2025 NAEA National Convention

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7:00am EDT

Mindful Morning Yoga With CSAE TBAAndrea McDonough

12:00pm EDT

Repositioning STEAM Education Practices From Global Perspectives TBAYichien Cooper • Alice Lai Enhancing Special Education Art Education: A Framework for Inclusive Expression TBAWhitney Ferrell Bridging Cultures: Integrating Asian Art in Museums and Classrooms TBAJiayi Guo • Lingran Zhang • Rachel Gu • Ran Qi • Xiaoxiao Bao Critical Perspectives on Embodiment: Relational and Socially Engaged Practices in Art Education TBAEmily Hood • Amber Ward • Li Xu • Sarah Travis Leaning into Spirituality in Art Education TBAAndrea McDonough Speaking Back and Looking Forward: Feminist Annotation as an Archival Practice TBAAnn Holt • Carly Sherman • Celine O'Hara Hip-Hop's Transformative Connection to SEL and ED&I in Arts Education TBAChay Ross Mobile Art Studio Community Art Program: Removing Barriers and Increasing Access for Marginalized Populations TBAApril Malphurs Misfit Memory Work: Challenging Sexism and Ableism in K-12 Self-Portraiture Lessons TBAEunkyung Hwang Nuestras Historias Siguen: Our Stories Continue in Art Through Children's Literature TBAYvonne Lopez Taylor Decolonizing Ecological Possibilities Through Critical Art-Based Research: A Case of the U.S. Arboretum TBAKeisha Oliver • Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis • YeSul Park Elementary Division: Conversations With Colleagues TBADevon Calvert • Leslie Grace Teaching Difficult Histories Through Art: Understanding Korean Japanese Experiences and Promoting Social Justice TBAJaeHan Bae Buzzwords to Action: Making Educational Jargon Meaningful in Arts Education TBARobyn MacNair • Sofia Cuevas • Lindsey Barfield Equitably Teaching LGBTQ+ Artists in the Classroom TBAKathryn Rickards • Lauren Pierce Exploring Neuroqueering in Art Education: UDL Strategies for Reflexivity TBAMeng-Jung Yang Unionization as Pedagogy: A Praxis for Solidarity Building in and Beyond Art Museums TBAAmanda Ripley Customized Arts Learning: A Toolkit TBAJoyce Huser • Cody Talarico We Want to Thrive: Reconceiving Preservice Art Education in Critical Times TBAJazmine Beatty • Amber Coleman Leveraging Data and Documentation to Strengthen the Work of Arts Administrators TBAChristina Unitas Retired Art Educators Affiliate (RAEA) Interest Group Annual Business Meeting TBADebi West • Betsy Logan • Nancy Walkup Creating the Functional Art Student: Possibilities and Challenges for Preservice Elementary-Level Teachers TBANickson Jack Significant Factors for Evaluating PreK-12 Art Teacher Classroom Effectiveness TBARobert Sabol • Enid Zimmerman Art in Special Education Awards Ceremony TBAMikaela Bachmann Middle Level Division Conversations With Colleagues: Exploring Current Topics TBAJanis Nunnally • Jeanie Fellinger Conversation With Colleagues: Building Connections Across Regions TBAJennifer Beradino Leader 2 Leader Part 2 (L2L 2): All Region Leaders Coming Together Face 2 Face (F2F) TBAKristi Oliver • Abi Paytoe Gbayee • Carrie Barnett • Josh Drews! ED&I Commission Business Meeting TBAAnna Pilhoefer Student-Designed Textiles Using Infusible Ink TBAMaggie Pasquan • Carla Miller Lines: Looking, Learning, Living: Weaving Neuroscience With Art, Architecture, and Design in K-16 TBALinda Keane Art Teacher Insights: Naming and Sharing Your Effective Instructional Practices TBAAmber Arnold • Libba Willcox Contemporary Paper Weaving: Practical, Purposeful, and Political TBADawn Stienecker • Christina Bain Coffee Talk: Drawing on Cups in Consideration of Drawing's Creative, Cognitive, and Communicative Qualities TBAMaggie Peeno • Jessica Grubenhoff • Marriah Geels • Liz Langdon • Sydney Simmons III Lightscapes: Illuminating Art With LEDs TBAKody Hall • Lekia Thorpe Making Brush Magic TBAJanet Wolfe • Morgan Oliver • Suzanne Hobart Scrappy Creatures TBALee Darter Mock Interviews and Resume Review TBAReilly Powers • Brittany Bradley • Jesse Todero • Trinity Villanueva A Common Link TBAAnne Becker • Joan Mills • Laura Milas Alternative Photo Process: Cyanotypes TBALaurie Gatlin Transformative Trauma-Informed Artmaking: Supporting All Students, Especially At-Promise Youth TBAAmy Bultena Regenerative Eco-Art Practices: Heeding Indigenous Understanding of Place and Practicing the Honorable Harvest TBALori Santos Professional Materials Committee Meeting TBADebrah Sickler-Voigt • Cindy Todd

