Don't miss out on the Ceramics Throwdown at Desert Sun Ceramics in Moab on March 7th. Join us from 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm for a creative experience. Find us at 1320 US 191.

Come the night before to an Evening for Educators at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center on March 7 at 6 PM.

Evenings for Educators is a free program dedicated to the professional development of elementary and secondary teachers across the state. Evenings offer keynote speakers, hands-on workshops providing in-depth instructional experiences, networking opportunities where participating teachers may share strategies and learn from each other, and free educational materials.

Dinner is included at the event and participants can earn 3 relicensure points!

“Fill Your Cup”

Join us in-person for our Fall Conference with great speakers, new lesson ideas, networking, and an opportunity to Fill Your Cup! You can register now on Eventbrite!

Join us for an online panel discussion with practical ideas on organization, behavioral management, and creative budgeting.

Zoom Link: 
 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81937296118?pwd=eTlqclFLa2xDODZac3d0eXUyRGNxUT09
Meeting ID: 819 3729 6118
Passcode: UAEA
Please fill out this survey before attending: https://forms.gle/tZVXbeYm163hpbHr7

From Student to Studio: The Evolution of a Professional Artist

This year we are celebrating the 50th year of the Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show! In connection with our exhibition, From Student to Studio, join us for a panel discussion and Q&A featuring arts professionals from the exhibition who once exhibited in the high school show as students. They will share their journey from student to professional and answer questions. Following the discussion, learn from these artists in hands-on workshops as they share art techniques and ideas you can use to inspire your students of all ages. This event is available both in person and virtually.

Pre-register at usbe.midaseducation.com. Course No. 60052, Section 16 (In-person), Section 17 (Virtual).

For more information, including how to register visit smofa.org/e4e.

Join Weber State University for an EVENING FOR EDUCATORS: REFLECTIONS ON EMPATHY IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM on Thursday, March 10 from 6:00-9:00 PM at the Shaw Gallery in the Kimball Visual Arts Building (3964 W Campus Dr, Ogden, UT 84408).

In connection with the exhibition, All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy, participants will look at how they can foster empathy and understanding through the power of art in the classroom. This in-person event will include a tour of the Shaw Gallery introducing the exhibition. Following the tour, participate in hands-on workshops that show how the arts can shape learning in the classroom. Please note we will open the Shaw gallery at 5:30 pm for a special viewing of the exhibit by E4E participants.

This is a FREE event. Registration is required -

https://usbe.midaseducation.com/professional-development/courses/course/60052?qQuery=60052&isUpcomingSectionsHidden=1

Workshops:

Beyond First Impressions

Presented by Erinne Roundy (WSU)
Using the children’s picture book, Milo Imagines the World, we will explore how “first impressions” impact how we see others but if we take the time to look beyond, we will open ourselves up to better understand and make us more aware of the feelings of others as we imagine what their life might be like.

Cinematic Visual Poetry
Presented by Julie Gale (Utah Film Center)
Do you want to add cinematic elements to your art projects? Utah Film Center’s “Cinematic Visual Poetry” lesson will show you how to stair-step your students into cinematic poetry with visual poems, low-lift cinematic poems, and short cinematic poetry films. You will leave the lesson with a detailed lesson plan, grading rubrics, and a library of resources to make cinematic poetry in your classroom. The stair-step method is also useful if you teach multiple grade levels as you can focus on the simple projects for younger students and the more complex projects for older students.

More information: weber.edu/artslearning

We are excited to announce the first regional rural art contests for Utah! This is a pilot program for all of our rural areas. We hope to expand these contest throughout the rural areas of the state.

The Great Basin Art Contest

PIUTE, WAYNE, and GARFIELD counties are eligible.

2022 Theme: What does your home mean to you?

Think outside of the box. What is home? How do the places and communities we live in feel like home? What is unique and special about where you live and what you experience?

Submit by Feb 15th

Sponsored by: The Byway and the Utah Art Education Association

There will be one first place winner for:

Elementary school

Middle school

High school

First place winner in each level will receive A Gift Card For $50.00 in art prizes, and their artwork featured in the BYWAY newspaper.

Second and Third place winners will receive a certificate and all winners will have their artwork featured on our social media platforms.

Artwork can be submitted via this FORM.

Please contact aleia.nay@piutek12.org with questions.

More rural contests posting soon!

We are excited to announce the first regional rural art contests for Utah! This is a pilot program for all of our rural areas. We hope to expand these contest throughout the rural areas of the state.

Red Rock Country Art Contest

Open to San Juan & Grand Counties

Submit by February 15th!

Open to:

Elementary School

MIddle School

High School

Winners will have their artwork displayed in the March issue of the San Juan Record, an announced on Red Rock Radio 92.7! First place winners will receive $50.00 in prizes!

Contact: gsimpson@sjsd.org for more information!

Do you have amazing lessons to share with other visual art teachers? Do you want to teach your favorite art medium expertise to fellow artists? We welcome BOTH presentations around the self-care theme AND other topics. Look here for more information and to access the proposal form: https://www.utaharteducation.org/general-1

DUE JAN 31ST! Have you been thinking about someone for one of the UAEA annual awards? Nominate them!!! This has been a hard year for all of us. Let's highlight that hard work all of our amazing educators do!!! More information here:

https://www.utaharteducation.org/uaea-awards

Elemetary Panel:

Tuesday, October 19th 2021, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m

Calling all new and veteran teachers! Ask your questions,

get ideas from experts, and mingle with other art teachers.

Contact:

Elementary PLC Chair Lydia Stewart at lstewart@greenwoodcharter.org

For general questions about UAEA contact uaeaevents@gmail.com

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85755496057?pwd=cVNWTE5UMXdhK0dIRmlRNHVWRWNudz09

Meeting ID: 857 5549 6057
Passcode: ArtParty

Secondary Panel:

Tuesday, October 19th 2021, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m

Calling all new and veteran teachers! Ask your questions, get ideas

from experts, and mingle with other art teachers. Guest Presenters

include: Chad Zielinksi, Trevor Wright, and Maria Ashkin.

Contact:

PLC Chair Chad Zielinski at cczielinski@granitesd.org

For general questions about UAEA contact uaeaevents@gmail.com

Join Zoom Meeting

https://graniteschools-org.zoom.us/j/82403106181?pwd=blh6dlRPb0crRWdXUHI4V2J5ZGlCZz09

Meeting ID: 824 0310 6181

Passcode: teachart

Learn how to create a cyanotype print in a fun an engaging professional development opportunity. More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uaea-cyanotypes-workshop-tickets-150796025973

Arts of Life arts competition for March, due date has been extended to March 15th for intakes. Two $50 gift card prizes for Visual Art winners and grand prize of AirPods! https://www.artsforlifeutah.com/m-art-ch-madness

“Art Connects Us” is the UAEA Spring Conference theme for 2021! The UAEA Spring Conference will be virtual, but will retain the things you love about our statewide conference, including tons of hands-on artmaking, opportunities to socialize and network with other visual art teachers, and the best visual art professional development credits offered anywhere in Utah. Join us for an amazing day! Click here for more information.

"Look for the Silver Lining"

A UAEA digital workshop for K-12 educators

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

4.15pm-6.30pm

Join BTSArts Educator and UAEA Great Basin Regional Representative Aleia Nay, as she shares a K-12 art lesson that will help create a feeling of community in the classroom while maintaining social distancing guidelines, meet other educators, and complete a hands-on sample to use with your students.

After the workshop you will receive three additional adaptable collaboration-based lesson plans.

The cost of this workshop is $10, and has limited seating.

Click on the link below for more information and to register!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uaea-covid-safe-collaborative-art-lessons-for-classroom-community-tickets-137866354979?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing

Spring Conference registration opens on Eventbrite (link will appear here).

Make sure you have your UAEA Spring Conference presentation proposals in by midnight! Submit the form here.