OAEA at NAEA Conference

Several members of the Oregon Art Education Association recently returned from the National Art Conference held in Minneapolis, MN. A great time was had by all. We helped to celebrate our colleague Christopher Shotola-Hardt as he received his award for Oregon Art Educator of the Year. Shannon made several presentations at Nationals. Susan attended Delegates assembly. Kelly gleaned new and exciting information for our state conferences and Katie got inspired to teach a workshop at Nationals next year. Several other Oregon art educators were in attendance and took home invaluable knowledge and experiences from the trip. If you haven't ever been to a National conference don't miss out next year when the conference heads to Baltimore.

Don't you just love the plastic pink flamingos next to the Butterfield in the front yard of this MLPS, MN yard?

Clackamas Art Educators LOVE hot wax!

No, this is not a new R rated film. It's the a workshop hosted by the OAEA for the Clackamas County Art Educators. This weekend we were treated with an Encaustic workshop taught by none other than Elise Wagner!!! What a huge treat to learn from Portland's premiere encaustic artist. All participating art educators created at least two images, posted on the link provided. Great art work, wonderful beeswaxy smell and a fantastic gathering of creative minds.

Follow this link for more photos of this exciting workshop, http://lhs.loswego.k12.or.us/z-mcbrides/News_Events/clack%20teachers%20encaustic/index.htm . Want to learn more, do more and be a part of the action with your colleagues? Join OAEA and get involved.