MLTI Artwork Challenge

Photographs needed – Deadline: January 16, 2017

The Singularity, Dante DesVeaux, Mount Desert Island High School, Grade 10 (2016-17 screen saver)

The MLTI Screensaver Challenge is currently open. Please read all the guidelines below and on the links. Guidelines located at THIS LINK. If you have any questions please contact Juanita Dickson.

Over the last eight years, the MLTI device has featured screen savers featuring outstanding student works of art (twenty each year). To date, there have been well over two thousand pieces of artwork submitted representing PK-12. With the variety of devices available at MLTI, images are now made available as a download for either a screensaver or background image on every MLTI device.

The students whose artwork is selected will have their artwork featured on the Big Screen at the MLTI Student Conference to be held May 25, 2017. The 20 artists will be receiving free conference registration and their artwork featured on 2017-2018 MLTI devices. Student’s artwork will be printed and displayed at the Department of Education during the summer of 2017.

All artwork should be submitted by an adult using our Google drive and Google forms. Complete directions can be found here.

Ocean Breeze, Taylor Fitzpatrick, Houlton Middle School, Grade 6 (2016-17 screen saver)

MLTI Student Artwork Challenge Timeline
January 16, 2017 – Submissions due.
January 17 – February 10, 2017 – Selection committee reviews submissions using a rubric.
February 13, 2017 – Teachers of the students with selected pieces will be notified by this date. A release form will need to be signed by parents and sent back to MLTI before any names are released to the public.
February 22, 2017 – Release forms due to back to the MLTI Project Office
Late February 2017 – Selected artwork information released to the public.
May 25, 2017 – Student Conference. Selected students will be invited to join us at the Student Conference free of charge (students will need to complete online registration)

DEADLINE: January 16, 2017.  Guidelines located at THIS LINK. If you have any questions please contact Juanita Dickson.

Student Art Exhibit

Tidemark Gallery – Waldoboro

 

2015-16 MLTI Artwork Challenge

Student Opportunity

Over the last six years, the MLTI device has featured screen savers featuring outstanding student works of art (twenty each year). To date, there have been well over two thousand pieces of artwork submitted. WOWZER! Currently images are made available as a screensaver download on the following MLTI Devices: HP ProBooks & Apple MacBooks.

“Eye in Triangle”, by Dominick Bernard, Deering High School, Grade 10

The opportunity to submit artwork is available to Maine students in grades K-12. MLTI asks that students submit only ONE piece of artwork to be considered for 2015-2016 MLTI devices. Please take careful note of the sizing and labeling requirements. Submissions not meeting these requirements or students submitting multiple works will not have their artwork reviewed. The deadline to submit artwork for this challenge is January 2, 2015. Works of art submitted will be scored by an independent review committee using a rubric.

The students whose artwork is selected will have their artwork on 2015-2016 MLTI Devices, receive free Student Conference registration (May 21, 2015) and also have their artwork printed and displayed at the Department of Education in the spring.

“Holograms”, by Elana Bolles, Yarmouth High School, Grade 11

Please submit your artwork to Juanita Dickson. Anyone can submit the artwork (guardian, teacher, student, etc), but please be sure to include the following information in the email:

• Student name
• School name
• Grade
• Teacher (Adult) name & email address (this is who we’ll contact with result)
• Artwork title

Don’t forget to read the guidelines! If your picture is not properly sized/submitted, it can not be considered for the challenge.

For the artwork submission guidelines (.pdf) please click here.

“Striations”, by Matthew Lambert, Mount Desert Island High School, Grade 10

MLTI Artwork Challenge Timeline

• January 2, 2015 – Submissions due.
  Please email your submission to Juanita Dickson at juanita.dickson@maine.gov. Confirmation of receipt will be emailed to you.
• January 3 – January 20, 2015 – Selection committee reviews submissions using a rubric.
• January 25, 2015 – Teachers of the students with selected pieces will be notified by this date. A release form will need to be signed by parents and sent back to MLTI before any names are released to the public.
• February 15, 2015 – Release forms due to back to the MLTI Project Office
• Late February 2015 – Selected artwork information released to the public.
• May 21, 2015 – Student Conference. Selected students will be invited to join us at the Student Conference free of charge (students will need to complete online registration)

Please contact Juanita Dickson at juanita.dickson@maine.gov with any questions.

