County YAM Show Tips

Hey County Chairs!  We need your help!  Please share your best tips for planning a quality YAM Exhibit and Reception.  What do you feel works well for your county?  How do you get donations?  Do you give out certificates and awards?  What fun things do you have planned for your YAM reception?  What are some areas we can help each other?  Discuss :-)

Happy Throwback Thursday

Happy Throwback Thursday! We're back with more pictures! On March 8, we celebrated our most talented students at out Youth Art Month Receptions. Here are more pictures from the State YAM Reception and Exhibition. Please check the blog from time to time, as new images will be going up periodically. This will continue until all of the 300+ pictures from the event are posted. Thank you to Roger and his team from Defining Studios for making these wonderful memories possible! Email us at yam@aenj.org or check us out on Instagram @aenjyam.

POSTER DESIGN CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Enter the 2020 Youth Art Month Poster Design Contest! 

Theme: Take a Journey Through Art

DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!
ENTRIES DUE: DECEMBER 11, 2019 at 11:59pm

GUIDELINES FOR ENTRY:

• Designs must be created by students of current AENJ members 
• Designs must be submitted on 12” by 18” paper, horizontal format. 
• Designs must include the YAM Theme (in bold lettering): TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH ART 
• DO NOT INCLUDE THE YAM LOGO IN THE DESIGN! 
• Design must include the words: New Jersey or NJ 
• Design must be a bold, 2-D, simple, flat-color design for reproduction. 
• No more than three (3) entries per school. 
• Designs must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm on December 11, 2019 
• ART TEACHERS: Please submit all information provided on the permission slip AND the design file (picture) online, using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/7FwNyzKpfgQV7HWC9

Celebrate Youth Art Month by participating in the YAM Design Contest! The Art Educators of New Jersey join other state art organizations to participate in the YAM Design Competition. 

NEW FOR 2020: SEVEN WINNING CATEGORIES!

Seven winning entries will be chosen and used to celebrate Youth Art Month in New Jersey. One winning entry will be replicated on the state YAM flag and flown during the 2020 NAEA Conference in Minneapolis. Other winning entries will be transformed into our state YAM poster, YAM button, YAM billboard, YAM t-shirt, and two YAM invitations. 

The seven winning entries will be displayed at the NJ State YAM Reception in Trenton on March 6, 2020. Winning entries will be requested to be mailed. Only winning students will receive t-shirts. 

Sargent Art would provide art supplies as student and teacher prizes. This year, Sargent Art will provide the following student and teacher prizes for each of the seven category winners: 

• Winning students would receive art supplies worth $125 (retail value) and a certificate, and 
• Winning teachers would receive art supplies worth $250 (retail value). 

Sargent Art will also send a Participation Gift to each school. In order to receive a participation gift, please have your school principal complete the 2020 YAM Participation Form and email it to Sargent Arts. This form will be e-mailed to you after we receive your submission.

For more information, please contact: 

AENJ NJ Youth Art Month Co-Chairs: 

Kristy Lopez and Karen Mannino at yam@aenj.org

Happy Flashback Friday!

Happy Flashback Friday! We're back with more pictures! On March 8, we celebrated our most talented students at out Youth Art Month Receptions. Here are more pictures from the State YAM Reception and Exhibition. Please check the blog from time to time, as new images will be going up periodically. This will continue until all of the 300+ pictures from the event are posted. Thank you to Roger and his team from Defining Studios for making these wonderful memories possible! Email us at yam@aenj.org or check us out on Instagram @aenjyam.

Happy Daylight Savings

Happy Daylight Savings!  In its observance, we are falling back to last year's State YAM Celebration to feature more pictures.  On March 8, we celebrated our most talented students at out Youth Art Month Receptions. Here are more pictures from the State YAM Reception and Exhibition. Please check the blog from time to time, as new images will be going up periodically. This will continue until all of the 300+ pictures from the event are posted. Thank you to Roger and his team from Defining Studios for making these wonderful memories possible! Email us at yam@aenj.org or check us out on Instagram @aenjyam.