"The Nature of Art Education"
PAEA Annual Conference, Brandywine 2009
October 22nd to October 25th
 Conference Program
 The conference theme is "The Nature of Art Education" and will focus on four areas: Research, History,Environment and Technology. Plan to pause, reflect, ponder, and renew yourself in the wide open spaces of the beautiful Brandywine countryside. Sites of interest will include the Brandywine River Museum, Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, and the Wyeth Studio.
Register today for the 2009 Fall PAEA Conference scheduled for October 22-25, 2009 at The Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA! In addition to the list of workshops to be found on the conference website at www.paea.org, here's a partial list of additional conference events!
National Art Honor Society art show reception early Thursday evening
The Great Pumpkin Carve event in Chadds Ford later Thursday evening
Keynote Speaker Mike Wimmer Friday afternoon
Dinner and dancing in The Desmond Friday evening
Golf putting green experience
Keynote Speaker Barry Shauck, NAEA President, Saturday afternoon
Keynote Speaker Victoria Wyeth, granddaughter of Andrew Wyeth, late Saturday afternoon
On-site sculpture building along the Brandywine River
Dinner with PAEA Region Representatives at local restaurants late Saturday afternoon
All registered conference attendees will receive a padfolio portfolio case, embroidered with the PAEA logo, ready for use. Show your pride in PAEA at faculty meetings, parent conferences, and inservice days!
Tell your art friends and colleagues to register for the conference by going to www.paea.org. Click on the link on the front page of the PAEA website.
Call The Desmond Hotel for your hotel room. The phone number is on the front page of the PAEA conference webpage. Positioned as it is between the Exton Mall and the King of Prussia mall, The Desmond and surrounding area provide the beauty of the landscape with the marvel of modern amenities.
Plan to celebrate an autumn weekend in the Brandywine Region, surrounded by your art colleagues, good food, (good shopping) and great conference sessions! Register today!
Keynote Speaker - R. Barry Shauck, Assistant Professor and Head of Art Education - Boston University
 Barry holds a BS in art education and minor in philosophy with a concentration in ceramics from Frostburg State College, and an MFA in Art Education with a concentration in printmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He began his teaching career in Baltimore County, MD in 1972 and served as art department chairman at the middle and high school levels. An invitation was extended to him in 1976 to become an instructor for the Young People's Studios at MICA. He was appointed countywide Resource Teacher for Gifted and Talented Art after completing twelve years as a studio classroom teacher at the secondary level in Baltimore County. Mr. Shauck became art supervisor for the Howard County Public School System two years later. He was asked to assume program directorship for YPS at MICA in 1987. Barry retired in 2002 from the HCPSS and as YPS Director at MICA to teach art education at BU. He is Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Art Education Advisory Council, a group sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Mr. Shauck has collaborated on a series of articles appearing in School Arts magazine called Teacher as Artist, Artist as Teacher. In 2005, his chapter 'Developing a Culture for Arts Leadership' was published in NAEA's administration and supervision monograph, The Changing Roles of Arts Leadership. Barry served the Maryland Art Education Association in numerous capacities including President, and the National Art Education Association as Division Director for Supervision and Administration, 2005 Convention Coordinator for the national conference held in Boston, and is currently NAEA President. He was given the Marion Quinn Dix Leadership Award in 2004 and has received other awards and recognition from state and national art education associations.Barry continues his artistic production maintaining sketchbooks and producing plein air pastel landscapes. His affiliation with the Hurwitz Center for Art Education at Maryland Institute College of Art is renewed summers as adjunct Professor to teach Administration, Leadership, and Supervision in the Masters of Arts in art education (research) program. He is a doctoral candidate in the department of Administration, Training, and Policy Studies (anticipating a research proposal hearing in the next month) with a concentration in Human Resource Education at the School of Education, Boston University. The topic of his dissertation is Sources of Artistic Inspiration.It is his pleasure to join the members of PAEA for their October, 2009 fall conference.
Keynote Speaker - Victoria Browning Wyeth
Victoria Browning Wyeth was born on March 21, 1979 to Nicholas Wyeth and Jane Wyeth. She is the niece of Jamie Wyeth, sole grandchild of Andrew Wyeth, and great-grandaughter of N.C. Wyeth. After attending The Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City, Ms. Wyeth attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. There, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Cultural Studies, and completed an undergraduate thesis focusing on the effects of poverty on children's behavior in school. While completing her studies at Bates College, Ms. Wyeth organized and curated Her Room, an exhibition of Andrew Wyeth's works, for The Bates College Museum of Art. Ms. Wyeth attended Harvard University as a visiting graduate student and earned a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from Wesleyan University upon acceptance of her Masters thesis entitled, A Nosography of Delusions in 19th Century Connecticut. Ms. Wyeth guides public tours of works by N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
http://www.levins.com/esherick.html - The Wharton Esherick Museum will provide private tours for PAEA conference attendees all day on Thursday and Friday. Wharton Esherick was a master at the use of wood - from hand carved wood portrait coat hooks to the kitchen floor and everything in between! Tours will provide an interactive experience for attendees to learn about the life and work of this unique craftsman.
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/ - The Brandywine River Museum welcomes PAEA conference attendees at a much discounted rate throughout the length of the conference. The museum specializes in the artwork of the Wyeth family. Special events will be in place at the museum for which conference attendees will pre-register.
Conference Steering Committee Chairperson: Meg Barney - contact
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