1:00pm EDT

Of Minds and Machines: A Critical Curriculum for AI in Art TBABrad Olson VR Art and Creation: New Media Arts and Applications for Art Education TBALilly Lu Curating Theme-Based Asian Art VR Exhibits as Constructivist Art History Pedagogy TBAGuey-Meei Yang • Tom Suchan Lanterns and Language: A Cross-Disciplinary Celebration of Lunar New Year TBAMichelle Brickner We Will Draw With Anyone About Anything Speed Date TBADavid Modler • Michael Dodson • Michael Bell • Stephen Peter Loya • Sam Peck 2025 NAEA Coalition of Feminisms in Art Education Regional Artist Talk TBALaura McCartney Centering Black Perspectives in Preservice Art Education TBAJasmine Floyd Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion TBAMorgan Mittelbrun Considering the Body in Early Childhood Art Education TBAHeather Kaplan • Gigi Schroeder Yu • Kwang Dae (Mitsy) Chung Art Practices for Art Educators' Self-Care, Well-Being, and Beyond TBAYichien Cooper • Enid Zimmerman ED&I Commission Topics TBARay Yang Making Room for Chance: Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Exchange in Arts Pedagogy TBAJohannes DeYoung • Sheika Lugtu Developing a Problem of Practice Statement for the EdD in Art Education TBARachel Fendler Make Art the Law In Your State! TBAJames Andrews Studio 55 Lifelong Learning in Art Museums Through Studio Programming TBAKessanda Abel Crankie Contraptions: Activating SEL With Storytelling Machines TBAClaire Molina • Matt Barinholtz Unleashing Student Potential: Digital Portfolios TBAMichele Dick Art Criticism: Fostering Creativity and Understanding in the Middle School Art Room TBAJulia Hovanec Inquiring Minds Want to Know! TBACheryl Maney Navigate the Arts-Based Research Process With an App Inspired by a Capstone Master's Course TBARebecca Bourgault • Donna Murray-Tiedge Retired Art Educators Affiliate Interest Group Annual Awards TBADebi West • Betsy Logan • Nancy Walkup Leveraging Art Honor Societies to Solidify an Artist's Identity and Capacity for Growth TBACappie Dobyns CSTAE Executive Board Business Meeting TBAEmily Hood • Eunkyung Hwang • Jennifer Kaye • Luke Meeken • Oscar Keyes USSEA Business Meeting TBABorim Song • Mara Pierce • Barbara Caldwell • JaeHan Bae • Angela LaPorte

