Youth Art Month
2019-2020 Youth Art Month
Join FAEA in congratulating 11th-grader Sureily Marestein, the winner of the 2020 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition, and their teacher, Gerald Obregon!
Representing the state of Florida, Sureily's flag will be on display at the Youth Art Month Museum during the 2020 National Art Education Association (NAEA) Conference in Minneapolis in March.
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Sureily Marestein (Grade 11)
AP Mays Conservatory of the Arts
*The 2020 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition is now closed.
2020 Youth Art Month Flag Design Competition
This year's theme is "Take a Journey through Art." The winning design will be exhibited along with other state YAM flags in Minneapolis at the NAEA Conference in March.
Competition Guidelines:
- Submissions open November 1, 2019
- Incorporate the big idea: "Take a Journey through Art"
- Include Florida somewhere in the design
- Use of the YAM Logo is encouraged
- Design can be vertical or horizontal, but must fit in the box on the entry form. NOTE: The flags will be displayed in a vertical orientation.
- Creatively use images that represent Florida or art.
- Each FAEA member may submit one design per student.
- Submit digitally on the FAEA website.
- Entries due by the January 17, 2020 deadline.
Youth Art Month is for you!
Florida Art Education Association invites all art educators to participate in YAM activities! Celebrations can be as simple as a single class learning activity that focuses attention to the value of arts; or celebrations can involve collaborations which result in multi-school art exhibits. You can start with one thing that you already are doing successfully and design a way to share the value gained by your students- with parents, with school administrators, with the community, and/or with politicians.
Youth Art Month is celebrated during the month of March, but art successes from any time of the year deserve recognition. Please send a picture, description, and/or media article about advocacy events to info@faea.org, and it will be included in Florida's YAM national report. Label your email with the title 'YAM Event' and send it in anytime.
YAM Issuing and Using a Proclamation
YAM Sample Proclamation Request Letter
YAM Sample Proclamation Language
YAM Sample Certificate of Recognition
YAM How to Submit a Press Release
What is Youth Art Month?
A national arts advocacy program, Youth Art Month was initiated in 1961 by the ACMI (Art and Craft Materials Institute.) The CAE, (Council for Art Education, Inc.) administers the program along with the sponsorship of NAEA.
The goals of Youth Art Month are:
- To recognize art education as a viable factor in the total education curricula that develops citizens of a global society.
- To recognize art is a necessity for the full development of better quality of life for all.
- To direct attention to the value of art education for divergent and critical thinking.
- To expand art programs in schools and stimulate new art programs.
- To encourage commitment to the arts by students, community organizations, and individuals everywhere.
- To provide additional opportunities for individuals of all ages to participate in creative art learning.
- To increase community, business and governmental support for art education.
- To increase community understanding and interest in art and art education through involvement in art exhibits, workshops, and other creative ventures.
- To reflect and demonstrate the goals of the National Art Education Association that work toward the improvement of art education at all levels.
