March+2011+Wrap-up+minutes

= Scholastics Committee Meeting   = ** Wrap-up – **** March 9, 2011 ** ** Present at the meeting: ** Jack McWhorter, Janet Baran, Susan Yingling, Debbie Tisdale, Amy Szwast, Kalie Mitcheltree, Nancy Greenbaum, Jeannene Mathis-Bertosa, and Karan Knish ** Old Business ** // The minutes from the December 15th meeting were read and approved. // //**  New Business  **// // Jack had a great deal of new information for all of us. He will be taking a sabbatical next spring but will find a conscientious faculty member to help out when needed on //// Kent //// ’s end. As a result the committee will be meeting earlier this year in August to get a better handle on the budget and other details. Jack feels that by initiating the fee for entering this year we made a good faith move for the University. The budget should be alright but with the //// Ohio //// government making more cuts it may impact our program. // // Jack was called by //// Kat Hendrix ////, //// NY //// Scholastics, and she wanted to know how pleased they were that we took our region digital this year. She also informed him that NY will be mandating everyone uploading work directly to the NY site. The judging will be done using their site and judges will be looking at monitors instead of projected images. We have prepared our teachers for what is to come and hopefully it won’t be a problem next year. Obviously there will be no intake of CDs and the funds will be paid directly to NY. We do not know how that will be handled at this time. // // National results will be out as of March 11th. Work that needs to be sent must be there by April 1st. //// (Our e-mail from Scholastics was quarantined in with the junk mail so some teachers may have missed this) // // There was a lot of complaining that Jack had to listen to about the show, the judges, and damage to the work. One consistent complaint by the judges was the poor quality of some of the teachers’ photography of the artwork. We will try to include some directions in this process. As far as damage to the work, it sounded like some of this was done during installation. For example, some of the work was nailed or screwed into the panels and it made the removal process difficult. As a result, the committee will take on this job once again. We know how to handle and hang the work and this should help. Also, the responsibility of this task is a large one and shouldn’t fall onto the shoulders of student aides, especially in light of the fact that Jack will not be here. // // We also discussed the feasibility of two take in areas: one in the Fine Arts Building for the portfolios, and one in the //// Campus // // Center //// for the rest of the works. By doing it this way we would avoid moving the work over to the campus center and the problems associated with that move (especially the 3D work). // // There was strong agreement on the keynote speaker for next year: Massillon Museum of Art’s Jill Malusky. She is an excellent advocate for the arts and arts education and very relatable to the students. // // It was suggested that an informational sheet be included in the packets for the purposes of sharing with local newspapers. // // Packet information will still be sent via snail mail but we will also send one packet per school to the art department. That way we should hit every art program. It is our belief that some of the packets are not getting into the right hands because they have a former art teacher’s name on them. We will also make one available online for those students who are home-schooled, etc. // // Our first meeting for Scholastics 2012 will be in August due to the amount of planning we need to do. //