Art in the Capitol
2012

Theme for
IDEA’s 2012 Display:
“Winter
Landscape” (squares)


This is an excellent opportunity to display your child’s quality artwork in the halls of the Capitol
building in Juneau for our governor, legislators, Alaskans and visitors to see
and appreciate.

IDEA has reserved
display space in the state capitol during the month of March 2012. Student
artists from K through 12th grade are invited to contribute original
2-dimensional art: painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, original
(etching, lithos, silkscreen, woodblock) prints, or collage.

Art must be 12”
x 12” on paper and address the theme Winter Landscape. We will mount and
add a hanging device to those pieces we send to Juneau. DO NOT SEND FRAMED ART
WORK – IT WILL NOT BE SENT
TO THE CAPITOL AND IT WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

Artwork needs
to be submitted for review and screening to the Wasilla IDEA office and
received by February 10, 2012. Limit one piece per student. (Due to limited
space, all pieces may not be forwarded to Juneau)

SHIP TO:
Barbara Laucius
IDEA – Suite F
611 S Knik Goose
Bay Rd
Wasilla,
AK 99654

Art
must be packaged flat in a stiff packaging. We are not responsible for damage.
Please
contact Barbara with any questions: barbara.laucius@ideafamilies.org

ENTRY
INFORMATION – complete this form and include with art
NAME
GRADE
MEDIUM
Mailing
Address
Phone
Contact
Teacher/Region

IDEA
Coordinator: Barbara Laucius, MatSu Office, Wasilla, 907-357-4850

Currently Enrolling New Students for Spring 2012

Welcome to Science-Based Art! To view class schedules, please click on the class titles above. Each class is two hours long once per week for 15 weeks. All classes require a 15 lesson commitment and the cost is $25.00 per class which includes all science and art materials. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of six students. Spring 2012 classes start the week of January 9th-14th.

Finishing Up the Season

For students who are not wintering over their honeybees, now is the time to shop-vac your bees. As long as your queen has been caged for 21 days, its time to kill off your hive. Fill your shop vac half way and wait until it is cold (i.e. early morning or evening) This keeps the bees from flying around so much and ensures most if not all are in the hive. After the bees are gone, tape off the end of the vacuum hose with ductape to ensure any that haven't drowned will not fly out and leave the vacuum outside. A couple days later, dump the dead bees "organic vermiculite" into your compost or garden site.

Beekeeping News Hot off the Hive!!!

Of all my beginning beekeeping students this year, student Ginny Kinne gets my congratulations!! She checked her bees every 10-12 days, had no swarms and her hive is full to the brim with fireweed honey. She started with mostly or all bare

New Classes Starting Soon!!

Science-Based and Literature-Based Art classes will begin the week of August 22nd. Science-Based Art Classes designed for students in 4th through 12th grades. They are each 2 hours in duration and cost $25.00. Literature-Based Art classes are designed for 1st through 3rd grades. This class is 1.5 hours once per week and cost $20.00. Each student is required to sign up for an entire semester - 15 lessons. Materials are included.

Fall Beekeeping Tips

The summer has really flown by!! I have been robbing my hives for the past week or so. It is a great year compared to last year, despite the rainy weather! This is the week to cage your queen(s) if you don't plan on wintering your bees over. It can be difficult to cage a queen. First find her.Then remove the cork on the queen cage. Gently try to coax her to climb into the box. She will not want to but keep cornering her and guiding her into the box without hurting her or smashing her. Once she is in the box, push the cork into the hole of the queen box and put a pc. of ductape over the cork being careful not to cover the screen. This will ensure she can still be fed by her workers. If you lost your cork, a wine cork can be carved to replace the original cork. Any questions can be asked by calling me at 374-8984.

Writing from Florida

My daughter and I are in St. Pete, Florida right now. It is HOT! The beaches are blanketed with white sand and tons of tiny sea shells. A couple hours in this sun and you have to eat lots of ice cream, dump cooler ice on your head and seek out the nearest shade! I look forward to working with honeybees when I get home. Fairbanks summers are really hard to beat!

June brings us to a consistant checking for swarm cells. I found several in each hive this afternoon. Before removing them I made sure the queen has been laying eggs consistantly. I look for several stages of larva and freshly capped pupa. I like to locate the queen as well. Once I'm sure I still have a queen and she is doing her job well, I remove all queen cells with my hive tool. Also, making sure each hive has a top and bottom entrance/exit is important for proper ventilation. Supers and queen excluders will be added around the 18th of June. I am leaving town for a couple weeks but will post again upon my return.