Hotel Accommodations

Need a place to stay?
Embassy Suites by Hilton
Nashville SE Murfreesboro
1200 Conference Center Boulevard, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 USA

phone: +1 615-890-4464

letter for Administration

This letter can be personalized for your needs as you request leave or funds to attend the TAEA Fall State Conference

Apply for the Artisan Market

The 2024 Artisan Market will be Friday, October 25th from 7-9 pm during the Conference Opening Reception at the Keathley University Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. 

If you would like to reserve a table, please submit this form and payment by Friday, October 4th! 

Payment may be submitted by credit card.

• Artisans will be given an 8ft table with a chair. Please provide your own tablecloth and signage. 

• Set-up is from 5-6pm. Awards are at 6pm with Reception following. 

• Fees are $25 for members, and $40 for non-members. 

• Artisans are responsible for their own payments and sales tax. (Electronic sales are encouraged.)

Show your support for TAEA with t-shirts, mugs, and more!

Costs

Early Bird Rates until October 1.
Member: $175

Non-Member: $260*
Includes TAEA Membership for one year

Student-Member: $0*

Student-Non-Member: $45

Retired: $150

*Members must have their membership number. If you do not know your membership number, you can login to your NAEA/TAEA account

**Please contact our treasurer, heather casteel At treasurer@tnarteducation.org, for checks or purchase orders. All Purchase orders must include a P.O. Number and be submitted by October 1.

There will be a $30 non-refundable charge on all refunds. 

Middle Tennessee State University

Todd Hall
1512 Military Memorial
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Tentative Schedule

Friday, October 25
TAEA Board Meeting 11am-1pm
Sessions and Division Meetings, 2pm-4pm at the Todd Art Building
Awards Presentation and Kick-Off Reception at the Keathley University-University Theatre, 1524 Military Memorial, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Saturday, October 28th
Keynote Speaker: Nancy Silberkleit - Co-CEO Archie Comics
General Meeting, Sessions, Workshops

Sunday, October 29th
Sessions, Workshops, Give-aways

Lunches will be available for purchase at the McCallie Dining Hall in the Keathley University Center. Other dining options on campus can be found here.

If you have questions about the conference, please contact us! taea@tnarteducation.org

Nancy Silberkleit, Co-CEO Archie Comics

Nancy Silberkleit, daughter-in-law of Louis H. Silberkleit one of the founders of Archie Comics Publications, stepped into her role as Co-CEO of the company in 2009 with a vision that the comic book as a graphic novel is a valuable tool for developing literacy among first-time readers and instilling a love of reading for everyone. As a former public school educator, homemaker and mother, she knows the importance of learning to read and coined a personal motto that “Children + Comic Books = Reading, Knowledge and Confidence.”

She is the wife of the late Michael Silberkleit, who was the son of Archie Comics founder Louis Silberkleit, who with his partner John L. Goldwater founded Archie Comics in 1942.

She furthers her agenda of why comic books are needed in classrooms and libraries with her fervent belief that comic books can be used to engage a variety of learners, while promoting literacy and a love of reading. She feels strongly that the graphic comic book format helps to enrich and develop the creative mind.

She taught art for over 20 years and has seen the power of comics to encourage literacy and creativity in children. Children love to read comic books and graphic novels and often endeavor to mimic the format with their own creations. Comics teach children about storytelling and exploring their artistic abilities through illustration. It is a natural progression for children, as a bridge to reading from the picture books of their younger years.

Saturday workshops

Weaving Art on a Little Loom
Workshop Artist: Mary Kearney
Learn how to weave a landscape art piece on a little loom.  Yarns, batik fabric strips, lace, roving, buttons and pins will be among the materials available to you as you create your own piece of woven art.
ONLY OFFERED SATURDAY

Tennessee Wildflowers Acrylic Painting
Workshop Artist: Sisavahn Houghton
Come learn how to paint Tennessee wildflowers and learn the tips and techniques for painting flora and fauna using acrylic paint. Participants may bring their own printed or digital photographic references for inspiration. This class is to inspire and guide participants in their style of work, such as abstraction, realism, minimalism, and cubism.
ONLY OFFERED SATURDAY

Animated Illustration
Workshop Artist: Tony Rodriguez
Workshop Description: Join Professor Tony Rodriguez for a lecture on breaking into the illustration industry and an Animated Illustration demonstration in Photoshop CC. Rodriguez will cover the following animated illustration basics in Photoshop:
- The Glow
- Rotation and Repaints
- Accessing the Timeline
- Bloat and Pucker Tools
- Liquify and Warp tools
ONLY OFFERED SATURDAY