To view all of the past screen saver images please click here.

 

Artwork Selected for First Lady’s Baby Journal

Artists named

Grace Dimick, Grade 7, Falmouth Middle School

In early November over 800 artworks representing students in grades K-8  were submitted from all regions of the state to be considered for the First Lady’s upcoming new family friendly Love.Read.Learn!™ Baby Journal. A rubric was used by the First Lady Ann LePage, Becky Dyer from the Barbara Bush Foundation, and art teachers Lynne Shulman and Kathy Smith, to select the student artwork.

Students were asked to create original artwork that represented what living in Maine means to them. It was evident that students were inspired by their favorite places and activities. You can view all the artwork that was selected by clicking here. The following artists had artwork selected:

• Abby Fitzhenry, Grade 2, Bay Ridge Elementary
• Abigail Bennett, Grade 7, Brewer Community School
• Amna Sheikh, Grade 4, Albert S. Hall School
• Andrew Frost, Grade 6, Winthrop Middle School
• Anna Patterson, Grade 1, Bay Ridge Elementary
• Ariana Dyer, Grade 3, Fruit St. Elementary
• Autumn Ditzel, Grade 3, Fruit St. Elementary
• Cade King, Grade 6, Windsor Elementary School
• Charlie Bischoff, Grade 4, Pond Cove School
• Chloe Lawrence, Grade 5, George B. Weatherbee School
• Devon Roma, Grade 8, Auburn Middle School
• Emilee Morgan, Grade 8, Sanford Jr. High School
• Emma Fitzhenny, Grade 4, Bay Ridge Elementary
• Emma Lombardo, Grade 6, Westbrook Middle School
• Eva Jacot-Descombes, Grade 7, RSU 78 Rangeley
• Galen Gaze, Grade 7, Brunswick Jr. High School
• Grace Dimick, Grade 7, Falmouth Middle School
• Hannah Stauffer, Grade 8, Auburn Middle School
• Holly Desjardins, Grade 6, Poland Community School
• Ian Gervais, Grade 5, Stepping Stones Montessori School
• Kaden Hannan, Grade 3, Fruit Street Elementary
• Kaydence Lux, Grade 3, Fruit Street Elementary
• Kelsea Fuller, Grade 8, Westbrook Middle School
• Kevin Duplessie, Grade 8, Caribou Middle School
• Kiara Lantiqua, Grade 5, CASS Elementary School
• Macey Jordan, Grade 5, Hancock Grammar School
• Mary-Hollie Whitmore, Grade 2, Viola Rand Bradley School
• Moriah Hajduk, Grade 6, Winthrop Middle School
• Olivia Boyle, Grade K, Peaks Island School
• Owen Mann, Grade 4, Greater Portland Christian School
• Samuel Lattin, Grade 6, Winthrop Middle School
• Zoe Olson, Grade 5, Bucksport Middle School

The journal is to promote literacy and health to families of newborn babies in Maine and will be provided at no cost to parents of newborns. The First Lady, Ann LePage, has partnered with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy with the Maine is ME book theme.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all the teachers who helped guide students and submitted student artwork for consideration. THANK YOU to the over 800 students who used their artistic knowledge to create the outstanding work!

Galen Gaze, Grade 7, Brunswick Jr High School

MAEA Art Exhibits: Educator and Student

MAEA member opportunities

EDUCATOR EXHIBITS

One of the benefits of being a member of the Maine Art Education Association (MAEA) is that the professional organization offers opportunities to exhibit artwork for teachers and for students. During October MAEA partnered with Maine College of Art (MECA) for an exhibit at MECA that was fantastic. MAEA member and art teacher from Brunswick High School Allison Price is the present coordinator for the member art exhibits and is dedicated to offering outstanding exhibit opportunities. Allison worked with Jane Dalton and Kelly McConnell from MECA to arrange for the recent show and I understand, will again next fall. There are two more exhibit opportunities planned for teachers this calendar year in other venues. If you are a member of MAEA you invited to participate. Please contact Allison for the details. If you are not a member you might want to consider joining by contacting the MAEA membership chair Constance Panetski.

