Washington Art Education Association

2022 Fall Conference

November 4th - 6th

Clark College
Vancouver, Washington

Thank you for joining us!
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• General Info
• Keynote Speaker
• Art Task Party 
• Lodging and Travel
• Register Here
• Schedule

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Join us for the weekend of November 4th-6th, 2022.

We will be at Clark College in Vancouver, WA on Friday evening, all-day Saturday, Saturday Night with a host Art Task PARTY, and on Sunday morning for the Keynote including a few more workshops!
The Keynote this year is with the amazing Dr. John Spencer!

The WAEA Conference Falls on a weekend already full of ART in Vancouver. First Friday Gallery Walk is an open gallery walk in downtown Vancouver AND Clark County Open Studios is an open studio tour of local artists in their home/studios selling their wares and discussing their practice and studio. There is time built into the day before dinner on Saturday, and on Sunday to travel around and see the downtown Vancouver artists and pick out others to see on your way out of town in greater Clark County!

All that...AND workshops AND speakers galore!

Not the mention a hosted ART Task Party Saturday night (after dinner on your own in town)!

Did I mention SWAG bags and a VENDOR FAIR populated with many vendors eager to see you face to face again?
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The WAEA is providing a Hotel discount code @ the Heathman Lodge!
See Lodging and Travel TAB above for more information.

•  Also check out the Ride-Share Room-Share form where you can find a roommate and/or a ride-share partner to help ALL get to the Conference! ​

We will be in-person this year! 
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We have come together to create an experience that you will not want to miss. It has been too long...

Let's gather to collaborate, create, connect, and build community!

Clark College is located in beautiful Vancouver, WA.
1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA 98663

• Friday Night Registration and Check-in will be in the STEM Building Lobby...
  • (not in Gaiser Hall on Friday evening, there is another event in the PUB Fri. evening)
• Saturday Registration and Check-in will be in Gaiser Hall, by the Student PUB Center.
• There is free parking throughout Clark Campus. Easy Access by Parking by Gaiser Hall. in Red Lot 3 or Green Lot 1.

3 Days of Collaboration, Creating, Connecting, and building Community!
Please see schedule below for more information.
Friday

• Check-in and Ticketed Workshops
• First Friday Gallery Walk in downtown Vancouver

Saturday

• Morning Connection
• Workshops
• Special Guest Speakers:
  • Hiep Nguyen- Drawing From Disaster - Unfold The Power of Visual Storytelling with Draw All You Can
  • Janet Hayakawa- OSPI Program Supervisor for the Arts and ARTs for ALL.
• Ticketed Workshops (i.e. Make and Take)
• Affinity Group Meet-and-Greets
• EdCamp Style Reflection activities
• Vendor Fair
• Silent Auction
• Art Show
• Lunch provided for the pre-registered (choose option during registration)
• WAEA annual membership meeting with Awards Ceremony
• Art Task Party after dinner on your own
• Clark County Open Studios 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sunday

• Morning Connection
• Keynote address by Dr. John Spencer
• Discussion afterwards
• EdCamp style Reflection activity
• Ticketed Workshops / Workshops
• Clark County Open Studios 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Event Schedule-
Link to PDF Version of WAEA Conference Schedule to download

Sunday Morning, Nov. 6th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Clark College in the PUB Student Center
​Vancouver, WA
9:00 - 9:15 Intro from WAEA
9:15 - 10:30 Keynote
10:30 - 11:30 Q & A / Discussion
11:30 - 12:00 Action Plan/Reflection/Feedback/Clock Hours
(3 WA State clock hours available for Keynote only Tickets)

Here is a sneak peek of our Fall Conference keynote speaker, John Spencer, and some of his work.

John Spencer has authored a variety of popular books geared towards student enrichment, engagement, and creativity.

Everyone can find something inspirational and relevant in his work and it is not just for art educators in the classroom. Come get inspired with us!

Dr. John Spencer

keynote speaker

Empowering Student Voice

Website

Empower: What Happens When Students Own the Learning
Student choice is about more than just a menu option. It’s about student ownership. This includes ownership of the processes, the assessment, the strategies, and the metacognition. But how do we make this happen? How do we fit this into our standards and our curriculum map? ​​

Dr. John Spencer is a former middle school teacher and current college professor who is passionate about seeing kids reach their creative potential. John is on a mission to see teachers unleash the creative potential in all of their students so that kids can be makers, designers, artists, and engineers. He regularly explores research, interviews educators, deconstructs systems, and studies real-world examples of design thinking in action. He shares these insights in books, blog posts, journal articles, free resources, animated videos, and podcasts.

In Spencer’s second year of teaching, he used design thinking for a student-centered documentary project. Everything changed. He spent the next decade on a journey to empower students to become creative thinkers and problem-solvers. This meant mural projects, service learning projects, designing STEM camps, and creating coding projects. He also helped design his school district’s STEM courses and digital journalism course.
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Along the way, he helped develop the student-friendly LAUNCH Cycle, a design thinking framework for K-12 students. He is the co-author of the bestselling books Launch and Empower. In 2013, he spoke at the White House, sharing a vision for how to empower students to be future-ready through creativity and design thinking. John Spencer has led workshops and delivered keynotes around the world.

