recommendation from an arts education faculty member at their university.

Contact Ronda Sternhagen ([email protected]) for more information!

TAKE IT OUTSIDE


Christy Humpal

2014 Youth Art Month

Youth Art Month will be here before you know it, so plan now to make March an amazing month for Art Advocacy. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Random Acts of Art: Place small works of art randomly around your school or community - painted stones, small clay tokens, Artist Trading Cards….

Community Art Displays: Would any local businesses be interested in displaying student art in their storefront windows?

It’s Newsworthy! Do your local newspapers KNOW that it’s Youth Art Month? Let them know, and invite them in to photograph students at work.

Give the Gift of Art: Give School Board Members, Administrators, or local legislators a piece of student art, with a message from

a student about the importance of art education.

Have a Party! Celebrate artists’ birthdays all month long: Michelangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Piet Mondrian, Anselm Kiefer, Juan Gris, Francisco Goya, and Vincent Van Gogh were all born in March.

Take Center Stage: Make art a central part of your school-wide assemblies in March.

Be Our Guest!! Invite Administrators, School Board Members, local legislators, and community members to visit your room, and see your amazing students in action!

How do you plan to make Youth Art Month special in your community? Join the Art Educators of Iowa on Facebook and share your ideas.

SEE YOU IN DES MOINES!Don’t miss out on the 2014 Youth Art Month Celebration! Gather 10 stellar works of student art and fill out the entry forms found at http://www.artedia.org/yam/youthartmonth.html. Contact your area representative to get your work to the State Historical Building in Des Moines on January 11 for judging.

Christy [email protected]

Newton, Iowa

Meet Iowa’s Newest Art Educators!Webster City is booming with new art educators! Well, what can we learn about our newest leaders in Iowa?

Meet Danny Lee a first year art teacher in Webster City. He graduated from UNI. He spent some time overseas teaching and has decided to return to the states. Danny has been very busy this year not only teaching art courses but also broadcasting. Danny’s fav. color is Alizarin Crimson. In his spare time Danny likes to do cross word puzzles and double dutch. If anyone wants to meet up with Danny he likes to pan for gold. (Remember, this is an attempt at humor, and a source at introducing Danny to The Message and its readers. No harm is intended to any persons this article is about or reader of the information.)

Erica also come to us from UNI! And is teaching art in Webster City. Her emphasis was in graphic design, but she also enjoy ceramics.She does not just have one favorite color but is attracted to very bright/neon ones. Ask Erica to join you on one of her many runs or stretch out with her in one of her pass times of pilates. She also likes to read and cook from some of her new found recipes from Pinterest. Or if that is not your style she also likes to go to movies. As some of the other first year teachers you could treat Erica to Sushi anytime!

A not so new face to AEI but new to the teaching professional has joined us as well! Morgan Singleton, a

first year teacher but no a new face to many of us. Morgan has been a part of the AEI board when she was attending

UNI. She likes to work in mixed media, printmaking, and painting. Her fav. colors are turquoise and gold right now.

Morgan loves to eat garlic bread. If any of you want to grant her 3 wishes you would pay off her student loans,

travel the world with her or buy her a printing press. When Morgans is not commuting from Des Moines to Clark

Community Schools where she teaches she likes to spend time watching Netflix with her husband.


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Ronda Sternhagen, Grundy Center High School [email protected]

Visual Arts Lesson Plan Title: Music-inspired Livestock Marker Painting

Author: Ronda Sternhagen Age Group: High School Painting

In the table below are the Visual Arts Standards and the Universal Constructs. Check the ones addressed.

Standards Adapted from

NAEA Standards

Understand,

select & apply

media,

techniques &

processes.

Understand

and apply

elements &

principles of

design.

Students will

consider, select,

apply & evaluate

a range of

subject matter,

symbols and

ideas.

Understand

the visual arts

in relation to

history and

culture.

Reflect upon

and assess the

characteristics

of their own and

otherʼs work

Students will make

connections

between the visual

arts, other

disciplines and

daily life.

Universal

Constructs

Critical Thinking x x x x x Complex

Communication x x x x x Creativity x x x x Collaboration Flexibility &

Adaptability x x Productivity &

Accountability x

Building, District or Department Goals or Objectives Visual Arts Content Standard 1: Students will understand, select and

apply media, techniques and

processes.

Benchmark B: Develop and demonstrate ability with tools and technologies associated with art making a research.

Visual Arts Content Standard 2: Students will understand and apply elements and principles of design and

other art structures.

Benchmark C: Communicate ideas to others through the visual arts.

Visual Arts Content Standard 3: Students will consider, select, apply

and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.

Benchmark A: Create original artwork using subjects, symbols, and ideas from society, cultures, and the natural

world.

Visual Arts Content Standard 5: Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics

and merits of their own and other’s work.

Benchmark A: Use written and oral communication to critique personal artwork and the work of others.

Visual Arts Content Standard 6: Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life.

Benchmark A: Synthesize materials, processes and technologies in the visual arts with other disciplines.

Universal Constructs: Critical Thinking, Complex Communication, Creativity, Flexibility / Adaptability, Productivity / Accountability

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Description

Students will create a three-day, three layered painting in which the lines, colors and shapes are inspired by three varying genres of music of their choice.

