Spring Regional Events

All KAEA Region Events are open to all. Art Educators can attend any event that interests them in any region! Bring along a non-member colleague or friend! Watch for e-mail blasts for scheduled events. 

South Central Saturday, April 9th, 10:00 AM Please RSVP by April 5th to veronica.dowty@theindependentschool.com

We plan to gather at the Tulip Festival in Bartlett Arboretum and do some plein air painting/drawing. We plan to meet at 10am for a demo on pastel from Lynn Felts, then spend a couple of hours making our own pieces! There will be several vendors for lunch at the Bartlett Arboretum or you can bring a sack lunch. We will have local plein air painter Phil Burress and possibly another artist joining us and showing their techniques!    The cost will be $10 at the gate   Please bring materials for whatever medium you'd like to use:   Painting: -easel -paint of your choice  -napkins -water/mineral spirits in a jar -brushes  -canvas or board to paint on -tape to secure your work incase of wind -foldable chair   Drawing: -easel -oil or chalk pastels of your choice  -napkins -blending stumps -a board to tape your paper to -pastel paper -tape to secure your work incase of wind -foldable chairs

Kansas City Thursday, April 21st, 5:00 PM Please RSVP by April 20th: RSVP Link

RSVP for our regional teacher “meet up” workshop for KAEA members and friends! Tour the Charlotte Street Foundation Fellows – 2020 and Shinique Smith: STARGAZERS exhibitions. Join Karen Gerety Folk, Curator of Education, and learn about the temporary exhibitions and create a mixed media sculpture in a mini-gallery space using foam core. LIMITED SPACE. The three local CSF artists will lecture at 6:00-7 p.m. in the museum’s auditorium. Then for the closing reception, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments in the Museum Atrium, cash bar.   RSVP by midnight on the 20th--we can take up to 20 total participants.   Link for the flyer: http://blogs.jccc.edu/kgerety/2022/03/16/april-21-free-workshop-for-educators/

Membership is not required to attend a Drive In, though we would love to have you! Click HERE for membership information and HERE to join!