LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION!!!

Hey all my TN peeps (and those who might want to attend our state conference)...today is the last day for early bird registration!!  There is a discount if you sign up early...but after today it goes to full price.  I hope you can come to this years conference in Memphis!  I'm so excited to see everyone again.  Lots of great speakers...classes...and a great time for all! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!  Let them know Mr. E sent ya! 

https://www.tnarteducation.org/fallconference2022

 

TN Art Education Association Fall Conference

TN FRIENDS!!!  ARE YOU GOING TO THE FALL CONFERENCE? 

It will look different than years past, but still a wonderful time for connection, great workshops, and a whole lot of fun!! 

http://www.tnarteducation.org/fall-conference-2021

 

TAEA STATE CONFERENCE: FELTING

                                    

Cassie Stephens taught a felting workshop at our state conference.  I have always wanted to try it...but didn't want to buy all the supplies and then not care for it.  I LOVED IT!!  Cassie informed us the "needles/pokey thing" could make you bleed like the Julia Child's skit from SNL! It is good to have a healthy fear of your art supplies!!  So thankful to have the chance to experience this at TAEA!!!

                             

                                           Here is my humble offering in the felting world. 

                                              Yes...he has one large eye...don't judge!!

                            

TAEA CONFERENCE 2013

This past weekend was our annual TAEA Conference.  It goes between East, Middle, and West TN.  This year...it was right here in Nashville!!  I was really sad to see the small turn out (just a little over 100).  This is something I've been thinking a lot about. There are over 90 elementary art teachers in Nashville alone!!  Yet, there were only 5 art teachers from Metro Nashville Public Schools.  Why do they not attend?  Why are they not members of our state organization??  I'm going to be taking over as the Elementary Division Rep in January....and I'd love to see more of "my people" join.  hmmm  

Anyways?!?!  Those of us that did attend....HAD A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I loved EVERYTHING.  The workshops...the lectures...the felllowship!!! 

Here are a few pictures from our two day conference!! 

I'm a little addicted!!!  They called this finger weaving...but it is actually a crocheting technique!!  It is about 6 ft look!!  It is made of four bands I crocheted...then took yarn and sewed together.  I made another one the next day during the lectures I attended!! You'll see a picture of that at the bottom.   

This was the Zentangle workshop I attended.  The presenter knew I had a Zentangle named after me...kind of freaky! ha ha  She was GREAT!!  

This is our TAEA President! 

 So much that goes into a conference!!!!!  She was buzzin' about the whole weekend making sure everything was running smoothly!

Day 2 I took a basket wrapping class.  I've done basket wrapping with a summer art camp before, but never just for my own enjoyment.  It was fun to try fabric as well as different types of yarn.

The others were created by other people in the class! SO MUCH FUN!!!

This is the second scarf I created!!!  I think I'm going to be making some

 Christmas presents this year!! ha ha

TN STATE CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE

TO ALL MY TN PEEPS!!

http://www.artedtn.org/fall-2013-state-conference/

Fall 2013 State Conference

Join us for the Fall 2013 State Conference, October 24th, 25th, and 26th at Watkins College of Art , Design, and Film! 

Registration can be completed online beginning September 13 through October 14, 2013. Follow this link: www.regonline.com/2013TAEA 

Click the images or the link below to save and download a copy of the flyer!

  

http://www.artedtn.org/fall-2013-state-conference/

TAEA CONFERENCE: Award Winners

I love that our trophy is actually a mug created by a TN artist!!!  It isn't attached to the base at all....functionally wonderful! 

TAEA STUDIO CLASS: Book Making

These first three pictures are of my fall book.  I did not add all the extra elements because I decided I want to put fall pictures of my kids in the squares.  I really enjoyed this process though, and like the elements others added in to their book(mine were just going to be seperated).  The pictures that follow are from other teachers that were in my class...appreciate them letting me show their work here on Art With Mr. E!!!

These last two elements are added into some of the other books, but I thought that they could make fun Christmas ornaments!  I'm going to have my daughter handpaint paper...then I'll turn them into ornaments for the grandparents.  Amazing how we see things differently once we have kids of our own?!?! :) ha ha 

TAEA STUDIO CLASS: Fabric Collage

So we had some amazing choices of studio classes to select from....I really had trouble deciding!  On Friday I had a 5 hour class on fabric collage.  The main thing in this is that you place tulle over the image and sew that down.  It keeps everything in place.  Not really something I'll be able to do with my students, but sure did have fun!!!  I'm thinkin' of breakin' out my sewing machine and continuing on with this.  These examples are from several of the teachers in the class with me.  Some AMAZING pieces.