2010 NORTH CAROLINA ART EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
Date: Thursday October 21st, 2010 (pm) – Sunday October 24th, 2010 (noon)
Location: New Bern Riverfront Convention Center - http://www.newbernconventions.com
Host Hotel: Hilton New Bern/ Riverfront - www.newbernriverfront.hilton.com Hilton Hotel has made available a reservations link online for our special block of rooms. You may use this link or call the hotel. Just be sure if you do not use the link that you tell the hotel that you are part of NCAEA to get our special rate of $139.00 for a Standard city-view or river-view room. I urge you to make your reservation ASAP. Tryon Palace is celebrating the opening of a new Education Center and they are expecting many dignitaries to be in New Bern that weekend.
About our Host City: New Bern is a fascinating town with many tourist attractions. We hope you will bring your family with you to the convention and help make it a vacation for all. We are looking into many activities around New Bern and Morehead City that might create fun filled days for your family while you are at the conference. It is the second oldest town in North Carolina and is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Neuse and the Trent. You will find the scenery breathtaking, the residence very friendly, and things to see and do are plentiful. Within walking distance of our convention site and hotel are more than 150 homes and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Tryon Palace is just a few blocks away and we have made plans for tours and workshops with this first governor’s residence. New Bern is the birthplace of Pepsi and you can visit the store where it all happened! Great gift shops, small restaurants, art galleries and café are all within walking distance. For those that are weary or just don’t want to walk, there is also a trolley tour!
This is New Bern’s 300th anniversary and they are celebrating all year. To check out some of their events, you can look on their 300th Anniversary site. http://www.newbern300.com
Check out their New Bern Bears installed around the town…(just like Chicago and their cows). The German word for bear is Bern...get it!! http://www.beartownbears.org
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Registration:
Conference Fees:
Regular: $125.00
Student (Undergraduate): $80.00
Retired: $80.00
Administration: $110.00
YOUR NCAEA/NAEA MEMBERSHIP MUST BE CURRENT THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST 2010. YOU CAN JOIN AND RENEW WHILE REGISTERING
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3 DAY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW - CLICK HERE FOR A ONE PAGE BASIC LOOK AT THE EVENTS
Schedule: The registration table will open at 5p.m. on Thursday, October 21st, in the convention center. A Thursday Night Welcome Reception will be held in the Hilton Inn’s Executive Board Room. On Friday morning we will open the registration desk at 7:00 am. Workshops and presentations begin at 8:30, and the vendor‘s hall opens at 9am. The activities after lunch will include more available workshops, presentation, and our first keynote session and NCAEA awards. The evening hours will include the member’s exhibit, suitcase sales, and a New Bern downtown gallery crawl.
On Saturday we start bright and early at 7 a.m. Vendors, workshops, presentations, super sessions, keynotes, general meeting, region meetings, division meetings, silent auction, suitcase sales and concluding with a Pirate Feast buffet. Get your pirate outfit ready for this entertaining and fun filled night.
We are not done yet! Sunday continues the workshops, presentation and awarding of your CEU certificates. We say goodbye at noon, except for our board of directors meeting where we start planning for next year!
Workshop Galore, Presentation and More: Our knowledgeable members have volunteered to teach a variety of workshops. You can pre register for a variety of mediums from printing, painting, clay, jewelry, glazing, coiling, journaling, papermaking, computing, and many more. Tryon Palace is also offering you a workshop and a tour on Friday. The free presentations range from discipline, reading strategies, NBCT, empty bowls, special needs, lesson plans, technology and so much more. You can earn 1 CEU if you follow our Reading Path offerings. Each participant will have the opportunities to earn either 1 or 1.5 CEUs for the art in general credit if you do not need reading CEUs. This is truly a conference that you can develop to meet the needs of your own professional development plan.
Logo: The logo designed -ART, Bridge to the Future-for this year’s conference was created by Andrea Eisenberger. You will be able to purchase merchandise with this unique design with your online registration. The shirts will be black with silver ink. Thanks Andrea for a great design! |
