2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

Decolonizing Ecological Possibilities Through Critical Art-Based Research: A Case of the U.S. Arboretum

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

This presentation discusses decolonizing efforts in critical art-based research to unsettle the dominance of settler-oriented environmental and place-based views and practice as being in relation to the U.S. arboretum in particular. We provide Indigenous-centered, relational, anti-Anthropocene ecological knowledge and practice for justice-oriented environmental sustainability.

Presenters

Ye Sul Park

Keisha Oliver

Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Ecology and Environment Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

2:00pm EDT

Creating Balance as a Teacher and Administrative Leader in Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Join graduates of the NAEA School for Art Leaders, doctoral candidates, and working professionals as we share insights on balancing leadership programs, teaching, and personal priorities, referencing our own stories to provide valuable strategies for navigating diverse professional paths.

Presenters

Lydia Atubeh

NBCT, EdD Candidate, Visual Arts Program Director, DeKalb Early College Academy

Angie Kucharski

Elementary K-6 Intervention teacher, School City of Mishawaka, Indiana

Benjamin E. Hoffman

High School Visual Arts Teacher, Kutztown Area High School

Leigh Drake

Middle School Visual Arts Educator (Gifted and Talented), Virginia Beach City Public Schools

BalanceLeadership NAEA wrkbk Atubeh Drake Kucharski Hoffman pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Leadership, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Media Arts in U.S. K-12 Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Discover the latest trends in digital technology and AI integration in K-12 art education through a detailed analysis of nationwide survey data and interviews with art teachers across the United States.

Presenters

Christine Liao

Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Bob Sweeny

Professor of Art Education

Tomi Slotte Dufva

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Research, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

The Case for COIL-ing a Graduate Arts Teacher Preparation Program

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Learn more about a COIL project between arts teacher training programs in Santiago, Chile, and Minneapolis, MN, with an aim to enhance understanding of language acquisition in arts education by connecting students across continents. See how the use of technology and AI helped overcome language barriers, while promoting culturally relevant K-12 arts learning.

Presenters

Betsy Maloney Leaf PhD

Isabel Besser Verastegui

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

Adventures in Stop Motion Animation

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

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
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

Elementary, Skills Toolbox