Arizona Art Education Association: A vibrant and creative community that inspires, supports, and advocates for innovative learning in the visual arts.

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2024 Youth Art Month Event 

AAEA in collaboration with Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West are proud to present YOUTH ART MONTH Exhibition!  

When:  Sunday March 17 through Sunday March 31, 2024

Reception:  Thursday March 28, 2024 @ 6pm

How to Submit:  Please submit your artwork and YAM artwork/photo release, in person or via mail to 

Wade Weber

Director of Education

Western Spirit:  Scottsdale's Museum of the West

 3830 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

After sending or dropping off, please kindly email, aaea.yam@gmail.com with notification that you have sent artwork.  Also if you have any questions please contact the YAM Chair, Laura Namerow at aaea.yam@gmail.com.  

Deadline- March 1, 2024

Theme- No theme, please send your students best work

Youth Art Month Website Page 

Our MissionTo further highly qualified Art education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge, advocacy and leadership, and to increase creative connections to human experiences. It is our purpose to promote and maintain the highest possible quality of instruction in visual arts programs under whatever auspices that they are fostered. It shall be our intent to communicate our belief to the organized teaching profession and to the community‐at‐large, to strengthen the position of the visual arts as a discipline in the schools, and to affect positively the role of art education in  the culture. We dedicate ourselves to aesthetic and humanistic growth and quality performance in art. With these as our goals, we support visual arts and humanities programs that provide depth and breadth of experience in  art in order to meet the needs, interests, and abilities of the varied individuals we teach.
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