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.

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.