First News of 2012!

HI ALL!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hope you are having a fabulous break, resting up, and eating well! As we get our thoughts together for the rest of the month, there are some updates with NAEA that you won't want to forget!

Of course we are all excited about our upcoming exhibition, Those Who Can Do... TEACH! at Towson Arts Collective on view January 20, 2012-February 24, 2012 and need to remember the following dates:
- January 5, 2012 1pm-4pm Delivery of Art to Towson Arts Collective
- January 7, 2012 12pm-3pm Pick Up of Unaccepted Art from Gallery
- January 20, 2012 6pm-8pm Opening Reception, Light Refreshments will be served
- February 24, 2012 Last day of show
- February 25, 2012 12pm-3pm Pick Up of Art From Gallery

Secondly, our friends from Young Audiences of Maryland sent some important info our way regarding job opportunities for the upcoming graduates, and volunteer opportunities for YA's two large events this spring. See the "Volunteer Opportunities" Tab for details.

Also, with the upcoming semester, NAEA will undergo a transition period of officers. Please see the "Contact Info, Links, Resources" Tab for details on Open Positions for the 2012 Spring Semester and info on Elections.

See you Soon!

Megan White
Co-President

Volunteers Needed to Sit Gallery during Upcoming NAEA Student Exhibition

We are in need of Art Education Students and NAEA Members to Volunteer at Towson Arts Collective during our upcoming exhibition.

This is a great opportunity for us! (Especially if you plan on selling your work) Going into the show, the commission rate is 60/40, 60% to artist and 40% to the gallery. If you sit the gallery, the rate goes down dramatically! For one sit, the commission rate becomes 80/20. And then for 2x, the commission rate becomes 90/10! Since TAC is not charging very much, we need to plan on having as many gallery volunteers as possible! This is also another resume builder! Employers love seeing volunteer work and gallery experience.

The show will be on exhibition from January 20, 2012- February 24, 2012. The gallery will be open on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 12-5pm.

See "Volunteer Opportunities" Tab to view slots needing to be filled. Email Megan White with any questions or concerns.

Bake Sale Starts Tomorrow!!!

Just a reminder that our Final Exam/Holiday Bake Sale starts tomorrow!!!!!

We still need people to volunteer to set up and sell baked goods in the cfa atrium as well as bring in baked goods for BOTH DAYS!

Right now this is what's been recorded:

Table for Tuesday Dec 13:

9-10am _____________________ ???

10-11 am ___________________???

11am-12pm _________________???

12pm-1pm Christine and Danielle

1-2pm Christine and Danielle

2-3pm ______________________???

Baked Goods for Tuesday Dec 13:

Christine Long- Marshmellow Pops

Alex Borelis

Sam- Cupcakes and more...

Megan White- Choc covered pretzels with peppermints and blueberry muffins

Mai-Ly Nguyen

Table for Wednesday Dec 14:

9-10 am Megan White

10-11am Sam Green

11am-12pm Mary Tippett

12pm-1pm ___________________???

1pm-2pm Katherine Nochera

2pm-3pm Sarah Timmcke and Shana Teel

Baked Goods for Wednesday Dec 14:

Annie Boes

So as you can see we still need some volunteers to sit the tables and to bring in baked goods. Usually we have items left over to sell for the second day, but we want to make sure we have enough to sell.

Shana's made a great sign and thanks to those of you that participated, we have a bunch of buttons to sell along with the baked goods!

If you are able to volunteer some time to watch the tables, please call, text, or email me back asap!

Megan White

mwhite7@students.towson.edu

443 248 3831

Finishing up the Fall 2011 Semester

For those of you that were not able to make our meeting this past week, please visit the "Meetings and Notes" Tab for details on what was discussed, or visit the ARED Room for flyers.

Special Thanks!

A special thanks to all of you that came out tonight for our movie night! I really hope you enjoyed the film and our post discussion with art historian Amy Sowder Koch as much as I did. You being there and participating meant a lot, and I hope you found it useful for the future.

A special thanks to all NAEA members that brought in art materials and other stocking stuffers for the stockings as well as to Vice President's Sam Green and Kit Puliz who stuffed the stockings! They look great! Our sponsored children are certainly in for a great surprise this holiday season! To check out the finished stockings, visit the "Event Photos" Tab.

Don't Forget!

Our Upcoming bake sale for the Holiday Season/Final Exam Rush!

• Tuesday, Dec. 13th 9am-3pm
• Wednesday, Dec. 14th 9am-3pm
• We need volunteers to sit the table in the CFA to sell our baked goods and buttons from our button making workshop AS WELL as those to bring in baked goods for both days!

We have some upcoming events over winter break! Check the meeting notes/ARED room door for flyers and details.

• Trip to Philly! January 6th 2012
• NAEA Art Education Juried Student Exhibition, January 20th 2012- February 24th 2012

Thank you to all of you for your active participation this semester! You all have been a pleasure to work with. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your Fall 2011 semester, and have a great winter break. Mark your calendars for our events above, and be on the look out for upcoming emails.

Best,

Megan White

Co-President

NAEA Blog Creator

FILM SCREENING TOMORROW NIGHT!

Our film screening of "Who The #$&% is Jackson Pollock?" is tomorrow night!

This screening is open to all Art, Art Education, Art History, and Design Students as well as to any other interested students interested in art, connoisseurship and art authentication.

Please go to the "Professional Development and Seminar" Tab to read more about the event.

Please come! It will be a great opportunity to collaborate and talk with other art majors as we wind down a busy semester. Art Historian Amy Sowder Koch will be joining us for a post film discussion. Don't Miss It!

Tomorrow night, TU CFA 2032 @7pm

Stuff a Christmas Stocking

Hey ladies and gents,

Feel like doing something nice for someone this holiday season? This year we are stuffing holiday stockings for two children from Cherry Hill in south Baltimore through the PALS program; we have one boy age 7-10, and one girl age 7-10. It is our hope that our stockings will help brighten the holidays for these kids, so we really want to stuff some wonderful stockings for them!

How can you help? Bring in some goodies! There is a sign up sheet on the door of the Art Ed room (CA 2001) where you can write your name and what you are bringing in so that we don't end up with a lot of duplicates. There are going to be two boxes for you to put your donations in located in the back of the room, one for our boy and one for our girl. You can bring donations in up until Monday, December 5th. At 3:15 on that Monday of the 5th, Kit and I will be stuffing the stockings and dropping them off to the woman in charge of PALS.

Seeing as we are an arts education organization, we definitely want a lot of artsy stuffins in these stockings, so think crayons, markers, paper, anything like that. Also, general stuffins are okay too, including: small games or toys, gloves, candy, etc. (the woman from PALS reminded us to please not give them too much candy--lets also keep the kids' parents in mind, who may not want the kids pinging off the walls all winter break!)

Since this is for kids (especially since it's for local kids), I really want these stockings to be awesome, so I encourage you all to bring in whatever you can! Feel free to email me with any questions/concerns/comments!

Sam

Vice President

sgreen4@students.towson.edu

Third and Final Meeting of Fall 2011 Semester-Postponed to next week 12/6

MEETING POSTPONED

Our third and final meeting of the 2011 Fall Semester, originally scheduled for Today at 3:30pm was cancelled and moved to:

Tuesday, December 6 2011

12:30 pm

CA 2001, ARED Room

Meeting will discuss the following:

• Election of 2012 Officers
• Upcoming Button Making Workshop
• Upcoming Movie Night
• Holiday Sale
• NAEA 2^nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition
• NAEA day trip to Philadelphia, PA (over winter break)

It is very important for you to come to this meeting if:

• You are interested in becoming a NAEA Officer for 2012
• You are interested in joining in on the button making workshop, there will be a demo, and we will start collecting imagery
• Interested in helping plan our upcoming trip to Philly
• Interested in exhibiting or helping organize our upcoming show