The National Art Education Association Conference New York, 2007

The National Art Education Association Secondary Division Awards Ceremony

Secondary Division Director Linda Popp Maryland

Secondary Division Director-Elect Ralph Caouette Massachusetts

Secondary Division Director Elect-Elect Diane Scully Minnesota

The National Art Education Association Secondary Division Regional Directors And Elects

Secondary Division Eastern Region Director Andrea Haas Connecticut

Secondary Division Southeastern Director Donna Anderson Tennessee

Secondary Division Western Region Director Roxy Merklin Oklahoma

Secondary Division Pacific Region Director Don Collins Washington

Secondary Division Eastern Region Director-Elect Cheryl Milligan Maryland

Secondary Division Southeastern Director-Elect Jessica Booth Georgia

Secondary Division Western Region Director-Elect Lynn Felts Kansas

Secondary Division Pacific Region Director-Elect Shannon McBride Oregon

The National Art Education Association Secondary Division Award Recipients 2007

Eastern Region Secondary Art Educator Viola Capitol-Jefferson Maryland

Viola Capitol-Jefferson Largo High School Upper Marlboro, Maryland NAEA J. Eugene Grisby Award, 1995 NAEA Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Maryland Art Education Association Council

Prince George’s County Outstanding Career Art Educator, 1997

Presenter and Assistant, Educators and Children’s Workshops National Museum of African Art MAEA Conference presentation: Multicultural Infusion in the Classroom

Art I, Art II, Drawing and Painting I and II

Women’s History Month Exhibit Docents’ Art Exhibit, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Author, “Basic Sculpture,” “African Diaspora,” “ Shoowa Designs of Africa”

Southeastern Region Secondary Art Educator Dr. Emily Ruch Tennessee

Dr. Emily “Boo” Ruch Overton High School Memphis, Tennessee West Tennessee Art Educator of the Year, 2007 NAEA and TAEA Conference presentations

Ambassador at US/China Education Cultural Exchange, 2005 National Board Certified Teacher, 2003

presented at the US/China Joint Education Conference in Beijing, 2005 Ambassador for Indigenous Art Curriculum Study and exchange program to Australia and New Zealand, 1998

Art I Honors, AP 2-D Design, AP 3-D Design

Art I Honors, AP 2-D Design, AP 3-D Design

University of Memphis Invitational Exhibit FedEx World Headquarters Invitational Exhibit Memphis City Schools Art Faculty Show

Western Region Secondary Art Educator Donna Kirkevold Oklahoma

Donna Kirkevoid Putnam City Academy Oklahoma City Oklahoma Art Education Association President Oklahoma Art Education Association Secretary NAEA Delegates Assembly

NAEA Western Region Leadership Conference

Putnam City Academy Teacher of the Year Excellent Educator Award - Rotary Club

Art I, II, II, IV, and Ceramics

Annual Putnam City Art Specialist Exhibit

Pacific Region Secondary Art Educator Shannon McBride Oregon

Shannon McBride Lakeridge High School Oswego, Oregon Oregon Art Educator of the Year, 2006 NAEA Delegates Assembly, Pacific Region Secondary Division Director-Elect Oregon Art Education Association President

NAEA Pacific Region Summer Leadership Meetings

OAEA Board member, OAEA Conference Chair OAEA Scholarship Co-Chair OAEA Website Committee

Visual Art & Design Drawing & Painting Mixed Media Watercolor Photography Art Studio Advanced Drawing & Painting AP Art Studio

“Beyond Demos” Juried Exhibit, 2006 “Teachers Who Can” Exhibit, 2004 “Inside Out” One Woman Show

National Art Honor Society Sponsor of the Year Betti Longinotti North Carolina

NAHS Sponsor since 1994 National Board Certified Teacher North Carolina Art Educator of the Year, 1997 Betti Longinotti West Forsyth High School Clemmons, North Carolina

NCAEA National Art Honor Society Chair NC Annual NAHS Traveling Exhibition 3statewide NAHS Student Conferences Statewide NAHS Sponsor Exhibition

annual NAHS New York field trip mural installations birdhouses for Habitat for Humanity giant Patriot Card for servicemen

Art I, Art III, Art IV, Honors Art III, Honors Art IV

Solo exhibit: “Contemplations In Drawing, Painting, and Stained Glass”

NAEA Rising Star Award Lauren Metz Texas

Lauren Metz Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Dallas, Texas

“…the things that make a teacher special and significant are their commitment to teaching and uniqueness of the knowledge I gain from them.” “I aspire to be the teacher who inspires young artists while pursuing my own artistic endeavors.”

….I was absolutely captured by the photographs of Dorothea Lange. From these images I decided to depict the emotion “Distraught.”

How do we know what we are and what we are feeling and if the feelings are totally new and undiscovered? This is what my work explores.

There Were No Survivors Let Them Eat Cake

National Secondary Art Educator Lynn Felts Kansas

NAEA Western Region Secondary Director-Elect, NAEA Western Region Secondary Art Educator, 2006 Lynn Felts Winfield High School Winfield, Kansas

KAEA President, Kansas Secondary Art Educator, 1999 NAEA Delegates Assembly,

NAEA Western Region Secondary Director,

Basic Art, Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Design

National Art Honor Society Sponsor present

Annual Expressions Exhibits KAEA Members Exhibits Winfield Arts & Humanities Show

LYNN FELTS ART GODDESS

The National Art Education Association Secondary Division Award Recipients 2007 Congratulations!

MIAD/NAEA Creative Art Educator Awards

Barbara Nikoo-Manesh Olathe East High School Althea Thompson School for Creative and Performing Arts Cincinnati, Ohio

Terry McDaniel Baltimore County Public Schools Carver Center for the Arts Towson, Maryland

158 ARTS winners 11 Presidential Scholars in the Arts (plus 3 nominated this year) 24 Marie Walsch Sharpe winners

5 Scholastic Art National Gold Portfolio winners 37Silver Portfolio winners over 45 National Medal winners

10 ACT-SO National Gold awards at least one Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts each year since the program began in 1982