Cheryl Blasdel, Flippin High School

AYAA State Sponsor

Responsibilities:

• Booking all convention facilities, security, and guest speakers.

• Appoint all chairpersons

• Apply for AAA sanctions

• Conduct all financial matters in good standing.

Awards:

• Ordering and picking up of awards

• Organizing awards for convention day

• Supervising the distribution of awards to awardees

Scholarships

• Creating a scholarship application and requirements

• Appointing judges

• Calculating rubric forms, keep record of recipient

• Conducting scholarship award ceremony

• Sending scholarship checks to appropriate colleges and universities

Jason McCann, Little Rock Central High School

Judging Chairperson

Responsibilities:

• Booking all professionals for judging

• Compiling lists of all awarded students

• Appointing judges' assistants.

Barbara Haynie, Riverview High School

Patron of the Arts Chairperson

Responsibilities:

• Conducts and awards the AYAA Patron of the Arts award.

Stacey Mitchell, Little Rock Central High School

On-Site Competition Chairperson

Responsibilities:

• Sending information concerning on-site competition the State sponsor each year by December 1st

• Receiving and managing all student on-site registration f

• Creating a division of entries for each category  

• Creating prompts for all categories

• Set up, take down, and oversee of on-site event

Beth Ivens, Mountain Home High School

Officer Election Chariperson

Responsibilities:

• Conducts and organizes elections

• Collects and counts ballots

• Announces the student winners

Gail King, Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School

Awards Presentation Chairperson

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​Assisted by:​​

• Matt Teravest

• Rodney Bailey

• Robert Clark

• Lynn Smith

Responsibilities:

• Creation of the Awards Slideshow Presentation

• Photographing all first place artworks for all judged categories

• Collecting and organizing all category winners.

Brent Hawley, LR Southwest High School

Website  Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Managing and updating AYAA Website

• Coordinating photographs for the website

• Coordination social media