Student Show

Student Artists	Grade Level	School	Art Teacher
Sam DiPasquale	Kindergarten	Prospect Elementary School	Susan Tiemstra
Jack Wickenhauser	Kindergarten	Brighton North Elementary School	Tracy Zerwas
Jackson Mannia	Kindergarten	John Stewart Elementary School	Heidi Gilkey
Alena Padavana	1st	Blackberry Creek Elementary School	Kara Berth
Brody Lidbury	1st	Hilltop Elementary School	Dawn Bertolotto-McKay
Karis DePaz	2nd	Dryden Elementary School	Tricia Fuglestad
Antonio Scommegna	2nd	St. Clement School	Kristen Peck
Jacob Stauss	2nd	Westminster Christian School	Katie Swalve
Zoya Photowala	2nd	Ellsworth Elementary School	Jennifer Pak
Brian Baran	3rd	Medinah Intermediate School	Robin Russell
Matthew Rensberger	3rd	Valley View Elementary School	Tina Wagner
Caitlyn Bergman	4th	Fry Elementary School	Joan Mills
Delilah Askew	4th	John Stewart Elementary School	Laura Schramuk
Rithik Thekiniath	4th	Fry Elementary School	Joan Mills
Paige Foster	4th	John Shields Elementary School	Colleen Grigg
Szymon Filipczyk	5th	Frank A. Brodnicki Elementary School	Heidi O’Hanley
Claudia Zygmunt	5th	Frank A. Brodnicki Elementary School	Heidi O’Hanley
Grant Grabowski	5th	McDole Elementary School	Laurel Scigouski
Catherine Chang	5th	Brookdale Elementary School	Angie Bader
Haya Khan	5th	Meadow Ridge School	Eryn Blaser
Gustavo Gonzalez	6th	Lincoln School	Lee Ann Karsbaek
Ellie Melvin	6th	Lake Zurich Middle School North	Jacqueline Bevan
Simone Tallentire	6th	Hinsdale Middle School	Theresa McGee
Emily Kwasny	6th	Hester Jr. High School	Carissa Zill
Khalia Booker	6th	Fairmont School	Dr. Sherry Abdelhadi
Grace Petrey	7th	Glen Crest Middle School	Rich Stachon
Ilhana Kisija	7th	Old Orchard Jr. High School	Stephanie Saint Martin
Claire Kiernicki	7th	Cambridge Lakes Home School	Cindy Kiernicki
Rachel Kolb	8th	Still Middle School	Donna Davis
Sophia Snider	8th	Martino Jr. High School	Brooke Young
Serena Palao	8th	Komarek School	Rebecca Staszak
Charlie Sims	8th	Lake Zurich Middle School North	Jacqueline Bevan
Shubham Patel	8th	Yorkville Middle School	Marnie Brophy
Kaitlin Vainowski	9th	Henry-Senachwine High School	Frank Bush
Magan Lay	9th	Niles West High School	John Zilewicz
Arianna Thomas	9th	Marian Catholic High School	Lisa Garrett
Noah Melter	10th	Lakes Community High School	Kevin Shifley
Kathleen Schmidt	10th	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	Greg Petecki
Vaiva Staugaityte	10th	Lisle Senior High School	Venessa Hardy
Lucy Sloan	11th	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	Kristine Weidenhoefer
Taylor Adrian	11th	Galena High School	Diane Siese
Scott Dickman	11th	Westminster Christian School	Dr. Carol Bristol
Shiloah Coley	12th	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	Jackie Wargo
Donna Dimirtova	12th	Hinsdale Central High School	Laura Milas
Gayle Hernandez	12th	Belvidere High School	Jilian Reints

About the Student Show

The 2016-2017 IAEA Student Art Show – “Redefining Extraordinary” demonstrates to the public the breadth of experience young people in Illinois are getting in their art programs.

