August 2008

8/21/08 MATStudent Teaching Orientation Meeting –1 PM B204
8/22/08 MAT Orientation/Potluck Lunch & NAEA Student ChapterMeeting 12:30-2:30 PM B204 CVPA Orientation for new MAT Students 4:00-5:00pm, followed by Dean’s Reception
8/25/08 Classes start: First meeting of Issues and Research in Art Education
8/26/08 First meeting of Teaching Visual Thinking Through Media, PK-12
8/28/08 First meeting of Introduction to Art Teaching and Learning and Elementary Art Education
8/29/08 First meeting of 2D Artmaking: Form+Theme+Context;
   

September 2008

9/1/08 Labor Day: School Closed

9/2/08

1st NAEA Student Chapter Meeting 7:20 PM in FAB B100
9/9/08 Last day to DROP w/o tuition penalty or ADD classes
9/18/08

VISUAL VOICES: Barry Nemett "Vision and Fiction: Pigments of Imagination" 7:30 – 9 p.m. - Harris Theater 

9/26/08 Last day to DROP classes
9/27/08 ARTS BY GEORGE! Also, ArtsBus to NYC                     
   

October 2008

10/2/08

VISUAL VOICES: R.G. Brown “Invisible Forces”  7:30 – 9 p.m. - Harris Theater

10/13/08 Columbus Day Recess: School Closed
10/14/08 Monday classes meet on Tuesday. (Tuesday classes do not meet this week.)
10/15/08 Deadline for Spring 2009 Admission to MAT in Art Education Program
10/18/08 ArtsBus to NYC
10/23/08

VISUAL VOICES: Karen Kunc “A Printmaker's Voice, the Art of Karen Kunc” 7:30 – 9 p.m. - Harris Theater

   

November 2008

11/14/08 Smithsonian Teachers’ Night 2008: Register on-line http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
11/13-15/08

Virginia Art Education AssociationFall Professional Conference “Renew, Reflect, Reconnect” @ Westfields Marriott, Chantilly, VA.  VAEA keynote addresses, panel presentations, special interest sessions, workshops, vendors and more-- A must for all Art Ed students.  See http://www.vaea.org/ for registration and other information.

11/15/08 ArtsBus to NYC
11/20/08 VISUAL VOICES: Lynell Burmark “Visual Literacy” 7:30 – 9 p.m. - Harris Theater           
11/26-30/08 Thanksgiving Recess: School Closed
   

December 2008

12/6/08 Last day of classes
12/8-9/08 Reading Day
12/9-17/08 Exam period (beginning 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9)
12/10-11/08 MAT Student Reviews (scheduled appointments will be emailed)

12/17/08

“Art of Teaching Art Showcase” 7-8:30 PM A must for all MAT students!
12/20/08-1/16/09 WINTER VACATION: School Closed
   

Winter Break

1/19/09 Martin Luther King Day: School Closed
1/20/09 Spring Semester starts
3/9-15/09 Spring Recess: School Closed
3/15/09

Deadline for Fall 2009 Admission to MAT in Art Education Program

4/17-21/09 NAEA Convention in Minneapolis