2:00pm EDT

Art & Media Technology Interest Group Business Meeting and Awards TBAKerry Parrish Forging Fabrication to Fabulous with Lasers in the Art Classroom TBAJanine Campbell • Catie Nasser • Sherri Kushner • Tim Needles • Holly Bess Kincaid Differentiating Creativity for Exceptional Learners TBAGuy Trainin • Kimberley D’Adamo • Megan Pitrat Youth Artists Advocate for Positive Social Change TBAAriel Kay Embracing Choice Through Routines and Enhancing Engagement TBAJamien Phillips • Mandy DeWitt • Broke Brei Aesthetic Education Coexistence - Special Action on Activating Local Cultural Genes of "Mountains, Seas, and Rivers" TBAChenma • wei chen • Yadi Liu Community Arts Caucus Award Ceremony, Roundtable, and Community-Led Conversations TBAWilliam Estrada • Angela Baldus • Carina Maye • Jennifer Bergmark • Tim Abel No Rubrics: Anti-Ableist Art Assessment TBAAlbert Stabler Ecology and Environment Interest Group Business Meeting TBANicholas Lenonard • Allison Rowe • Joy Bertling • Alice Wexler • Michelle Tillander Uncommon Pedagogy: Nurturing Wonder and Building Community With Young Learners in Urban Environments TBALillian Lewis • Yiwen Wei Playful Art Room: Supporting Play Through Art Activities and Projects TBACristi Billue smART Accessibility Supports for Exceptional Students TBASara Lucas-Dreiss Arm in Arm: Supervision and Administration and Higher Education United in Addressing Real-World Challenges for Art Programs TBASarah Ackermann • Yichien Cooper • Trinity Villanueva Channeling Reflexive and Inclusive Student-Centered Approaches in Postsecondary Visual Arts Classrooms TBABeatrice Carey Carter • Elizabeth Shores Fellows Forum: Perspectives of New Materialism and Art Education TBADonal O'Donoghue • Kerry Freedman • Kryssi Staikidis Beyond the Margins: Inclusion of Self-Taught and Outsider Artists in Art Education Histories TBAKathleen Keys Trans Histories of Art Education TBABrandi Lewis Everyday-Cornerstones: Connectivity and Meaning-Making Experiences Through Photography TBAStephen Newbold, Jr. Book Bans in Critical Times: Art Projects on Censorship in Middle School and Higher Education TBAHyunji Kwon • Lauren Blakley Sensory-Friendly, Community-Driven: A Consortium Model for Inclusive Programming TBAAnna Smith • Lynda Wilbur • Melissa Brito-Alvarez NAHS and NJAHS Sponsor Meetup and Sharing Session TBAPaula Liz University Art Ed Club Programming Brings Vibrancy, Diversity, and Community to the Art Education Program TBAJessica Grubenhoff • Akia Miles • Kaden Cogdill • Liz Langdon • Maya Sabatini Cultivating Identity Awareness Through Critical Reflection: Research and Strategies TBACaitlin Black • Sohee Koo • Andrea Allen • Marit Dewhurst • Susan McCullough Exploring Self-Care Among Arts Teachers in an Age of Burnout and Anxiety TBAMark Graham • Audrey Hilligoss • Tara Carpenter Estrada Unified by Art: Diverse Roles in Promoting Art Education Across Settings TBATiffany Lin • Jaime Thompson • Natalie Jones • Jennifer Raybourn CFAE Business Meeting I: Feminist(s) Histories: Hindsight, Foresight, and Insight TBARebecca Turk • Cheri Ehrlich • Indira Bailey • Karen Keifer-Boyd • Sheri R. Klein Visual Arts Research Author Roundtable: Radical Publications in Art and Design Education TBAMindi Rhoades • Veronica Hicks • Courtnie Wolfgang • Sarah Travis

