Spring 2012 Honeybee Orders

It's now time to start ordering our honeybees for spring 2012. Once again, I am ordering with Steve Victors in Wasilla, Alaska. His bees have been, by far, the best I've ever used. The price this year is $130.00 for 4lbs. (extra queens are $20.00) and delivery date is around April 14th. To reserve your Italian or Carneolan colonies, send a check to Steve Victors; 7449 S. Babcock Blvd.; Wasilla, Alaska 99623. You can also access his website at Stevesbees.com Shipping from Anchorage to Fairbanks will be between $5.00 and $10.00 via truck. Steve also has a good amount of beekeeping supplies for sale. Check him out at Stevesbees.com!

2012
ASAA All-State Art Competition
New
this year – an electronic exhibition!
This year the ASAA/First National Bank All-State Art Competition will take
place online at a dedicated ASAA art website. The purpose of the online
All-State Art Competition is to offer Alaskan students an opportunity to
present their creative talent in a juried art show with the tutelage of an art
instructor and compete with other high school students. Awards will be
presented for outstanding and original works and certificates will be presented
to all participants. All juried art submissions will be displayed at a
dedicated ASAA art website.
TIMELINE:
MARCH 1 entry deadline (to Barb Laucius in the IDEA Matsu Office)

APRIL
20 - Artwork is displayed on website / Results are announced


Student Eligibility
The All-State Art Competition is open to all ASAA member schools. Students must
be enrolled in grades 9-12 and working under a teacher’s supervision.
Art must have been created from August 1, 2011 to April 6, 2012. Students who
graduated in 2011 are not eligible. All students must meet all ASAA eligibility
requirements. Participant names must be entered in the Electronic Eligibility
Registration (EER) for the All-State Art Eligibility List; students must be
involved in the Play for Keeps Program.
AWARDS
a. Awards for Each Category:
Honorable Mention at jurors’ discretion - Winners receives a ribbon.
First, Second and Third place - Winners receive a medallion.
Best of Show – Winner receives a plaque.
Congressional Award – Winner receives a plaque. (see below)
b. Congressional Award
Two – dimensional artwork (with a maximum framed size of 28” x 28” and 4” deep)
are eligible to be considered. The Congressional Award winner must mail their
physical artwork to the ASAA offices. ASAA will reframe the artwork if needed
and deliver to Representative Don Young’s office. The artwork will be hung in
Washington D.C. for one year.
c. Participation Certificate
All students that submit artwork to the online competition will receive a
Participation Certificate
Judges
will be selected from across the state.

ENTRIES
Qualifying Art
All entries must be the original artwork, of high quality, and executed solely
by a student. Work that has been directly copied from any published source, may
not be entered unless the student has creatively modified or reinterpreted the
original work using the student’s own vision or style.
Categories for Original Entries
1. Painting – includes oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, casein, tempera
2. Drawing - includes pencil, ink, charcoal, pastel, crayon
3. Printmaking – includes any form of printmaking
4. Sculpture – includes modeled, carved, cast or assembled
5. Photography – includes black and white, color, transparencies, experimental
and digital
6. Mixed Media – must be an interrupted plane in two (2) or more media
7. Communications Arts/Graphic Design – must be intended for functional use
8. Ceramics – kiln fired clay, glazed/unglazed, blown glass, handbuilt or wheel
thrown
9. Jewelry/Metal smithing – pendants, rings, pins, brooches, boxes, etc.
10. Textile/Fiber Design – includes fabric, fiber, handmade paper
11. Multicultural Art – includes all mediums

SENDING
YOUR ENTRY:
One work of art per
student may be submitted electronically to:
Barbara Laucius, Art
Instructor IDEA
At this email
address:
barbara.laucius@ideafamilies.org

·
Follow
the instructions below for “how to photograph your art/ photography tips”
·
Put
in the subject line of your email to Barb: ASAA ART 2012/(your last name)


In the email include (in this order):
·
Your
Name
·
Address
·
Phone
·
Region
·
Contact
Teacher
·
Title
of work
·
Category
(from the list above) / medium
·
Size
·
“Student
Artist Statement” This should be approximately 3-5 sentences stating what
inspired your work of art.
IDEA can send only 5 pieces. This is a highly competitive art competition, and
so give extra thought to the art you are submitting. Artwork will be screened
and 5 pieces from our school will be forwarded to the competition .

DO NOT SEND PHYSICAL ART WORK – ALL ART
WILL BE ELECTRONIC!
Photography
Tips
Photos
of artwork should be taken against a white, gray or black background depending
on the color of the artwork. Please do not use backgrounds with any other
colors. Make sure you use good lighting. Photos can be either “Landscape” or
“Portrait” however the camera must be set to a 4:3 aspect ratio. Most cameras
are set to 4:3 by default but be sure to check your camera’s settings. The
photo file that you submit must be a JPG format, roughly 8 x 10 in printable
size or (3200 x 2400 pixels / 4:3 aspect ratio) and should be 300 DPI image
resolution.
You may submit only 1 photo for 2-D artwork
You may submit up to 3 photos for 3-D artwork only. Please include a ruler or
another object for reference to indicate scale in at least one of the photos.

ANY
QUESTIONS?
Contact
Barb at IDEA Matsu
907-357-4850
or send an email!

(I will send out any updates as they occur)

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.