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Natalie C. Jones (February)
Each month, a different member is the guest writer for the NAEA Monthly Mentor Blog. Natalie C. Jones is an artist, small business owner, and the director of education at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture. She has 10 years of experience working as an art teacher and teaching artist throughout the east coast and the Midwest. Click "GO" to read her full bio.

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March 13, 2013

March 13

Ah…Spring Break…what a nice way to end the NAEA convention. I have a few extra days to debrief, regroup and put all the things I did, saw and learned into a format that will benefit my students.

So, what exactly is Spring Break? It wasn’t that many years ago that we did not have a Spring Break built into our school calendar. Granted, we probably ended the school year a week sooner in the spring, but I think we’ve all gotten used to a Spring Break.

Spring Break can be a time that families vacation, some people stay home and putz around the house and maybe do a few special activities, or some people just take a break from crazy schedules.

My family has never vacationed in a way that you might typically think of taking a vacation. We do generally slow down and maybe venture a few hours away to visit my parents at the farm. (That truly is a vacation for my two boys, and I really enjoy being “home.”)

I am spending Spring Break this year being an artist. That might sound like a strange statement…I am an artist all the time, but sometimes it is hard to work in being an artist for the pure enjoyment of creating during the school year. I know there are many of you who are more disciplined about your own art making than I am. I have a small studio space in our basement that needed some love and attention (aka organization), and now it is time to create up a storm down there.

Here is a little something I’ve been working on for a while that is now finished. I plan to donate it to the local county 4-H raffle this weekend, along with some of my jewelry pieces.

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What do you do if you have a Spring Break?

—Ronda Sternhagen

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