Retired art teacher from Westbrook and MAEA member Lynne Shulman at MECA with her sculpture

STUDENT EXHIBIT

Art teachers are invited to submit one piece of artwork from their school for the Maine Art Education Association (MAEA) and Maine Education Association (MEA) student art exhibit annual event.

• The first 30 student artworks will be accepted
• The length + width cannot exceed 30 inches

Teachers who are both MEA and MAEA members may submit one piece of student artwork to celebrate Youth Art Month. This work of art will be framed by the MEA and will hang in the Maine Education Association office in Augusta. The frames are great and the reception is very nice. Many teachers, MEA employees and other visitors who go to the MEA office really enjoy viewing the student artwork. This is a great way to highlight the work that students do in art and the work art teachers do.

If interested:

1. Email MAEA board member Kay Allison at kay782@aol.com so she can insure space for the 30 pieces
2. Kay will confirm your current MAEA and MEA membership status. Once notified, please mail artwork ASAP or by December 17, 2012 to Kay Allison, 101 Brentwood Dr., Auburn, ME 04210. *If you sign up, your spot is secure. December cancellations does not allow time to find a replacement.
3. The show will hang from February 2013 through November 2013 in the MEA office in Augusta. *Only submit work that can hang for the entire length of the exhibit.
4. The exhibit opening will be on Sunday, March 3, 2013, 1:00 to 2:30 PM. Presentations will be at 1:30. Refreshments will be served.
5. At the conclusion of the exhibit in November, the artwork will need to be picked up, the framed artwork returned to the student by the teacher.
6. Invitations will be sent to participating teachers to pass on to the students.
7. Attach the following name tag to the back of the artwork.  Please use this name tag so the information will be consistent.
8. Please fill out the media release form filled out and attach it to the back of the art. This will insure that the invitations are accurate.

NAME TAG

Please secure the following information to the backside of the artwork.

MEDIA RELEASE FORM

Please include this information with the artwork.

I give the Maine Art Education Association permission to print my child’s artwork and name (first and last) in both printed and electronic newsletters.

I give the Maine Art Education Association permission to publish my child’s artwork and name (first and last) on a student art website called Artsonia.

I give the Maine Art Education Association permission to print my child’s artwork and name (first and last) for the postcard invitation for the student art opening.

Student’s Name:_____________________________________________________

School:____________________________________________________________

Teacher’s Name:_____________________________________________________

Parent’s Signature:___________________________________________________

Whose Going to Prague?

Massive artwork on display

July 9 – July 21 in Prague at Incheba Praha Exhibition Center, 100o stories, 26 ft. height, 216 ft. long, 48500 lb. weight – 5700 ft.,  1.5 ml. of steel cable , 4 days for installation.

“Magic tales from “one thousand and one nights” reached us from the remote past. With amazing perfection they reflect an extremely delicate understanding of the world by the peoples of orient, expressing this understanding by means of effortless wordplay.”

To learn more, click here.

Bangor Elementary and Middle Schools Artwork

Artwork at Maine Department of Education

During April, May, and June there are 39 pieces of artwork are on display from elementary and middle school students from Bangor. Congratulations to the students for a JOB WELL DONE! The student artwork can be seen online by clicking here or it can be found on the right side of the front page of this blog.

The artwork may be viewed in person during office hours at the Maine Department of Education, 5th floor of the Cross Building, in Augusta. On Wednesday, June 6th, the Celebration of Arts Education is scheduled at the Blaine House and the Department where students will be recognized for their artwork. Students will be recognized by Maine’s First Lady Ann LePage, Chair of the State Board of Education James Banks, and the Commissioner of Education Steve Bowen.

During the ceremony three kindergarten students from the Fruit Street School will perform a song they have created, writing the music and lyrics with the guidance of their music teacher Anne Chamberlain-Small. A great big THANK YOU to Anne and the following art teachers for their contributions:

• William S. Cohen School – Art Teacher Katrina Lajoie
• Fourteenth Street School and Downeast School  – Art Teacher Julie Hayes
• Fruit Street School – Art Teacher Wendy Libby
• James F. Doughty School – Art Teacher Marta Robbins
• Mary Snow School – Art Teacher Deborah Jellison
• Vine Street School – Art Teacher Heidi Crahan

2012-13 Laptop Screensaver

“Paper Cut Design” by Margot Andreasen, Portland High School, Grade 9

Artwork announced

Twenty student artists will have an audience of more than 72,000 students and teachers for their artwork starting this fall. The 20 students from across Maine have won the honor to have their artwork included in the Maine Learning Technology Initiative laptop screensaver for the 2012-13 school year.

“Ocean’s Edge” by Samantha Dole, Lake Region High School, Grade 12

“Elysium” by Kathy Truong, Memorial Middle School, Grade 8

More than 380 Maine students submitted images to be considered for the 2012-13 screensaver. Students and teachers voted on their favorites, and two of the 20 featured works were the top vote getters. An independent panel of three judges selected the other 18 pieces.

Many of the images are photographs, though several students used pencil, paint, clay and other media to create their images.

“The arts are an essential part of the student experience in Maine. The arts offer students the opportunities they need to explore their passions, discover their talents and apply their creativity,” said Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen. “I’m thrilled that we can celebrate student artwork, and wed it with technology, in this way.”

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative, or MLTI, equips all Maine seventh- and eighth-grade students, more than half of the state’s high school students, and all middle- and high-school teachers and administrators with Apple laptops. The devices all come with a standard set of educational software and the screensaver of student artwork.

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative also provides educators with frequent professional development to help them maximize the benefits of technology in the classroom.

The screensaver contest is an annual affair that has attracted entries from more than 1,000 students during its four-year history. The winning students will receive free registration to attend the 2012 MLTI Student Conference this spring at the University of Maine in Orono.

The winners are listed below. Their artwork is available for viewing at: http://www.maine.gov/mlti/about/photos.shtml.

• “Put Out the Fire” by Margaret Robe, Waterville Senior High School, Grade 12
• “Deep Space” by TomHenry Reagan, Middle School of the Kennebunks, Grade 8
• “Haze” by Alexa Bonsey, Mount Desert Island High School, Grade 11
• “Array of Colors” by Emma Soucek, Mount Desert Island High School, Grade 10
• “Twilight River” by Olivia Correa, Dexter Regional High School, Grade 10
• “Circle Sunset” by John Norwood, Trenton Elementary School, Grade 7
• “Triceratops” by Brian Edward Williamson, Rangelely Lakes Regional School, Grade 4
• “Mix” by Flannery McAdam, Portland High School, Grade 9
• “Galloping Along the Shore” by Megan Anderson, Portland High School, Grade 11
• “Scratchboard Train Scene” by Jona Odulio, Portland High School, Grade 10
• “Paper Cut Design” by Margot Andreasen, Portland High School, Grade 9
• “Different Perspective” by Amanda Fogerty, Houlton High School, Grade 12
• “Leaves” by Ketty Stinson, Brunswick Junior High School, Grade 7
• “Emotion?” by Zanna Spinney, Kennebunk High School, Grade 9
• “Creative Keys” by Kai McGee, Westbrook Middle School, Grade 8
• “Ocean’s Edge” by Samantha Dole, Lake Region High School, Grade 12
• “Morning Mist” by Natasha Touchette, Lake Region High School, Grade 12
• “Cada Uno Es Hermoso” by Julia Mace, Tremont Elementary School, Grade 8
• “Elysium” by Kathy Truong, Memorial Middle School, Grade 8
• “Moose” by Marie Jarowicz, Kennebunk High School, Grade 10

All Maine Department of Education news releases can be found online at:
http://mainedoenews.net/category/news-views/press-releases/.

“Different Perspective” by Amanda Fogerty, Houlton High School, Grade 12

To view all the images please click here or click on 2012-13 MLTI Screen Saver Images under “Info”, on the bottom right side of the front page of the meartsed blog.

Students in Action

Boyertown High School students created this video