| The 2024 MAEA Fall Conference will be November 14-16, 2024 at the Mississippi Museum of Art & Pearl High School, and the keynote speaker this year is Brent Funderburk. Brent will deliver the keynote address on Friday and lead a Watercolor Master Workshop on Thursday. The four other Thursday concentrations are Coil Basket Weaving with Rebecca Lancaster, Hand Built Clay with bech evans, Cut Paper & Mixed Media with Robin Martea, and Paper Pulp Painting with Randy Miley. If the Thursday workshop of your choice is already sold out, please register for your second choice and email msarted@gmail.com to be placed on the waiting list for your first choice. We will email you if a spot opens up in your preferred workshop.
MAEA fall conference fees include Friday and Saturday sessions, art supplies needed for the sessions, conference t-shirt or tote bag, coffee and muffins Friday morning, dinner Friday evening at the awards event, and lunch on Saturday catered by Broad Street Bakery. The Thursday studio master classes are an additional $50 which includes some needed art supplies available for use. Friday and Saturday session choices will be posted October 1st with the form to select your sessions. Once again this year your conference fees must be paid before you can select your sessions. If you are fully paid, you will a receive an email October 1st with the link to pick your session choices.
All sessions are specifically geared to help Visual Arts teachers strengthen their teaching practices and show connections to the Mississippi Visual Arts Standards as well as give teachers opportunities to reflect, problem solve, and share new ideas and experiences. Up to 2.4 CEUs or 24 contact hours are available during this professional development conference.
Click here for full conference schedule and information packet.
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