Scholarships and Awards

NHAEA Award Opportunities

The New Hampshire Art Educators’ Association is a professional organization whose mission is to promote quality art education in New Hampshire by providing leadership, member services, advocacy, a format for communication, and opportunities for professional development. Our annual Art Educator Award Program recognizes outstanding art educators who have made significant contributions to Art Education or art programs within their school, community, or professional organization. We’ve changed the format so that we have three tiers of teachers in the pool for Art Educator of the Year, one from each division: elementary, middle, and high school.  To nominate your excellent art teacher, CLICK HERE! Once nominated, we will reach out to the art teacher to let them know they have been nominated and ask them to prepare a portfolio that describes their work and they will need to be, or become, an NHAEA member. To get to the membership application, CLICK HERE. This portfolio must be received no later than June 20th to be considered. For any questions please contact nhaearecognitions@gmail.com

Benefits for Art Educator of the Year Recipient

• Acknowledgment of professional excellence

• Positive recognition for the educator’s school

• Demonstrates and promotes school/community support for the arts

• Highlights art curriculum

• The opportunity to represent NHAEA at events

• Raises professional standards

• Recognition at the NHAEA Conference, NAEA National Convention and at the NH Excellence in Education Awards (“ED”ies)

• Up to $600.00 stipend towards the NAEA Convention

Portfolio MUST be postmarked no later than June 20th of the current year. 

Art Educator of the Year Awardees

• Troy Corriveau: 2023-2024

• Becky Barsi: 2022-2023

• Jessica Bouchard: 2021-2022

• Lynne Ouellette: 2020-2021

• Amiee Piccolo: 2019-20 (press release)

• Michelle Jimeno: 2018-19

• Mike Ariel: 2017-18 (press release)

• Mary Ann Lessard: 2016-2017 (press release)

• Mary-Beth Olsen: 2015-2016

• Denise Freeman: 2014-2015

• Martha Rives: 2013-2014

• Maryanne Swegles: 2012-2013

• Pauline Pichette: 2011-2012

SEE ART EDUCATOR FORM FOR ADDRESS & CONTACT INFORMATION

Member Award Opportunity  ART EDUCATOR: The Member Award Opportunity is a gift certificate that it used towards course work, workshops in art, art materials for your professional development as an artist, and/or art materials to enrich student learning in your classroom. All entries must be post-marked or emailed by June 30th  Please note that Late or Incomplete Applications will not be accepted.

Click here for the application form. Please mail applications to: NHAEA, Attn: Awards, 373 S. Willow Street, Suite 431, Manchester, NH 03103

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

Part of our mission in supporting our NH art teachers is to help them defray the costs of course work, workshops or art materials either for their own professional development or in support of students. If you find there is a way that you could use $200 towards one of these categories, we encourage you to apply. No teacher can win more than one award per year.

NHAEA Scholarship Opportunities

Check out our Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Scholarships Opportunities

** $1000 HIGH SCHOOL PORTFOLIO Student Scholarship

Details sent to registered teacher participants of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Please note the following: In compliance with non-profit tax laws, once you are approved for a scholarship, you will need to provide receipts, proof of attendance and any other related documentation along with the Request for Scholarship Payment Form before scholarship reimbursement can be released to the recipient. The scholarship winners will have until February 15 of their freshman year to seek reimbursement from NHAEA. Please refer to each scholarship application description to see what information is required. All applications, guidelines, rubric, and the Request for Scholarship Payment form can be found at the NHAEA website: www.nhaea.org under Programs/Scholarship after January 1st. Email questions only to: Scholarship Chairperson at NHAEAScholarships@gmail.com