Thank You Board

Our new THANK YOU BOARD for companies that donated products to our YAM event.
* Artsonia- discounted boxes of art cards
* Blick Art Materials- Six $25 gift certificates for YAM Design Winners
* Costco of Union- $20 Gift Card for refreshments
* Dunkin' Donuts- discounted Boxes of Joe
* Nasco- sample boxes of Crayola pastels for YAM artists
* Sargent- art supply for YAM artists
* Sax Arts- sample markers for YAM artists
* Shop Rite of Garwood- cookie platters
* Wagner Foto Screen Process- setup printing fees for YAM T-shirts

State YAM Setup

Tonight was our State YAM Setup! A big thanks go to Debbie Greh, Jude Harzer, Sharon Henneborn, Ursula Accumanno & her daughter, Linda Devlin, and Ellen Silverman for helping with the YAM Setup- it was up in the blink of an eye! Setup started around 4:45pm and was completely finished by 6:15pm.

Here's your sneak peek at the Exhibit:


Hope to see many of you at the Closing Reception on March 20th! For more info, go to http://www.aenj.org/

Camden County YAM

On Tuesday, March 10th students, families and art teachers enjoyed the Youth Art Month display at the Cherry Hill Library. The YAM display was featured downstairs in the Conference Center of the library.
Dawn Carson, who was a first year YAM Chair for Camden County, did a wonderful job with thanks to her co-chair, Kandy Lippincott. Delicious refreshments were available, certificates were made for each student and directional signs were posted in various spots.


A representative from the Mayor's Office of Cherry Hill stopped by to see the exhibit and present an official Youth Art Month proclamation to Dawn & Kandy.
It was a wonderful event for all!

Governor Proclaims Youth Art Month!

Ocean County YAM

The Ocean County YAM celebration was held today at the Jackson Public Library in Jackson, NJ from noon to one. Ninety three pieces of art from over fifteen schools were on display in one of the library's special art galleries. The art can also be seen online at: www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=110103

Students, teachers and families attended the festivities put together by Ocean County YAM Chairs, Holly Callahan and Karen Blenner. Everyone walked around and admired the artwork and congratulated each other. The Art National Honor Society from Jackson High School was also on hand to volunteer their time painting the children's faces.

A proclamation by Senator Lautenberg was also on display next to AENJ's YAM Sponsor form and a Donation Jug....which already had a few dollars in it!

Color copies of Ocean County's State YAM selections were also on display. These students were honored with personalized YAM 2009 totebags as a special gift.


It was a wonderful YAM afternoon! Great job Ocean County!

Union County Youth Art Month at IKEA!

On Feb. 25th, 122 pieces of art were showcased at the Union County Youth Art Month Exhibit at IKEA Elizabeth. The artwork is displayed in IKEA's Rotunda Balcony and can be viewed through March 30th. The artwork can also be seen at www.artsonia.com/schools/unioncounty1.

More than 30 teachers in the county participated and more than 20 of them joined us in the festivities at IKEA.

Art Teachers from Berkeley Heights, Plainfield, Roselle Park,

Springfield, Union & Westfield

Art Teachers from Berkeley Heights, Clark, Elizabeth,
Garwood, Hillside, and Scotch Plains/Fanwood

In addition to the YAM Reception, San D Hasselmann and her Puppet Club from Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark volunteered to show the participating students how to create puppets! The hands-on workshop was a success!

Youth Art Month has started!

It's March and YAM has started in the Garden State! Many thanks to the following YAM Chairs & Co-Chairs for volunteering their time to make YAM a huge success:

Ursula Accumanno, Lonnie Austin, Charlotte Banks, Kathy Benevento, Susan Bivona, Karen Blenner, Holly Callahan, Genecie Camacho, Pat Carper Brown, Dawn Carson, Janice Chassier, Kathleen Cunningham, Carrie Davey, Beth Delaney, Diane Driessen, Joanne Gianfrancesco, Lorraine Hill, Maggie Horsey, Lonell Klina, Sandra Koberlein, Kandy Lippincott, Susan Lisbin, Ed Lu, Sara O'Neill, Karen Pilkington, Sharon Reustle, Donna Schrader, Arlene Smelson, Sherry Springsteen, Karen Sudol, Jenn Tiongson, Stacy Watson, and Kendra Weiss.