Reflections on the 2010 Invitational Art Education Fair
The M. Agnes Jones Elementary Invitational Art Education Fair has once again come and gone, Friday April 23rd , 2010, was the day.
The fair proceeded with several letters from the coordinator and founder Raymond Veon, reminding art educators about the show for 9 months. Teachers from K-12 in APS worked hard throughout the year to celebrate the day. In all 48 schools participating this school year was another success. I was please to see an increase in the attendance of parents that showed, especially from my school, C.W. Long Middle. The immediate past title holders of “BEST OF SHOW “Middle school division. I was also able to pull four teachers on our staff to come out and support the students. We hope to get more parents and teachers to come out next year. All it takes is to pass on the massage. It was a real celebration for all the lovers of the arts, students, parents, and educators. The works on display and the atmosphere at the show invokes all the six senses of Daniel Pink’s book, “A Whole New Mind”. Design, Meaning, Story, sympathy, Empathy, and Play.
I was so pleased with the brochure of the program. Veon did all he could to make a case for the arts and in particular visual art. Congratulation Raymond and thanks for the quote on page 11 of the brochure. The one that moved me was the one by Albert Einstein.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”-Albert Einstein
I will also like to thank all teachers who came out during the week to help mount the works.
Long live the fine arts. Long live the visual arts, Long Live. APS.
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