2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

Fascinating and Fearless Female Artists: 10 Artists You Should Teach

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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.

Presenters

Carmen Noel

Susie Elder

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

12:00pm EDT

Middle Level Division Medley 1: Advocacy Through Research and Leadership

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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

Janis Nunnally

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

Jeanie Fellinger

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

Middle, Skills Toolbox

1:00pm EDT

NAEA Middle Level Medley II: Artmaking Roundtable

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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!!

Presenters

Janis Nunnally

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

Jeanie Fellinger

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

Middle, Skills Toolbox

2:00pm EDT

Crafting Connections: Balancing Tech with Hands-On Artmaking Processes

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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

Shana Ryback

Lower School Art Teacher, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School

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Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

Elementary, Skills Toolbox

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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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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Presenters

Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis

Olga Ivashkevich

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

Disability Studies in Art Education Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Reimagining Research: Art-Based Scholarly Expression

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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.

Presenters

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

Seminar for Research in Art Education Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

5:00pm EDT

Animation for All Classrooms: Students as Storytellers!

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

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!

Presenters

Jody Harry

Richard Rother

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L004

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Skills Toolbox