News: Ball's Bluff Russell Re-Elected Virginia Art Education Association President

(April 9, 2012) -Scott Russell, an art teacher at Ball’s Bluff Elementary, has been re-elected as president of the Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA).

Russell will serve in that capacity through 2013.


The VAEA has been a voice for art education since 1915, when it served as the art department in the Virginia Education Association (VEA). The Virginia Art Education Association became its own organization in 1961. In 1976, it unified with the National Art Education Association.

Currently the VAEA is one of the largest state art organizations in the nation. Its mission is to promote, support and advance visual arts education through professional development, leadership, research and service.

Russell also has been selected to the Writing Committee for the National Coalition for Core Art Standards. The Coalition is a 40-member, national committee comprised of 10 people from each of the fine arts associations (art, music, dance and theater). The committee will be working on revising/rewriting the national content standards in the fine arts.

The committee’s goal is to develop arts standards that will embrace 21st-century technology. Creating a first draft of the new arts standards should take about six months. A final report will be issued in early 2013.

Russell has taught at Ball’s Bluff since 2000. He holds a master of art education degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.