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2009 Art Educators of New Jersey Fall Conference
I came back from this year’s Art Educators of New Jersey Fall Conference with some new things to think about. I have to admit to wondering what this year’s conference was going to be like since the State refused the petition for a waiver for schools to cover overnight stays. But, the hotel was booked and things seemed just as crowded as last year.
While my school couldn’t cover my stay at the hotel, they did cover my food, tolls, registration/membership and mileage. The mileage coverage will bring my car rental to about $2-3. (My car has 195k miles on it and the engine smokes if I drive it longer than 15 minutes. LOL!)
I have to admit that one of the classes I signed up for was a dud primarily because the instructor for the class left too much time (an hour and a half) for “playing” and “experimentation” versus walking us through doing certain techniques with the medium. To me, direct instruction in those venues seems to have more value for participants. But, that’s me.
The non-hands on wire animal sculpture session was great and is something I can immediately bring to my classes this year. This plus a couple of other events made it a worthwhile adventure.
I’d love to be able to go to the National Art Educators Conference in Baltimore next year but I can’t swing being away from the family. Plus, my school probably won’t foot the bill. I may try to get there for a day. We’ll see.
How I love learning new things (or, the joys of continuing education)
Today was my first day NOT in class. All last week I enjoyed participating in The Academy in Your Classroom taught by Charles Muldowney at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). It was a one-week intensive that was both exhausting and glorious. I’ll be posting the work I did either later tonight or tomorrow. Suffice it to say, I now am longing to get my MFA. (Boy, where are those rich relatives when you need them?)
If you’ve not heard of PAFA, I would recommend you check out their program.
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