2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

Elementary Division: Conversations With Colleagues

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT

What are the hot topics of elementary art education today? How do we handle them? In this session, we will discover and discuss the issues plaguing elementary art teachers across the nation in the form of a game!

Presenters

Devon Calvert

Leslie Grace

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

12:00pm EDT

Art Teacher Insights: Naming and Sharing Your Effective Instructional Practices

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Have you struggled to explain your differentiation or assessment strategies to a colleague or administrator? Creative instruction often comes naturally as artists, making it challenging to name our teacher moves. Come ready to explore, collaborate, reflect, and discuss naming the great art instruction already happening in your classroom!

Presenters

Amber Arnold

Fine Arts Instructional Coach, Gwinnett County Public Schools

I'm a former Visual Arts educator & now "hybrid educator" working with K-12 Fine Arts educators. I'm passionate about life-long learning through collaboration and building community.

Libba Willcox

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required

2:00pm EDT

Playful Art Room: Supporting Play Through Art Activities and Projects

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

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Create a fun art room atmosphere and encourage creativity through play! This session focuses on play-based art activities and projects that will support young artists' social, emotional, and artistic development! We will discuss the importance of play and create a project to inspire your students to explore, imagine, and create!

Presenters

Cristi Billue

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Skills Toolbox

3:00pm EDT

Marvin Finn: Bird Sculptures

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

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K-12 teachers will learn how to create an abstract bird sculpture in the style of Marvin Finn, Louisville's beloved urban folk artist, using mixed media and recyclable materials. His large-scale public art installation is a tourist attraction and focal point of Louisville Waterfront Park.

Presenters

Laura Corkum

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required

4:30pm EDT

Cross-Level Collaboration and the Importance of SEL in the Art Room

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

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Join us for an exploration of a collaborative initiative among Andover Public Schools teachers aimed at enhancing cross-level collaboration and SEL through artmaking. Discover how to structure cross-level projects and how using the "mood meter" has inspired artist intention and interpretation. Gain strategies to implement cross-level projects in your classrooms.

Presenters

Sean Walsh

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
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Elementary, Instructional Practice

4:30pm EDT

No Kiln, No Problem: Exploration and Use of Various Air-Dry Clays

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

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Discover tried-and-true, no-kiln clay techniques in this informative session for art teachers. Learn about different air-dry clays and how to sculpt, decorate, and finish projects without a kiln. Gain practical ideas and lessons you can bring back to your classroom.

Presenters

Alyssa Navapanich

Art Educator, Lemon Grove School District

Alyssa Navapanich is an award-winning art educator who integrates art with history, STEAM, and cultural competence. She enriches student experiences by emphasizing diverse artists and techniques. Alyssa holds a B.A. in Art and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership. She enjoys painting... Read More →

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
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Elementary, Instructional Demonstration

5:00pm EDT

Adventures in Stop Motion Animation

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

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Stop motion animation, anyone? Discover approaches to developing skills and ideas while encouraging students to innovate and find creative ways to tell their own stories. We will explore this process together, so you will leave with resources, and be ready to try this with your students!

Presenters

Karen Edwards

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Skills Toolbox

5:00pm EDT

Ensuring All Students Are Seen and Valued: Introductory Lessons Grounded in Equity That Amplify Identity

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

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Learn more about an introductory unit that cultivates joy while showing students how much they are valued within the school community. A Connected Arts Networks (CAN) PLC facilitator shares her exploration of three projects that launched a year of learning and supporting elementary students in developing the language that surrounds their identity.

Presenters

Heather de Koning Foley

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

Making Their Mark: The Importance in 2025 of Incorporating Contemporary Women Artists Into Instruction

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

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An art gallery exhibiting work of contemporary women artists partnered with a large urban-area education department for professional development, follow-up class visits, and student art show. Learn about the exhibition's impact on instruction and students' stance on women artists. Receive information about replicating the partnership, along with rich curriculum resources.

Presenters

Karen Rosner

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

Planning and Instruction of Social-Emotional Learning in Elementary Art Education

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

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Consider the findings of a recent research study exploring how elementary visual arts educators intentionally plan for and implement an SEL-integrated art curriculum. The descriptive findings will be shared to inform and inspire other elementary visual arts educators to provide SEL engagement in the art room through lessons, resources, and routines.

Presenters

Jonathan Juravich

2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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Elementary, Professional Paper Presentation