Thursday, October 13, 2011

2011 Outstanding Art Educator Awards



Two of our very own District 7 members were awarded AEAI Outstanding Art Educator Awards!!



Congratulations go to Trish Korte, who teaches AP Art, Advanced Drawing, Fiber Arts, and Ceramics at New Albany High School, and is the District 7 Co-Rep. She was awarded the Outstanding High School Art Educator for 2011.







Our Liaison for Scott County, Michelle Chastain, was awarded the Outstanding Middle School Art Educator for 2011. Michelle teaches art at Scottsville Middle School. Congratulations to Michelle!






Be sure to meet these inspiring ladies at the AEAI Fall Convention which is coming up next month on November 4, 5, & 6 in Indianapolis. They are both high energy, positive forces in Arts Education in their schools and the community.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

October News 2011

District 7 Harrison County liaison & K-12 Art Educator, David Henke, was featured in a recent article in the Indiana section of The Courier Journal dated Saturday, October 1, 2011. David's students were studying the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and were directed to create their own depiction of one of the stages of life of the butterfly in the form of a clay tile. It's a great article that features David and his students working across the curriculum incorporating science into the art classroom. You can read more about this project at http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011309290068al.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011309290068.





Katie Stotts, a Senior at New Albany High School, was recognized at the St. James Art Fair for winning a $2000 art scholarship in photography. Katie is a Media Arts student of Kevin Schultz, AEAI District 7 Co-Representative. This is a photo of Katie with her photography portfolio featured at the Weber Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky.






Monday, September 5, 2011

Fall 2011 AEAI District 7 Report

District 7 Co-Reps
Trish Korte & Kevin Schultz

The summer has slipped away and we are now back in our classrooms, writing lessons, reviewing new standards. We hope your year is off to a great start!

Trish had a wonderful opportunity to attend TICA (Teacher Institute Contemporary Art) at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Days of intense studio and the opportunity to meet with contemporary artists exhibiting today and working along with the most amazing Art teachers from around the country!

Following TICA, Kevin and Trish enjoyed more creative endeavors with some of the wonderful teachers from across our State! The annual retreat at St. Mary’s of the Woods College was again rewarding and productive. Lessons and techniques, so generously shared, ignite the passion we hope to communicate in the classroom. We are so pleased that we had representatives attend from several counties within our district.
Pictured from left to right: Trish Korte, Michelle Chastain, Kevin Schultz, David Henke, RoAnn Thompson, and Mary Sorrells.

At the AEAI summer retreat at St. Mary's of the Woods College, we had 4 days with our colleagues where Deena Church shared jewelry making techniques, Professor Bonnie Zimmer facilitated a collaborative mandala and basketry techniques celebrating our cultural pasts with an admiration for the skills of our ancestors. We also had the opportunity to practice our skills in figure drawing, painting, and ceramics; endeavors that we find difficult to schedule in during our busy school year.
Bonnie Zimmer demonstrating basket weaving technique.



Please plan to attend the annual AEAI State Convention. Working with like-minded individuals is so rewarding. We hope you take advantage of all that our colleagues have to offer at the State Convention the first weekend in November, Friday, November 4 through Sunday, November 6. We will be offering an art workshop in Asian Folded Poetry Books.



If you have any needs that we could address in a workshop for our district this school year, or, if you have any other questions, please let us know. You may contact us at our school e-mail accounts.

Trish Korte at tkorte@nafcs.k12.in.us
Kevin Schultz at kschultz@nafcs.k12.in.us

We hope to see you in November at the AEAI State Convention! Have a great school year!!