District #1 President: James O'Donnell (jodonnel@westga.edu)

Dear Fellow Art Educators,

I want to introduce myself as the District One President for GAEA.  I have previously served as a GAEA board member co-sponsoring the Capitol Art Exhibit for three years.  I live and work in Coweta county teaching visual arts at Ellis G. Arnall Middle School.

I am currently building a data base of all the art teachers within district one including all public and private schools included in the following counties:

Coweta, Carroll, Heard, Catoosa, Floyd, Troup, Gordon, Polk, Douglas, Dade, Bartow, Haralson,  Meriwether, Walker, Chattooga and Paulding

My first objective is to complete a comprehensive data base of ALL art teachers within district one.  Please do contact me and let me know who you are, where you are, and your contact information including you best e-mail and phone number.  Secondly, I would like a per county contact to work as a liaison for your county which would be a quick method to disseminate current information to all your art teachers.  If you would be willing to help me with this, please do contact me. 

Why become a GAEA member?

•  Life long learner
• Keep up with current art practices
• Cutting edge ideas/new processes
• Art Advocacy
• Member of the National Art Educators Association
• Art Exhibition opportunities (student and teacher!)
• Art Conferences-Fall and spring including national conferences
• renewal
• Network/collaboration
• FUN!!!

If you are not currently a GAEA member, join or renew now and enjoy all the benefits of GAEA including our new and improved website including the NAEA website with tons of new opportunities.  Invite your art colleagues to join you at the next national or state conference.