From the editing desk at Collage:

Welcome to Collage, Colorado’s art education journal. Your membership to CAEA includes a subscription to a periodical that will leave you inspired, connected to the Colorado art community, and up to date on insights into various topics that effect us as art educators. Collage is copy edited by Rosemary Reinhart and organized by graphic designer Kathy Wykoff. Rosemary makes sure articles are error free and clear to the uninitiated reader. Kathy arranges articles and information into a fluid aesthetically pleasing design for us to enjoy as Collage.

Each issue is centered around a theme of interest and articles submitted to Collage come from a variety of sources, primarily Rep Council members, and members of CAEA. The Collage themes are general in nature and articles submitted can be written from the perspective of the theme. In keeping with true artistic spirit, the theme is meant to be a guide, and articles do not need to explicitly follow the theme. In addition to articles, photographs are always welcome. We encourage everyone to submit articles of interest to Collage!

Information about submitting articles and photos:

• Please do not hesitate to submit something you feel would be of interest. We can help you edit and clean your work so that you are comfortable with the way it reads.

• Send articles and lessons as word documents.

• Send high-resolution photograph jpgs as attachments. Avoid sending photos in the body of the e-mail as they sometimes are difficult to drag. Please send sharply focused photos with high contrast or a rich grey scale.

• You may send articles in the body of an e-mail.

• Articles may be submitted at any time of the year. They may be used in the upcoming issue or saved for the next issue depending upon space and content.

Submission Deadlines:

October 1st Deadline- Winter Issue published in early January
February 1st Deadline- Spring issue published in early April
July 1st Deadline- Fall issue published in early September

Please send information to Vanessa Hayes-Quintana at sayhayes@me.com. Feel free to contact me any time at 303-570-5149 if you have any questions or need any assistance.

Article ideas: 

• Highlight a local artist 

• Share a new art media 

• Review an art resource (book, poster, slides, video, etc.) 

• Tell us how you advocate for your program in your school or district 

• Great tips for new teachers 

• Ideas to regenerate our enthusiasm 

• A fantastic trip you’ve taken that sparked the artist in you 

• A wonderful museum in your area 

• A highly effective assessment technique that works for you 

• Art games or activities you developed 

• Good ideas for storage or recycling old or donated materials 

• A superb hands-on activity you designed for your students when you visited that wonderful museum 

• Why you decided to become an art teacher 

• How you manage to make art and teach at the same time 

Hopefully you get the picture…just about anything goes! 

Some tips if you are unsure of your writing ability: 

• Include the journalistic basics: Who, What, When, Where, Why & How 

• Read the article out loud. 

• Request editing if you feel you need it because we edit as little as possible. 

• Ask for help…I would be glad to read your article, edit and send it back to you as long as you send it to me at least 2 weeks before the editing deadline. 

Finally. . . feedback! 

We love if you let us know what we’re doing well and what we could be doing better, and always want to improve. Please contact Vanessa Quintana if you have any questions or I can offer any help.