Students will write an artist statement and record that statement as an audio file that will be linked to a QR

code. Viewers can access the artist statement via the QR code.

Teacher Preparation

Secure livestock markers from local farmer’s cooperative

Materials and Resources Needed:

22x28” tag board

Livestock markers

Music source for each student

Audio recording method

Dropbox (audio files will be stored in public folder for access via QR Code)

QR Code generator (www.qrstuff.com)

Vocabulary

Genre – category of artistic works; one of the categories, based on form, style, or subject matter, into which

artistic works of all kinds can be divided. For example, the detective novel is a genre of fiction.

Plan / Procedures:

Day 1

• Plug into your favorite music, keeping the tempo of the music

somewhat similar. • Peel the "skin" off the livestock markers and begin to move to the

music. Fill your entire page with no white space showing.

• Capture an image of your work at the end of the period.

Day 2

• Select a contrasting genre of music, keeping today's tempo of music

somewhat similar, yet different than Day 1. • Peel the "skin" off the livestock markers and begin to move to the

music. You should allow some of your Day 1 work exposed.


Day 3

• Select yet another genre of music, keeping today's tempo of music

somewhat similar, yet different than Day 1 and Day 2. • Peel the "skin" off the livestock markers and begin to move to the

music. You should allow some of your Day 1 and Day 2 work

exposed.


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Artist Statement The final step in our project will be to write an artist statement and

record it. Your recording will be linked to a QR code for viewers to

learn more about your work.

So, what do you include in your artist statement?

You will want to use complete sentences.

• Title of your work of art.

• Your name.

• Measurements of your work in inches and centimeters. • Materials you used to create this work. (HINT...Oil-based

Livestock Markers on 80 pound index paper.)

• The year that you created the work. • What inspired you to create this work of art. (You cannot say,

"Because Mrs. Sternhagen said we were going to do this.")

o What music did you listen to on Day 1?

Who recorded this music?

What year was this music recorded?

What was the tempo of this music?

How does this type of music make you feel? What kinds of lines, shapes and colors did this

music inspire you to use?





How did this music contrast to the type of music you listed to on Day 1?

How does this type of music make you feel?

What kinds of lines, shapes and colors did this music inspire you to use?

How were these lines, shapes and colors different from those you created on Day 1?





How did this music contrast to the type of music you listed to on Day 2?

How does this type of music make you feel?

What kinds of lines, shapes and colors did this music inspire you to use?

How were these lines, shapes and colors different from those you created on Day 2?

• How do you feel about your final painting?

o Do you like it?

Why do you like it?

o Do you not like it?

Why do you not like it?

What could you have done differently to make is so that you would like it?

• Anything else you would like to tell us about your painting.


Assessment

Rubric

Music-inspired Livestock Marker Painting Rubric

Visual Arts Content Standard 1: Students will understand, select and apply media, techniques and processes.

Benchmark B: Develop and demonstrate ability with tools and technologies associated with art making a research.

Universal Constructs: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Flexibility / Adaptability, Productivity / Accountability

Level of ability and skill in conjunction with materials and construction to achieve an effective, finished piece. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Visual Arts Content Standard 2: Students will understand and apply elements and principles of design and other art structures.

Benchmark C: Communicate ideas to others through the visual arts.

Universal Constructs: Critical Thinking, Complex Communication, Creativity, Flexibility / Adaptability, Productivity / Accountability

Painting has three contrasting layers of applied medium. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Visual Arts Content Standard 3: Students will consider, select, apply and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.

Benchmark A: Create original artwork using subjects, symbols, and ideas from society, cultures, and the natural world.

Universal Constructs: Critical Thinking, Complex Communication, Creativity, Flexibility / Adaptability,

Productivity / Accountability

Understands and uses basic design and layout principals; Uses information given to create

movement and excitement in painting. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Project reflects an individual style and/or approach; Student shows ability to work independently.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Visual Arts Content Standard 5: Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their own and other’s work.

Benchmark A: Use written and oral communication to critique personal artwork and the work of others.

Visual Arts Content Standard 6: Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life.

Benchmark A: Synthesize materials, processes and technologies in the visual arts with other disciplines.

Universal Constructs: Complex Communication, Productivity / Accountability

Artist statement is reflective of each layer's inspiration and content. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Universal Construct: Productivity / Accountability

Work is signed in an appropriate manner. 0 1 2


Resources

Recording Audio Files and Creating QR Codes using GarageBand, Dropbox and qrstuff.com

[…and maybe iPhoto]

Open GarageBand.

Choose New Project and Select Voice.

Save project file on your hard drive…and remember where you have saved it. Click red round Record Button and begin recording.

Click Stop Button to end your recording.

When finished recording, click Share, then Export to Disk.

Compress using MP3 encoder. Export.

Upload MP3 file to a public folder on Dropbox.

Click on the file in the public folder. Copy public link.

Go to www.qrstuff.com (or any other QR code generator)

[These directions are for www.qrstuff.com] 1. Data type…click on Dropbox.

2. Content…paste the public link in the Website URL box. Click on “Use our qrs.ly URL shortener”.

3. You can select the color of your code. [I just always use black.] 4. Download the QR Code. [I download the QR Codes, then rename the file with the student’s name

and drag the files into iPhoto to print a bunch of them at one time as a Contact Sheet with the file

name printed below the image.]

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