Clay as Canvas - Slump-Molded Platters and Underglaze Image Transfers on Clay
Workshop Artist: Kelsey Duncan
During this hands-on workshop participants will explore the process of making slab-built platters utilizing a bisque-fired slump mold. This process allows for precise creation and reproduction without requiring the use of a potters wheel. Additionally, participants will be guided through various methods of transferring pattern and imagery onto clay forms using screen-printed glaze imagery and stencils that will be provided. These are serving vessels as much as they are display objects. In essence, this is a clay as canvas exercise where 3-dimensional form provides a framework for complex surface design.
ONLY OFFERED SATURDAY

Abstract Still-Life Painting
Workshop Artist: Melissa Newman
In this workshop, participants will go through a Cubist inspired process to create a unique abstract painting in acrylics.  This is a process and project that can work for any age group which any art educator could adapt for their own use.  We will use the Cubists way of thinking about abstraction as a jumping off point and finish with contemporary abstract painters as an accompanying inspiration.
ONLY OFFERED SATURDAY

The Art of Japanese Books: Suminagashi Marbling and Stab Binding
Workshop Artist: Dr. Laura Cochrane
In this workshop, participants will learn suminagashi, a Japanese marbling technique, in which ink floats and makes a pattern on the surface of water and is then transferred to paper. The paper can be used for writing, printing, or bookbinding. After practicing suminagashi, we will put some of the paper to use to create stab-bound books, which is a traditional style of Japanese bookbinding and a good format for books of poetry or short writings.
ONLY OFFERED SATURDAY

Mold Making with Household Materials
Workshop Artist: Mark McCleod
Join MTSU Art Professor Mark Mcleod in an exciting, slightly messy, session on mold-making! Learn how to create one-part molds using simple, budget-friendly household materials. Perfect for advanced art students, this hands-on workshop will enable your students to bring their cosplay creations, board game pieces, and personal sculptures to life
OFFERED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Sunday Workshops

Risograph Printing: Color, Collage, Community
Workshop Artist: Nicholas H. Satinover
Participants will learn the basics of multi-color Risograph printing by means of assembling their own images with provided collage materials and drawing utensils.  Each participant will make a two color image which will be combined and printed on a single sheet of paper and folded, making a quick group publication. No prior printing experience required.  Participants are welcome to bring any personal materials they wish to utilize for their own prints as well as materials they enjoy working with such as pens, markers, flat items (like fabric) or photographs.
ONLY OFFERED SUNDAY

Mixed Media Prints Using Gelli
Workshop Artist: Eric Echols
Indulge in a creative mixed media workshop that combines collage, image transfers, and Gelli Plate design concepts in this new twist on tradition!
ONLY OFFERED SUNDAY

Figure Drawing
Workshop Artist: Kate Kinder
This monitored figure drawing workshop will invite participants to practice figure drawing from observation of a live nude model. Using traditional and contemporary methods, the participants will see demonstrations of gesture and long figure drawing and practice creating their own drawings from life.
ONLY OFFERED SUNDAY

Visual Journaling with Alcohol Markers - Tips, Techniques and Prompts
Workshop Artist: Melody Weintraub
This session will demonstrate ways to engage students in the creative process of visual journaling while exploring different techniques using alcohol markers. Participants will receive new art materials and walk away with new ideas for implementing a plan to engage more students in visual journaling that will impact their future art making and open doors for creative expression about real-world issues.
ONLY OFFERED SUNDAY

Myths to Manga: A Visual Storytelling Workshop
Workshop Artist: The Frist Museum
Join the Frist Art Museum for an introduction to Manga, Japanese comics, and explore ways to use this style of visual storytelling in the classroom! This workshop draws inspiration from the exhibition Journey through Japan: Myths to Manga, which is currently on view at the Frist Art Museum. Designed with our younger audience in mind, yet fun and fascinating for all ages, this exhibition goes on an atmospheric exploration through Japan to show how popular stories have shaped the country’s art, design, and technology across the centuries.
ONLY OFFERED SUNDAY

Arrowmont Artists Talk - Craft, Place, and Identity
Presenters: Arrowmont Artists in Residence
Sam van Strien, an Artist-in-Residence at the Arrowmont School of Crafts, will be speaking on the relationship between art and architecture. Sam’s drawings and prints explore the relationship between architecture, finance, and capitalism, and the ways the built environment is shaped by these forces.

Johnny McCaffrey, woodworker and sculpturist, and Artist in Residence at the Arrowmont School of Crafts will be speaking on their work through the lens of making in academic settings and the importance and impact of educator support for LGBTQIA youth and young adults in and outside academic settings and the subsequent influence on a student’s trajectory in material, form, and path.
ONLY OFFERED SUNDAY

Mold Making with Household Materials
Workshop Artist: Mark McCleod
Join MTSU Art Professor Mark Mcleod in an exciting, slightly messy, session on mold-making! Learn how to create one-part molds using simple, budget-friendly household materials. Perfect for advanced art students, this hands-on workshop will enable your students to bring their cosplay creations, board game pieces, and personal sculptures to life
OFFERED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY