2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

2024 Higher Education Educator of the Year Lecture

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT

Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

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

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.

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon X

Higher Education, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

8:00am EDT

Bending Toward Justice: Interrogating Narratives Embodied in Public Monuments and Memorials

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

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

Brittany Myburgh

Assistant Professor, Jackson State University

Mary Soylu

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

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.

Presenters

Grace Harrison

Teacher-Art, Baltimore City Public Schools

Gabriella Nichole Contreras Santos

Lisa Hochtritt

Rosemary McGeady

Adriane Pereira

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M100

Higher Education, Big Art Education Questions

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

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.

Presenters

Sohee Koo

Marit Dewhurst

Susan McCullough

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Student Story-Building Toward Understanding, Belonging, and Community in the Art Classroom

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

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

Nicole Romanski

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

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

Higher Education, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

An Intergenerational Community of Practice to Support Preservice and Emerging Teachers

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

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.

Presenters

Devon Calvert

Beth Dobberstein

Verónica Soria-Martínez

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

Higher Education, Big Art Education Questions

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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.

Presenters

Minki Jeon

Rachel Fendler

Dr. Sara Scott Shields

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, Conference Theatre (M112)

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.

Presenters

Susan McCullough

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Conference Theatre (M112)

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

Conversations With Colleagues: Connecting With Higher Education Art Educators

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT

Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon D

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.

Presenters

Christina Bain

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Dustin Garnet

Hayon Park

Hazel Bradshaw-Beaumont

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel, Salon D

Higher Education, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

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.

Presenters

Jeffrey Cornwall

Jennifer Bergmark

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

Higher Education, Big Art Education Questions

1:00pm EDT

Top 10 Lessons Learned About Teaching an Art Elementary Methods Course

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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.

Presenters

Nicole Romanski

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

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

Higher Education, Instructional Demonstration

3:00pm EDT

Coping With Toxic Stress Using Restorative Art Practices

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

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

Dr. Donalyn Heise

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 →

Lisa Kay

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Higher Education, Deep Dive Research

3:00pm EDT

Invited Studies in Art Education Lecture

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, Conference Theatre (M112)

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

Presenters

Amy J. Barnickel

Kryssi Staikidis

Mira Kallio-Tavin

Bob Sweeny

Professor of Art Education

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Conference Theatre (M112)

Higher Education, Instructional Demonstration

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

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.

Presenters

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

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

4:30pm EDT

Cultural Dialogue Within Curatorial Practices: Integrating Critical Pedagogy in Art Education

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

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.

Presenters

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.

Umar Hameed

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

4:30pm EDT

What Art History Offers AI: Fostering Ethical Tech Development Through Humanities Insights

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

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.

Presenters

Brittany Myburgh

Assistant Professor, Jackson State University

Mary Soylu

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

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.

Presenters

Teri Giobbia

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M115

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

Walking to Enlightenment: Field Notes From the Himalayas

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

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.

Presenters

Mark Graham

Clark Goldsberry

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L001

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, Boardroom BC

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.

Presenters

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 →

Tammy Ashworth

Teacher, CVUSD

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

Higher Education, Skills Toolbox