Saturday Night

6:00 PM- 10:00 PM
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@ Clark College PUB 

FREE with full
​Conference Registration!

We will have:

• local beer and wine available, along with non alcohol beverage choices.
• light snacks and desserts to keep the party going.
• Art-making opportunities.
• Karaoke from 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (if we have singers willing to preform, don't say no yet!).

Plenty of opportunities and room to network and have a great time!

It is going to be so much FUN! 

What is a Task Party?
Think Art Party with Tasks that you choose to complete an activity.
For example: 

• Make a hat or costume piece and be prepared for the Fashion Show.
• Make a button and go give it to someone.

Once you do the Task, you return the Task slip and you have to opportunity to make a new Task slip for the group.

Can you just do what you want? yes... you do you...

List of things to bring: (if you want)

• Old sweaters to donate to Art
• Art Books if you want to participate in the Art Book Exchange 
• Collage items for the Group Collage or for Collage Exchange
• List of Karaoke Songs you wanna sing
• Creative Imagination and Artistic Spirit

Lodging and Travel

​​We want to be sure lodging isn't a barrier to your conference attendance.

We have the Heathman Lodge as our Conference Hotel.

It is an 8 minute drive (or an easy bus ride or Corporate Ride-Share).


The Heathman Lodge has
King & 2 Queen bed rooms available for $114 a night with WAEA22 code, but book soon.

Call 360.254.3100 and ask for the WAEA2022 room block

Below are some other options that may be economically viable that we hope will help.

Air BnB is another option.

VRBO is another option.

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In order to limit our carbon foot-print, our gas bills, and extend our connections on the drive in...and ensure transportation and lodging is not a barrier to your conference attendance.

We have provided the Ride-Share and/or Room-Share Survey to bridge connections across our regions.

Please use this Survey to provide your contact information with others.

Once submitted, you will receive the link in your email to the spreadsheet in order to connect with others.

(WAEA will not be held responsible for the connections made, the laughter shared, art discussed, and the collaboration that ensues from this curation of requests.)
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WAEA Member	WAEA Member (First Time Membership Only)	Non-Members	Keynote (Sunday only)
150	150	250	40
Conference Registration ​Update your WAEA membership today!	​Join WAEA today! includes a $90 Dick Blick Gift Certificate when you join WAEA your first year.	​Join WAEA for $80-$95 and register as a member!  ​Pre-service member fees are only $50! So many benefits to being a member!	Sunday Keynote Only
Workshops on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday	Workshops on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday	Workshops on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday	Sunday only workshops
Keynote- John Spencer	​Keynote- John Spencer	​​Keynote- John Spencer	​​​Keynote- John Spencer
Art Party Saturday Night	Art Party Saturday Night	Art Party Saturday Night	Reflection / Discussion Activity
up to 15 WA state clock hours	​up to 15 WA state clock hours	​up to 15 WA state clock hours	up to 3 clock hours
Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.	​Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.	​Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.	​Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.
Registration & Tickets	Registration & Tickets	Registration & Tickets	Registration & Tickets

​DISCOUNTS Available!

Pre-Service Educator Discount for Full-Conference Registration.
​WAEA Pre-service Discount is $100 off registration. 

• Use this survey to tell us what art education, art, technology or education program you are in, in addition to your Pre-service WAEA member number.
• We will then email you the Pre-service Coupon Code once verified.
  • Only $50 to become WAEA pre-service member! Join here.
  • Needs-Based Option for Pre-Service Code w/o Membership on Survey.
    

We will honor a few coupon codes based on answers to the responses to last survey question in ranked order of need.

• We will evaluate and send out needs-based coupon codes between October 1st and October 15th, 2022.

Workshop Presenter Discount
Presenter Discount is $25 off registration

• ​and a presenter gift from the WAEA!

• Use this form to apply to be a Workshop Presenter. 
• Once Workshop is accepted, we will email you a Presenter Coupon code along with a form for some additional information we will need.​

NAEA members from other states may register for the WAEA price if they enter their NAEA number when they register! Oregon, Idaho, and all other states, and Canada welcome!

*note, when joining WAEA, you are also joining NAEA. 

• Pre-service members join for $50 a year. 
  • and you will receive a $90 Dick Blick coupon in mail a month after you join (if it is your first year).
• First-year WAEA members join for $80 a year.
  • and you will receive a $90 Dick Blick coupon in mail a month after you join.
• Professional WAEA membership (make sure yours is active) is $95 to join. 
• Look up your NAEA/WAEA (or other state) registration number here to input it into the registration.

So many reasons to join! Free clock hours all year, professional development all year (in-person and virtual), Splatter Magazine Digital Subscription, collaboration, connection, and community!
Let's Create together! Let's Advocate for the Arts together! Let's better the profession of Art Educators together!