Each year Illinois Art Education Association members are asked to submit images of stellar artwork that was created in their classroom.  All art submissions are 2 dimensional projects produced through a variety of techniques; painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, weaving and metal work are just a few examples.

This year 790 pieces of art from students in grades Kindergarten through high school were submitted by eighty-five teachers. This is the first year that we added the Special Needs category to the IAEA Student Show. The IAEA Board and the Student Show Co-Chairs, felt the need to celebrate the importance of students with special needs and their creativity.

From the artwork submitted, 40 student pieces plus 5 pieces from students with Special Needs were chosen.  The judges were art teachers representing elementary, middle school & the high school level.  The judging process is long & labored due to the tremendous amount of high quality work submitted.

For the IAEA Student Art Show each of the forty-five pieces were professionally mounted & framed.  The show opened at the IAEA conference in November, with a student artist reception & awards ceremony.

We would like to congratulate all 45 Student Artists and their Art Educators who submitted their work on being selected to be in the 2016-2017 IAEA Student Art Show!

The Artist Reception was held at the 2016 IAEA Conference on Saturday November 5th, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. During this celebration these artists, their family, friends, and art teachers celebrated their artistic talents.

After the conference the show travels to the Illinois School Board Association State Conference, schools, libraries, and galleries throughout the state.

Teachers, start collecting artwork to show off your students hard work!

Deadline for submitting for the 2017-2018 Student Show is Monday, April 24th, 2017

Please submit your students’ artwork by filling out the form under the “Entry Form” tab on this page.

Please fill out a form for each student artist, upload/attach each artwork to this form and “Submit” at the bottom of the page.

(You will be able to fill out another form for each student artist and artwork after each submission.)

Student Artwork Images submitted for consideration must:
-Be in a digital “jpeg” format. It is preferred that images submitted have the highest resolution possible, please.

-Cropped to the edges of the image, and ready for publication.

What if I am totally confused and don’t know how to use this form to submit artwork?
The best advice is to first meet with someone in your building who may be able to help, such as a tech coordinator. There is usually a resident expert in every school.

If you need any additional help, please contact me, Susan TIemstra @ studentshow@ilaea.org.
I will be happy to walk you through any questions.

Permission:
By submitting this form, you (the guardian) agree to the following statement:

“ I give my authorization to submit my child’s artwork to the IAEA Student Art Show. I understand that if my child’s work is selected it will be part of a traveling exhibition throughout the state of Illinois during the months of November 2017- August 2018. I agree to allow the IAEA to publish the name of my child on IAEA materials in relation to this show and this show only.”

Thank you so much for submitting!

For the 2016-2017 IAEA Student Art Show we would like to invite Art educators to submit artworks created by their special needs students. We wanted to open the doors for all student artworks to be considered for the IAEA Student Show. I know sometimes we feel that some of our student’s art works might not be considered, due to the quality. For certain students, that artwork might be the best work they ever created. The students should be considered and honored for the work they have made and not be judged on the same platform.

Art educators work to develop projects, ideas, tools, techniques, and resources that help foster the children’s strengths, working towards building on weaknesses, mobility, repetition, and creativity.  As Art educators, we try our best to meet the needs of all of our students.  We learn something everyday from them. They challenge us to think differently about the creative process. Every person can be a maker, a creator and inventor, and a problem solver. It amazes me what children come up with and how they interpret the world around them. When they struggle, they let us know and we work towards another idea or way for them to be successful.

For this show we will be considering 5 works (K-12th grade) of art to be considered to be in the Student Show. The same rules apply for the consideration for this show. There are a few added rules.

1. Students must have completed at least a certain percentage of the art works by themselves with assistance from an Art Educator and or paraprofessional. Assistance can mean many things depending on the age of the student artist and their physical and mental abilities to be able to do and not to be able to do certain techniques and steps in making an artwork. We are looking for a balance of student independence as well as assistance when needed.
2. The student must have an IEP .

We hope you will consider submitting art works! We wanted to open the doors for all student artworks to be considered for the IAEA Student Show