The National Art Education Association nominated Herkimer Jr./Sr. The recipient of the 2024 New York Art Educator Award is high school art teacher Heather McCutcheon.
The award, determined through peer review of nominations, recognizes outstanding members of each state or local association whose contributions and accomplishments to arts education are recognized and deserve recognition. The award will be presented this week during the NAEA 2024 National Convention in Minneapolis.
“This award is presented to recognize excellence in professional achievement and service by dedicated arts educators,” said NAEA President Wanda B. Knight. “Heather McCutcheon is an example of a high-quality arts educator working in education today: a mentor, teacher, student, scholar, and advocate who is dedicated to the best of her students and the profession. ”
Mr. McCutcheon, Herkimer Fulton Hamilton Otsego BOCES Arts Education Coordinator and New York State Youth Arts Month Co-Chair, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Council on Arts Education. State Youth Arts Month.
Last year, McCutcheon received the New York State Art Teachers Association's New York State Art Educator of the Year award and the Arts Education Council's Youth Arts Month Claire Flanagan Award, which New York State Youth Arts Month is the nation's premier Youth Arts Month award. contributed to winning the award. . She was also selected for her Apple Distinguished Education and traveled to Texas to give a showcase speech at her ADE Institute 2023 Americas event in Dallas.
Founded in 1947, the National Art Education Association is a professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators. Members include elementary, middle school, and high school visual arts educators. College and university professors. A college student preparing to become an art educator. researchers and scholars. Teaching artists. managers and supervisors; This includes museum educators as well as her more than 54,000 students who are members of the National Art Honor Society. The association represents members from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, most Canadian provinces, U.S. military bases around the world, and many foreign countries.
NAEA's mission is to support creative growth and innovation by equitably promoting tools and resources for high-quality visual arts, design, and media arts education across diverse populations and communities of practice.