3:00pm EDT

Canadian Society for Education Through Art (CSEA) Business Meeting TBAPeter Vietgen SAL Class of 24: Group A TBALaura Grundler USSEA Engagement & Membership Event TBAJenny Evans • Mara Pierce • Steve Willis • Allan Richards • Becky Shipe Reimagine and Restore Arts Positive Effects on Health and Well-Being From Toxic and Traumatic Stress TBALisa Kay • Beverley H Johns • Donalyn Heise Inclusive Pedagogy in the "Third Space": Decolonization and Transformation in Art Education TBAAsli Kinsizer • Li Xu • Panpan Yang • Sherry Abbasi Committee of Multiethnic Concerns Business Meeting & Awards Ceremony TBAKetal Patel CAN Open Space TBAAmy Appleton • Kendall Crabbe Design Interest Group's Annual Gathering: Business, Awards, and Networking TBAKristen LaJeunesse Roach • Robin Vande Zande Stories of Care: Navigating Disability and Differences Through Creative Practices TBALucy Mugambi • Seoyeon Kim • Shivani Bhalla Distinguished Fellows Business Meeting TBADouglas Boughton Early Childhood Art Educator Student Panel TBAHeather Kaplan Decolonizing Art Educational Research and Practice to Build Non-Indigenous Allyship TBAInjeong Yoon-Ramirez • Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis NAEA Affinity Group: Multiracial TBARay Yang Research Commission: BIPOC Perspectives: The Intersections of Creative Practice and Curriculum TBAGino Molfino • Hyunji Kwon • Indira Bailey • Leslie C. Sotomayor • Glynnis Reed Critical Pedagogies in Online Spaces TBARuth Smith • Clayton Funk • jt Eisenhauer Richardson Learning Together: The Reggio Emilia, Italy Municipal Schools as a Site for Art Education Research TBACeinwen Carrejo • Gigi Schroeder Yu • Hayon Park • Kristin Vanderlip Taylor Teaching and Learning on the Edge: Art Education in Rural and Remote Settings TBAHowe (Xuhao) Yang Wonder-Full Art Education: Amplifying Awe Through Community-Based and Collaborative Artmaking TBACarolina Blatt-Gross Big Gay Church XV: The Final Act TBADe'Avin Mitchell • Erin Hoppe • James Sanders III Empowering the People: The Role of Museums in Shaping a Democratic Public Sphere TBAAlexia Lobaina • Danielle Henn • Jeffery Guin • Molly Fulop All Division Awards Ceremony TBAYichien Cooper • Devon Calvert • Janis Nunnally • Linda Kieling • Trinity Villanueva Curiosity Lab TBAJennifer Bockerman • Tina Atkinson Reengaging the Disengaged Art Classroom Learner TBATracey Hunter-Doniger • Borim Song • Courtney Casto • Jennifer Fox • Minuette Floyd Reimagining Curriculum Design by Leveraging Standards and Metaphor: Action Research in Motion TBAAbi Paytoe Gbayee • Leah Maltbie Want to Write a Book? Learn Expert Guidance to Get Your Book Published TBABryna Bobick • Debrah Sickler-Voigt • Jamie Klinger-Krebs • Julia Dolinger Art as Social Practice: Research Into Programs and Curricular Practices TBAIan Danner • Carly Holzwarth • Eunkyung Hwang • Kimberly Powell • Celine O’Hara Graduate Research Session Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers Session at NAEA TBASara Shields Not Burned Out, Just Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Challenging Simplified Teacher Retention Narratives TBACappie Dobyns • Ketal Patel • Caitlin Black • Carissa DiCindio • Jennifer Bergmark Intro to Creative Coding: Be Your Own Video DJ TBAGretchen Larsen Dye-namic Batiks: Revitalizing Craft in Art Education TBAGinger Miller The Mindful Studio: Exploring Creativity and Mindfulness in the Art Classroom TBAKristi Oliver • Jane Dalton Natural Disasters, Material Vulnerability, and the Creative Process TBAEmily Jean Hood Marvin Finn: Bird Sculptures TBALaura Corkum Protest Postcards! TBALaurie Gatlin Start With Art: STEAM Learning With Paper Circuits TBAAngela Batten • Barbara Liedahl • Camille Dogbe Brush Up on Brush-Lettering Techniques TBAAmanda Youngblood Building Classroom Community Through Collaborative SEL-Infused Artmaking TBARachael Harrison • Amber Arnold • Matthew Grundler Eliciting Empathy and Understanding Through Visual Literacy Across the Curriulum TBARachel Losch "Mounds" of Personal Narratives TBAAndrea Elliott Nature Maker's Workshop: Creating Art Materials With Materials Found in Nature TBAStephanie Vaughan Wrecking and Rebuilding: A Weekly Approach to Encouraging and Developing Creative Problem-Solving Skills TBACJ Matz

