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Friday, March 21
 

7:00am EDT

Mindful Morning Yoga With CSAE
Friday March 21, 2025 7:00am - 8:00am EDT
Presenters
avatar for Andrea McDonough

Andrea McDonough

Chair of Faculty Development | Instructor, AOEU | Lycoming College
K-12 Curriculum | Creative Mindfulness | Graduate Studies | SEL | CAN | PAEA | Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE)
Friday March 21, 2025 7:00am - 8:00am EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Bluegrass I/II

7:00am EDT

7:00am EDT

7:00am EDT

NAEA25 Quiet Room
Friday March 21, 2025 7:00am - 7:00pm EDT
Friday March 21, 2025 7:00am - 7:00pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L021

8:00am EDT

Fostering Creative Awareness: Integrating Technology-Based Early Childhood Emotional Art Education Program and Visual Diaries
This study examines a technology-based early childhood emotional art education program utilizing a digital facial expression application and visual diaries. It aims to enhance young children's self-expression, self-awareness, and empathy. Participants will explore integrating these tools and practices to foster emotional literacy, creativity, and independent thinking in early childhood learners.

8:00am EDT

Digital Art - Just Another Medium
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore how digital art expands creative possibilities while maintaining the foundational principles of traditional art. This session highlights tools, techniques, and strategies to integrate digital media into art education, empowering students to see it as a natural extension of their artistic practice. Perfect for those looking to bridge the gap between traditional and digital mediums.
Presenters
avatar for Erika Ogier

Erika Ogier

Art Educator, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon IX

8:00am EDT

Emerging Art and Media Technology Careers
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore future media technology careers through emerging technologies that are currently impacting art, design, and media careers. Learn how students can combine their art and design skills with technology to forge lasting and fulfilling careers.
Presenters
avatar for Morgan Mittelbrun

Morgan Mittelbrun

Instructional Designer | K-12 certified Visual Arts Teacher, Everspring, Inc.
Hi! My name is Morgan! I am an Instructional Designer. I have a Master of Arts in Organizational Management (specialization in media management) and a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology (specialization in Online Instruction) both from the University of Arizona... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M103

8:00am EDT

Coalition of Feminisms in Art Education Kite Events: Rising Against the Winds of Resistance
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Presenters share stories of feminist activism art education with the 10 kites created at the Coalition for Feminisms in Art Education (CFAE) 2024 Lobby Activism event and flown at 50 events throughout the year in celebration of the Women's Caucus 50th anniversary. The kites have been flown throughout the world.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M109/M110

8:00am EDT

Art and Storybook Lessons That Empower Young Artists to Shape a Better World
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Inspire social change and foster social-emotional learning in your classroom by using storybook-inspired projects using simple media-like drawing, painting, and collage. Leave with lesson ideas and a curated book list for projects that promote environmental awareness, build classroom community, and envision positive change.
Presenters
avatar for Rebecca Picker

Rebecca Picker

Hi! I’m Rebecca, a mama, teacher, artist and community-builder. I'm an art educator with a background in youth empowerment. I’ve created Studio Sprout to serve real people who are working in real communities preparing young people for the world of today with easy-to-use art lessons... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L007/L008

8:00am EDT

Get Glowing Results With a Blacklight Art Show
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Add a glow gallery to your art exhibition without added stress. Learn the components that go into a successful glow gallery that will have your community looking forward to the art show all year. Engage learners and reinvigorate current lessons with glowing results.
Presenters
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Alexandra Benton Boudreau

Elementary Art, Berkshire Hills Regional SD
I incorporate puppetry as a studio center in my pk-4 art studio classroom for all grade levels and have shared hands on puppet making and teacher tips with the Art Ed teaching community at the national convention and TAB workshops.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

8:00am EDT

Navigating AI in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
As education institutions adopt AI-specific software for educators, two TAB teachers reflect on their experience planning lessons and teaching using AI. They also share how they guide 5th-grade students in leveraging AI for idea generation within their different art studios utilizing an education framework for AI use in the classroom.
Presenters
avatar for Amy Sery

Amy Sery

Visual & Media Arts Teacher, Briarlake Elementary School
I am the Visual & Media Arts teacher at a Pk-5 elementary school in Dekalb County. My classroom is a choice-based art studio where the student is the artist and (Teaching for Artistic Behavior and Studio Habits of Mind). I am also an adjunct professor at The Art of Education University... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L020

8:00am EDT

Pixels and Paintbrushes: Coding Self-Portraits in Art
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore the fusion of art and technology with "Pixels and Paintbrushes!" Discover how coding enriches art education through self-portraits. This session will equip you with tools to integrate technology seamlessly into the art curriculum, empowering students to explore identity and creativity in new digital dimensions.
Presenters
avatar for Felicia Clause

Felicia Clause

Elementry Art Teacher
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L026

8:00am EDT

Unleashing Creativity: Integrating Sketchbooks Into Elementary Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore the benefits of using sketchbooks in elementary art and learn practical strategies for fostering creativity, cultural sensitivity, and inclusivity while enhancing assessment and classroom management. Attendees will gain tools, insights, and inspiration to implement effective sketchbook routines, supporting diverse student needs and professional growth in their classrooms.
Presenters
avatar for Carole Drummond-Johnson

Carole Drummond-Johnson

Elementary Art Teacher, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Carole Drummond-Johnson has been teaching art in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School system for about twenty years but has overall been teaching for about twenty-five. She is currently an elementary art teacher at Highland Renaissance Academy. In addition to teaching in CMS, she also... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L005

8:00am EDT

A More Socially Just World Through Art Education: A Practical and Empathetic Toolkit for Evaluating Curricular Resources
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Gain insight into one district's approach to developing practices and tools to drive social change. Join us in reviewing the Visual Arts Resource Evaluation Tool, created for examining curricula related to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. You'll leave this session with a process for pausing, reflecting, and responding to better meet student and community needs.
Presenters
avatar for Kristen Brayson

Kristen Brayson

Director for Visual & Performing Arts, Portland Public Schools
avatar for Carolyn Hazel Drake

Carolyn Hazel Drake

Assistant Teaching Professor, Art Education, Arizona State University
Carolyn Hazel Drake is an artist and arts educator based in Portland, OR, and Phoenix, AZ. Her work is rooted in the craft practices of textiles and ceramics. Drake’s creative identity was shaped from an early age working behind the counter at her mother’s quilt store. She studied... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

8:00am EDT

A Systematic Review of Intersectionality Studies in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
A group of five art education researchers share a systematic review of 20 years of intersectionality studies in art education. The process and outcome of the systematic review, including theoretical frameworks and methodologies, will be shared, along with limitations and suggestions for critical theoretical and teaching practices related to intersectionality.
Presenters
avatar for Debrah Sickler-Voigt

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 →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

8:00am EDT

Brave Space: What EDI and SEL Can Look Like in the Art Classroom
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Learn strategies, activities, and best practices for creating a brave space where equity, diversity, and inclusion align with social-emotional learning and the art standards. Participants will be able to develop a vision for what equity looks like in their space.
Presenters
avatar for Raine Valentine

Raine Valentine

Art Educator and Green Leader, Baltimore County Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

8:00am EDT

Community Connections and the Elementary Art Room: A Year of Collaboration
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Get inspired by a year's worth of art collaborations centered around connecting with community in and out of the elementary art room. The presentation will include tips on how to implement an artist-in-residency program, host a family art night, and a multilingual family art day.
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Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

8:00am EDT

Neepwaankiaki + Neepwaantiinki: Community-Engaged Art Teaching in the Context of a Reciprocal Tribe-University Partnership
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This presentation discusses a curricular collaboration between a university art education program and teacher-scholar citizens of the Indigenous Nation that originally inhabited the land where the university sits. In this collaboration, majority-settler preservice art educators work with Indigenous scholars to develop a curriculum and teach it in elementary schools serving majority-settler populations.
Presenters
avatar for Kristina Fox

Kristina Fox

Myaamia Education Coordinator, Myaamia Center at Miami University
avatar for Luke Meeken

Luke Meeken

Assistant Professor, Miami University
avatar for Stephanie Danker

Stephanie Danker

Associate Professor of Art Education, Miami University
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

8:00am EDT

Thoughts From the Field: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Art and Design Education
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Join us for an in-depth exploration of inclusive art and design education in preK-12 classrooms. This session presents findings through data visualization from a national survey of over 1,000 art teachers, highlighting their experiences, challenges, successful strategies, and resources for supporting diverse students. Gain actionable insights and recommendations.
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Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

8:00am EDT

2024 Higher Education Educator of the Year Lecture
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Join us for a meaningful and inspiring lecture by Amy Pfeiler-Wunder, the 2024 NAEA National Higher Education Educator of the Year. Traversing the complexities of the social, cultural, and political educational landscape, this session shares how teacher identity and positionalities intersect with the multilayered and storied lives of preK lifelong learners to illuminate essential curricular components in visual arts and education: play, meaning-making, and critical conversation. The session concludes with an open dialogue on the lecture.
Presenters
avatar for Amy Pfeiler-Wunder

Amy Pfeiler-Wunder

Associate Dean College of Visual and Performing Arts, Kutztown University
I serve as the chair and graduate coordinator in the Art Education Department at Kutztown University!I am in my second semester as chair and also serve as the Higher Education Division Director for the National Art Education Association.
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Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

8:00am EDT

Bending Toward Justice: Interrogating Narratives Embodied in Public Monuments and Memorials
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore methods for interrogating narratives in public monuments using Bell's Storytelling Project Model and emerging VR technologies. This session highlights examples from Richmond, VA; Montgomery, AL; and Jackson, MS, and provides practical strategies for classroom application, fostering critical engagement with public art and its complex histories.
Presenters
avatar for Brittany Myburgh

Brittany Myburgh

Assistant Professor, Jackson State University
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

8:00am EDT

How Can the Experiences of 1st-Year Art Teachers Help Inform and Improve Educator Preparation Programs?
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
What did you learn in your teacher preparation program that supported you in your early teaching career? What do you wish you learned? Join new art teachers to hear their critical reflections on teaching today and discuss ways higher education institutions can better support this work.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

8:00am EDT

Research as Leadership and Advocacy: Research as a Critical Element of Teacher Education
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore different approaches and activities to incorporate research skills for art teachers in university teacher education programs. This session will also collectively explore why research is a core leadership and advocacy skill for all arts educators.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

8:00am EDT

Student Story-Building Toward Understanding, Belonging, and Community in the Art Classroom
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Learn narrative strategies that demonstrate how students unpack individual storied landscapes and grow in empathy for self and others through collective storytelling. Lessons shared provide opportunities for authentic artmaking and include mapping stories of place, time-based "I am" story exchanges, narrative memory books, learning story postcards, and more.
Presenters
avatar for Nicole Romanski

Nicole Romanski

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

8:00am EDT

Independent School Art Education (ISAE) Interest Group Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This session is an opportunity for current and prospective ISAE members to learn about the Independent School Art Educators Interest Group and connect with other art educators in independent schools. The session will begin with an introduction of the ISAE leadership team and a summary of our initiatives and other agenda items. This space is intended as an environment to network, celebrate ISAE award winners, and share leadership opportunities within the field of art education.
Presenters
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cristina pinton

Visual Art Department Chair, Avon Old Farms
President Elect Connecticut Art Education Association, Co-Chair Independent School Art Educators special interest group.AP Art teacher 13+ years, 25 yrs experience teaching public and private schools, AP Reader, AP Mentor, published with Davis Publications, advocate for boys' voice... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VIII

8:00am EDT

Unearthing Self: A Journey of Deep Reflection for Art Educators
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore transformative insights from Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, emphasizing connecting with our authentic selves as art educators. Through exercises, discover how understanding our stories enriches teaching, fosters community, and promotes personal and professional growth.
Presenters
avatar for Nina Unitas

Nina Unitas

Senior Program Officer, Arts Education, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

8:00am EDT

From Cell Phones to DSLR Cameras: Transforming a Photography Program
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Learn how one school revitalized a photography course from cell phones to DSLR cameras. Discover effective strategies for acquiring new equipment, enhancing student engagement, and promoting a collaborative hub for creativity. This session is ideal for educators seeking to update their photography programs.
Presenters
avatar for Benjamin E. Hoffman

Benjamin E. Hoffman

High School Visual Arts Teacher, Kutztown Area High School
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L010

8:00am EDT

STEAM Rolling Through Children's Literature
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Participants will unravel the synergy between children's literature and STEAM education. Through discussions, interactive experiences, and real-world examples, educators will uncover innovative approaches for integrating STEAM principles into their curriculum, fostering a culture of creativity, critical thinking, and curiosity in the art classroom.
Presenters
avatar for Jed Dearybury

Jed Dearybury

Educator, Author, Illustrator, mrdearybury.com LLC
Jed Dearybury began his education career in 2001. He was featured in GQ Magazine as Male Leader of the Year, met President Obama as the South Carolina honoree of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and was named top 5 finalist for SC Teacher of the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

8:00am EDT

Facilitating Art Academic Conversations in Collaboration With the Librarian Using Socratic Seminar
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Explore Project Zero Thinking Routines to help students build an art academic vocabulary so they can participate in a Socratic seminar. You will participate in a mini-Socratic seminar using a Thinking Routine example from middle school experiences that can be modified for all grade levels.
Presenters
avatar for Julia Schickel

Julia Schickel

Art Teacher
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

8:00am EDT

Getting Digital With Middle
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This session focuses on a variety of engaging digital art experiments that connect students with work of contemporary creatives and current career paths. Apps used in these experiments are free, making them more accessible to learning communities. Attendees will come away with new ideas and experiments for their learning communities.
Presenters
avatar for Donald J Masse

Donald J Masse

TK-5 art teacher, zamorano fine arts academy
Don Masse has taught at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy for a real long time. He infuses his elementary art curriculum with the work of living artists because he believes students are more engaged when they have the opportunity to see how artists are applying what they are learning about... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

8:00am EDT

Ignite Artistic Fire in Your Middle Schoolers
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Stuck in a middle school art rut? Four passionate art educators share creative sparks to ignite student passion! Discover fresh approaches, tech tips, and classroom management hacks to transform your art program. Learn practical advocacy tools to champion the arts!
Presenters
avatar for Janine Campbell

Janine Campbell

Since graduating from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2004 with a Bachelors of Science in Art Education, I have been interested in engaging students with new and innovative practices in the classroom. Over the past 21 years, I have used my classroom as a touchstone for what is... Read More →
avatar for Theresa McGee

Theresa McGee

Art Educator, Community School District #181
I am an art and digital media teacher at Hinsdale Middle School and an AI early adopter and enthusiast. I frequently present online and at local, regional, and national conferences on topics like technology integration, design thinking, and literacy. I've served in the Illinois Art... Read More →
avatar for Stacy Lord

Stacy Lord

Art Teacher, Worcester Alternative School
Art educator | Artist | Creator | Passionate about empowering people to thrive through creativity and problem-solving. Advocate for public education and the connection between mental health and the arts. LEGO enthusiast. Teaching, inspiring, and building a better world one idea at... Read More →
avatar for Holly Bess Kincaid

Holly Bess Kincaid

VAEA Past President, Middle School Art Educator
Holly Bess Kincaid is an experienced and passionate art educator with over 30 years of teaching experience, currently inspiring middle school students in West Virginia. She is the past president of the Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA) and currently serves as the Youth Art... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L017/L018

8:00am EDT

Achieving the Collaborative "C" in CASEL: A Journey From Museum to Classroom and Back Again
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
How might we better leverage partnerships between museums and classrooms? This hands-on session focuses on a collaborative effort to adapt an interactive gallery display into a classroom project. Through prompt-based responses, visitors and students expanded beyond the traditionally limited scope of historic American art to engage with relevant themes that affect us today.
Presenters
avatar for David Matteson

David Matteson

Associate Curator of Education, Rollins Museum of Art (Rollins College)
David Matteson (he/him) is the Associate Curator of Education at the Rollins Museum of Art. In this role, David oversees the Museum’s academic and public programs. Prior to joining the staff at RMA, David was the Associate Curator of Education and Outreach at the Orlando Museum... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

8:00am EDT

Reaching Beyond the Museum Walls: Approaches to Museum Visit Extensions
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Learn about a museum's efforts to develop an activity kit that allows students to take their field trip experience home. This presentation will highlight the trial and innovation process, cocreation with classroom teachers, evaluation, and the many logistical challenges that will inevitably occur.
Presenters
avatar for Megan Wilson Krznarich

Megan Wilson Krznarich

Manager of Gallery Teaching Programs, Amon Carter Museum of American Art
I am a museum educator, passionate about amplifying the voices of communities that have been historically underrepresented in the arts.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L006

8:00am EDT

Recommitting to Engaged Collaborative Practice: Affirming the Roots of Museum Educator Tours
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
In 2023 Getty updated its Teaching and Learning Plan to focus on interactive engagement and a recommitment to education staff within galleries. Learn from case studies about the deployed activities, and the camaraderie and challenges experienced by the education team and the docents they support.
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Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

8:00am EDT

National Art Education Foundation Grant Program
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This session is designed for NAEA members to learn about the National Art Education Foundation Grant Program. Presenters will discuss the Research Grant, the Teacher Incentive, the Ruth Halvorsen Professional Development Grant, and the Mary McMullan Grant. Grants support research at all levels and further the leadership and professional development of all grantees.
Presenters
avatar for Frank Juárez

