: regional events

KAEA regions are hosting Drive Ins this spring. Check out your Regions' Event and all of those around the state.
*Membership is not required to attend a Drive In, though we would love to have you!

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Southeast Kansas Saturday, February 2nd at 10:00 AM in Joe Summers High School Art room in Lacygne.	Contact: Glenda Bruner, brunerg@usd413.org, Chanute or Joe Summers, joes@pv362.org, Lacygne. Free! Bring some eats to share, but don't let that stop you if you haven't the time! You might want to bring some samples of student work, your own work, or just ideas and lesson plans. Our conversations just flow from one topic to another without any specific agenda. Sure hope to see you there!
South Central Kansas Friday, February 15th 9:00am-3:00pm. Andover Central Middle School, Andover.	Contact: Ginger Steck, steckg@usd385.org or Michaeline Kohler, mkohler@cheney268.com. Free- Come for the morning, afternoon or all day! RSVP is appreciated Morning: Southwest Pueblo Pottery (hands on and informational), New Ideas for Painting. Afternoon will feature speaker Joyce Huser from Kansas State Department of Education speaking on Common Core and the new National Art Standards due out anytime. Time for collaboration on Common Core Lessons and strategies will follow the presentation. Bring ideas, successful lessons and examples of student work, your Camera.
Southwest Kansas Saturday, April 13th, 1pm - 3pm. The Main ARTery Gallery,103 S Main, Ulysses. mainarterykansas.com	Contact: Tiffany Chenoweth -Johnson, chenowetht@usd452.org and Terry Moomaw. Possible Demonstrations of Potters wheel, watercolor, acrylic, collage, pastel, sewing and Jewelry. There will be a meeting following at the Grant County Library (2 blocks east of the gallery). Discussions about CTE Pathways, Common Core, Lesson Plans and any other topics teachers are interested in. Other attractions in Ulysses are a Spring Fling at the Grant County civic Center on Freday, Saturday and Sunday. Business booths, Community Performers and numersous stores on Main Street. Please RSVP if Possible
Northwest Kansas Saturday, March 16 , 10:00 am. Cindy Balthazor's Art Room Ruppenthal Middle School, Russell, Kansas.	Contact: Cindy Balthazor cbalthazor@usd407.org or balthazorc@yahoo.com We will meet in my Art Room to share art ideas, so bring examples! We will go to the Deines Cultural Center to view USD 407 art show and then go out for lunch.
Northeast Kansas Saturday,April 20 , 11am - 2pm at the Topeka Public Library.	Contact Bailey Marabel - baykivo@gmail.com Meet at the Gallery in the Library at 11:00am. We will tour the show, have lunch in the cafe, and then do a lesson share in one of the library meeting rooms. Come Join Us!
Kansas City Thursday evening, March 14, 5-7pm at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.	Contact: Josh Greaves - Shawnee Mission joshgreaves@smsd.org , and Ruth Janzen, rjansen@kansas.net - Ottawa Lesson Swap - Bring your favorites and/or most successful with student examples. Come Connect!
North Central Kansas	Watch for a meeting time and place will be announced soon! Contact: Kathy Gregory if you would like to help with the event. kgregory@usd306.k12.ks.us - Salina

Join us! If you have any questions – please contact your area facilitator

at the email/phone numbers listed below or contact Ginger Steck, the State Coordinator, at steckg@usd385.org – (316) 733-4336.

North West Region:
Facilitator: Jerri Palmquist
jpalmquistoms@st-tel.net 785.410.1617

North East Region:
Susan Nakao – 785.242.4262

North Central Region :
Facilitator-Bailey Marable -baykivo@gmail.com

Kansas City Area Region: 785.286.7944
Leader: Ellen Taylor ellenataylor@comcast.net 913.780.7220
Kathy Gregory – 913.667.5045

South Central Region:
Facilitator: Michaeline Kohler -mkohler@cheney268.com 316.542.0122
Ginger Steck steckg@usd385.org 316.733.4336

South West Region:
Facilitator: Janet Robertson – 620.397.6577
robertsonjanet@leoti.org 620.375.2213
Garden City – Vivian Redfern vredfern@pld.com

South East Region:
Leader: Glenda Bruner brunerg@usd413.org
913.667.5045

If you have any questions – please contact your area facilitator at the email/phone numbers listed above or Ginger Steck the State Coordinator at steckg@usd385.org – (316) 733-4336.