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Stay up to date on the latest news for educators! From important information about back-to-school orders to awards, events, sponsor news, and more, find updates and resources to enrich your teaching experience while connecting you to fellow educators and organizations across the country.
Diamond Sponsor of the 2025 NAEA National Convention
Blick is once again a proud Diamond Sponsor of the NAEA National Convention. Visual arts, design, and media arts educators from all over the US and around the world will connect in Louisville, KY, March 20-22, 2025, for professional learning, connectivity, and creativity. As part of our sponsorship, the Blick team will greet attendees in the exhibit hall where we will share our newest products and lesson plans and offer hands-on art making experiences. We hope to see you in Louisville!
Blick is proud to continue its support of NAEA and other art education organizations throughout the year by exhibiting at state and regional conferences, advertising in organization publications, presenting workshops, and offering support materials including door prizes, product samples, and more for educator-led professional development events.
For more information or to register for the conference, visit: https://my.arteducators.org/naea25
Blick Offers 'Future Orders' Option for Educators and Schools
Skip the stress of ordering classroom supplies when the school year starts – place an order ahead of time and we’ll send it to you when you need it.
Advantages of Future Orders:
1. Best Product Availability
2. Just in Time Delivery
3. Invoices Align with Budgetary Timing
How it Works:
1. Prepare your supply list in advance of the date needed.
2. Place your order as soon as you are able and indicate the date you would like your order to ship. If ordering online, select “I would like this order to be billed and shipped to me at a future date” in the shipping address section of checkout.
3. We will pack and hold your order until the selected date.
4. You won't be invoiced until your order ships.
5. Your order arrives on time and complete.
Blick Sponsors 2025 Celebrating Art Contests
Celebrating Art hosts three art contests each year for students across the United States in grades K-12. There is no cost to enter and no fee to be published. Judges select the top 35% of the entries received to be published in a national anthology.
For over 10 years, Blick has provided support in the form of gift certificates to be redeemed for classroom supplies for sponsoring art educators and awards for the Top Ten winning students. We are pleased to support this program which provides young artists a platform to share their work and gives teachers the opportunity to earn free art supplies.
For contest information, visit CelebratingArt.com.
Blick Sends Two Grant Winners to NAEA 2025
Blick is once again proud to support educators at the NAEA 2025 conference. As part of our commitment to their professional growth, two winners of an all expenses paid trip to the event, each with an estimated value of $2,300.
This year's winners are Kristen Lopez Reyna, of STEM Magnet High School Global Impact Academy in Fairburn, GA, and Kaylen Elliott, of Wright Middle School in Abbeville, SC, and the Advocacy Chair of the SCAEA.
Both teachers will join their fellow art educators in a spirit of education and networking at the upcoming conference in Louisville, KY."
The Council for Art Education Recognizes 2024 Youth Art Month Award Winners
The Council for Art Education Board of Directors voted to recognize the following individuals for contributions to their 2024 Youth Art Month Programs:
Claire Flanagan Grand Award
Wisconsin: Jen Dahl, Kathryn Rulien-Bareis
Awards of Excellence
Kansas: Linda Nelson-Bova, Lynn Felts
New York: Heather McCutcheon, Tracy Berges, Patti Krakoff
Virginia: Kelly Wasson
Awards of Merit
Utah: Elizabeth Sampson, Kristy Carter
Georgia: Tiffany Weser, Gail Peake, Maysha Pate, Amanda Durant
Rhode Island: Kerri Marshall, Tara Villanova
Texas: Angela Coffey, Gretchen Bell-Young, Amber Forgey
North Carolina: Jana Farris
Special Recognition by Category
Participation:
West Virginia for Phenomenal Growth with a 68% increase of teacher participation: Joe Semple, Jeff Grubbs, Holly Bess-Kincaid
Maryland for the Comeback Award for improved efforts for a 2nd year of returning to the YAM program: Christopher Whitehead
Promotion:
Arizona for Excellence in collaborating with Arizona Scottsdale Museum of the West, for their state celebration: Laura Namerow
South Dakota for Stand out use of hosting their state event virtually to include as many as they can to participate: Marica Shannon
Maine for Fabulous collaboration with Portland Museum of Art to create and distribute fun swag to go along with 2024 YAM community celebration: Elise Pelletier, Suzanne Goulet
Proclamation:
Missouri for Distinguished honor of having the Lt. Governor, Mike Kehoe attend and speak at the state YAM celebration. Art advocacy at this level is valuable: Amy Rushing
Iowa for the Phenomenal work on Governor Proclamation and Governor Show and a Photo Booth sponsored by Jordan Creek Mall: Erin Almelien
Special Materials:
Alabama for the magnificent efforts with trophies for YAM winners: Julie Harrison
Pennsylvania for the Impressive work with large, printed banners of top YAM winners hung at state capitol for week of their state YAM celebration: Andrea Keefe, Rebecca Hughes
New Jersey for the Excellence in collaboration to use Grounds for Sculpture for state YAM event and give students a free pass to experience the art firsthand: Danielle Davis, Kelly Wenz
State chairpersons submitted documentation of their Youth Art Month Programs to be eligible for recognition. Documentation was evaluated across a variety of key categories based on predetermined criteria.
Sponsored nationally by the Council for Art Education (CFAE), Youth Art Month (typically the month of March) is a celebration of the visual arts. Through student exhibitions, public artworks, art festivals, and school events, organizers and student artists raise awareness and support for the visual arts.
Find out more about Youth Art Month at: councilforarteducation.org/youth-art-month/
The Council for Art Education is a non-profit 501(c)(3) association created in 1984 through the Art & Creative Materials Institute Inc (ACMI). ACMI seeks to promote safety in art and creative products through its certification program and is a major sponsor of CFAE.
