Upcoming Events

Would you like to see what other Art Educators are doing?

Want to be inspired by local creativity and art?

Support art, artists and these happenings by attending a workshop, an opening or show, a WAEA board meeting or the state/national conference.

Have an Art event coming up?

Let the WAEA know and we would love to support you and get the word out
Here’s what is HAPPENING…

Upcoming Events

Use this PD enroller link for Conference Sign-up
Migrant districts will be given priority to registration. We welcome those educators, administrators, and other staff who work in Migrant Education districts or with migratory students for early registration May 8th - May 29th. Registration will open to the general public May 30th, so please register early. Open registration will run May 30th through August 8th.

*up to 6 free clock hours will be available for break out sessions only through OSPI.

Register Here:
https://www.pdenroller.org/ospi/catalog/154977

Art of Belonging Student Art Share

We are collecting digital files of student artwork to hang at the Art of Belonging conference in Yakima, WA August 17th and 18th, 2023.

The WAEA will print the artwork to be displayed in the Convention Center to show the power of the Arts!

You may include artist information if you like (optional)
(Scans/photos are fine, we can clean up edges)

Art of Belonging Student Art Share
Submission Form

ArtsTime is back!

August 17-18th in Yakima, WA.

Free in- person Conference
presented in partnership with the OSPI Migrant Education Program, OSPI Arts Program, and various Arts Associations from around the state.

Keynote speakers:
Thursday August 17th 8:30 am
Irma Z. Mejia, licensed Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and nationally certified as a medical examiner for CDL physicals. Irma is a Sunnyside native who values family and enjoys spending time with them. She loves outdoor recreation and traveling. Irma is fluent in Spanish.

Thursday August 17th 12 pm,
Dr. Yesenia Navarrete Hunter,
Dr Hunter was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. as a child. She grew up in Wapato, WA as a migrant farm worker. Her current work, "Entangles Histories of Land and Labor," centers on the braided histories of immigrants and Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest.

Friday August 18th 8 am
Edward Clapp, principal investigator and research associate at Project Zero, interested in exploring creativity and innovation; design and maker-centered learning; contemporary approaches to arts teaching and learning; and diversity, equity, and inclusion in education.

OSPI 50th Anniversary High School Art Show

WAEA invites all members to attend this in-person event!

We need volunteers to help set-up the art show, greeter and usher duties, and welcome the artists, teachers, and their families. Set-up will be in the morning of the 30th.

Please contact WAEA Co-Presidents Jessica Garrick or Becky Broyles.

The Superintendent's High School Art Show
Co-hosted by OSPI and WAEA
Reception and Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023

Benaroya Hall
Seattle, WA

1:00pm-3:00pm

The creators of the WA State YAM Flag is honored
along with the WAEA Tribute Award.

High school students from
all nine of the state's educational service districts (ESDs)
participate in this artistic celebration each year.

Annual Events

WAEA MEETINGS

WAEA MEETING SCHEDULE

Virtual Workshop Info

STATE OSPI ART SHOW

The Superintendent's High School Art Show
Co-hosted by OSPI and WAEA
Reception and Awards Ceremony

The creators of the WA State YAM Flag is honored
along with the WAEA Tribute Award.
We need volunteers to help set-up and bring table decorations and refreshments.

art Show Info

NAEA's NATIONAL CONVENTION

Save the Date for
UPCOMING NAEA CONVENTIONS

March 13-16, 2023
in San Antonio, Texas

in the meantime, check out the previous NAEA Workshop and Speaker Recordings here.

The NAEA National Convention is an annual event providing substantive professional development services that include the advancement of knowledge in all sessions, events, and activities for the purpose of improving visual arts instruction in American schools. As such, it is the world’s largest art education convention.
The three-day Convention includes over 1,000 participatory workshops, panels, seminars for job-alike groups…research reports, discussions, exhibits, and tours…keynote addresses by world-acclaimed educators, artists, researchers, and scholars…with the opportunity to connect with your colleagues from all over the world. Each year, some 110-200 exhibitor booths displaying the latest art textbooks, high-tech software, prints, slides, curriculum materials, equipment, and programs, as well as the latest studio and art history media are made available for examination and review by art educator delegates.

NAEA CONVENTION INFO