Frank Juárez

Juárez brings over two decades of art education and arts management experience organizing local and regional art exhibitions, and community art events. He presents on art education at the state and national level, supports artists through grant programs, and offers professional development... Read More →
avatar for Cris Guenter

Cris Guenter

Chair, National Art Education Foundation
Professor Emerita, California State University, Chico; Retired Ask me about the National Art Education Foundation grant opportunities for NAEA members!
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon A

8:00am EDT

Expressive Observations: Using A/r/tography to Engender Empathy in Visual Arts Classroom Observations
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Discover a project where art education students created artworks about their experiences while observing secondary art classrooms to understand the relational aspects of teaching and learning. Learn how the students' artwork suggests the formation of deep empathic connections of students and teachers, which allowed them to understand what students and art teachers were feeling.
Presenters
avatar for Jeff Horwat

Jeff Horwat

Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of New Mexico
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

8:00am EDT

Research on Managing an Art Classroom With Care: Preliminary Findings and Stories From the Field
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Many teachers report classroom management as one of their most difficult tasks. Discover emerging results from a research project focused on the real-life practices of art teachers dedicated to caring approaches to classroom management without the strict the use of authoritatively coercive tactics.
Presenters
avatar for Jeff Broome

Jeff Broome

Professor, Director of PhD Program, Florida State University
Jeff Broome is a professor and director of PhD programming for the Department of Art Education at Florida State University. Jeff’s research focuses on providing practical suggestions and resources for K-12 art teachers, often through narrative inquiry. He investigates topics relevant... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

8:00am EDT

Fascinating and Fearless Female Artists: 10 Artists You Should Teach
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This presentation will cover important female artists and examples of how their work can be included in middle and upper school art curriculum. Includes a brief background on each artist as well as aligned student artwork and writing, sketchbook, assessment, and field trip ideas.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

8:00am EDT

Leading With Creativity: Strategies to Help AP Students With MPI, Inquiry, Writing, and Revision
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This interactive AP Art and Design session explores teacher-tested strategies that use creativity and curiosity to improve MPI, inquiry, writing, and revision. The student-centered strategies help address the why behind their artistic choices, synthesize their writing with creative endeavors, and revise and expand their material usage.
Presenters
avatar for Kerry Parrish

Kerry Parrish

Art Educator and Instructional Technology Coach, D155
Kerry Parrish has been teaching Visual Arts for 25 years and has been an Instructional Technology Coach for 6 years. She has presented at ISTE, ISTE Creative Constructor Lab, CUElive, IDEA/TCEA, ITC, LTCIlliois, NAEA, and IAEA. As an art teacher, she frequently looks art edtech through... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L014

8:00am EDT

Photo Embroidery- Adding Texture and Meaning
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This session will teach basic embroidery stitches that will enhance photos. Through intuition and innovation, stitching will be used to create a new image and meaning. Bringing the styles of different artists, their culture, and the history of embroidery as inspiration for a new personal tradition or techniques to teach.
Presenters
avatar for Meredith Giltner

Meredith Giltner

Art Educator, Skyline High School Ann Arbor, MI
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

8:00am EDT

Portraits and Scanograms: Unconventional Representations of Self and Others
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Personal stories are worth seeking, hearing, and interpreting. Student-conducted interviews deepen interpersonal connections with important people in their lives as they artistically inform innovative portraits using photography and scanography. Designed for teachers of any discipline, you will hear strategies for adapting this narrative photography-centered experience in your disciplines and classroom.
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M105/M106

8:00am EDT

Printmaking + Photography = Printography: The Best of Both Worlds
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Changing the traditional photography curriculum to include printmaking allows for more in-class student engagement. This provides more varied artmaking experiences and recognizes that photography is a type of printmaking. It highlights how accessible and flexible printmaking is in the classroom and how it can be combined with photography.
Presenters
avatar for Julie Denison

Julie Denison

Art Teacher, Cobb County School District
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

8:00am EDT

Secondary Superstars: Award-Winning Secondary Art Educators Share Their Secrets
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Award-winning secondary educators share their best practices, ideas, tips, and secrets. They bring varied experiences as well as many years in the field, with expertise working with different populations across different regions in the country.
Presenters
avatar for Cathy Heller

Cathy Heller

Coordinator of Fine Arts, Peach County School District, GA
avatar for Linda W. Kieling, M.Ed.

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.
avatar for Robin Brewer

Robin Brewer

NAEA Secondary Division Director-Elect, Garnet Valley High School
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

8:00am EDT

Sketchbook and Visual Journal Speed Date
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Bring your sketchbook or visual journal and participate in our interactive session, a speed date where we'll share a series of quick opportunities to learn and meet someone new!
Presenters
avatar for Samuel Peck

Samuel Peck

Artist - Researcher- Teacher, Independent Scholar
Samuel H. Peck is an artist, researcher, and art educator originally from Providence, Rhode Island, with over 16 years of art teaching experience at the K-12 and university levels. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Rhode Island and his Master ny of Studio... Read More →
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David Modler

Professor of Art, Journal Fodder Junkies and tet[R]ad
David R. Modler is a maker/scholar/educator born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education in Art Education from Towson State University, and taught art on the k-12 level for fifteen years. David has since earned a Master of Fine... Read More →
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Dr. Jenny Evans

Asst Professor Art Education, Valdosta State University
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Laurie Gatlin

Professor, California State University Long Beach
Maker Painter Semi-retired Still curious
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

8:00am EDT

SRAE Business Meeting: Centering Communities Through Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
This is the standing, permanent business meeting session of SRAE. This format includes a focus on graduate student networking. As part of the focus, the officers will invite an esteemed faculty member in art education to serve as a faculty mentor for the session. This SRAE meeting will connect art educators and discuss how to center communities in community-based art education. Graduate students, art teachers, and faculty interested in SRAE involvement are encouraged to attend!
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Glynnis Reed-Conway

Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State University
Glynnis Reed-Conway (she/her, they/them) is an accomplished professional visual artist, poet, art educator, and emerging scholar. She is currently a dual title doctoral degree candidate in Art Education and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University... Read More →
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Ilayda Altuntas Nott

Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom A

9:00am EDT

General Session: Guerrilla Girls
Friday March 21, 2025 9:00am - 10:45am EDT
The Guerrilla Girls are anonymous artist activists who use disruptive headlines, outrageous visuals, and surprising statistics to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in art, film, politics, and pop culture. They work to undermine the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory, the subtext, the overlooked, and the unfair. The Guerrilla Girls have done hundreds of projects (street posters, banners, actions, books, and videos) all over the world—including retrospectives, traveling exhibitions, and interventions that have attracted thousands.  
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Guerrilla Girls

The Guerrilla Girls’ motto: Do one thing. If it works, do another. If it doesn’t, do another anyway. Keep chipping away!The Guerrilla Girls are anonymous artist activists who use disruptive headlines, outrageous visuals and surprising statistics to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in art, film, politics and pop culture. They work to undermine the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 9:00am - 10:45am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

11:00am EDT

Cover Your Curriculum and the 4Cs
Learn a few ways to boost critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity!

11:00am EDT

11:00am EDT

11:00am EDT

NAEA25 Local Host & Community Tables
Kentucky Art Education Association
The Kentucky Art Education Association is excited to welcome all those attending NAEA 2025 by offering some fun photo spots, free Kentucky swag, raffle items, merch for sale, and information about Louisville to help attendees find the best places to eat and play during convention weekend. One additional highlight we urge everyone to check out is the "Spirit of Kentucky: A Barrel Head Exhibition Celebrating Kentucky Communities", where schools from every level and region in Kentucky designed and created custom barrel head artworks that celebrate their community. The barrel heads for this showcase were graciously donated by Brown Forman. Kentucky is rich in history, culture, and community - this project is aimed to celebrate what makes our beautiful state so unique.
 
Louisville Tourism
Each Louisville Tourism city information booth provides personalized assistance designed to enhance your visit to our wonderful city. At each booth, you will find a friendly and knowledgeable city information agent ready to assist with a variety of inquiries.

Whether you need recommendations for restaurants, suggestions on must-visit attractions, or information on discounts available through our Inside Track Pass program, we’ve got you covered. We are here to help you navigate the venue, the downtown area, the city, and make the most of your time in Louisville.
Additionally, our booths are stocked with a wide range of onsite collateral that you can easily grab. This includes Visitor’s Guides, restaurant lists, downtown maps, citywide maps, venue maps, attraction brochures, and much more. We aim to provide you with all the information you need to have a fantastic and memorable experience.

We look forward to welcoming you and assisting you in exploring all the wonderful opportunities Louisville has to offer!
 
ARTS FOR ALL KENTUCKY 
Arts for All Kentucky is a statewide organization that provides arts and education programs that allow people with disabilities to fully participate in the arts. Arts for All is happy to support our teaching artists Kim Soule and Jennifer Sims in their professional development presentation, "Side by Side Inclusion," and Andee Rudloff's mural project "Disco Derby Opening Night Party!" Stop by our table to learn more about support for programming in the state of Kentucky and leave your mark on our community art project! artsforallky.org

JCPS Academics
Jefferson County Public Schools is the largest school district in Kentucky serving 97,000 students. The Academics Division consists of instructional leaders who provide resources for schools, opportunities for learning, and who work to serve our students. Our role is to transform the instructional core to create joyful learning experiences focused on developing student identity, skills, intellect, and critical thinking. We provide improved teaching and learning through job-embedded professional development, district-wide systems, and on-the-ground support.

Connected Arts Networks
Connect with CAN! Meet the teachers and leaders involved in Connected Arts Networks (CAN), an initiative to create virtual Professional Learning Communities with arts educators in visual and performing arts. We meet monthly to collaboratively improve arts instruction and curriculum, share ideas, and support each other. Learn more about this network and how we can support you!

Retired Art Educators Association 
The Retired Art Educators Alliance was formed in 1985 so that we might utilize retiree art educators' energies, experience, and knowledge to benefit NAEA members, and preservice members, in particular. RAEA is open to retired members from all NAEA Divisions and other interest groups with no cost for membership. RAEA’s only annual fundraiser is the Silent Art Auction held each year at the NAEA National Convention, located alongside the Artisans Gallery. Our purpose is to define and establish the role of retired art educators within NAEA; to conduct programs of professional activities for state and national events; to encourage continued personal involvement and development in art education; to inform state associations and NAEA of content relevant to members of long-standing; and to encourage and support, as well as provide mentorship for student members of NAEA.

KMAC Contemporary Art Museum
KMAC Contemporary Art Museum (KMAC) is Louisville's premier contemporary art museum located in downtown Louisville on Museum Row. Through exhibitions, education, and outreach, KMAC works to connect people to art and creative practice. KMAC's exhibitions showcase the work of regional, national, and international contemporary artists who have connections to craft. The Education Department produces interpretive materials for the exhibitions, community art programming, as well as school and adult workshops based on traditional craft and relevance to contemporary art. Currently on view at KMAC are exhibitions from Brazilian folk artist Chico da Silva and local Louisville artist Licia Priest.

715 W Main St. Louisville KY 40202 | kmacmuseum.org
Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm
Special Hours on Saturday for Conference Attendees 10am-7pm

Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission
 The Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission recognizes and promotes Native American contributions to and influence in Kentucky’s history and culture. Their vision is that all Kentuckians will recognize, appreciate, and understand the significant contributions Native Americans have made to Kentucky’s rich cultural heritage. Through education and increased awareness, the people of Kentucky will understand the histories, cultures, and matters of concern to Native American peoples. Please stop by their table for resources, info, and posters on Kentucky Native history!

ED&I Commission and State ED&I Liaisons (In Exhibit Hall)
Join NAEA’s ED&I Commission and State ED&I Liaisons for some conversation and creativity. Participate in art activities to express your support of equity, diversity, and inclusion in arts education and make connections with other arts educators!
 

11:30am EDT

Transforming Art: Embracing Digital Creativity
Explore the benefits of integrating digital art into your classroom while considering key factors for success. Discover essential tools, websites, and software to enhance creativity, along with inspiring resources to engage students.
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11:30am EDT

Getting Started with Adaptive Art: Practical Approaches for Preservice Art Teachers [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
This practical session will enable educators to engage all students in a meaningful creative process of self-expression. Discover a variety of instructional methods to adapt art activities, media, tools, and techniques to meet the needs of students with a wide range of challenges. A complimentary lunch will be provided during the session.
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Friday March 21, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Filly/Thoroughbred

12:00pm EDT

Creativity With AI in Education
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Adobe and Advanis released the Creativity With AI in Education 2025 Report in January. Come learn how fostering creativity in the classroom can enhance academic achievement, career readiness, and personal growth for students.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M103

12:00pm EDT

From Trauma Informed to Trauma Swept: A Journey to Empathy, Understanding, and Peace
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Join a veteran teacher and trauma survivor! Learn how their experience helped build a better window into the complexities of trauma and its aftereffects, and how to avoid stress and burnout. Gain insight that will strengthen your practice and help meet the needs of diverse learners with trauma-informed practices.
Presenters
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Margo Wunder

Art Teacher, Martin Luther School
Margo Wunder began teaching 28 years ago as a volunteer painting instructor at the Inglis House, a wheelchair community in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She currently teaches Art at Martin Luther School in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, a K-12 approved private school serving the needs... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

12:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Brook Forrest White Jr.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Brook Forrest White, Jr. thrives on the intensity of the hot glass process. His glass art has expanded to include private and corporate commissions, as well as numerous architectural large-scale installations. White’s drive and vision for his studio and gallery has ignited a unique atmosphere of creativity that propelled Flame Run in Louisville’s rise as an art glass destination. White shares his passion for art by welcoming the public to experience the magic of hot glass at Flame Run—the region’s largest privately-owned glassblowing studio.  
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

12:00pm EDT

What's on the Menu: Exploring Korean and Japanese Cultures Through Culinary Delights and Visual Arts
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Savor Korean and Japanese cultures through a multisensory project that pairs culinary dishes with artworks. Discover how food and art can serve as catalysts to fostering culturally specific understanding, and explore lesson ideas for integrating this adaptable, contextualist approach into your classroom to enhance student engagement and cultural inquiry while avoiding stereotypes.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

12:00pm EDT

Caring About Interpretation: Applying Care Ethics to Museum Education
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
This session bridges theory and practice for museum educators interested in human-centered teaching through the lens of care ethics. Three researcher-practitioners offer two case studies and one human-centered interpretation toolkit while asking themselves, their communities, and attendees how we can apply care ethics to interpretation strategies in the gallery.
Presenters
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Dana Carlisle Kletchka

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
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Jenna S. Green

University of Arizona
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

12:00pm EDT

Traces of Touch Within the Feminist Matrixial Sphere: Communal Art-Care Collaboration With Preservice Art Educators
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
This presentation explores art-care theory through the lens of Ettingerian matrixial theory by feminist artist and psychoanalyst Bracha L. Ettinger. Participants will learn about a collaborative project with preservice art educators across two states that integrated communal art-care practices balancing teaching art and m/other expectations for shared healing.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

12:00pm EDT

CANCELLED Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Youth-Focused Anticarceral Art Pedagogy for Transformative Justice CANCELLED
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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This session unpacks punitive laws and policies that criminalize minoritized youth in public schools and conceptualizes anticarceral art and media-based pedagogy. This pedagogical orientation promotes youths' solidarity and collective healing through art and digital media narratives that disrupt the carceral logic of individualized harm and punishment.

SESSION CANCELLED - SESSION CANCELLED - SESSION CANCELLED
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

12:00pm EDT

Mending Art Classrooms Through Community Art Practices
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Discover how Mending Walls RVA, a community-engaged mural project, fosters collaboration and social justice in art education. This session will equip educators with strategies to integrate Mending Walls into classrooms, providing real-world applications of art's impact on humanity and promoting interconnectedness and empathy in students.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

12:00pm EDT

Artful Minds: Unleashing Creativity Through Design Thinking
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Dive into the incredible power of art and innovation through design thinking! Discover how to weave design principles into K-12 visual arts spaces, enhancing design-focused and traditional media lessons. Unleash creativity and problem-solving skills to transform your teaching and inspire students to find new solutions to real-world problems.
Presenters
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Nate Breitholtz

Art/C&I, North Lakeland
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

12:00pm EDT

Animate Your Voice in Adobe Express
Experiment with animating your voice using the 'animate from audio' feature in Adobe Express to create interesting videos. Participants will also be shown how to email their final video to themselves.
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Elizabeth Stuart

Prince George's County

12:00pm EDT

Be Funky
Learn several ways BeFunky software uses artificial intelligence to alter students' reference photos. We will also explore how filters and features can help educators accomodate struggling learners as students can customize reference photos to their own unique needs. Learn how to improve student readiness by utilizing the many features of this software in many stages of artmaking.
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Cassie Garrity

CAN Teacher Leader, Central DeWitt High School
BeFunky pptx

12:00pm EDT

Broward Schools Integrates Art and Mixed Reality with ReframeXR
Broward County Public Schools invites attendees to experience mixed reality arts integration with passthrough in ReframeXR. This new experiential learning platform is used on VR headsets to incorporate virtual content with teaching and learning strategies such as grouping, stations, collaboration, and critique. We’ll see you in the virtual classroom!
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Lauren D'Apuzzo

Professional Development Specialist, Broward County Public Schools
Lauren D’Apuzzo is a professional development specialist with over 10 years of experience in education. Certified in both Art and Computer Science, she is a specialist in the integration of technology and visual art. Lauren works at Broward County Public Schools where she facilitates... Read More →

12:00pm EDT

Digital Landscapes: Reggio-Inspired Compositional Play With Webcams, Projection, and Loose Parts
Digital Landscapes invites us to explore an environment with analogical and digital tools and materials to build worlds, stories, and performances. This provocation, inspired by the Reggio Emilia Ateliers, aims to expand optics and art by merging 2D and 3D methods of artmaking while amplifying the many languages of children.
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12:00pm EDT

Gigabyte Galleries
Dive into the vibrant world of digital galleries! This session will demonstrate how to use Google Arts and Culture to introduce your students to a world of inspiration. We will also explore how using platforms, like Canva, can amplify artistic expression and broaden audience reach.
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Christan Allen

Assistant Director of Education, Dixon Gallery and Gardens
I’m a museum educator from Memphis, TN. I love creating community partnerships and events!

