New Jersey Education Association

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) was founded in 1853 with a desire to improve education and elevate the teaching profession. NJEA has encouraged the AENJ to stand strong alongside all other subjects. They feel it is important for the AENJ to participate at the NJEA Teacher’s State Convention held in Atlantic City and to have a voice in their publication, “The Review,” published monthly (September through June). Although AENJ will not physically be at NJEA this year, we encourage our AENJ members to submit proposals to speak at the NJEA Teacher Conference.

AENJ at NJEA offers all members an opportunity to get artistically and creatively involved at the convention. Art is not just for art teachers anymore!

AENJ will be collecting Student Art for display at the NJEA Art Exhibition at the 2025 Convention in Atlantic City.

• We will collect student art for the NJEA Convention exhibition and the NJPAC Fall-Winter Student Art Exhibit at our Fall Conference: Art & Soul.

• This AENJ Back Label must be attached to each submitted artwork.
• * Art for this exhibition will also be displayed at our Gallery Booth at the NJEA Convention. We will collect student art for these exhibitions at our Fall Conference: Art & Soul.
• ** Be sure to complete both the AENJ Back Label and the Submission form
• To submit artwork, follow these directions and requirements:
  • Size of Artwork
    • 12 x 18 in. horizontally
    • 18 x 24 in. vertically
      • Mount artwork to construction paper 12 x 18” horizontally or 18”x 24” vertically.
      • Please only mount work to construction paper, no mats or foam board.
      • You may mount artwork to fit these two sizes (and these sizes ONLY).
        • 10 pieces of 18 x 24” sized work (vertical orientation only)
        • 20 pieces of 12 x 18” sized work (horizontal orientation only)
        • Do not attach any AENJ labels to the front of the artwork. Also, do not mat or frame artwork.
• Please note not all artwork submitted will be on display we will contact you about two weeks before the exhibit to let you know if the work has been selected.
  • Please refrain from submitting artwork with copyrighted characters and logos.
  • Please do not STAPLE artwork to construction paper.
  • No 3-D work, acetate, stretched canvas, or canvas board will be accepted.
  • High-quality printed replicas of student original artworks are encouraged.
  • If submitting original artwork, please provide the appropriately sized self-addressed stamp envelope to return the work.
  • Artwork will only be mailed back with the proper envelope and postage.