4:00pm EDT

SAL Class of 24: Group B TBALaura Grundler

4:30pm EDT

Digital to Physical TBADon Masse Embracing Culture and Creativity: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Higher Education and K-12 Art Classrooms TBANara Kim Using Art Therapy Approaches and Techniques in College Art Classrooms for Asian International Students TBAEunhye Bae Inclusive Education: Chumash Art, Disability, and Bilingualism Reconsidered TBAYen-Ju Lin A Maker Studio Transformation: Exploring Constraint Versus Choice TBAKelcey Kalumbula Murals as Classroom Pedagogy TBAHenriette Angoulvant • Kristine DeNinno Building an Inclusive Community in the Art Room TBAAlexandra Allen Exploring Neurodiversity in PreK-12 Art Rooms: Visual Inquiry Into Classroom Spaces and Niche Environments TBAKelly Gross Children's Drawing as Ecocultural Identity TBARachel Zollinger Cross-Level Collaboration and the Importance of SEL in the Art Room TBASean Walsh No Kiln, No Problem: Exploration and Use of Various Air-Dry Clays TBAAlyssa Navapanich Disability Stigma in the Black Community and the Overdiagnosis of Behavioral Disorders TBASylvia Rodriguez Teaching Literacy With Visual Art TBAJanine Campbell • Katie Brickner Resilient Research: Navigating Art Teacher Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Through Slow Scholarship TBALibba Willcox Shared Identity: Unpacking Sense of Community for Adult Learners in Online Graduate Courses TBATheresa Gillespie The Case for COIL-ing a Graduate Arts Teacher Preparation Program TBABetsy Maloney Leaf PhD • Isabel Besser Verastegui Collaborative Caring: Building a Student Art Council in an Elementary School TBAAnn Romero De Cordoba Making Games With Mundane Tech: The Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace Edition TBAAlbert Stabler • Hong-An Wu Preservice Teaching Tips to Thrive! Cultivating Artistic Behaviors and Inclusivity Through Transformative Art Education TBADebrah Sickler-Voigt • Ling-yu Chou Art Borderlands in Theory, Practice, and Teaching TBALeslie C. Sotomayor • CHRISTEN GARCÍA Assessment Practices in Design Education: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Cultural Influence TBAJohnson Kwame Wor Using Art History to Strengthen Empathy and Connection TBAAlexandra Overby Ecology and Environment Interest Group Awards Ceremony TBAAllison Rowe • Joy Bertling • Alice Wexler • Michelle Tillander • Nicholas Leonard NAEA Affinity Group: Latin-x/a/e/o TBARay Yang NAEA Affinity Group: White Ally/Accomplice TBARay Yang Journal of Social Theory in Art Education Author Round Table TBAEmily Hood • Carissa DiCindio • Dana Carlisle Kletchka • Luke Meeken • Oscar Keyes