12:00pm EDT

Illuminate Your Art: Exploring LEDs, Coding, and Interactivity
Explore easy ways to add interactivity to art projects with microcontrollers! Visit our playground to try out the Chibi Chip from Chibitronics for paper circuitry and Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express for e-textiles using Microsoft’s (FREE) MakeCode and Circuit Sketcher online design tools. Student work and teacher resources will be shared.
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Barbara Liedahl

Director, BJLFELTCLAYMAKER LLC
Barbara Liedahl of BJLFELTCLAYMAKER LLC specializes in Educational Consulting, Professional Development, and Makerspace Support. She is a Professional Development Provider for Infosys Foundation USA’s Online Pathfinders Summer Institute, where she facilitates her “Space Suits... Read More →

12:00pm EDT

It's TinkerCAD TIme!
Explore virtual 3D object-making approaches through the free web-based software, Tinkercad. Tinkercad features that can be easily utilized by for K–16 students will be demonstrated and participants are also encouraged to experiment with Tinkercad during the presentation.
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12:00pm EDT

How We See Neurodivergence in Media Matters: Exploring Visual Culture Representations of Autism
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Holding space as an educator and an autistic, the presenter addresses how stereotypical visual culture representations may negatively skew educators' conceptualizations of autistic students and/or colleagues. Possible accommodations that can be implemented into the classroom to support and encourage neurodivergent individuals are offered.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

12:00pm EDT

Engaging With Nature Through Art: Eco-Pedagogy and Intervention From Non-Anthropocentric Perspectives
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Explore the eco-diversity and eco-equality in visual arts education through various frameworks and methodologies in contemporary art practice. Examine how art educators can effectively incorporate critical thinking in plants and animals in theory and practice to promote learning experience and engagement with nature.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

12:00pm EDT

More Than Just Clay: Successful Sculpture Lessons in the Elementary Setting
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
This session will share best practice ideas and lessons for helping younger students explore the world of sculpture and challenge them to think three-dimensionally while using a variety of materials.
Presenters
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Laura Dant

Art Teacher Pre school - 8th Grade, Saint Agnes and St. Francis of Assisi Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

12:00pm EDT

Classroom to Community: Strategies for Enhanced Arts Education Engagement
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
How can we bridge the gap between classrooms and communities for enhanced arts education? Learn to initiate community-based initiatives for enriched arts experiences in and out of the classroom from an experienced teacher, museum educator, and nonprofit founder.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

12:00pm EDT

An Intergenerational Community of Practice to Support Preservice and Emerging Teachers
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Since 2023, a community of practice meets at a Midwestern university, including preservice art teachers, recent graduates, and teachers. Our sessions tackle teaching challenges, guided by guest expert teachers. By addressing gaps in early career training, and fostering collaborative mentorship, we contribute to retention strategies and promote sustained professional growth.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

12:00pm EDT

Exploring How Universities Can Prepare K-12 Teachers to Cultivate Local Civic Engagement
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Join us to explore how higher education can empower K-12 teachers to foster local civic engagement through collaborative art education models. Highlighting best practices and innovative approaches, we examine how universities might equip educators to inspire civic participation and integrate it into K-12 curricula, promoting engaged, informed, and active citizens.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

12:00pm EDT

Exploring Novice Art Teachers' Diverse Approaches to Culturally Responsive Teaching in Urban High Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Learn more about a 2023-2024 study on novice urban high school art teachers' understanding and implementation of culturally responsive teaching. Highlighting diverse definitions and goals among teachers from the same education program, you will see the emphasized distinctions between abstract ideas and artistic techniques. Findings will be informative to administrators and teacher educators.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Conference Theatre (M112)

12:00pm EDT

Revisioning Imaginaries of Life in Revisionist Histories of Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
In recent years, revisionist histories of art education have revitalized historical research and promoted living histories of the profession. This presentation contributes to these recent discussions in art education historical scholarship by exploring the connection between life and revisionism beyond colonial imaginaries of human life.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

12:00pm EDT

Is Anybody Out There?
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
This project proposed a gentle partnership approach to observe what adults who live in our community are doing or have done to survive the last few years of the pandemic. We engaged participants by leaving welcoming envelopes in public spaces, inviting them to share visual reflective responses.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

12:00pm EDT

Galleries of the Future NOW
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Discover how to create virtual displays for student artwork using Adobe Aero to build augmented reality art galleries. Showcase student work through devices and QR codes, designing and championing the arts across media, and emphasizing art's significance in shaping the future.
Presenters
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Kody Hall

Media Arts Teacher
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Lekia Thorpe

Media Art Educator, YES MAAM - NAMAE
As a member of Yes MaM Media Art Mosaic, I specialize in augmented reality (AR), using it to bridge the gap between traditional and digital storytelling. My focus is on creating interactive, immersive experiences that engage audiences in new and meaningful ways.I have had the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

12:00pm EDT

Middle Level Division Medley 1: Advocacy Through Research and Leadership
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Hear from diverse middle-level art leaders on how to advocate for your art program. The panelists will focus on the role of research and leadership in advocacy, while also inviting Q and A discussions. A QR code will be available for takeaway information, along with door prizes and ML swag.
Presenters
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Janis Nunnally

NAEA Middle Level Director/Art Educator, NAEA/Upperman Middle
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

12:00pm EDT

Enriching K-12 Education Through Museum Partnerships: Insights and Experiences From Three Leading Institutions
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Four museum educators share strategies for K-12 school tours. They will discuss fostering learning through interactive exhibits and hands-on activities and adapting to diverse student needs. Attendees will learn best practices, common pitfalls, and effective methods for creating meaningful museum experiences.
Presenters
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Margarita Sandino

Director of Education, Dixon Gallery and Gardens
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Christine Ruby

Youth Programs Coordinator, Dixon Gallery and Gardens
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Lucienne Auz

Director of Education and Outreach, Metal Museum
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

12:00pm EDT

Practicing for Retirement: Cultivating Your Best Creative Future, Now. Why Wait?
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
With retirement on the horizon, this presenter decided to start practicing. She shares a strategy centered on movement, artmaking, community, and connection to the Earth as ingredients to igniting new energy for this transitional stage of life. Hear her story and begin mapping a personal vision to begin your retirement journey.
Presenters
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Cam McComb

Associate Professor of Visual Art Education, Eastern Michigan University
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

12:00pm EDT

CANCELLED Increase Student Engagement With An Arts-Integrated Program for K-12 Arts Specialists and Teachers CANCELLED
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
SESSION CANCELLED - SESSION CANCELLED - SESSION CANCELLED

Join us to learn about our arts-integrated professional development, designed for all state K-12 teachers based on a multiorganizational partnership. Programming strategies, stories of K-12 teachers and students, and impact on schools' collaborative culture will be shared and discussed through interactive dialogues. Teachers, administrators, and university faculty are all welcome.

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Renee Ulman

Fine Arts Coordinator, AASD
Renee Ulman - Fine Arts Coordinator Appleton Area School District
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Donna Nelson

ArtsCore
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M103

12:00pm EDT

2025 Interest Group Honors
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon EFG

12:00pm EDT

Conversations With Colleagues: Connecting With Higher Education Art Educators
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Join your colleagues in higher education for interactive conversation related to initiatives and concerns related to NAEA’s Higher Education Division. Connect with other members and brainstorm issues for discussion. Come meet the Division's awardees and enjoy door prizes and networking.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon D

12:00pm EDT

Business Meeting: History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Attend the business meeting of the HHAE Interest Group; all members and nonmembers welcome. Meet the board, network, learn of new initiatives, and create new ones. All art educators have a history to share, so please come build community with us!
Presenters
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Margaret Walker

Associate Clinical Professor, University of Maryland
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon A

12:00pm EDT

Diverse Learners and SEL: Adaptive Tools, Strategies, and the Healing Power of Artmaking [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
By meeting at the convergence of diverse learners in art education and social-emotional learning in the visual arts, participants will experience hands-on applications of contemporary tools and strategies. Presenters will share research and content excerpts from graduate-level coursework, facilitating a balance of rigor and relaxation as we explore best practices together.
Presenters
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Andrea McDonough

Chair of Faculty Development | Instructor, AOEU | Lycoming College
K-12 Curriculum | Creative Mindfulness | Graduate Studies | SEL | CAN | PAEA | Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE)
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Kelley DeCleene

Adjunct Instructor, Content Creator, SME, Curriculum Writer, Art of Education University
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L005

12:00pm EDT

Challenging Notions of Accomplishment Through the Complication of the TASK [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Imagined and designed with the mischief and mayhem inherent in many of Oliver Herring's TASK Parties, this workshop creates a space that will challenge participants to explore a hands-on, collaborative, and improvisational art-related activity. Meaningful dialogue will be included to unpack strategies for curriculum design related to the studio activities.
Presenters
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Samuel Peck

Artist - Researcher- Teacher, Independent Scholar
Samuel H. Peck is an artist, researcher, and art educator originally from Providence, Rhode Island, with over 16 years of art teaching experience at the K-12 and university levels. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Rhode Island and his Master ny of Studio... Read More →
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David Modler

Professor of Art, Journal Fodder Junkies and tet[R]ad
David R. Modler is a maker/scholar/educator born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education in Art Education from Towson State University, and taught art on the k-12 level for fifteen years. David has since earned a Master of Fine... Read More →
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Michael Dodson

Teacher, Woodburn School District
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

12:00pm EDT

Going Beyond the Sock: Creating Finger, Rod, Hand, and Life-Sized Puppets in a Choice-Based Format [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Create finger, rod, hand, and life-size puppets based on animals, people, and stories from around the world! Puppets have their own identity with styles of design and sculpture. By using simple materials, participants will create and build in an interactive choice-based format to design one or more puppets.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

12:00pm EDT

The Art and Engineering of Self-Portrait Kites [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Let's go fly a kite! Design your own self-portrait kite while inspiring creativity and fostering interdisciplinary learning. Learn how to integrate science, engineering, and social studies into your art curriculum through kites, and leave with practical strategies and a unique project to engage and educate your students.
Presenters
avatar for Jessica Garrick

Jessica Garrick

Art Specialist, Division Head & WAEA past President, UCDS
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

12:00pm EDT

The Art of Play: Integrating Creativity and Fun Into Learning [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Experience "The Art of Play" workshop, igniting creativity and joy in teaching. Explore how play and art intersect, enhancing learning. Gain insights into play's neurological benefits for all ages. Discover playful artmaking techniques to spark student curiosity. Learn to leverage playfulness for active learning and well-being in the classroom.
Presenters
avatar for Jed Dearybury

Jed Dearybury

Educator, Author, Illustrator, mrdearybury.com LLC
Jed Dearybury began his education career in 2001. He was featured in GQ Magazine as Male Leader of the Year, met President Obama as the South Carolina honoree of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and was named top 5 finalist for SC Teacher of the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L026

12:00pm EDT

Anything but Paper: Creating With Found and Donated Items [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Creating art from discarded items can inspire students while preserving the environment. Explore creative uses for waste items, discover ways to promote environmental awareness through reuse and repurpose practices, and create sustainable and engaging experiences. Vinyl records, textbooks, and plastic will be used to create final products.
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Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L010

12:00pm EDT

Building Together: Collaborative Art Installations [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Discover the importance of creating collaborative art installations in middle schools. Learn how these projects foster creativity, teamwork, and help advocate for the art program. Gain practical insights on where to find inspiration and ideas, as well as planning, executing, and evaluating impactful installations that enhance student engagement and inclusivity.
Presenters
avatar for Malvina Johnson

Malvina Johnson

Visual Arts Teacher, Katy ISD
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L017/L018

12:00pm EDT

Creating Comics in Art Education [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Discover dynamic approaches for integrating comics into your curriculum through traditional and digital comic creation with hands-on skills in storyboarding, paneling, penciling, and inking. You will also see diverse comic examples from global perspectives that promote cultural appreciation and ethical creation practices to help empower students as critical consumers and creators of comics.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L007/L008

12:00pm EDT

STEAM and Ceramics! Ecosystem-Inspired Wind Chimes: A Science-inspired Ceramic Project [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
STEAM it up with ceramics! Have students use their local ecosystems to create something that stimulates the eyes, the ears, and the sense of touch. Engage learners by using ceramics, stamping, 3D printed textures, and underglazes to create a meaningful wind chime sculpture.
Presenters
avatar for Alpha Nash

Alpha Nash

Ccsd Las Vegas
I cannot figure out where to put a link to the folder with references for the class I taught. I taught steam and ceramic wind chimes. I am gonna go ahead and put it here although I did email everybody who was in the class so they could access it. https://drive.google.com/drive/fo... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M109/M110

12:00pm EDT

Bookbinding Basics: Creating Sketchbooks and Visual Journaling [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Bookbinding! What's that?! Join us in this interactive workshop that will give you the basics on incorporating the Japanese stab-binding technique Yotsume Toji into your classroom or practice. Learn how to make or have your students make a sketchbook. This session offers additional video and paper resources for the classroom!
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Reilly Powers

Miami University, NAEA Preservice Western Regional Representative
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L020

12:00pm EDT

Decorating the Ceramic Surface: How to Apply Drawing and Printmaking Processes to Clay [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Are you a sketcher or printmaker uncertain how to incorporate clay into your classroom? Have you wondered how ceramic artists decorate forms with printed imagery? Do you want to learn creative strategies for decorating clay surfaces in the classroom? Learn practical ways to draw and print on clay!
Presenters
avatar for Sarah Horn

Sarah Horn

High School Art Teacher, Walton-Verona High School
I am an artist and an educator in Northern Kentucky! I've been teaching for 20 years and am currently at a small, independent school district just south of Cincinnati. I also am a professional artist! I converted my detached garage into a studio space where I run Sarah Horn Ceramics... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

12:00pm EDT

Eco-Printing [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Eco-printing is a technique where plants, leaves, and flowers leave their shapes, color, and marks on fabric or paper. Use plants and other botanical matter to create unique prints with this lesser-known form of printmaking and learn about possible applications to other content and art forms.
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avatar for Cayce Davenport

Cayce Davenport

Teacher, ACHS - VPA
High school art educator in rural Ky. I teach by day and make by night.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M105/M106

12:00pm EDT

Paper Quilt Collaged Portraits [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Become inspired to work in partnership with your local historical society to use photos to create paper-quilt-collaged portraits. You will also see how the works of contemporary fiber artist Bisa Butler can be used as inspiration for these paper portraits.
Presenters
avatar for Katie Smith-Johnson

Katie Smith-Johnson

Art teacher, Lakeside High School
Before I was an art teacher, I was a fashion designer. I believe that my background influences the way that I teach art and is one of the reasons I was drawn to Bisa Butler and her masterful use of fiber arts in her portrait quilts. I have a laidback teaching style and this lesson... Read More →
avatar for Kristie York

Kristie York

Teacher, Lakeside school district
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L014

12:00pm EDT

Eastern Region Awards & Leader 2 Leader Part 1 (L2L 2)
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
You are invited to celebrate excellence in the Eastern Region! We will be honoring state and provincial art educators of the year, as well as recognizing Interest Group, regional, and national winners from the Eastern Region. This will be followed by our regional business meeting and Leader 2 Leader (L2L) meeting. This important time together for leaders will allow us to share crucial regional information, discuss progress on state and provincial action plans, and preview our upcoming work.
Presenters
avatar for Kristi Oliver

Kristi Oliver

Professional Development Manager, Davis Publications
Kristi Oliver is currently the Professional Development Manager for Davis Publications, a company committed to helping art educators since 1901. She earned a PhD in Educational Studies from Lesley University where her research explored the perspectives of high school photography teachers... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VIII

12:00pm EDT

Pacific Region Awards & Leader 2 Leader Part 1 (L2L 2)
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
You are invited to celebrate excellence in the Pacific Region! We will be honoring state and provincial art educators of the year, as well as recognizing Interest Group, regional, and national winners from the Pacific Region. This will be followed by our regional business meeting and Leader 2 Leader (L2L) meeting. We'll be sharing important information, discussing progress on state and provincial action plans, and then preview our coming work: developing strategic plans for Pacific Region associations.
Presenters
avatar for Abi Paytoe Gbayee

Abi Paytoe Gbayee

University of Northern Colorado Assistant Professor, NAEA Pacific Region VP
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon IX

12:00pm EDT

Southeastern Region Awards & Leader 2 Leader Part 1 (L2L 2)
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
You are invited to celebrate excellence in the Southeastern Region! We will be honoring state and provincial art educators of the year, as well as recognizing Interest Group, regional, and national winners from the Southeast! This will be followed by our regional business meeting and Leader 2 Leader meeting. We'll be sharing important information, discussing progress on state and provincial action plans, and then preview our coming work: developing strategic plans for the Southeastern Region Art Stars!
Presenters
avatar for Josh Drews!

