2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

We Want to Thrive: Reconceiving Preservice Art Education in Critical Times

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

What does it mean to thrive as an art educator? As practitioners, we consider how we support, recruit, and retain the next generation. In this session, we offer insight into current experiences and practices in preservice art education to imagine how we all might thrive in this field.

Presenters

Jazmine Beatty

Amber Coleman

Postdoctoral Scholar, Arizona State University

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Preservice, Big Art Education Questions

12:00pm EDT

Mock Interviews and Resume Review [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L014

TICKET REQUIRED
Are you preparing to interview this year? Join the Preservice and Supervision/Administration Divisions in rounds of mock interviews and receive feedback for developing your resume to ensure you get the gig! Come prepared as if this was a real interview: dressed to impress, resumes printed, and portfolio included. Submit your resumes by March 10, 2025, at https://forms.gle/5u3tutZ3sgVs94iVA

Presenters

Reilly Powers

Miami University, NAEA Preservice Western Regional Representative

Brittany Bradley

Jesse Todero

trinity villanueva

Founder, Diwa Soul

Current NAEA Board of Director. Future Associate Chair of NAEA EDI Commission. // I am a mother first and foremost, a proud Latina-NHPI queer woman. // A full time artist, musician, and Polynesian cultural ambassador. Multi-lingual English, Spanish, Hawaiian. // I’m the founder... Read More →

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L014

Preservice, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

1:00pm EDT

Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

Interactive presentation! Learn different strategies for using the inquiry method in your classroom. Engaging with art through inquiry results in increased learning, student ownership of learning, identifying personal responses to art, making personal connections to art, and retention of learning. Come learn best practices on implementing inquiry in your classroom.

Presenters

Cheryl Maney

Consultant

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

Preservice, Instructional Demonstration

2:00pm EDT

University Art Ed Club Programming Brings Vibrancy, Diversity, and Community to the Art Education Program

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

A vibrant art education club can be key to students' success transitioning to a university program and to the health and sustainability of visual arts education programs, particularly in post-COVID environments. Involving students across campus and majors insures a diverse, inclusive club that enhances community connections and arts advocacy.

Presenters

Jessica Grubenhoff

Akia Miles

Kaden Cogdill

Liz Langdon

Maya Sabatini

University of Kansas

Maya Sabatini is a visual artist based in Lawrence, Kansas attending the University of Kansas for Visual Arts Education. She works in various media including textiles, photography, and printmaking. Upon graduation, she will become an art educator and hopes to teach middle or high... Read More →

NAEA Prez 3.20.25 pptx

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

Preservice, Big Art Education Questions

3:00pm EDT

All Division Awards Ceremony

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

Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon EFG

Join us for the All Division Awards session, where we will honor this year’s award winners from all NAEA Regions and Divisions. A special presentation will highlight the remarkable achievements of each recipient. To kick off the ceremony, we are excited to welcome Jamaal Durr, known professionally as JQ, a multifaceted visual artist based in Louisville. JQ, whose work spans from detailed portraits to pop-culture illustrations, will open the awards with an inspiring address. His art, rooted in expressions of the human figure, challenges audiences to think critically and embrace their creative gifts. Through his journey, he encourages the next generation of artists to follow their dreams and make their mark on the world.

Presenters

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Devon Calvert

Janis Nunnally

NAEA Middle Level Director/Art Educator, NAEA/Upperman Middle

Linda W. Kieling, M.Ed.

Art Educator/NAEA Secondary Director, Adrienne C Nelson High School

I live outside of Portland, OR and I am in my 35th year of teaching. We have 5 kids, 4 grandchildren and a Shiba Inu named Miku. I am passionate about family, friends, art and travel.

trinity villanueva

Founder, Diwa Soul

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon EFG

3:00pm EDT

Getting Started with Tape Art: Practical Approaches for Preservice Art Teachers [TICKET REQUIRED]

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

Create alongside the world-renowned Tape Art® Crew while learning how to implement collaborative Tape Art® experiences within your school and community. This session will provide opportunities to practice research-backed strategies for engaging groups in collaborative making, creating large-scale public works of art, and finding ways to create purposeful art in your communities. Complimentary mocktails and appetizers will be provided during the session.

Presenters

Michael Townsend

Leah Smith

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

Preservice

4:30pm EDT

Preservice Teaching Tips to Thrive! Cultivating Artistic Behaviors and Inclusivity Through Transformative Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Share in the excitement of enriching your teaching with innovative, multicultural approaches through "Teaching Tips to Thrive!," cultivated through transformative art education. Learn how a preservice educator's workshop blended landscape painting, flowing energy, and digital art to challenge traditional perspectives, promote inclusivity, teach artistic behaviors, and inspire teacher and student transformations.

Presenters

Debrah Sickler-Voigt

Professor, Middle Tennessee State University

Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt, Ph.D. is a professor of art education at Middle Tennessee State University. Her professional practices reinforce “Yes, We Can” approaches to education. She has authored the widely-adopted art methods textbook Teaching and Learning in Art Education (2020... Read More →

Ling-yu Chou

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation