New York City Art Teachers Association

NYCATA hosted a NYC welcome table at this year's conference. It was wonderful to meet and help out so many of our dedicated collegues from NY and from around the country. Our Gratitude goes out to the NAEA as well as our friends at NYSATA for making this years conference a success!

NYCATA/UFT urges our friends and members to support and join both the NY State Art Education Association (Region 8 in NYC) and

The National Art Educators Association.

Our profession is supported, enhanced and advocated for on a State and National level by these two groups. Our support is crucial in helping them promote the importance of art education in the lives of our students and advocating for qualified art specialists in our schools.

JOIN & SUPPORT NYSATA & NAEA TODAY!

NYSATA CONFERENCE BINGHAMTON NY NOVEMBER 18-20, 2022.*

NAEA NATIONAL CONVENTION, SAN ANTONIO, APRIL 13-15, 2023.*

*WORKSHOP PRESENTER WHO BELONG TO THE UFT CAN QUALIFY FOR

A NYCATA HONORAIUM TO HELP PARTIALLY PAY FOR EXPENSES.

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO VISITED OUR LOBBY TABLE AND JOINED US FOR OUR NYC MEET AND GREET!

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THURSDAY NIGHT
ART TEACHERS ART CLUB

ANNOUNCING OUR FREE THURSDAY NIGHT

VIRTUAL TEACHER ART CLUB

AN INFORMAL AND FUN WAY TO MAKE ART, NETWORK WITH COLLEAGUES OR PRESENT YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT

MEETINGS ARE ON SELECT THURSDAY EVENINGS, 7-8:30PM

VIA AN EASY CLICKABLE ZOOM LINK.

TO RECEIVE EMAIL NOTIFICATON OF UPCOMING MEETINGS,

BE A GUEST PRESENTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION

CONTACT STEFANIE ABBEY AT MNDNSPIRIT@AOL.COM

FIND VIDEOS OF ALL OUR PAST ART CLUB PROJECTS

ON OUR NYCATA/UFT YOUTUBE CHANNEL

CLICK HERE TO GO TO YOUTUBE!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN

INSIDE/OUTSIDE 21:
YOUNG ARTISTS RESPOND TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
98 students from 19 city schools were honored at our virtual reception on May 26th!

Download our Free Teaching Power Point
To replicate this lesson in your curriculum

INSIDE

OUTSIDE 21

IN THE

NEWS

NY CITY EDITION

NY STATE EDITION

CLICK BELOW TO SEE OUR NYC EXHIBITS IN THEIR ENTIRETY
click "speaker" on bottom right to play music with the gallery slide show

LATETIA, GRADE 8

"UNVACINATED"

Click HERE for the full

MIDDLE SCHOOL exhibit

ARIANNA, GRADE 4

"COVID-19 FRONTLINERS"

Click HERE for the full

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL exhibit

SARAH, GRADE 9

"SAFE ON MY OWN"

Click HERE for the full

HIGHSCHOOL exhibit

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NYCATA ENCOURAGES NYC TEACHERS TO THINK LOCALLY AND GO GLOBALLY

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TEACHING THROUGH A PANDEMIC

ARTISTS/ART TEACHERS

DIGITAL RESOURCES

NAEA Advocacy: An Open Letter to Superintendents, Principals, and School Board Members

Artists and Educators are faced with the task of continuing classes digitally. There are many resources to help.

Here are some useful links and we urge you to visit

PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM TO POST AND VIEW RELEVANT SITES AND IDEAS AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN REAL TIME.

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CONTACT US, JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

Thank you for contacting us. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Have an Artful day!

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CALLING ALL

ARTISTS AND

TEACHERS

SHOW YOUR ARTWORK WITH US!!!

NYCATA/UFT'S 2022 FALL

VIRTUAL EXHIBIT SUBMISSIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED.

CLICK HERE

to Submit Your Info and Download Your Artwork .

There is no cost to participate.

Deadline Fri August 19

NYCATA/UFT LOOKS FORWARD TO RETUNING BACK TO LIVE GALLERY EXHIBITS!

JAN 7 - 27, 2023

E99TH ST, NYC

more info will follow soon

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OUR 2021/22 ARTIST

TEACHER EXHIBIT

"THE LOST YEAR,
A NEW AWAKENING"
CLICK HERE TO VIEW ENTIRE EXHIBIT

To participate in

future exhibits

opportunities fill out the

contact us form at the

bottom of this page

NYCATA IS LOOKING FOR A MEMBERS WHO

WANT TO SHOW THEIR WORK AND

ORGANIZE / COORDINATE EXHIBITS TO

SERVE ON OUR EXHIBIT COMMITTEE,

IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT US

DIRECTLY AT NYCATA.UFT@GMAIL.COM

PAST ARTIST TEACHER EXHIBITS

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STUDENT EXHIBITS

CLICK IMAGE TO GO TO STUDENT EXHIBITS

CREATE A VIRTUAL

ART SHOW FOR YOUR

STUDENTS,SCHOOL,SELF!

Visit SCHOOLARTSHOW.COM

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JUNK KOUTURE

ATTENTION HS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS

NYCATA/UFT HAS ENDORSED

THE JUNK KOUTURE PROJECT!

Junk Kouture is a global platform to unleash the creative brilliance

of young people.

JUNK KOUTURE challenges the world's most talented emerging young designers, engineers, artists

and performers to envision,

create and model high end couture

from everyday repurposed materials.

TEACHERS CLICK HERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND TO PARTICIPATE IN NEXT YEARS EDITION!

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Slide Show: History of NYCATA
Artworks Conference posters designed by Tom Naegele

LINKS

UFT WEBSITE:

www.uft.org/committees/nycata

INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/nycartteacher/

FACE BOOK:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nycata/

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Covid was only a small part of the problems we had to tackle as educators and citizens. Our Board unanimously voted to endorse and stand with the NY State Arts Education Community in support of Black Lives Matter.

Endorsed by the NYS Art , Dance, Music and Theater Education Associations.

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BLACK LIVES

MATTER

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THANK YOU

TO THE ART TEACHERS

WHO TOOK THE TIME TO

FILL OUT OUR SUMMER

ART ED SURVEY AND

PARTICIPATE

IN OUR FALL 2020 OPEN

MEMBERS TOWNHALL!

A special thank you To Karen Rosner NYC DOE Office of Arts and Special Programing for being our guest speaker.

DOWNLOAD THE OASP "BACK TO TEACHING ART GUIDE" BELOW

"CONSIDERATIONS FOR BLENDED AND REMOTE LEARNING IN THE VISUAL ARTS"

and get more info at LINKS/RESOURCES
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REMOTE TEACHING/BACK TO SCHOOL ART SURVEY

CLICK BELOW

FOR RESULTS!

SEE THE RESULTS IN AN INTERACTIVE, VISUALLY GRAPHIC FORMAT.

FINDINGS ARE SUMMARIZED AND INCLUDED WITH EACH QUESTION.

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In Memory of

Amy Brooke Snider

2014 NYCATA /UFT

ART EDUCATOR

OF THE YEAR

Thank you Amy, you were a mentor and friend to so many and true leader in our field.

Amy Brooke Snider, July 26, 1940 - December 17, 2018, an artist whose medium was education. Born in Queens, NY, to Silas and Clara Snider (nee Fox). After studying painting, she earned a PhD in Education from NYU. Dr. Snider's five decades of innovative work as a teacher of art and design education in NYC public schools and The Pratt Institute were characterized by a collaborative spirit and interdisciplinary approach. At Pratt, Snider founded the Art & Design Education Department and was its Chair for over 30 years. She remained Professor Emerita until her death. Contributions in her name may be made to the ACLU, and/or to EPIC Long Island c/o Mr. Tom Hopkins, 1500 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY, 11554

New York City
Art Teachers Association/
United Federation of Teachers

NYSATA- REGION 8

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO VISITED OUR LOBBY TABLE AND JOINED US FOR OUR NYC MEET AND GREET!

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THURSDAY NIGHT
ART TEACHERS ART CLUB

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN

INSIDE/OUTSIDE 21:
YOUNG ARTISTS RESPOND TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
98 students from 19 city schools were honored at our virtual reception on May 26th!

Download our Free Teaching Power Point
To replicate this lesson in your curriculum

CLICK BELOW TO SEE OUR NYC EXHIBITS IN THEIR ENTIRETY
click "speaker" on bottom right to play music with the gallery slide show