Josh Drews!

NAEA Southeastern Vice-President, Spring Valley High School
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

12:00pm EDT

Studies in Art Education Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Annual business meeting for the editors and editorial board members of Studies in Art Education.
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom A

12:00pm EDT

Western Region Awards & Leader 2 Leader Part 1 (L2L 2)
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
You are invited to celebrate excellence in the Western Region! We will be honoring state and provincial art educators of the year, as well as recognizing Interest Group, regional, and national winners from the Western Region. This will be followed by our regional business meeting and Leader 2 Leader (L2L) meeting. This important time together for leaders will allow us to share crucial WR information, discuss progress on state and provincial action plans, and preview our coming work.
Presenters
avatar for Matt Young

Matt Young

NAEA Western Region Elect, Ohio Art Education Association
Visual Art Teacher, Pickerington Central High School, Grades 9-12 Matt Young is committed to student success inside of the classroom and out in the real world. With a 30 year career teaching Ceramics, Sculpture, Jewelry, Computer Graphics, and AP art. I also serve as the department... Read More →
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Carrie Barnett

WR Vice President
Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VII

1:00pm EDT

Public Policy Arts Administration
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm EDT
Join us for the annual meeting of the Public Policy and Arts Administration Interest Group.
Presenters
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Nina Unitas

Senior Program Officer, Arts Education, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon C

1:00pm EDT

Unlocking Digital Art With Chromebooks
Students have Chromebooks? Wondering how you can leverage web-based applications? Join this session to learn about free web-based tools that students can use to express their creativity.  
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1:00pm EDT

NAEA Strategic Vision Listening Session
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
The landscape of art education is constantly evolving, presenting both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Join Lord Cultural Resources at the NAEA National Convention for a dynamic and interactive 45-minute working session focused on shaping the future of NAEA itself. This isn't just a listening session––we'll collaboratively explore the NAEA Strategic Pillars, examining how NAEA can best support members. This is your chance to directly influence the direction of NAEA! 
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

1:00pm EDT

Artsonia: Online Portfolios, Fund-Raising, and More: Hear Firsthand Experiences With the Platform
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Artsonia was created specifically for art educators. It enables teachers to digitally showcase and archive student art, manage the art room, organize and plan art lessons, connect with families, and raise funds for your program. Explore all Artsonia has to offer and hear firsthand experiences from a panel of elementary, middle, and high school Artsonia art teachers.
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

1:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Kaviya Ravi
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kaviya Ravi is an artist, maker, designer and small business owner raised in Southern India. Everything she creates is “unapologetically colorful” and working with her hands brings her the greatest joy. Her motto is to “live a silly, simple life” and this philosophy is reflected in her art, designs, and interiors. Ravi shares glimpses of her colorful life on Instagram at kvyainc, and she also sells her colorful wares in her online store, KHROMOPHILIA. Most days you can find Ravi exploring the world with her partner and her pup or creating colorfully whimsical things in her home studio in Louisville, Kentucky. She was also a contestant on NBC’s Making It and her colorful home has been featured in design blogs and magazines. 
  
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avatar for Kaviya Ravi

Kaviya Ravi

Kaviya Ravi is an artist, maker, designer and small business owner raised in Southern India. Everything she creates is “unapologetically colorful” and working with her hands brings her the greatest joy. Her motto is to “live a silly, simple life” and this philosophy is reflected... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

A Conceptual Framework for Sociohistorical Research on Disability and Race in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
This session introduces a conceptual framework for conducting research at the intersection of disability and race in art education. The session will summarize research on issues affecting racialized and disabled students in art education and suggest philosophical commitments and methodological approaches for research that advances social justice for multiply marginalized students.
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avatar for Jenna Gabriel

Jenna Gabriel

Doctoral Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth University
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

1:00pm EDT

Mindfulness of Process: Teaching Art as a Contemplative Practice
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Contemplative pedagogy enhances learning, offering an alternative way of knowing that cultivates awareness and enhances creativity. Learn approaches and experience practices for integrating contemplation in an art classroom to enhance focus, attention, awareness, emotional regulation, and creative expansion.
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avatar for Jane Dalton

Jane Dalton

Professor of Art Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Jane Dalton is a Professor of Art Education at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. in Expressive Arts in Education, and an M.F.A in Textile Design and Weaving. Jane is also a Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator (REACE). Creativity is at the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

1:00pm EDT

The Evolution and Revolution of Professional Development for the Art Educator as Artist
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Professional development for art teachers should go beyond learning techniques and sharing lesson plans. Come hear how a group of TAB teachers reimagined the model to provide an experience that nurtures the art teacher as artist. Based in nature, TABstock is centered on community building, choice, self-care, play, and rest.
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Clark Fralick, Clyde Gaw

Teacher, Southern Hancock Schools
Clark Fralick and Clyde Gaw have over 60 years experience teaching in K-12 art programs in Central Indiana. They are executive board members of the Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) Network. They also do a professional development seminar at the Massachusetts College of Art and... Read More →
avatar for Clark Fralick

Clark Fralick

Art Teacher, Southern Hancock School Corporation
avatar for Julie Toole

Julie Toole

K-8 art,GSA advisor, SEED facilitator, Baker Demonstration School
avatar for Lisa M. Van Plew

Lisa M. Van Plew

Starlight Art Studio, Highpoint Virtual Academy of Michigan
Lisa Van Plew, M.A. Art Ed, is a 30 year veteran educator with a career spanning both public and private in-person and virtual teaching practice in Illinois, California, and Michigan. She has served with leadership for Teaching for Artistic Behavior since 2005, co-coordinates the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M103

1:00pm EDT

Elementary Visual Arts: Community Coffee Shop Exhibits
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
School and community relationships can be strengthened through exhibiting student artwork in a school's surrounding neighborhood. This session highlights a New York City elementary school that exhibits student artwork in a local coffee shop and offers insight into curating meaningful student exhibitions outside of the school building.
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avatar for Sarah Sanders

Sarah Sanders

Elementary Visual Art Teacher, NYC Department of Education, Clemson University
I am an elementary visual art educator in New York City public schools and a PhD student in Clemson University's hyflex Teaching & Learning program. My research is in professional development and social emotional learning in arts education. 
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

1:00pm EDT

Early Childhood Art Education (ECAE) Interest Group Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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avatar for Gigi  Schroeder Yu

Gigi Schroeder Yu

Assistant Professor, Art Education, Art Department, University of New Mexico
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon B

1:00pm EDT

Visual Arts Standards: Possibilities for Ecological Integration
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
How might visual arts standards support ecological art education? Learn about recent findings from a content analysis of U.S. national and state visual arts standards with implications for K-12 art education, including specific national standards that might be used to propel and justify ecological art pedagogies.
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Joy Bertling

Associate Professor of Art Education, University of Tennessee
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

1:00pm EDT

Podcasting in the Elementary Art Room
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
We all love podcasts, but what if your elementary students are the ones creating them? Join me as I take you through the world of the art podcast I created with my students titled Elementary Art Talk Podcast!
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avatar for Meera Ramanathan

Meera Ramanathan

Project Resource Teacher - Visual Art, San Diego Unified School District
My name is Meera Ramanathan and I am the Project Resource teacher for visual art at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy in San Diego and teach students UTK to 5th grade. I have a Master's degree in History of Fine Arts, drawing and painting from India and a Single Subject Teaching Credential... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

1:00pm EDT

Bringing the World to a Rural High School: The Globally Strong Murals and Culture Fair
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Explore how an artist-in-residency program and state grant was used to create murals making global connections to the local community. This project culminated in a culture fair showcasing student voices as well as visual and performing arts from around the world!
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avatar for Elizabeth Barker

Elizabeth Barker

Teacher SECONDARY, Lebanon R-III
Elizabeth Bauer-Barker serves as Visual Art Department Chair and is in her 30th year at Lebanon High School in southwest Missouri. From 2019-2023, Elizabeth served on NAEA’s EDI Commission. She was the 2022 National Secondary Art Educator Award recipient and currently serves as... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

1:00pm EDT

Collaborating With First Nations Artists to Honor Indigenous Voices in the Art Classroom
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Art teacher educators collaborated with contemporary First Nations Artists to actively privilege Indigenous voices in the art curriculum. We'll guide participants in hearing and honoring First Nations artists' voices, as well as how to apply these valuable perspectives into teaching methods that are impactful on students' artmaking and lives.
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Lori Santos

Wichita State University
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

1:00pm EDT

The Secret to Autonomous Learning Is Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion!
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Transform your students into autonomous learners by developing their voices in an environment of independent choice. Gather strategies for assessment based on critical thinking, experimentation, and play while increasing skill and technical ability, opening your classroom to equitable, diverse, and inclusive instruction that personalizes each experience to the individual student.
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avatar for Maria Knuckley Robinson

Maria Knuckley Robinson

Director of Studio Art and Pre Art Therapy, Salem Academy and College
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

1:00pm EDT

Access in Community-Based Preservice Practicums: After-School Art Classes as Alternative to Saturday Art School
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
This presentation discusses after-school art programs as a preservice art educator practicum from two different universities. These programs create high-quality experiences of curriculum development and classroom management for preservice art educators and highly accessible community art education for children.
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

1:00pm EDT

Top 10 Lessons Learned About Teaching an Art Elementary Methods Course
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Explore 10 lessons and best practices gained from years of developing, collaborating, reflecting, refining, and teaching art education methods courses in high education. Attendees will be introduced to an engaging elementary methods course framework and contemporary curriculum ideas for preparing preservice art educators.
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avatar for Nicole Romanski

Nicole Romanski

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

1:00pm EDT

De-Centralizing Authority to Create Lasting, Positive Change in Your Artistic Community
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, let's decentralize the old paradigm and find new solutions by bringing more people to the table! This session proposes the use of committees to disrupt authority and decision-making power within organizations to lend a greater voice to educators, learners, stakeholders, participants, and community members.
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Jenna Harris

Education Director, YoloArts
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

1:00pm EDT

Queer Makerspaces: Creating Art-Centered, Technology-Driven Safe Spaces for Queer Youth and allies
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
We describe the creation, development, and impact of a unique art-based queer makerspace for self-identifying LGBTIQ youth and their allies offered in a highly conservative area. We address outreach, privacy, safety, curriculum, using Story Circles to build community, blending traditional art media with technology, coaching strategies, and best practices.
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Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

1:00pm EDT

NAEA Middle Level Medley II: Artmaking Roundtable
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
At this fast-paced session, a team of amazing middle-level art teachers share tried-and-true hands-on lessons for the middle school art room. Leave this session with a half dozen or more lessons to implement next week! Come enjoy a wild, artmaking, fun session!!
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avatar for Janis Nunnally

Janis Nunnally

NAEA Middle Level Director/Art Educator, NAEA/Upperman Middle
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

1:00pm EDT

Scratch, Dab, Layer: Printmaking for All Ages, Budgets, and Spaces
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
A fast-paced printmaking workshop open to all! Join art educators from large and small institutions who share their "greatest printmaking hits." See how these hands-on activities have been adapted for space, age, and abilities as you learn more about the exciting combinations of low-resource, high-impact interactive printing methods and media that are easily transferable.
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Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

1:00pm EDT

The Collective Reimagining of Art Education and Our Constant Struggle Toward Freedom
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Explore art education's transformative power to foster freedom, conversation, and empathy. By using Angela Davis's teachings, we will discuss decolonizing art curricula through culturally responsive, collaborative methods to offer strategies for enhancing student understanding, foster interconnectedness, and promote artmaking for social impact through justice-oriented art education practices.
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Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

1:00pm EDT

Unlocking Success: Insights From AP Art and Design Readers
In this session, Jennifer Griner and Tiffany Weser will provide valuable insights into the AP Art and Design portfolio-scoring process and share strategies for guiding students toward success. As experienced AP Readers, they have gained unique perspectives on what makes a portfolio stand out and common pitfalls to avoid.
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avatar for Tiffany Weser

Tiffany Weser

Art Teacher, Columbia Virtual Academy
I am the art teacher at Columbia Virtual Academy.  Throughout my teaching career, I have been named Teacher of the Year for my school, and Top 5 Teacher of the Year for the county for 2010. I have been awarded the WJBF News 6 Golden Apple Award in 2010 and 2018.  For the Georgia... Read More →
avatar for Jennifer Griner

Jennifer Griner

Teacher, Hall County Schools
I love art advocacy! I love rescue animals! Teaching art is my passion!!GAEA District 2 Co-President (since 2019), GAEA Scholarship Chair (2023-2024), GAEA Business Rep (2017-2022), GAEA Conference Committee (2019, 2022, 2025)I will be presenting at the 2024 GAEA Conference:

1:00pm EDT

Confronting Bias Through Art Collaborations With Preschoolers
This participatory action research project seeks to understand how a community-based art collaboration might foster anti-bias attitudes for preschool students at a progressive preschool in the Midwest.
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1:00pm EDT

Cripping the Curriculum Through The Arts
This presentation explores an arts-based framework for educators to challenge ableist norms and reimagine inclusive classrooms using visual arts to foster equity, accessibility, and value for diverse student experiences.
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Mikaela Bachmann, PhD

Director of Undergraduate Programs - Art Education, University of North Texas

1:00pm EDT

From Petals to Pollinators: How Integrating Arts in Garden-Based Learning Strengthens Students’ Connection to Nature
This overview illustrates the practical application of STEAM garden-based learning in the K–12 school setting and how engagement in the arts ultimately improves students’ attitudes towards nature.
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1:00pm EDT

Mentoring and Retaining Beginning Art Teachers Through Art Education ColLab
Learn how the Art Education ColLab supports and retains beginning visual art teachers through mentorship, leadership, and professional learning in this community of practice across universities.
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avatar for Kristin Vanderlip Taylor

Kristin Vanderlip Taylor

Associate Professor of Art Education, California State University, Northridge
Ask me about the CSU Art Ed ColLab, a mentoring community of practice for beginning visual art teachers in California
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Laurie Gatlin

Professor, California State University Long Beach
Maker Painter Semi-retired Still curious

1:00pm EDT

Reimagining Schools for the Future
Explore how preservice educators collaboratively constructed 3D renderings of “Dream School” designs from elementary students in Baltimore City to foster dialogue about the sustainable and equitable future of schools.

1:00pm EDT

The Artistic Container: An Explorative Arts Integration Model
Explore a multimodal engagement with poetry through arts integration for an immersive, dialogic experience of the arts (visual, performative, and textual) within the framework of time, space, and form.
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avatar for Ruchi Pathak

Ruchi Pathak

Doctoral Student, The Ohio State University

1:00pm EDT

Urbana-Champaign by Night: Lifestyles as Art (Documentation, Dance, and Mapping)
This project documents and translates everyday student activities in Urbana-Champaign into art using photography and dance as methods of data collection, analysis, and performance to engage the community creatively.
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1:00pm EDT

Intersecting Realities: Media Arts as a Lens for Visual Arts Reflection
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Explore how media arts can reflect on and reinterpret visual arts. This session delves into innovative techniques, offering practical skills, creative inspiration, and critical perspectives. Engage with fellow artists and educators to enhance your practice and understanding of the evolving relationship between media arts and traditional visual art forms.
Presenters
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Selena Ward

Media Arts Supervisor, Prince George's County Public Schools
Things I am passionate about: 1. Helping students be creative and amplify their voices. .2. Working/Discussing/Sharing with other passionate educators 3. Media Arts, Arts Integration, Data for improvement
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

1:00pm EDT

Learning With Robots: Implications for Secondary Art Classrooms
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
How can we incorporate robotics into secondary art curricula? This presentation introduces the work of two contemporary artists, Patrick Tresset and Madeline Gannon, who use and cocreate with robots in their artistic and research practices. We'll share implications of their work for secondary art education practices.
Presenters
BS

Borim Song

East Carolina university, College of Fine Arts and Communication, School of Art and Design
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

1:00pm EDT

Then and Now: Sensory Methodologies in Art Education: Methods and Practices for K-12
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
In this SRAE session, scholars share how their lived experiences inform their research, artistic, and teaching practices. The focus is on integrating sensory experiences into research and K-12 art education to enhance student engagement, creativity, and understanding, fostering a richer, more inclusive educational environment.
Presenters
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Ilayda Altuntas Nott

Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

1:00pm EDT

Leading From the Margins: BIPOC (any person of color) Art Leaders Thriving Over Surviving [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
This session is open for People of Color ONLY, to serve as an empowering affinity and safe space for those in need support in their arts leadership. Resources and tools will be facilitated by the main presenters with community dialogue and healing artmaking throughout.
Presenters
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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 →
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L006

1:30pm EDT

Advance Your Student’s  Creative Skills With Photoshop on the Web
Get introduced to the newest version of Photoshop, Photoshop on the web; learn tips and tricks; and help us build a version of Photoshop that’s easier to use and perfect for general education.

