For many of us, December is a time for reflecting on the year and celebrating the many accomplishments of 2019. AENJ wants to take this moment acknowledge the amazing work of NJ's art educators and thank you all for the important work you do all year round. This field is nothing without the passion and [...]
Congratulations to our 2019 AENJ Conference: ARTify Scavenger Hunt Winners! This year we found out that our AENJ members have a tough competitive spirit! Their participation in our first digital conference Scavenger Hunt gave us a chance to showcase their passion, and fun spirit. Grand Prize: Amy Hynes Tie for Second: Elizabeth Wassel and Jess Fravel-Barreto Third [...]
This month, we honor our Division Award Recipients! These individuals were nominated by their peers for their dedication to the field of art education in NJ. They will be recognized on Saturday, October 5th at our President's Dinner during the 2019 Conference - Artify! Elementary Division: Charlene Anolik, Bergenfield Public Schools Middle Division: Megan Hawthorne, [...]
Our September Member Spotlight recognizes Kara Rehm, for her advocacy of art education. Kara is an art teacher from Vineland Public Schools-Dr. John H. Winslow Elementary School. Kara’s message as an art educator is for students to “make their mark”. She believes learning and creating require taking risks and that teaching is about the mark [...]
Our August Member Spotlight recognizes Jennifer LaScala, a high school art teacher at Sayreville War Memorial High School. Jennifer Grimm LaScala is the director of Clay In Mind, a statewide juried ceramic exhibition for NJ high school art students. Jennifer facilitates the participation of her own students and coordinates the entire exhibit in collaboration with the [...]
Our July Member Spotlight recognizes Gayle Gruber, MAEDL, MA, National Board Certified Art Teacher- Early and Middle Childhood Art. Gayle has been teaching for 17 years, 13 of those as a middle school art educator at Lake Riviera Middle School in Brick Township, NJ. Prior to becoming a teacher, Gayle has worked at both the [...]
Our June Member Spotlight recognizes GayHong Hua, middle school art teacher from Timberland Middle School, Hopewell Valley Regional School District. GayHong was nominated by her colleague at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Lora Durr. In her nomination, Ms. Durr said: "GayHong and I first met when she was teaching at Hopewell Elementary School. At the [...]
Our May Member Spotlight recognizes Susan Bivona, elementary art teacher at Mount Prospect School, Basking Ridge, NJ Mrs. Bivona has been the art teacher at Mount Prospect School in Basking Ridge, NJ (Bernards Township School District) for the past 18 years. Ten years ago, when the school was celebrating its 10th Anniversary - all the [...]
Gail Fountaine is an art educator at Grace M. Dunn Middle School in Trenton, NJ. Gail was nominated by friend and colleague, Debbie Greh. We asked Gail to tell us about her teaching: "As an art teacher at Grace A. Dunn Middle School, I teach 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students drawing, 2-D and 3-D based [...]
Megan Rademacher is a grade 4-8 art educator at Milltown's Joyce Kilmer School. She was nominated by Mary O'Mara, a member of the school board in Milltown. "Ms. Rademacher is tireless in her pursuit of strengthening art education at Joyce Kilmer School, but she is just as committed to the student body as a whole. [...]