5:00pm EDT

SAL Class of 24: Group C TBALaura Grundler Art Media Technology PechaKucha 2025 TBAKerry Parrish • Jessica Lazarus Adventures in Stop Motion Animation TBAKaren Edwards Ensuring All Students Are Seen and Valued: Introductory Lessons Grounded in Equity That Amplify Identity TBAHeather de Koning Foley Making Their Mark: The Importance in 2025 of Incorporating Contemporary Women Artists Into Instruction TBAKaren Rosner Planning and Instruction of Social-Emotional Learning in Elementary Art Education TBAJonathan Juravich Brave Space: What EDI and SEL Can Look Like in the Art Classroom TBARaine Valentine In-Between: Exploring the Diasporic Experiences of 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-Generation Immigrant Students of Color TBAElizabeth Healey-Mainoo • Richard Agbeze • Eunjin Kim Kim An Intergenerational Community of Practice to Support Preservice and Emerging Teachers TBADevon Calvert • Beth Dobberstein • Veronica Soria-Martinez From Looking to Language: The Historical Shift to Visual Literacy in Art Education TBACala Coats • Abigail Schmid Manuel Barkan Award Lecture TBAYichien Cooper • Dustin Garnet Create a Spectacular Journal With Gelli Printmaking! TBASusan Hawkins Refugee Stories in Pictures: Growing Student Empathy for a Social Justice Issue Through Portrait Photography TBAGili Sherman Creative Connections: Developing Participatory Museum Programming for Adults With Dementia TBAErin Allen Open Secrets: Revealing Who's Now Paying Museum Educators, How, and Lessons From Tour Staffing Transition TBAVerónica Betancourt Policy, Theory, and Practice: Global Currents in Art Museum Education TBAAmanda Ripley • Julia Harth • Dana Kletchka Art Curriculum Development as Living Artistic Inquiry TBACatalina Hernández-Cabal • Jody Stokes-Casey • Kaleb Ostraff • Sarah Travis Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session 1 TBARobert Sabol • Marjorie Manifold • Barbara Laws • David Burton • Angela LaPorte Post-AI Modalities of Creative Practice TBAYe Sul Park • Aaron Knochel Searching for Critical Theory in Art Education Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature TBADaniella Montufar Soria • Nora Rodriguez Sketchbooks Reimagined: Procedures Leading to Innovative Ideation TBALaura Skehan • Sarah Perz Surreal Digital Photomontage: Using Technology in the Art Room to Promote Contemporary Studio Practices TBALindsay DeBlasio Thinking Differently: Breaking Stereotypes About Dyslexia in Art Education TBAJeffrey Conger NAEA Affinity Group: Middle Eastern and North African TBARay Yang

5:30pm EDT

Disability Aesthetics: Challenging Ideas of "Excellence" in Anti-Ableist Arts Learning Spaces TBAJenna Gabriel Cultural Sensitivity Through Cultural Engagement: K-Dramas as the Site of the New Global Fandom TBAsomi lee • Eunhye Bae • Laura Hetrick Trauma, the Brain, and Mindfulness in the Art Room TBATheresa Gillespie • Dr. Karen Kelly Play, Process, and Meaning-Making: Learner-Driven Creating TBAAmy Pfeiler-Wunder • Mary Kate Bergh Community Art Organizations in the Art Room TBATorianna Olden • Christee Jordan Design Thinking Activities to Increase Quality of Life for People With Memory Loss TBALinda Hoeptner-Poling • Robin Vande Zande Visual Arts and Climate Narratives: Envisioning New "Stories We Live By" TBAColleen Redmond • Heather Delisle • Betsy Maloney Leaf PhD Student-Led Exhibition Strategies for K-12 Art Curricula TBAAmanda Wilmier • Kelly Hanning Illuminating the Expanse of Black Chicago's Artist-Educator Networks, 1930s-1960s TBADebra Hardy Supporting Our LGBTQ+ Students and Ourselves Amid Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation TBAHannah Swanson • Kaitlynn Radloff Middle Level Awardee Showcase: Distinction From the Middle TBAJanis Nunnally • Jeanie Fellinger State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education: Who We Are and How We Can Help TBAEmily Atkinson • Andy Meadows • Shea Murray Amplify Diverse Voices in Your Art Room With Disabled Artists TBAPeter Hoks