2:00pm EDT

NAEA Strategic Vision Listening Session [INVITATION ONLY]
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
The landscape of art education is constantly evolving, presenting both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Join Lord Cultural Resources at the NAEA National Convention for a dynamic and interactive 45-minute working session focused on shaping the future of NAEA itself. This isn't just a listening session––we'll collaboratively explore the NAEA Strategic Pillars, examining how NAEA can best support members. This is your chance to directly influence the direction of NAEA! Please note this occurrence of the strategic vision listening session is by invitation only. 
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

2:00pm EDT

I Am Trying to Take Your Job: Building the AI Art Teacher
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Can artificial intelligence really replace an art teacher? See the results of an AI project designed with tools to perform the duties of an art educator. Learn more about the successes and limitations for AI in guiding critiques, managing a classroom, assessing student work, and much more.
Presenters
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Brad Olson

Assistant Professor, Art Education, Eastern Illinois University
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

2:00pm EDT

Coping With Stress: Collaborative Autoethnography of Asian Immigrant Female Academics in a Writing Group
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Grounded in collaborative autoethnography, explore how four Asian immigrant female art educators built a support community for coping with stress as minorities by facilitating a virtual writing group. Tips and suggestions for initiating a support community through a writing group will be discussed.
Presenters
BS

Borim Song

East Carolina university, College of Fine Arts and Communication, School of Art and Design
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

2:00pm EDT

Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
The annual business meeting of CSAE will consist of reviewing board reports and discussing initiatives and goals for advancement of the CSAE mission. CSAE advocates for engagement, expression, and understanding of the spiritual in the visual arts and art education. This group seeks to advance pedagogy, research, scholarship, and artistic practices in diverse teaching and learning contexts as related to the spirit and the sacred through visual art. All CSAE and NAEA members are welcome to attend.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon A

2:00pm EDT

Strategies for Cultivating Creativity in the Art Classroom
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Discover simple yet engaging strategies for helping students tap into their creativity and develop highly original art that is thoughtful and meaningful. Confront the challenge of students who create mundane and trite work. You will leave with fresh ideas to implement immediately that get students to go deeper.
Presenters
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Eric Scott

Art Teacher, Loudoun School for Advanced Studies
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

2:00pm EDT

Creating an Activating Street Art Experience to Inspire Students and Cultivate Civic Responsibility in Their Communities
Do you want to create a thoughtful unit on street art and community revitalization? Learn how to create and personalize a unit that is embedded with meaning, creativity, field trips, and civic engagement. Pick and choose which gems to plug and play in your own 3-12 lesson.
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2:00pm EDT

Creative Collaging With Adobe Express
This session will share a variety of photo collage experiments using Adobe Express on Chromebooks or iPads. Methods for creating landscape collages, role model portraits, PSA poster designs, and album covers will be demonstrated and explored.
Presenters
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Don Masse

visual and media arts teacher, San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
I have been an artist and educator in San Diego for the past 25 years. Oh my goodness😮 Longtime elementary art teacher, a couple years in admin, and back in the classroom teaching middle and high school level visual and media arts at an amazing magnet school. Go birds!

2:00pm EDT

Cultivating Anti-Ableist Classroom Spaces Through Art-Infused Gameplay
In this session, art educators will explore how to create alternate realities for the various intersecting identities of students, using Makey Makey devices and digital games. Participants will design alternative game controllers, fostering student-centered learning environments that emphasize anti-ableist practices, creativity, and inclusion in the art classroom.
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2:00pm EDT

Digital Gets Dirty: Hands On Image Transfer Techniques
Learn to make your own image transfer using alcohol hand sanitizer and handmade paper as well as set up digital images using the free software application, Photopea and Adobe Photoshop. Discover resources for developing an engaging unit for your classroom or even your own artistic practice.
Presenters
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Jeanne Bjork

Art Educator 9-12 grades, Pewaukee High School
I am a veteran educator with a wide range of experiences teaching children and adults in varied settings including schools, museums, colleges and professional development conferences. I am especially interested in helping my students envision their future. I love to travel, hike... Read More →

2:00pm EDT

Fusion of Technology and Ceramics: A Collaborative Mural Experience
Learn how Mayfield Middle School celebrated its centennial with a vibrant ceramic mural created by middle and elementary school students. Utilizing technology for stencils, digital portfolios, and video communication, this collaborative project showcased arts and technology through creativity that embodied the school district's pride. Participants can expect to receive a timeline, takeaways, and tutorials.
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2:00pm EDT

Getting Creative With Wixie!
This presentation will give educators a chance to learn about the amazing features of Wixie, a program that can be used to create digital student artwork and portfolios, while also allowing them to record themselves talking about their creations!
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2:00pm EDT

Laser Engraving in the Art Classroom
Interested in laser cutting? Try out the XTool F1 laser, a lower-cost laser cutter that can fit into any art classroom thanks to it's light-weight, small size, and portability. Create your own keychain on metal or wood and learn how to incorporate laser cutting into your classroom!
Presenters
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Sherri Kushner

Adobe Education Leader, Chute Middle School
Sherri has taught visual and media arts at the middle school level for 18 years. She currently teaches Media Arts at Chute Middle School in Evanston, IL. She is most passionate about using issue-based photography to empower student voices, fostering dialogue that raises awareness... Read More →

2:00pm EDT

Stop Motion Animation in the Elementary Classroom
Have you always been curious about stop motion animation and looking for ways to engage your students? Look no further! We will used iPads to create movies using a variety of objects. You will leave the session with a variety of ideas to implement in your elementary classroom!
Presenters
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Meera Ramanathan

Project Resource Teacher - Visual Art, San Diego Unified School District
My name is Meera Ramanathan and I am the Project Resource teacher for visual art at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy in San Diego and teach students UTK to 5th grade. I have a Master's degree in History of Fine Arts, drawing and painting from India and a Single Subject Teaching Credential... Read More →

2:00pm EDT

DSAE Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Business meeting open to the public for the Disability Studies in Arts Education Interest Group.
Presenters
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Alexandra Allen

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Buffalo State University
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon B

2:00pm EDT

Crafting Connections: Balancing Tech with Hands-On Artmaking Processes
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
In an age when kids are increasingly interacting with screens, motivating students with hands-on art experiences can be challenging. Learn about four engaging elementary-level lessons that combine hands-on processes with tech; building and reinforcing crucial fine motor skills; and cultivating creative problem solving, design thinking, and visual and technological literacy.
Presenters
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Shana Ryback

Lower School Art Teacher, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

2:00pm EDT

Do as You Do, Do as You Say: Activating Voice and Choice in Artmaking
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Learn how to activate student voice and choice in artmaking through semiotics and storytelling. Enhance visual literacy, creativity, and higher order thinking while fostering inclusive classroom environments. Gain practical strategies for teaching mastery and integrate professional practices into your lessons.
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Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

2:00pm EDT

Whimsical Creativity: Crafting Art Inspired by Playful Picture Books and Artists
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
This hands-on session highlights five playful picture books to inspire process-based elementary visual arts lessons, connected to contemporary artists. Participants will receive a picture book list celebrating play, one complete whimsical lesson plan, and four substantive and creative lesson ideas using playful picture books and artists as learning hooks.
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Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

2:00pm EDT

Alzheimer's and Elementary Learners: From Inspiration to Understanding Using Illustrations and Creativity
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Using the book Grandma, Don't Forget How Much I Love You as inspiration, participants will garner information and inspiration about the importance of using art as a tool to support young learners' understanding of Alzheimer's. Attendees will hear a panel discussion, engage in active reflection, and share connections.
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

2:00pm EDT

Cultivating Community With a School-Wide Food Systems Mural
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Discover how celebrating local food systems can benefit school-wide wellness through experiential learning farmer visits that led to the design and creation of a cafeteria mural. Inspired by a food service director's passion to facilitate a vibrant farm-to-school program, learn how your art program can promote school-wide wellness while cultivating community.
Presenters
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Melissa Hronkin

Art educator Teacher leader, Houghton Elementary School
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

2:00pm EDT

Putting the ACTION in Action Research: The CAN Approach
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Explore arts-based action research and how it can ignite collaborative learning in Professional Learning Communities in schools, museums, and beyond. Craft a "wondering" based on a challenge you're facing, view successful examples from Connected Arts Networks (CAN) Teacher Leaders, and connect with accountability partners to put learning into action.
Presenters
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Amy Appleton

Connected Arts Networks (CAN) Project Director, NAEA
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

2:00pm EDT

Creative Digital Tools for Any Art Room
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Are you looking to integrate digital artmaking skills? Concerned about learning new programs and ensuring student access? Explore our web-based tools for 3D modeling, 8-bit animation, and graphic design; no installation, login, or cost required. Learn practical ways to incorporate digital art into your curriculum! All art teacher tested and student approved!
Presenters
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Erika Ogier

Art Educator, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

2:00pm EDT

Harnessing the Power of Emotions and Artistic Expression With Inside Out in the Middle School Art Room
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Come find your joy! Explore the transformative potential of integrating emotional intelligence and artistic expression in middle school art education using Pixar's Inside Out as a thematic framework. This session delves into practical strategies and impactful approaches that foster students' emotional awareness and creativity through engaging art activities.
Presenters
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Joanna Angelopoulos

Middle School Visual Arts Educator, Winston Campus Middle School
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

2:00pm EDT

Rest Lab: A Pop-Up Experiment for Intentional Rest in a University Art Museum
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Rest Lab is an ongoing creative collaboration and intervention that challenges capitalistic ideas of productivity, urgency, and hustle culture. Since 2021, six unique versions of Rest Lab have existed in and outside of the art museum that ask: How can we better acknowledge everyone's need for rest?
Presenters
avatar for Kamila Glowacki

Kamila Glowacki

Assistant Curator of Community Engagement and Learning, Krannert Art Museum
Kamila Glowacki is a museum educator, musician, and multidisciplinary artist based in Champaign, Illinois. She is the Assistant Curator of Community Engagement and Learning at Krannert Art Museum, located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2023, Kamila was named the... Read More →
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Ishita Dharap

Education Coordinator, Krannert Art Museum
Ishita Dharap is an artist and art educator. Her cyclical teaching and art-making practice excavates personal and communal discomfort through a rigorous practice of reflection and play. Her work has manifested in drawing, collage, time-based media, performance, sculpture, and installation... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

2:00pm EDT

National Association of State Directors of Arts Education (NASDAE)
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
This will be the annual face-to-face business meeting of the National Association of State Directors of Arts Education (NASDAE). It will cover relevant topics, and there will be an exchange of the roles of officers at the conclusion of the meeting.
Presenters
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Joyce Huser

Education Program Consultant - Fine Arts, KSDE
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Andy Meadows

Arts Education Specialist, ALSDE
Andy Meadows is a native of Montgomery Alabama where he received his undergraduate degree at Huntingdon College and then his Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Alabama.  He taught visual arts and created the Fine Art Photography program at Booker T. Washington Magnet... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Filly/Thoroughbred

2:00pm EDT

Radical Hospitality: Building Connections in the Classroom
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
This presentation critically examines how teachers are responsible for maintaining healthy classroom environments that are socially and culturally sensitive. Together during this session, we will examine how you can find inspiration for classroom environment as well as creating a personal interactive zine for your classroom.
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Reilly Powers

Miami University, NAEA Preservice Western Regional Representative
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

2:00pm EDT

Nurturing Artist-Teacher Identities: Fostering Studio Practice in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Explore various artmaking modules developed by two art teacher educators who nurture studio practice with art education to foster the artist-teacher identity. We will examine the impact of these modules on educators' and students' teaching approaches, and how they challenge the perceptions of art teacher identity over time.
Presenters
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Andrea Allen

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

2:00pm EDT

Bridging Cultures: Chinese Paper-Cutting for Cultural Integration and Exchange
This poster presentation showcases how art-based research-driven practices can be applied to facilitate collaboration, communication, and transformative learning. By merging traditional Chinese paper-cutting with Western themes inspired by Tucson’s landscapes, we foster innovation and creativity and promote cross-cultural understanding.
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2:00pm EDT

Critical Multicultural Art Education Through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Connecting Students in the U.S. and South Korea
This presentation shares 4 years of experience from a research project conducted using the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) method, detailing the process from building partnerships to implementing the curriculum.
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2:00pm EDT

From Family to Community: Art Education For Nüshu (Women’s Script)
The proposed paper utilizes case studies and historical research to examine the family-based and community-based art education of Nüshu (Women's Script), an ancient written language created by and for women.
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2:00pm EDT

Goal Setting to Improve Student Accountability, Achievement and Connection in the High School Art Room
Learn more about the use of goal setting in the art classroom to improve student achievement, teaching practical skills, and establishing a connection to school through student–teacher relationships.
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2:00pm EDT

Power of Public Art: Fostering Creativity and Social Responsibility
Integrating public art sparks societal change amplifies student voices, and fosters an inclusive, equitable creative community. Include civic arts engagement in your curriculum through practical strategies designed to inspire all!
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2:00pm EDT

Teaching Along a Talent Development Pathway Towards Self-Determination and Self-Assuredness
In this qualitative study, secondary teachers working with high-ability learners structured approaches to mediate psychosocial issues solidifying identity and a capacity for independent growth along a Talent Development pathway.
Presenters
avatar for Cappie Dobyns

Cappie Dobyns

Art & TAG Teacher, Ames Community School District
Greetings! I am a dedicated educator with a passion for talent development in visual arts. A proud graduate of Drake University, I have been shaping young minds for 34 years across Texas and Iowa. My recent opportunities to serve include leading the Arts Network of the National Association... Read More →

2:00pm EDT

Building Student Artists Through 1-Day Workshops
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Has the pacing of your class grown stale or too tightly project focused? Mix it up with 1-day workshop sessions to engage students and build artists. In this hands-on session, we will explore five strategies to build student confidence in artmaking from idea exploration to public exhibition.
Presenters
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Laura LaQuaglia

Supervisor, Learning Design & Visual Arts, Cobb County School District
Visual Arts K-12, Visual Arts PL, Arts Integration, STEAM, #cobbartrocks, #cobbartteacherscreate
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

2:00pm EDT

Elaborating the Narrative of a Personal, Meaningful Photograph With Collage, Assemblage, and Sculpture
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Creating a meaningful narrative with materials and techniques facilitates students using collections to express personal authentic stories and ideas. The process will engage learners, and the products will be as unique as each individual artist. Empower your students to learn about themselves and their world through their artmaking.
Presenters
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Linda Popp

Retired secondary art educator Narrative found object assemblage sculptor NAEA Distinguished Fellow MAEA Distinguished Fellow
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

2:00pm EDT

Hack Your Habit: Spark Daily Art Practice With Sketchbook Prompts
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Are you struggling to get your students in the habit of reaching for their sketchbooks? Join us as we dive into creative prompts to spark student passion and artistic exploration in visual journals. Leave with a pocket full of prompts to ignite student creativity and enhance artistic development!
Presenters
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Susan Silva

Fairfax County Public Schools/GMU
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

2:00pm EDT

Teaching Native American Skateboards
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Explore how Native American expressions are represented on skateboards to expand Native American representations beyond traditional arts and crafts. This session uncovers the history, culture, and identity embedded in Native American skateboard graphics while discussing teaching methods and providing examples of Native American visual culture for curriculum development.
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

2:00pm EDT

Creating Arts Integration Opportunities When You Have No Available Units: A Mobile Innovation
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Does your school system have schools without art units? Join us as we walk through a hands-on arts integration innovation using a school bus as a mobile classroom. Find out how you can create a similar program on a small budget and advocate in a big way for arts education.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

2:00pm EDT

Lifelong Learning Interest Group Networking and Business Meeting and Awards
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:20pm EDT
This meeting will serve as a networking event, business meeting, and the presentation of two awards for the Lifelong Learning Interest Group. All NAEA members interested in any aspect of lifelong learning are welcome.
Presenters
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Andrea Elliott

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Converse University
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Pamela Harris Lawton

Florence Gaskins Harper Endowed Chair in Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon C

2:00pm EDT

SRAE Chairperson's Salon: Graduate Student Research Lightning Talks
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
This year's Chairperson's Salon, a standing, permanent session of SRAE, will consist of graduate student lightning talks, which are short presentations that allow many speakers to share a variety of topics and ideas. Join us in supporting and learning about master's and doctoral research projects! This session consists of 3-minute research lightning talks by current graduate students. Graduate students, advisors, scholars, and art educators are encouraged to attend!
Presenters
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Ilayda Altuntas Nott

Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona
Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon D

2:30pm EDT

LGBTQ+ Membership and Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 2:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
This meeting is designed for all LGBTQ+ Interest group members, prospective members, and allies interested in learning and supporting their LGBTQ+ Students and staff.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 2:30pm - 3:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon IX

2:30pm EDT

ED&I Commission Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Every year, the ED&I Commission holds a business meeting at the NAEA Convention. These meetings are intended to share and reflect on the events of the conference and begin planning for the next year of Commission work. Business meetings provide an opportunity for all voices to be heard.
Presenters
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Anna Pilhoefer

Director, Equity and Multilingual Learner Services, Santa Barbara Unified
Friday March 21, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom A

3:00pm EDT

NAEA Strategic Vision Listening Session
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
The landscape of art education is constantly evolving, presenting both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Join Lord Cultural Resources at the NAEA National Convention for a dynamic and interactive 45-minute working session focused on shaping the future of NAEA itself. This isn't just a listening session––we'll collaboratively explore the NAEA Strategic Pillars, examining how NAEA can best support members. This is your chance to directly influence the direction of NAEA! 
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

3:00pm EDT

CSAE Un-Business Meeting: Awaken and Connect the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Join CSAE presenters for hands-on artmaking engagements and exercises designed to awaken and connect the mind, body, and spirit. Learn about how CSAE creates a professional community that is united in illuminating the spiritual in art education and art practice. CSAE defines spiritual as matters related to the spirit or soul including investigating the mysteries of life and beyond, self-realization, consciousness, rituals, well-being, and contemplative practices. All are welcome to attend.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon A

3:00pm EDT

CLOSED: NAHS Council Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
The National Council of the National Art Honor Society studies NAHS/NJAHS issues and makes recommendations to NAEA regarding program policies and procedures.
Presenters
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Paula Liz

Youth and Preservice Program Manager, NAEA
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VII

3:00pm EDT

What New Art Teachers Need to Know: Tackling Your First Years With Confidence
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Are you a preservice or new art teacher? Set the stage on Day 1. Confidently manage the classroom, implement engaging instructional strategies, master a scaffolded curriculum, integrate effective assessment, and excel in evaluations. Even experienced teachers will find valuable insights to enhance their practice.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

3:00pm EDT

The Future of Art Education and Career Discussion Hosted by Wacom and Adobe
Come for a lively discussion about how technology is transforming art education and career preparation in your classroom. Do you have any concerns or challenges? Are there any new curriculum demands you have to meet? We’ll have breakouts and group discussions facilitated by the Wacom and Adobe team members who are seeking opportunities to better support you in your everyday teaching.

