Making Value Visible

Donna Russell (with the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education) sent me some information I wanted to share with you.  This summer they are hosting a workshop focusin on arts integration or SAIL (Sustaining Artful Instruction and Learning).  I attended last year(along with some of our other fabulous art educators: Mary Jake Coker, Shelly Bailey, Staci Jacks, Arlene Johnson, Jennifer Winholtz, Trista Nabors and more...sure I forgot somebody here).  So feel free to ask somebody about the experience.  It will focus on arts integrations, demystifying assessments in art education, and explore collaborations and partnerships.

It is going to be from June 30-July 3 at the Alabama 4H Center in Columbia.

Donna Russell says there are scholarships still available, so contact her for more information.  See message from her below and included attachment for more information...

"Please pass this on to your colleagues, membership, OR apply yourself.  We have full scholarship assistance available.  Contact me for an application.  Thanks and have a great weekend."

Donna M. Russell

Executive Director

Alabama Alliance for Arts Education

4131 Carmichael Rd., Suite 24

Montgomery  AL  36106

334/269-1435 or 334/391-1334

334/244-6188 FAX

aaae@bellsouth.net

www.alaae.org

AAAE is a partnership program

of the Alabama State Council on the Arts

~Lindsay

Bird is the Word

We had a blast at the workshop Wednesday with Kellie Newsome.  Thanks to Alabama Art Supply for hosting us.  Thanks to Pam for baking us cookies.  Thanks to Kellie for a lovely workshop and thanks to everyone who came!

 We learned a lot of mixed media techniques; including making photo transfers using both binders and modeling compound.  We experimented with concealing, revealing, sgraffito and over painting.  We also got to play with some beautifully vivid Atelier paints (you can get them at Alabama Art Supply). We went back and forth, working on two pieces at once.  We created sgrafitto bird nests and "Pretty Bird" photo transfers.

Kellie putting on her apron; gearing up for the workshop.

Everyone working diligently to rub away the paper to reveal the bird underneath.

Cheep, cheep!

Staci and Suzy working on their nests.

Some finished ones.

Examples of some of Kellie's work.

Clay Demos Tonight and Friday Night

Hello All!  Lauren Fowler wanted me to share this with you all!
 

Tonight and Friday evening, in conjunction with the Alabama Clay Conference/Council…there will be artists demonstrating at Christopher house Antiques located on the corner of 2nd ave South and 32nd Street (near Dr. Pepper Place).  6pm-8pm.  Gallery open 4-9.  They will be showing their skills at the wheel.  It is a demo not a hands on, but still fun venue!  Ceramics are on display and for sale.

http://www.alclayconference.org/program-overview.php

BAEA Workshop

MIXED MEDIA workshop

By Kellie newsome

Where:  Alabama Art Supply

When:  Tuesday March 26, 2013            4:00-6:00 pm

BAEA (Birmingham Art Education Association) and Kellie Newsome are hosting a “Mixed Media with Photo Transfers” workshop.  Kellie will share her techniques as you create your own unique art piece.  This workshop will include paint and one surface with a prepared photo transfer for you to complete and one surface for you to start a photo transfer. IF you would like to bring watercolor paper or another canvas you can paint as much as you want on the surface of your choice. The theme for the photo transfer is up to you. You can choose whatever image you like ahead of time.  If you decide to go this route, you will need to email the images to us by Wednesday, March 20^th so Kellie has time to print them at home and prepare them ahead of time. 

This workshop is open to all.  Workshop cost is $25 for non-members.  If you are up to date on your AAEA dues and would like to join BAEA ($10 annual dues) the workshop is free of charge.  .  The workshop space is limited to 15 people and the registration and payments will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. 

**Deadline for BAEA to receive registration is Wednesday, March 20th.  You can email or snail mail registration forms.  Payment is due at beginning of workshop.  If you have any questions please email Lindsay Mouyal at lmouyal@jefcoed.com or Casey Williamson at cwilliamson@jefcoed.com.  Checks should be written out to “BAEA .”

All registration forms and fees can be mailed to:

Lindsay Mouyal, 4407 6^th Avenue South, Birmingham AL  35222

You can check out Kellie's website and her art at www.kellienewsome.com/

Click here for registration form!

YAM Exhibition at BMA

The Birmingham Museum of Art

invites you to

celebrate the opening of the

20^th Anniversary

Youth Art Month Exhibition

Sunday, March 3

3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Remarks at 3:20

Education Gallery

BAEA Silent Auction Flyer

Thanks to Mollie Blackwood for designing and creating this funky flyer for us.  Please come out on Februar 15th and support the arts!

BAEA Silent Auction

Check out our press release for the upcoming silent auction!  It is only a couple of weeks away, so mark it on your calendar now!  Special thanks to Greg Robinson for donating his P.R. skills by creating the press release for us, to Mollie Blackwood for creating our flyer design (images to come soon), and of course a big thanks to all of the artists and businesses who donated items to be auctioned off.  Another huge thanks to Daniel George restraunt in Mountain Brook for providing refreshments and to Avondale Brewery for hosting us!  We are so very excited!

-Lindsay and Casey

Birmingham Art Educators Host Silent Auction at Avondale Brewing Company

Guests will support professional development workshops by bidding on local and national artists’ work, among other items.

Birmingham—The Birmingham Art Education Association is hosting a silent auction at Avondale Brewing Company (201 41st Street South, Birmingham) 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15 to fund its professional development workshops for art teachers throughout central Alabama. This auction, open to the public, will include original artwork and other local business offers.

“With this event, we are hoping to establish a better grassroots connection with art patrons and would-be patrons of Birmingham, which makes Avondale Brewing an excellent venue,” said Lindsay Mouyal, a BAEA representative and participating artist. “The professional development activities that this event helps fund will impact our ability to develop the next generation of Alabama artists.” Past workshops have included topics such as the use of assessments in art education, cross-content connections through arts integration, teacher-tested art lesson plans and glass fusing with kilns.

Items for bid at the silent auction will include the following: original artwork by local and national artists, such as Jessie Rau, Sharon Christman and Becky Guinn; gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses; museum memberships; and more.

Daniel George Restaurant, of Mountain Brook, will serve refreshments during the event, and Avondale Brewing Company will open their private upstairs bar. Admission will be free, but bidders should make sure and bring cash or checks—the only accepted forms of payment for the auction.

About BAEA

BAEA or the Birmingham Art Education Association is a local organization affiliated with its state and national sister groups AAEA (Alabama Art Education Association) and NAEA (National Art Education Association). BAEA conducts professional development meetings and workshops to encourage best teaching practices among art educators in the Birmingham and Central Alabama region. Keep up with the BAEA here: http://bhamartteachers.blogspot.com/.

About Avondale Brewing Company

Combine the charm of a historic town, the passions of several good friends, a rooted respect for the craft of brewing and you have unearthed the beginning of what Avondale Brewing Company is all about. A byproduct of the collaboration between Coby and Hunter Lake and Craig Shaw, ABC is a locally owned and operated brewery in the heart of the Deep South with an unmistakable affinity for hand-crafted brews. For more information, visit http://www.avondalebrewing.com/.

Contact:

Lindsay Mouyal                                  Greg Robinson
Visual Arts Teacher                             PR Coordinator
BAEA Representative                        (229) 507-8343

(205) 222-4413                                    gregwrightrobinson@gmail.com

lmouyal@jefcoed.com