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President's Message
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Happy February to all of our fabulous Art Educators!
This is a month to celebrate with its snowstorms (hopefully snow days?!) and artwork of hearts-hearts-hearts!!!
Again, I want to thank my incredible team of Eileen Schnyder, Jennifer Leniart. Theresa Manus-Piccolo and Donna Bosworth for their assistance with the final CAEA virtual conference in January. It was timely and exciting. Our keynote speaker, Flavia Zuniga-West, author of the newsletter, Founding Voices, shared her insight into inclusive pedagogy in Art Education. (While I was jealous that she was coming to us from sunny California-she shared the fact it was rainy out that day! What about that song, “It never rains in southern California”? Anyway, we in the January cold of Connecticut, felt better. Well, at least I did!)
This month, Jen Leniart will continue her Book Club scheduled for February 24th. Please join us. The book under discussion is: How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
FYI- As President of CAEA, I was asked to contribute our support of the Arts to our legislatures per the information from the CAAA that the Connecticut State Legislature is bringing forward HB 6119 to increase funding for Arts, Culture, and Tourism. The Public Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 11th. However all of us can continue to contact our State Rep and Senator (https://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp) or the bill sponsor johnmichael.parker@legislators. The final decision will be made in May 2021, so you have time to contact your representatives.
Get ready for the virtual NAEA conference coming March 4-7, 2021. Delegate meetings are beginning in February and Jen will be joining me to review, discuss and address current art issues. Please go to their web site to read them. If you have any thoughts and suggestions on any of the statements please forward an email to me prior to the delegate meetings so I can share it with the representatives.
Reminder: we will move our regular CAEA meetings to a new time: 7:30 PM so everyone can get dinner before joining us. I hope to “see” you on February 18th.
Until that time-stay as happy as you can and know the end of this pandemic is coming-slowly, but definitely coming.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!
Maureen Berescik, President
This is a month to celebrate with its snowstorms (hopefully snow days?!) and artwork of hearts-hearts-hearts!!!
Again, I want to thank my incredible team of Eileen Schnyder, Jennifer Leniart. Theresa Manus-Piccolo and Donna Bosworth for their assistance with the final CAEA virtual conference in January. It was timely and exciting. Our keynote speaker, Flavia Zuniga-West, author of the newsletter, Founding Voices, shared her insight into inclusive pedagogy in Art Education. (While I was jealous that she was coming to us from sunny California-she shared the fact it was rainy out that day! What about that song, “It never rains in southern California”? Anyway, we in the January cold of Connecticut, felt better. Well, at least I did!)
This month, Jen Leniart will continue her Book Club scheduled for February 24th. Please join us. The book under discussion is: How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
FYI- As President of CAEA, I was asked to contribute our support of the Arts to our legislatures per the information from the CAAA that the Connecticut State Legislature is bringing forward HB 6119 to increase funding for Arts, Culture, and Tourism. The Public Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 11th. However all of us can continue to contact our State Rep and Senator (https://cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp) or the bill sponsor johnmichael.parker@legislators. The final decision will be made in May 2021, so you have time to contact your representatives.
Get ready for the virtual NAEA conference coming March 4-7, 2021. Delegate meetings are beginning in February and Jen will be joining me to review, discuss and address current art issues. Please go to their web site to read them. If you have any thoughts and suggestions on any of the statements please forward an email to me prior to the delegate meetings so I can share it with the representatives.
Reminder: we will move our regular CAEA meetings to a new time: 7:30 PM so everyone can get dinner before joining us. I hope to “see” you on February 18th.
Until that time-stay as happy as you can and know the end of this pandemic is coming-slowly, but definitely coming.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!
Maureen Berescik, President