 Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Art
{San Jose, 2010} Conference
November 18 - 21, 2010
Diane Warwick made this song famous, “Do you know the way to San Jose?”
I hope you do. The Northern Area Council would like you to join us this November
in San Jose for CAEA’s State Conference, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Art.” We
have a host of activities planned starting with our tours.
The Thursday tour to Pixar, will be the one for you if you are interested in
animation, and if you are interested in sculpture, sign up for the docent tour of
Stanford’s Rodin Sculpture Garden walk and the Cantor Museum. Watercolorists
and painters will enjoy painting at Ardenwood Farm with Robert Regis Dvorak.
Robert will be teaching a watercolor plein air master class there. On Friday, if you
haven’t been to San Jose in a long time, you might be interested in visiting the San
Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose’s Institute of Contemporary Art, or
the San Jose Museum of Art.
The committee is also excited about our Master Classes. Thanks to San Jose
State’s Donna Thompson, CSU San Jose will be our host with many of their instructors
teaching Master Classes. In addition, all keynote speakers will be giving
a workshop or Master Class. Digital artist, J-Walt will be presenting a workshop at
the Digital Strand on Saturday. The first 28 participants who sign up to attend the
Digital Strand will be programmed into his class. Chicano artist Carman Lomas
Garza will be teaching a cut paper Master Class at the hotel and Pixar’s Bill Cone,
a master of color, will be teaching a pastel class at CSU San Jose.
Workshop Chair, Kathleen Crocetti, has worked hard to provide you with a
large variety of workshops, presented by CAEA members, and exhibitors for you to
choose from.
Along with the Master Classes and workshops being offered, there will be three strands: Elementary, Digital and
Administrator/Higher Ed. To make these
strands successful we need your help getting
the word out to elementary teachers,
digital visual arts instructors, administrators
(especially your own), and all of the higher
education instructors teaching art education
in colleges and universities.
The Exhibitor Kick Off Event on Thursday
evening will once again welcome our
exhibitors and conference participants in a
big way! On Friday evening, after the General
Session , there will be a new event in
the hotel, Extended Hours Exhibitor’s Hall and the Teacher as Artist Exhibit Opening
Reception, with wine and hors d’oeuvres.
The Jazzy Evening with Friends and Art will
follow on the second floor of the hotel. Jazz
musicians will entertain as you catch up
with friends, new and old and join in the
fun at Area Receptions and a host of other
activities planned for you. Also, don’t forget
to bring an auction item. For every item you
bring valued at $25 or higher, you will receive
a raffle ticket for a ceramic kiln worth
$4000 donated by ceramic artist John Toki,
from Leslie Ceramics.
See you in San Jose in November.
Want to attend the conference but cannot afford
to this year?
There are three ways you may be able to attend.
If you are a new teacher with fewer than five years of teaching experience, apply for the Lynn Hickey Professional Development Scholarship. You could receive $500 towards attending the San Jose 2010 State Conference. Download the scholarship form.
If you have been a CAEA member for five consecutive years, apply for the Carol Lockwood Continuing Teachers Professional Development Scholarship. The award includes full conference registration and one hotel night with parking. Download the scholarship form.
OR attend events in your area this fall. All three areas are giving away a scholarship to attend the conference. Look for more details from each Area President.
Downloadable Letter of Encouragement to use with Administrators to assist in attending the conference.
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