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Thursday, March 20
 

12:00pm EDT

Middle Level Division Conversations With Colleagues: Exploring Current Topics
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
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A session for all Middle Level Division educators to join together and discuss our unique students. Fellow ML art educators will give information on current topics, such as AI, ED&I, and NJAHS, through short presentations. These presenters will bring their best practices and current information on these topics that can be applied to the participants' classrooms. Other topics and information will be explored in the question-and-answer time. Door prizes and ML swag will be given out during the session.
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JN
JF
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
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  Middle, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

12:00pm EDT

Making Brush Magic
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Engage in a hands-on collaborative pass-and-paint activity that builds relationships. Learn painting techniques with Royal and Langnickel brushes. Participants will learn brush skills and share their own personal painting styles. This project is a great icebreaker to start off the year and create social engagement in the classroom.
Presenters
JW
MO
SH
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

12:00pm EDT

Scrappy Creatures
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Create a Scrappy Creature using wire hangers, plastic bags, cloth, and lots of ephemera. It is derived from the book One Plastic Bag, which is a powerful showcase of the impact one person's idea can have toward positive change. Start off with a mystery idea and leave with a Scrappy Creature.
Presenters
LD
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

1:00pm EDT

Art Criticism: Fostering Creativity and Understanding in the Middle School Art Room
Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Join this interactive session to discover how art criticism ignites creativity and deepens worldly understanding in middle school students. Following a concise overview, participants will explore inventive, critical strategies and be ready to seamlessly infuse art criticism into their lessons, fostering students' critical thinking, creativity, and cultural awareness.
Presenters
JH
Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Instructional Demonstration

2:00pm EDT

Book Bans in Critical Times: Art Projects on Censorship in Middle School and Higher Education
Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Co-presented by a middle school art teacher, school librarian, and researcher in higher education, this session will introduce book bans, banned graphic novels, censorship in art education, and art projects that revolve around the theme of book bans and censorship.
Presenters
HK
LB
Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

Brush Up on Brush-Lettering Techniques
Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Learn the basics of brush lettering using ordinary broad-tipped markers. Attendees will practice warm-up exercises and lettering drills, and then combine them to create beautiful brush letters. This workshop is for educators seeking to increase their own artistic skills as well as those who teach upper elementary through high school..
Presenters
AY
Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

3:00pm EDT

Building Classroom Community Through Collaborative SEL-Infused Artmaking
Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Social-emotional learning is not just about empathy! It is a group of actions to help everyone feel like they belong. Come to this workshop as we demonstrate some community-building techniques through several projects and actions you can use right away in your classroom.
Presenters
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avatar for Amber Arnold

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

3:00pm EDT

Eliciting Empathy and Understanding Through Visual Literacy Across the Curriulum
Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Explore how Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother can be used to teach visual literacy, fostering empathy and understanding in students. Learn practical, hands-on strategies for integrating this iconic photograph into various subjects, enhancing critical thinking and emotional engagement across the curriculum. Ideal for middle school educators.
Presenters
RL
Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

5:00pm EDT

Refugee Stories in Pictures: Growing Student Empathy for a Social Justice Issue Through Portrait Photography
Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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This presentation will show you how to implement a customizable photographic project for students to tell refugee stories and develop empathy toward this social justice issue. We share techniques for image analysis, sensitive interview tips, unique photography methods, and options for a community-building exhibit and collaborating with schools overseas.
Presenters
GS
Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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  Middle, Instructional Demonstration

5:30pm EDT

Middle Level Awardee Showcase: Distinction From the Middle
Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
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National and regional Middle Level award winners will provide a glimpse into their classrooms to share strategies for establishing successful art programs and the development of their leadership stories. Celebrate and learn from outstanding Middle Level educators. Door Prizes and ML swag will be given out during the session.
Presenters
JN
JF
Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
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  Middle, Big Art Education Questions
 
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