3:00pm EDT

Procreate Footwear Sketching Tutorial on an iPad
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
This workshop teaches art educators how to use Procreate on an iPad for precise footwear sketching. Learn essential techniques like brush control, layering, shading, and texture application to create realistic renderings. These skills can be applied across various creative projects, bringing digital sketching into the classroom.
Presenters
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Aric Armon

Chair of Youth Programming, Pensole Lewis College
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Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

3:00pm EDT

USSEA Awards Celebration
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Edwin Ziegfeld Award, Marantz Fellows Award, Service Award, USSEA Award for Excellence in PK-12 Art Education, and USSEA Award for Outstanding Student Project/Thesis. The USSEA Edwin Ziegfeld Awards and others celebrate international and national scholarship and national service. Join this celebration of awards and accomplishment with your colleagues and applaud their outstanding achievements.
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Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

3:00pm EDT

Current Research and Pedagogical Approaches on Asian American and Pacific Islander Arts and Culture
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
In this interactive forum, panelists will share their research studies and conceptual approaches to researching and teaching Asian and Asian American and Pacific Islander arts and culture, followed by open discussions.
Presenters
KH

Kevin Hsieh

Professor, Georgia State Univeristy
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

3:00pm EDT

CSTAE Annual Town Hall Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Join us for an exciting discussion on concepts, issues, and policies impacting art education now and recognizing CSTAE award winners.
Presenters
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Eunkyung Hwang

Assistant Professor of Art Education, State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz
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Luke Meeken

Assistant Professor, Miami University
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

3:00pm EDT

Artful Learning Communities: Leaders Share their Journey from Isolation to Inspiration
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Join a panel discussion with four leaders from the same arts-based Professional Learning Community (PLC) and hear how they gained inspiration through collaboration. Learn how PLCs support rural, high school, dual-language, and Title 1 art teachers, and discover ways to create or expand professional growth opportunities in your setting.
Presenters
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Gayle Nicholls-Ali

Facilitator, Photography & Digital Communication, Arts Media & Entertainment Institute
Passionate about arts education and career pathways, I am a photographer, creative writer and arts educator. I am a Connected Arts Network (CAN) Teacher Leader and CTE AME Ambassador actively supporting arts educators through professional learning communities, curriculum development... Read More →
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Rachael Harrison

Visual Arts Director, El Sol Academy
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Amy Appleton

Connected Arts Networks (CAN) Project Director, NAEA
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Melissa Hronkin

Art educator Teacher leader, Houghton Elementary School
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Ann Ossey

Art Educator, Wauconda High School
Connected Arts Networks Teacher Leader
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

3:00pm EDT

CANCELLED Considering Embodied Care: Refusing Academic Injuries Through Collaborative Autobiographical Art Performance CANCELLED
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
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Learn more about a duo-autobiographical art performance about the presenters’ physical and psychological injuries sustained in higher education, which will serve as an invitation for the audience to create their own art narratives. These collaborative exchanges will promote relational acts of care and solidarity to challenge the neoliberal, ableist academic culture.

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Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

3:00pm EDT

All Children Are Foreigners: Challenging Myths and Misconceptions in Early Childhood Art
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
"Your image of the child is where teaching begins," according to Loris Malaguzzi. What myths or misconceptions about young children impede sensitive, authentic, culturally responsive art teaching? How can we look and listen to our youngest students in ways that honor their ways of knowing and being? Five panelists respond.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

3:00pm EDT

Let’s Talk About "IT": Challenges and Opportunities for Sustaining ED&I Work in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Participants join presenters in dialogue about the critical findings of NAEA's Cultural Competency Program and related ED&I efforts. Our goal is to build a purpose-driven session of relevant content impacting art educational practices today. How do ED&I aims impact your professional practice and persistence in the art education field?
Presenters
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Flavia Bastos

Distinguished Research Professor and Provost Fellow, University of Cincinnati
I am a creative educator who leverages art's potential to promote dialogue and civic engagement.
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Karen McGarry

Associate Professor, College for Creative Studies
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

3:00pm EDT

Coping With Toxic Stress Using Restorative Art Practices
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Discover how creative arts practices can help mitigate toxic stress in the learning environment, and gain resources for implementing restorative art practices. Learn how to make meaningful connections for our students and ourselves and restore meaningful connections through the arts. Gain evidence-based strategies that can be utilized in any setting for restorative art practices.
Presenters
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Beverley Johns

Presenter, ABC
Bev Johns worked in the public schools with students with significant behavioral challenges for more than 30 years. She also served as a professional fellow at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. She is the author or co-author of 23 books in the field of special education... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

3:00pm EDT

Diverse Art Education Histories: LGBTQ+ Stories of Resilience, Resistance, Rebellion, and Revelry
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Learn about LGBTQ+ identifying artist-educators throughout art education history. Discuss strategies for developing a curriculum that supports the LGBTQ+ community, students, and artists. Hear about the founding of the LGBTQ+ Interest Group and Big Gay Church.
Presenters
MR

Mindi Rhoades

The Ohio State University
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Erin J. Hoppe

PhD Student & Barnett Fellow, The Ohio State University
I'm writing my dissertation on the embodied experience of arts administration, its affects, and the spaces between bodies, policies, and practices. I am using an a/r/tographic methodology for co-meaning making - what does your arts admin work smell like? What object embodies your... Read More →
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Courtnie N. Wolfgang

Associate Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
https://www.risd.edu/academics/teaching-learning-art-design/faculty/courtnie-wolfgang Courtnie Wolfgang’s research and practice focus on the intersections of poststructural, feminist and queer theories with critical and radical pedagogies in and through art and design. Since the... Read More →
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Pamela Harris Lawton

Florence Gaskins Harper Endowed Chair in Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

3:00pm EDT

Honoring the History of African American Presence in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
In this session, we honor the contributions of pioneering African American educators, artists, and activists who have shaped the field of art education in K-12 and higher education. Scholars of African American history in art education remind us that all histories count, and they are equally relevant to the field of art education.
Presenters
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Indira Bailey

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Claflin University
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

3:00pm EDT

Making Sense of Data: Tools for Navigating Interviews and Timelines in Toward Meaningful Narratives
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Interviews are a critical part of historical research. Firsthand accounts as primary sources can be incredibly powerful, especially when the data collected has been verified and triangulated through work with timelines. Discover tools for aggregating, coding, sorting, and generally making sense of the overwhelming data interviews can provide.
Presenters
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Abi Paytoe Gbayee

University of Northern Colorado Assistant Professor, NAEA Pacific Region VP
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L006

3:00pm EDT

Subversive Art Practices as Inspiration for Art Education and Its History
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Subversive art practices break down barriers and refine our understanding in ways traditional methods cannot provide. Our presentation will offer attendees a historical survey of diverse artists who engage in subversive art practices. We will share inspiration for curriculum development and writing contemporary art education histories.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

3:00pm EDT

Exploring Ethics of Care as a Lens for Manifesting Relational Learning for Art Education Practitioners
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Explore how ethics of care (EoC) manifest in your practice through an interactive session emphasizing assumptions, relationality, and leadership. Engage in reflective small-group dialogues and collaborative creations. Learn art strategies and cultural pedagogies to cultivate communities of EoC practitioners, fostering knowledge production and reciprocity in a supportive, community-centered environment.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

3:00pm EDT

Playful Learning: Designing and Redesigning Art Gallery Board Games
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Help redesign a classic game and explore how board games can add a new dimension to your classroom or art museum's gallery facilitation. We invite attendees to join a conversation about alternative, ludic museum and art education strategies that bring a fun and critical focus to the museum experience.
Presenters
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Ashley Williams

Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Gadsden Arts Center & Museum; Ph.D. Candidate at Florida State University
Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Gadsden Arts Center & Museum; Ph.D. Candidate at Florida State University
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Audrey Jacobs

Graduate assistant, Florida State University
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Dianna S. Bradley

Special Collections & Archives Metadata Supervisor, Florida State University Libraries
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

3:00pm EDT

Overcoming the Challenges of Distance: Art Teacher Education for Rural and Remote Areas
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Preparing art teachers to teach in rural and remote areas presents various challenges, such as teacher recruitment and retention, teaching across ages and grade levels, and building reciprocal relationships with local communities. The panelists will discuss these issues while moderating interactive dialogue among all attendees for feedback and insights.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

3:00pm EDT

Present Here!
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
This session is an opportunity to present at the national level to your peers. The hard work and dedication of the Preservice members is celebrated by allowing them the chance to share and learn with each other. Accepting: 10- 7 minute presentations. https://forms.gle/tCavCYrx2hxkjQMY8
Presenters
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Reilly Powers

Miami University, NAEA Preservice Western Regional Representative
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

3:00pm EDT

Research Commission: Art, Wellness, and Flourishing
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Explore approaches to wellness through shared experiences of research and learn how to use the arts for the transformation of well-being and health care to enable flourishing.
Presenters
LH

Linda Hoeptner-Poling

Kent
2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter
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Jane Dalton

Professor of Art Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Jane Dalton is a Professor of Art Education at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. in Expressive Arts in Education, and an M.F.A in Textile Design and Weaving. Jane is also a Registered Expressive Arts Consultant Educator (REACE). Creativity is at the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

3:00pm EDT

Research Kitchen
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
The Research Kitchen explores things researchers need to know but that are rarely revealed. Grapple with what really happens between data collection and findings. This interactive, hands-on demonstration with researchers currently working in the field will provide a guided experience with a variety of data appetizers for all levels!
Presenters
YC

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities
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Amanda Galbraith

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

3:00pm EDT

Tell Your Story! Documenting the Impact of Education Legislation on Art Teachers in the South
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Learn about the efforts to document how K-12 art teachers in the South are sustaining their practices amid the impacts of education legislation. We invite you to share your experiences, strategies of resistance, and persistence in interactive small-group discussions, and help us build a coalition for change.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

3:00pm EDT

Chat and Create: A Secondary Meetup
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Join NAEA Secondary leaders and other Secondary art educators to make art together and talk about any current issues. What questions do you have about NAEA leadership, programming, and offerings? Which supports best help you? How can NAEA provide resources you need? Do you want help with curriculum? Do you want to make connections? Come join your Secondary Division peers.
Presenters
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Cathy Heller

Coordinator of Fine Arts, Peach County School District, GA
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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.
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Robin Brewer

NAEA Secondary Division Director-Elect, Garnet Valley High School
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Gayle Trueblood

Past President, Secondary WR Representative and EDI State Liaison to NAEA, OAEA
Sculpture/Ceramics, Jewelry, Wearable Arts, Art Club and Yearbook Advisor from Lima, Ohio. I’ve been teaching for 26 years at Shawnee High School. Currently serving as the Past President of the Ohio Art Education Association and EDI liaison to NAEA.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon EFG

3:00pm EDT

Guerrilla Girls Workshop: Aestheticize Your Activism With The Guerrilla Girls  [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Make activist art with the Guerrilla Girls! Work directly with these iconic anonymous artist activists to learn the principles and methods behind their projects and collaborate with participants to create and present your own artful campaign. Get informed and inspired to take your cause(s) beyond this workshop to make aesthetic change in the world! Don’t miss this experience!
Presenters
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Guerrilla Girls

The Guerrilla Girls’ motto: Do one thing. If it works, do another. If it doesn’t, do another anyway. Keep chipping away!The Guerrilla Girls are anonymous artist activists who use disruptive headlines, outrageous visuals and surprising statistics to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in art, film, politics and pop culture. They work to undermine the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M103

3:00pm EDT

All of the Fun, None of the Fuss: Playful Computational Thinking in PreK-12 Classrooms [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Play with materials to create an object, and with ideas to create a "code" to replicate it! Learn how to incorporate unplugged computational-thinking activities in your art teaching.
Presenters
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Marta Cabral

Associate Professor, City University of New York (CUNY)
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M109/M110

3:00pm EDT

Stitched Finger Labyrinths: Mindful Meanderings in Mixed Media [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Are you interested in mindfulness in the classroom and bringing a fresh idea into your art curriculum? Learn about the finger labyrinth project incorporating a Zentangle-inspired technique paired with stitchery! Step away from the hustle and bustle of Convention to create a lovely small-scale project with soothing and satisfying processes.
Presenters
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Amy Broady

Teaching Artist, Pen & Path
I began my career as a professional art educator in 1995. I currently teach K-5 Visual Art at the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School. I am happy to be a Certified Zentangle Teacher and a Veriditas-trained Labyrinth Facilitator. I am also a Regional Representative for The... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

3:00pm EDT

The Art of Motif Making [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Experience the art of motif making by weaving paper strips and combining line, shape, and colors to create and add your own motifs to your work!
Presenters
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Meera Ramanathan

Project Resource Teacher - Visual Art, San Diego Unified School District
My name is Meera Ramanathan and I am the Project Resource teacher for visual art at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy in San Diego and teach students UTK to 5th grade. I have a Master's degree in History of Fine Arts, drawing and painting from India and a Single Subject Teaching Credential... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L010

3:00pm EDT

Craftivism as Community Practice [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
During this workshop, participants will learn about historical and contemporary works of craftivism and ways craft methods have been used individually and collectively to communicate personal and global stories, from politics to social or environmental issues, family histories, or community narratives. Participants will then create their own community quilt square.
Presenters
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Kristin Vanderlip Taylor

Associate Professor of Art Education, California State University, Northridge
Ask me about the CSU Art Ed ColLab, a mentoring community of practice for beginning visual art teachers in California
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L020

3:00pm EDT

It Starts With One: Outsider Art as a Springboard for Collaborative Design [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
This joyful celebration of collaboration, culture, and creativity is a cross-curricular adventure in traditional and nontraditional materials. Inspired by iconic outsider art and artists, including Cheval's Palais Idéal, Rodia's Watts Towers, and Leedskalnin's Coral Castle, participants work together creating two- and three-dimensional artworks to take and use in their classrooms.
Presenters
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Patricia Phillips

Art teacher-turned librarian, Ms. Phillips has a Master’s degree in Art Education, and a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. In her art teacher life, she previously served in the roles of her school’s Fine Arts Director and Teacher of the Year. Keeping connected to the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

3:00pm EDT

A New Twist (or Stitch!): Mixed-Media Collage [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Discover a new twist (or stitch!) to mixed-media collage. K-12 educators will gain an introduction to basic collage techniques by combining found materials with stitching and embellishment using a surprising variety of media, scaffolded for every age division. All necessary materials provided to create a unique stretched canvas piece.
Presenters
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Dr. Lisa Spence

Art Teacher, Hasty Elementary Fine Arts Academy, Cherokee County School District
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

3:00pm EDT

Creativity Unboxed: Exploring Art, Science, and Engineering With Zimoun-Inspired Sculptures [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Join our workshop for a vibrant STEAM lesson inspired by Swiss artist Zimoun. Delve into circuitry and sound science to craft captivating and unique sound sculptures. Leave empowered to integrate art, science, and engineering seamlessly into your classroom. Don't miss this unique hands-on opportunity!
Presenters
JD

Jolanda Dranchak

curriculum Integrator
AB

Andrew Berg

Technology Facilitator
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L017/L018

3:00pm EDT

Thomas Danbo-Inspired Giant Troll Sculptures for the Classroom [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Join me to create miniature Giants/Trolls sculptures! Inspired by Thomas Danbo's work, this lesson includes three of his Giants/Trolls, which can be found within a 35-minute drive from Louisville. You will leave with a hands-on project, as well as digital and physical copies of this unit of study. Adaptable for all levels!
Presenters
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Miranda Meeks

Art and Theatre Teacher, Caldwell County High School
🎨 🎭Art & Theatre Preps: Drawing/Painting, Survey of the Visual & Performing Arts, Independent Art, Visual Art, Sculpture 👩🏻‍🏫 Professional Boards & Committees: KyAEA Board Member (Advocacy and YAM Coordinator), KDE Visual and Performing Arts State Standards Review... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L007/L008