The WAEA board is excited to offer 
WAEA Membership Scholarships.

Donations provide scholarships for potential members, for whom the $80-$95 fee is a barrier to participation, to receive a free year of WAEA membership.

Scholarship awardees are expected to actively participate in the WAEA during their free membership year. This could include attending board meetings, regional in-person events, presenting at the annual Fall conference, or writing an article for Splatter Magazine.
​
Before you apply, be sure you have looked into other resources for funding, such as your building or district professional development funds, PD grants, a school district foundation or even your school’s ASB.
(If you are the sponsor of a National Art Honor Society club, often times your ASB will pay the NAEA Dues as part of the club fees.)

*Scholarship applications will be reviewed and granted at WAEA open membership meetings. 

Apply for A WAEA Membership Scholarship

WAEA Member	WAEA Member (First Time Membership Only)	Non-Members	Keynote (Sunday only)
150	150	250	40
Conference Registration ​Update your WAEA membership today!	​Join WAEA today! includes a $90 Dick Blick Gift Certificate when you join WAEA your first year.	​Join WAEA for $80-$95 and register as a member!  ​Pre-service member fees are only $50! So many benefits to being a member!	Sunday Keynote Only
Workshops on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday	Workshops on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday	Workshops on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday	Sunday only workshops
Keynote- John Spencer	​Keynote- John Spencer	​​Keynote- John Spencer	​​​Keynote- John Spencer
Art Party Saturday Night	Art Party Saturday Night	Art Party Saturday Night	Reflection / Discussion Activity
up to 15 WA state clock hours	​up to 15 WA state clock hours	​up to 15 WA state clock hours	up to 3 clock hours
Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.	​Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.	​Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.	​Ticketed Workshops will be extra fee.
Registration & Tickets	Registration & Tickets	Registration & Tickets	Registration & Tickets

The first 75 Fall Conference Registration Sales will receive their choice of WAEA SWAG when they check into the conference.
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*those who have already purchased registration tickets are already on the list.

** WAEA SWAG will also be for sale at the WAEA Fall Conference @ Clack College in Vancouver, WA on Nov. 4th, 5th, and 6th!

Buy your tickets NOW, or real soon, to receive the FREE WAEA SWAG!

• We will email the first 75 to ask what Swag choice they want... Hat with WAEA Patch in Black, Full-length apron with WAEA Patch in yellow, or 1/2-length apron with WAEA patch in green.

There are SOOO many more things in the works for you!

Register TODAY!
(If you are waiting on your district to pay... email them this week to push them along)

​DISCOUNTS Available!

Pre-Service Educator Discount for Full-Conference Registration.
​WAEA Pre-service Discount is $100 off registration. 

• Use this survey to tell us what art education, art, technology or education program you are in, in addition to your Pre-service WAEA member number.
• We will then email you the Pre-service Coupon Code once verified.
  • Only $50 to become WAEA pre-service member! Join here.
  • Needs-Based Option for Pre-Service Code w/o Membership on Survey.
    

We will honor a few coupon codes based on answers to the responses to last survey question in ranked order of need.

• We will evaluate and send out needs-based coupon codes between October 1st and October 15th, 2022.

Workshop Presenter Discount
Presenter Discount is $25 off registration

• ​and a presenter gift from the WAEA!

• Use this form to apply to be a Workshop Presenter. 
• Once Workshop is accepted, we will email you a Presenter Coupon code along with a form for some additional information we will need.​

NAEA members from other states may register for the WAEA price if they enter their NAEA number when they register! Oregon, Idaho, and all other states, and Canada welcome!

*note, when joining WAEA, you are also joining NAEA. 

• Pre-service members join for $50 a year. 
  • and you will receive a $90 Dick Blick coupon in mail a month after you join (if it is your first year).
• First-year WAEA members join for $80 a year.
  • and you will receive a $90 Dick Blick coupon in mail a month after you join.
• Professional WAEA membership (make sure yours is active) is $95 to join. 
• Look up your NAEA/WAEA (or other state) registration number here to input it into the registration.

So many reasons to join! Free clock hours all year, professional development all year (in-person and virtual), Splatter Magazine Digital Subscription, collaboration, connection, and community!
Let's Create together! Let's Advocate for the Arts together! Let's better the profession of Art Educators together!

The WAEA board is excited to offer 
WAEA Membership Scholarships.

Donations provide scholarships for potential members, for whom the $80-$95 fee is a barrier to participation, to receive a free year of WAEA membership.

Scholarship awardees are expected to actively participate in the WAEA during their free membership year. This could include attending board meetings, regional in-person events, presenting at the annual Fall conference, or writing an article for Splatter Magazine.
​
Before you apply, be sure you have looked into other resources for funding, such as your building or district professional development funds, PD grants, a school district foundation or even your school’s ASB.
(If you are the sponsor of a National Art Honor Society club, often times your ASB will pay the NAEA Dues as part of the club fees.)

*Scholarship applications will be reviewed and granted at WAEA open membership meetings. 

Apply for A WAEA Membership Scholarship