3:00pm EDT

Turning Trash Into Treasure With Gelli Plates [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Can things that are discarded or overlooked become amazing? Can that help build a positive and creative classroom community? Come learn the basics of Gelli plate techniques and some resourceful ways to create visual interest using stunning textures. Next, wrap it all up with some classroom community-building activities.
Presenters
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Matthew Grundler

Middle School 6-8 grade Art, Plano Independent School District
I am on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/artguy76.bsky.social
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Samuel Peck

Artist - Researcher- Teacher, Independent Scholar
Samuel H. Peck is an artist, researcher, and art educator originally from Providence, Rhode Island, with over 16 years of art teaching experience at the K-12 and university levels. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Rhode Island and his Master ny of Studio... Read More →
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David Modler

Professor of Art, Journal Fodder Junkies and tet[R]ad
David R. Modler is a maker/scholar/educator born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education in Art Education from Towson State University, and taught art on the k-12 level for fifteen years. David has since earned a Master of Fine... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

3:00pm EDT

Cosplay in the Classroom: Using Sculpture Techniques to Bring Superheroes to Life [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Cosplay has become a huge artistic industry. But few classrooms have capitalized on its popularity. Join a nationally awarded cosplayer and art teacher as we discuss cosplay techniques and create work using thermoplastics and EVA foam. Attendees will leave the workshop with a leather-like foam pouch and sculpted Worbla feather.
Presenters
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Brian Harmon

Campbell County High School
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L026

3:00pm EDT

Gelli Arts Printing in the Classroom Setting [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Play with the many methods from simple to complicated in this printmaking process. Experiment with recycled and found objects, textural items from nature, and layering and photo transfers and deliver your new confidence to your K-12 classrooms. Lesson plans provided!
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L005

3:00pm EDT

Nature's Blueprint: K-12 Eco-Friendly Cyanotype Techniques [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
This session explores cyanotype techniques that integrate environmental education with art by using natural materials and sustainable practices. Learn practical skills and creative strategies to engage K-12 students in art projects promoting environmental stewardship, including adapting with UV lights on cloudy days.
Presenters
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Natalie Jones

VP of Creative Education, Brookgreen Gardens
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M105/M106

3:00pm EDT

Side-by-Side Inclusion Style! Create a Painting, Collage, or Mixed Media From Student Inspiration! [TICKET REQUIRED]
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TICKET REQUIRED
Discover the ins and outs of creating a side-by-side show using the artwork of students with disabilities and an art teacher or artist work. You will receive a photo of student work, a 12-by-12-inch canvas, acrylic paint, and mixed media to create your piece!
Presenters
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Kim Soule

2025 LOUISVILLE NAEA CONFERENCE CO-CORDINATOR, ARTS FOR ALL KENTUCKY , ROSTER ARTIST
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L014

3:00pm EDT

CFAE Awards Ceremony
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Recipients of CFAE Awards (Kathy Connors Teaching Award, Carrie Nordlund preK-12 Feminist Pedagogy Award, Maryl Fletcher DeJong Service Award, Mary J. Rouse Award, and June King McFee Award) are introduced by their nominators. Each recipient shares a personal narrative that reflects their transformative teaching, research, and public engagements.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VIII

3:00pm EDT

Invited Studies in Art Education Lecture
The annual Invited Studies in Art Education Lecture will be presented by Bob Sweeny, The Bend Before the Break: Postdigital Art and Art Education.

4:00pm EDT

NAEA Strategic Vision Listening Session [INVITATION ONLY]
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
The landscape of art education is constantly evolving, presenting both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Join Lord Cultural Resources at the NAEA National Convention for a dynamic and interactive 45-minute working session focused on shaping the future of NAEA itself. This isn't just a listening session––we'll collaboratively explore the NAEA Strategic Pillars, examining how NAEA can best support members. This is your chance to directly influence the direction of NAEA! Please note this occurrence of the strategic vision listening session is by invitation only. 
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

4:00pm EDT

Developing Potential and Talent in Art (DPTA) Education
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
By providing and expanding opportunities to grow along developmental and career pathways, all learners, including those with potential for advanced performance, can gain art education according to their needs. We are a growing group envisioning our collective potential and are excited to invite you to join us at a Convention Connection event.
Presenters
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Cappie Dobyns

Art & TAG Teacher, Ames Community School District
Greetings! I am a dedicated educator with a passion for talent development in visual arts. A proud graduate of Drake University, I have been shaping young minds for 34 years across Texas and Iowa. My recent opportunities to serve include leading the Arts Network of the National Association... Read More →
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Jennifer Fisher

Associate Teaching Professor of Art Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Filly/Thoroughbred

4:00pm EDT

Distinguished Fellows Forum, Oral Histories Initiative: Let’s Talk!
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Oral history is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving, and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in art education. This session will provide information about the Distinguished Fellows Oral Histories Initiative and information about how NAEA members may participate in this project.
Presenters
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Robert Sabol

Associate Head of the Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, Purdue University, Purdue University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VII

4:00pm EDT

National Art Education Foundation Featured Grantee Projects
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
This panel session features two NAEF grantees sharing their NAEF-funded grant projects. NAEF selects the two presenters to be featured based upon a review of all NAEF grantee final reports submitted in summer 2024. This session provides an opportunity to learn about the projects undertaken by NAEA members through the NAEF Grants Program, including action research by classroom practitioners and members conducting more formal research studies.
Presenters
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Frank Juárez

Juárez brings over two decades of art education and arts management experience organizing local and regional art exhibitions, and community art events. He presents on art education at the state and national level, supports artists through grant programs, and offers professional development... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon B

4:00pm EDT

Chinese Landscape Painting as Portraiture
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
The National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) invites all NAEA members to learn from expert Chinese art historian Daniel Greenberg. In this lecture participants will consider the tradition of landscape painting from the 10th through 19th centuries to demonstrate how representations of mountains, trees, and water can be used to interpret the social, religious, and political beliefs of the artists who created them. This presentation is of special interest to teachers of AP Art History and others teaching about the Chinese tradition of landscape painting. 
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

4:00pm EDT

Choice Art Educators Interest Group Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:20pm EDT
The Choice-Art Educators Interest Group will be hosting our annual business meeting, where we introduce our leadership team, discuss our mission, look for advice about what to offer during our summer share, and honor our Educators of the Year. Everyone is welcome to join, learn more about Choice-Art Educators, and participate in our discussions.
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Brooke Brei

Choice Art Ed Co-President Elect, Ponder High School
I'm an artist, maker, and choice-focused art educator.
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Mandy DeWitt

Co-President of Choice Art Educators, past President of South Dakota Art Educators, 7-12 and Photography Teacher in a Rural school for 25 years.
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon C

4:00pm EDT

NAEA Affinity Group: Disability Justice
Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:20pm EDT
This space is for those who personally identify as a disabled person, as a person with nonnormative bodymind, as D/deaf, Neurodivergent/Neuroatypical, Mad, Autistic, Blind, Chronically ill or in Chronic pain, Crip, Kip, a Spoonie, etc. If you are not a part of that group, please locate a different space that accommodates your identity(ies).
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon A

4:30pm EDT

Seeing the Other: Interactive Art Exhibition, Curriculum, and Pedagogy
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Seeing The Other is an art exhibition that demonstrates how DEI is a critical part of any art program. This exhibition is currently in a major museum in this city and features 150 portraits and video interviews with people across 29 countries sharing stories of their spiritual journeys.
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Gina Alicea

Director, Corvus Gallery, University of Chicago
I’ve been teaching art for 28yrs and curating exhibits for 40 yrs. I have an MFA, M Ed, and Rev degrees.
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

4:30pm EDT

Tent as Art Studio: Exploring Transnational Feminist Art Storytelling
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Delve into the concept of the tent as a studio and explore its potential as a space for personal growth, transformation, and political activism. Come experience a transnational tent and learn how tent activism can be a powerful tool for self-exploration and reflection on both cultural and personal identity.
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Pin-Hsuan Tseng

Penn State
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

4:30pm EDT

Systems Thinking for Social Change: Implementing Systems Thinking in the Arts Classroom
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Discover how to implement systems thinking into art and design projects to cultivate important conversations and create a safe space in the classroom. These systems include how art and design practices impact systemic issues like environmental justice, sustainability, and racism. Project and activity examples for discussion will be included.
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

4:30pm EDT

Pedagogy and Curriculum Development Toward Equity and Access for Neurodivergent-Identifying University Art Students
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Examine the results of a 2-year research study that sought to gain a greater understanding of artistic practices and processes of neurodivergent-identifying students in university art programs. The results will identify the development of strategies of diversity, equity, and accessibility in arts pedagogy and curriculum.
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

4:30pm EDT

He Can HEAL: 50 Positive Male Role Models for Our Students
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
The book Yes, Boys Can! explores the lives of 50 positive male role models who are quilting, dancing, nursing, and teaching. Learn about this new book from the author (an elementary art educator himself) and how to encourage students from diverse backgrounds to consider new possibilities for their futures.
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Jonathan Juravich

2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

4:30pm EDT

I've Never Thought of Using That! Low-Budget, High-Impact Materials to Shake Up Your Supply Closet
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Where did we get that? We would love to tell you! With small budgets, large audiences, and big imaginations, two museum educators share their favorite road-tested, impactful, and not-your-average-art-supply materials utilized in public programs for all ages.
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Xoe Fiss

Director of Youth and Family Programs, Milwaukee Art Museum
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

4:30pm EDT

Chambers of Art and Wonder: A Teaching Project on Decontextualizing Artifacts and Crafting New Narratives
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
This presentation examines the development of students' creative abilities in an undergraduate art studio. Through creating pseudo-chambers of art and wonder, students recontextualize artworks and artifacts, generating narratives on social issues. The project emphasizes the importance of decontextualization in understanding artifact meaning and explores its role in teacher education.
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Maria Letsiou

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts education, Department of Early Childhood Education, The School of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Thessaly, Volos, Gr
The visual artist Maria Letsiou is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Education in the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Thessaly. During his tenure (from 2011 to 2023) at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he taught undergraduate and postgraduate... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

4:30pm EDT

Cultural Dialogue Within Curatorial Practices: Integrating Critical Pedagogy in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
This session is an exploration of Freire's critical pedagogy within curatorial practices in art education, focusing on enhancing critical engagement and fostering culturally sensitive curation.
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Somi Lee

Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
I am a Teaching Assistant Professor of Art Education. My research focuses on public pedagogy, equity, and social justice. Let’s talk about collaborative art projects, inclusive curation, and innovative approaches to learning in community spaces.
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

4:30pm EDT

What Art History Offers AI: Fostering Ethical Tech Development Through Humanities Insights
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Explore the integration of generative AI in art history education, focusing on its transformative potential and ethical implications. This presentation explores AI image-generation tools by examining their impact on teaching methodologies and highlighting the importance of inclusivity and cultural sensitivity in AI development.
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Brittany Myburgh

Assistant Professor, Jackson State University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

4:30pm EDT

Interpreting the Works Progress Administration's Art Caravan Program as a Form of Community Engagement
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
The Art Caravan program of the Works Progress Administration set up art exhibitions and participatory programming in towns using an army ambulance. This session will examine this overlooked program's history while focusing on community engagement as precursors to art museum and community art education practices today.
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L006

4:30pm EDT

Souvenirs of Greece: A Multigenerational Travel Study
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
This presentation relays the art travel study experiences of five alumni of various ages, along with 20 undergraduate art students, as they explored multiple museums and archeological sites in Athens and other areas of northern Greece.
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Andrea Elliott

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Converse University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

4:30pm EDT

Behind the Black Box: Unveiling Racial Bias in AI-Generated Imagery
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
The landscape of visual culture is increasingly entangled with images created by both humans and nonhuman machines, including AI. This presentation demonstrates a critical content analysis of AI-generated images as a way to reveal and challenge hidden assumptions and biases around race in society.
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

4:30pm EDT

Creative Sustainability: Transforming Recycled Materials Into Art With Students
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Explore the creative potential of recycled materials to emphasize environmental sustainability. Learn innovative techniques for incorporating cost-effective resources into art projects and teach your students the value of reusing materials to enhance their artistic expression.
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Holly Bess Kincaid

VAEA Past President, Middle School Art Educator
Holly Bess Kincaid is an experienced and passionate art educator with over 30 years of teaching experience, currently inspiring middle school students in West Virginia. She is the past president of the Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA) and currently serves as the Youth Art... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

4:30pm EDT

AI Empowering Teacher Prep: Enhancing Lesson Planning and Classroom Success for New Art Educators
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Discover how AI tools can transform teacher preparation to ensure preservice art educators are well-prepared for the classroom by providing them with personalized guidance, real-time feedback, and best practices for lesson planning and student teaching.
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Yadi Liu

Assistant Professor, China Academy of Art
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

4:30pm EDT

Ethical Guidelines for Artistic Research: Navigating the IRB Process
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Join us as we guide artists and educators through navigating the IRB process for artistic research to balance creative expression with ethical compliance. Participants will gain practical strategies to handle complex ethical considerations, ensuring their research meets rigorous standards while maintaining artistic integrity.
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

4:30pm EDT

Art Studio Investigations: Artmaking as Research
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Explore the link between artmaking and research by focusing on student-driven curricula for AP Art and Design and AP Research courses. Using student work as a guide, you will discover methods to empower students to apply inquiry skills to novel situations to enhance understanding and creativity in studio instruction.
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Peter Edwards

Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

4:30pm EDT

Photography Teacher Turned Her CAR Into a Camera Obscura! Come See It! Don't Miss This!
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
After successfully building and using camera obscuras in a high school photography class, one teacher had an innovative idea of turning a CAR into a camera obscura. Learn more about this historic composition tool AND get inside one! Don't miss this!
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Amanda Tutor

Instruction, Bartlett City Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

4:30pm EDT

Mugg'n It Up: A Creative Art Intervention With Therapeutic Potential
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Learn how university students in a special topics class with a research component created hand-built, wheel-thrown mugs as a creative art intervention with therapeutic potential. Mixed-methods data revealed statistical significance in mood improvement and stress reduction, suggesting the benefits of art and health for personal wellness.
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Susan Whiteland

Professor Art Education, Arkansas State University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

4:30pm EDT

Reimagining Research: Art-Based Scholarly Expression
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Focused on a creative exploration of radical research and publication practices in art education, learn more about innovative methodologies aimed at evolving scholarly expression and challenging traditional academic norms.
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Ava Maken Ali

PhD student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ava Maken Ali's research explores creative explosion and the expression of rage as an angry woman, as well as the role of animals in this expression. She engages with both traditional art forms, such as drawing, installation, video, fashion, and performance, and non-traditional practices... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

4:30pm EDT

Banksy's Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem: Complicated Conversations on Palestine and the Wall
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
This presentation addresses the implications of Banksy's site-specific artwork, the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, which contains artwork by Banksy throughout the lobby, galleries of contemporary Palestinian art, and a museum on the Separation Wall. We'll share curriculum resources and the presenter's photos, which were taken on-site.
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Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

4:30pm EDT

Supervision and Administration Division Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 5:20pm EDT
Join leaders of the Supervision and Administration Division for our annual business meeting. We will share reflections from the year and goals for next year. We will celebrate Division awardees, as we also get to know one another and our unique roles.
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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 →
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 5:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon IX

5:00pm EDT

A Holistic Exploration of Choice-Based (Art) Education Across TAB, Montessori, and Reggio Emilia
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
This dissertation research explores the core idea of "choice" in choice-based art education by comparing Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and TAB approaches. It reveals what "choice" means and how it manifests similarly and differently in these three educational models.
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Ke Xiao

PhD Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth University
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M111

5:00pm EDT

Crip Time Travels: Neurodivergent Student Temporality in Higher Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
"Crip time" is a fluid term that articulates how disabled people experience time. This inquiry explores the various manifestations in the temporality of neurodivergence and will take form as a crip time travel endeavor to recount personal experiences of temporality from a neurodivergent university art student.
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Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

5:00pm EDT

DIY Bookmaking: Engaging Projects for Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Explore DIY bookmaking techniques for art educators. Learn to create unique book forms that move, hide, and pop open while gaining practical ideas for integrating bookmaking into your curriculum.
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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 →
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

5:00pm EDT

OUR Adidas: Inspiring Young Writers and Artists With Run-DMC
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Our Adidas! We will look at the poetry of hip-hop lyrics and experience a complete lesson in arts integration: from a lyric study, through a creative writing technique, to a visual arts project inspired by personal written expression. It's gotta be the shoes!
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

5:00pm EDT

Using Podcasts to Engage and Collaborate With Elementary Students Across States
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Getting students to write about art in a way that's exciting can sometimes be challenging. Join us to find out what happened when students created a podcast to discuss and evaluate their personal artwork with other students. Come away with lessons and resources.
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Daniel Bryant

Art Education, Dorchester School District Two
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Laura McMullen

Visual Arts Educator, Kilgour School, Cincinnati Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M107

5:00pm EDT

Reimaging Portfolio Reviews: Steps Toward Facilitating Inclusive Portfolio Reviews
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Geared toward high school art educators who are guiding students as they assemble their portfolios for college admission and scholarship review, this workshop offers an insider's view of the initiatives in higher education that are centered on hosting inclusive portfolio reviews. Sample portfolios and assessment tools will be shown.
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Sioban Lombardi

Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

5:00pm EDT

The Power of Creative Insubordination in Elementary Art Teacher Education
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
As art teachers, we are creatives who can overcome the challenges ahead by nurturing learning spaces of bravery and belonging. In this session you will learn techniques through the experiences of an art in STEAM teacher educator for enacting and teaching creative insubordination to ensure your students thrive.
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Kristen Schaffer

Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

5:00pm EDT

Weaving Connections; Developing a Whole School Weaving in Response to the Creation and Installation of Our First Nations Welcome Pole
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
In response to the Welcome Pole created in our school, learn how the design of a large-scale weaving involved the entire high school community. Explore how this project followed respectful protocol while creating a space for meaningful reflection and connection to Indigenous art and culture, organized to this scale.
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Nicole Porter

President of the BCATA and Visual Art Teacher, Fleetwood Park Secondary
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

5:00pm EDT

How Five Contemporary Artists Are Modernizing Materials and Methods to Elevate Textiles Into Fine Art
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Learn about five contemporary textile artists who use innovative materials, digital technology, mixed media, and experimentation in their textile designs to explore social and cultural themes relevant to their lives and communities. Come away with resources, artist information, and lessons for integrating textile-based art activities into the K-12 curriculum provided.
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Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

5:00pm EDT

Walking to Enlightenment: Field Notes From the Himalayas
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Discover a newly published book that examines postmodern methodologies for the art educator, including the spiritual dimensions of art and education. The book also serves as a field guide to meaningful artistic inquiry and exploration within critical issues in the field including ecology, social activism, and remote teaching.
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

5:00pm EDT

Augusta Savage and Selma Burke: Relating Women Artists-Educators of The 20th Century
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Explore a relational analysis of Augusta Savage and Selma Burke centered on the thrust of Black arts education in 20th-century New York. See how these two Black women artist-educators used their sculptural practice to assert and challenge ideals of the New Negro Movement (the Harlem Renaissance), which aligned artivism with pedagogy.
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Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M103

5:00pm EDT

Ethical Integration of AI as an Artist Assistant in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Explore the transformative role of AI as an artist assistant and how it can be ethically integrated into art education. Educators will learn how to responsibly utilize AI, stay updated on advancements, and gain insights into the benefits of using AI for creativity. We will also address the ethical and philosophical implications of AI to ensure culturally sensitive practices.
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M113

5:00pm EDT

Animation for All Classrooms: Students as Storytellers!
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Have you ever wanted to teach ANIMATION in your classroom? Join us for one of the most engaging and exciting lessons you can bring to your art studio! This entry-level and beyond workshop will include an introduction of methods in digital animation, hands-on training, and unit development!
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

5:00pm EDT

Human-Centered Design: Engaging with Design Thinking
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
This workshop will use investigative design thinking to solve a design problem. Participants will collaboratively work through the design thinking process, build an understanding of user needs, brainstorm multiple options, and test new ideas before creating a design solution. Lesson plan ideas and design career knowledge will be shared.
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Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L006

5:00pm EDT

Becoming an Art Concept-Building Coach: Replacing Lectures With Cooperative Team Learning and Guided-Inquiry Activities
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Immerse yourself in a process-oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) experience. Explore how guided-inquiry activities can replace your concept lectures. Experience how team structures can support student sense making, communication, and community building. Assess whether this pedagogy might improve your own Grade 6 through 12 students' mastery of foundational art concepts.
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Mare Sullivan

Curriculum writing, teacher workshops, Consultant, retired teacher
- Co-author of "Elements of Art: A Guided Inquiry" cooperative team learning, inquiry-based activities.  - Named the 2013 Washington State Secondary Science Teacher of the Year- Past Steering Committee Member of The POGIL Project, Lancaster PA, focusing on process-oriented guided-inquiry... Read More →
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Tammy Ashworth

Teacher, CVUSD
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

5:00pm EDT

Museums and Universities Collaborating to Increase Participation in Reciprocal Programs
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
How can museum educators collaborating with higher education professors work to build new learning opportunities that are both content knowledge building and fun? The Cincinnati Art Museum and Mount St. Joseph University have been working together to build stronger art educators in art history and art expression.
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Samantha Gaier

Museum Division Chair, Cincinnati
2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

5:00pm EDT

Five Meaningful Lesson Ideas to Introduce Your Students to Arts-Based Data Visualization
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
This session will provide a starting point for getting your students excited about arts-based data visualizations. Explore five arts-based data visualization lesson ideas that explore work by contemporary artists, encourage meaningful artmaking, connect with interdisciplinary content, and invite students to learn more about their communities.
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Amanda Galbraith

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

5:00pm EDT

Decolonizing Arts Engagement
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
The goal for this presentation is to highlight in a practical sense how people are considering decolonizing practices in their classrooms, artwork, community spaces, and more. Presenters will engage audience members to consider what decolonization is and could be, or to work together to formulate more questions.
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Amanda Alexander

Chair & Professor, Department of Art, Miami University
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

5:00pm EDT

Cultivating Creativity in the Natural Classroom: An Art Educator's Journey as a National Park Fellow
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Embark on a transformative journey! Integrate science, art, and environmental stewardship into your curriculum. Discover how immersive experiences, collaborative learning, and creative strategies fostered a love for nature in my students. Leave empowered to cultivate the next generation of environmental stewards.
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Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L027

5:00pm EDT

Transforming Student Ideation Into Art: Exploring Mind Mapping in AP Studio
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Every year, AP Studio students begin with enthusiasm and ambitious ideas, then face the sobering reality: "I've run out of ideas!" Sound familiar? Through the application of mind-mapping techniques and approaches, your students can conquer their fear of ideation and see mind maps as works of art in themselves.
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Martha Anne Kuntz

Art Educator, Notre Dame High School
I am the Visual and Performing Arts department chair at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, California. I teach AP Studio, AP Art History, and Sculpture, as well as a new Fiber Arts Course. I am also an AP Studio Art & Design mentor.
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M108

5:00pm EDT

Visual Literacy: The Gestalt Principles of Design and the Meaning-Making Brain
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Discover painting processes that link the five design principles of gestalt directly into brain function and meta-understanding. This presentation serves as a response to the cultural need for visual literacy that studio art practices can address, and consequently teach, for successful student outcomes.
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Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

5:00pm EDT

Perspectives on Radical Disability Inclusion in Art Education: Dos, Don'ts, and "DON'T FREAKING EVER"s!
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Three presenters will share diverse perspectives on creating anti-ableist arts learning spaces, sharing stories and best practices for preservice and K-12 teachers. Presenters include a neurodivergent chronically ill preservice art educator, an able-bodied preservice elementary art educator, and an able-bodied professor and former K-12 digital and traditional arts educator.
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Luke Meeken

Assistant Professor, Miami University
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

5:00pm EDT

Community Partnerships to Help Drive PLCs
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Discover how community partnerships enrich visual arts education by integrating local culture and expertise. Learn innovative strategies for curriculum development, enhancing student engagement, and promoting cultural competence. Ideal for educators seeking practical insights on fostering respectful, authentic, and impactful art education through community collaboration.
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Natalie Roig-McKnight

Fine Arts Specialists, Montgomery Public Schools
Natalie Roig-McKnight is a dedicated fine arts educator and leader with extensive experience in arts instruction, curriculum development, and educational leadership. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design, an MA in Art Education, and advanced degrees in Instructional Leadership from the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L013

5:00pm EDT

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group General Business Meeting
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
The AACIG general business meeting welcomes all art educators who are interested in Asian art and culture. We will discuss AACIG research and pedagogical initiatives and projects, as well as future opportunities to engage all members with Asian art and culture.
Presenters
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Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities
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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 →
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Kevin Hsieh

Professor, Georgia State Univeristy
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

5:00pm EDT

NAEA Affinity Group: Asian American
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
These sessions are for individuals who identify as Asian American. If you are not a part of that group, please locate a different space that accommodates your identity(ies). Participants will network and build relationships with each other. Asian and Pacific Islander refers specifically to individuals of Asian descent, including, but not limited to East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islanders. This also encompasses individuals of mixed race that hold Asian identities.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon D

5:00pm EDT

School for Art Leaders: Beyond the Bridge
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
Step back into the creative energy of the SAL experience with this inspiring gathering of alumni and emerging leaders. Connect with fellow visionaries, share stories from your journey, and gain fresh insights during our interactive Super Session. Whether you're here to reconnect, learn, or spark new collaborations, this event promises a blend of inspiration, networking, and the vibrant spirit of the SAL community.
Presenters
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Laura Grundler

Director of Learning and Program Development, NAEA
NAEA LEARNING and Programs, Visual and Media Arts Admin, Advocate, Podcaster (K12ArtChat) Pronouns- She/Her
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon EFG

5:00pm EDT

Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session 2
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:50pm EDT
The NAEA Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session 2 brings together researchers and educators who wish to offer their ideas, interests, and topical issues, especially related to research, in lively, open discussions with NAEA Distinguished Fellows who have decades of expertise and experience to share, advise, and mentor.
Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:50pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VII

5:30pm EDT

Sketching for Ideation
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Spark joy in your art students by showing them how to brainstorm unique and meaningful art ideas in their sketchbook. In this session, each participant will craft a handmade sketchbook and fill it with mixed-media art processes. This will include drawing, painting, collage, printing, and of course writing.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L007/L008

5:30pm EDT

Empowering the Future: Exploring Posthumanism Through Virtual Reality Public Art Projects
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
By showcasing a VR sculpture public art project by 11th-grade learners, see how students used local environmental knowledge to create virtual characters resonating with SDG goals for an eco-friendly future in virtual public spaces. The project fosters cultural respect, ecological awareness, inclusivity, equity, sustainability, and immersive educational experiences.
Presenters
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Pei-Jung Tsai

PhD student, UBC Art education
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L026

5:30pm EDT

Art Illuminated: Lighting Up Elementary Creativity With Paper Circuits
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Join our paper circuits workshop for elementary art students! Explore the innovative art of creating with paper circuits, sparking creativity to illuminate elementary students' understanding of STEAM principles. Discover the global fascination with circuitry while respecting cultural diversity. Impact students' lives with an exciting blend of art and technology!
Presenters
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Felicia Clause

Elementry Art Teacher
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M109/M110

5:30pm EDT

Quilt Index, Black Diaspora Quilt History Project: Documenting and Sharing Black Quilt Legacies
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
This presentation will share the history and scope of the Quilt Index (QI) Black Diaspora Quilt History Project (BDQHP), an NEH-funded initiative. This presentation will document a BDQHP overview and identify free learning resources available to researchers, educators, and artists about Black quiltmakers on the QI website (www.quiltindex.org).
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L014

5:30pm EDT

Bridging Generations Speed-Dating Style: Conversations Between Early Career Art Educators and Retired Art Educators
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Come and join us for a "speed-dating-style conversation between early career teachers and veteran retired art educators who are also longtime NAEA members. Come socialize; ask questions; and get some much-needed help, advice, suggestions, and assistance in your art room. We're here, and we care!
Presenters
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Debi West

Retired Art Educator / Owner Consultant / Graduate Instructor / Part-time Art Educator at SPMA cause why not!, WESTpectations Educational Consulting and AOEU and Sea Pines Montessori Academy
I’m a passionate, seasoned art educator…I firmly believe that #togetherweARTbetter and the ultimate winners will always be our kiddos!
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

5:30pm EDT

8-Bit Pixel Art Animation: Making it Move
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Do you want to bring digital animation into your K-12 classroom? In this hands-on workshop, come create simple 8-bit animations using the web-based application Piskel. Learn the basics of animation, creating frames and layers, and how to display digital work. All attendees will receive resources for immediate use in the classroom.
Presenters
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Erika Ogier

Art Educator, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M105/M106

5:30pm EDT

CANCELLED - Unlock the Future With Immersive Technologies in Art Education: AR, VR, AI, and Beyond - CANCELLED
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
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Immersive technologies such as AR, VR, and AI have transformed how we interact with the digital world. The presenter will highlight and showcase the potential and applications of these technologies for enhancing learning experiences and discuss challenges and limitations in K-12 education. Best practices and future applications are addressed.

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Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

5:30pm EDT

Conversations With Colleagues: Welcome to Preservice! Tips, Guides, and Resources for Student Members
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Join us during this time to create and connect. We want to hear from you about what is working in your studies, student chapters, and create a space for us to connect and collaborate on artmaking and tips for future success. There will be time devoted to sharing the goals of the Preservice Division and its role in NAEA’s structure. A special emphasis will also be placed on discussing responses, feedback, suggestions, and other concerns from within the Preservice Division.
Presenters
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Reilly Powers

Miami University, NAEA Preservice Western Regional Representative
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon VIII

5:30pm EDT

Healing Through Learning: Integrating Art Education Into Health Care
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
This presentation presents approaches to inform and highlight preservice teachers' abilities to develop and teach art education lessons involving health care partnerships at local urban children's hospitals. It aims to create and inspire conversations across specializations, interests, and curiosities.
Presenters
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Sarah Camp-Wheeler

Art Studio Activities Coordinator, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
I am an art educator currently serving the patients and families of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. I create art with ages ranging from toddlers to grandparents! I previously taught adults through a community-based arts program, early childhood... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L010

5:30pm EDT

Strategies for Avoiding Overwhelm as an Early Career Art Teacher
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
As an early career teacher, do you occasionally feel overwhelmed? Teaching art is multifaceted and navigating it all can be a challenge. This session is for early career teachers and will offer usable strategies for refining your teaching and finding work-life fit. Come ready to collaborate and discuss!
Presenters
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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 as a Fine Arts Instructional Coach. I'm passionate about life-long learning through collaboration and building community.
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L005

5:30pm EDT

Supporting Mental Health: Embracing Contemporary Art-Based Practices in Teacher Preparation
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Investigate the psychological and emotional components of students' mental health through contemporary art-based approaches. Hear discussion on pedagogical strategies and teaching practices for effectively instructing different student demographics. Participants will explore contemporary artists who address mental health issues and learn how to support students' cognitive needs.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L017/L018

5:30pm EDT

Optimizing Creative Agency and Scaffolding for Success: A Backward-Designed Curricular Framework for AP Studio Art
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Learn how two AP Studio Art teachers have designed a choice-based, backward-designed AP Studio Art curriculum to optimize student-driven inquiry, creativity, and skill development, resulting in consistently high scores and success on the AP Studio Art Exam.
Presenters
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

5:30pm EDT

Tying Art Journal Assignments to Google Arts and Culture and Standards
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Discover 30 sketchbook prompts kids will actually look forward to! They tie to specific standards; create a weekly formative assessment; and dive deep into design, careers, research, culture, and personal design preferences while pushing students to sketch with more detail and written notes. REAL art and no more social media copies!
Presenters
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Nicole Plymesser Nelson

High School Art teacher Hampton Dumont CAL, Iowa
Nicole Plymesser Nelson has lived all over the U.S and now lives in Clear Lake, Iowa.  Nicole has been teaching art since 1997:  preschool to adults, public schools to private lessons and homeschooling, small groups in stores and large groups at conferences. She now teaches high... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L020

5:30pm EDT

Experiences With Graduate-Level Research: A Conversation With Past Eisner Doctoral Research Award Winners
Are you a graduate student engaged in art education research? Are you interested in learning about graduate-level research? Attend this session to hear past Eisner Doctoral Research Award winners and nominees speak about their experiences of being graduate students and conducting research. Additional topics may include job searches and postgraduation research trajectories.
Presenters
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Cala Coats

Associate Professor, Arizona State University
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Sarah Travis

Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

5:30pm EDT

The Intersectionality of Critical Identities in Art Education
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
It is a rare occasion when we as artists and educators get the opportunity to read so many powerful stories written by our colleagues. This session discusses one of the more powerful books to use in the classroom to provide first-person experiences that influence diverse contemporary pedagogy and curriculum development.
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

5:30pm EDT

5:30pm EDT

The Future of Media Arts! NAEA25 Convening
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Do you teach media arts courses? Are you interested in learning more about the National Association for Media Arts Education? Are you looking for other media arts teachers here at NAEA? Have you been looking for professional development specifically for media arts teachers? Join us for a special Future of Media Arts Convening at the 2025 NAEA National Convention! Everyone is invited! Whether your interests lie in visual or media arts or everything in between—photo, video, sound, animation, graphics, social media, interactive and virtual design, and beyond—join us as we collaborate to learn, discuss, and exchange ideas on the future of media arts education!
Agenda:
Introductions/Sharing
Inform on Media Arts Education’s history, current status, and future potential.
Discussions to address questions and challenges at local, state, and national levels.
Networking time to meet and connect with other educators for peer support and continued professional learning interests.
Presenters
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Barbara Liedahl

Director, BJLFELTCLAYMAKER LLC
Barbara Liedahl of BJLFELTCLAYMAKER LLC specializes in Educational Consulting, Professional Development, and Makerspace Support. She is a Professional Development Provider for Infosys Foundation USA’s Online Pathfinders Summer Institute, where she facilitates her “Space Suits... Read More →
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Lekia Thorpe

Media Art Educator, YES MAAM - NAMAE
As a member of Yes MaM Media Art Mosaic, I specialize in augmented reality (AR), using it to bridge the gap between traditional and digital storytelling. My focus is on creating interactive, immersive experiences that engage audiences in new and meaningful ways.I have had the... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon IV
 


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