2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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

Jeff Horwat

Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of New Mexico

Marley Hidalgo

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation

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

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

2:00pm EDT

Teaching Native American Skateboards

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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.

Presenters

Georgina Badoni, Ph.D.

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Secondary, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

Diverse Art Education Histories: LGBTQ+ Stories of Resilience, Resistance, Rebellion, and Revelry

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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

Mindi Rhoades

The Ohio State University

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 →

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 →

James Sanders III

Mitchell DeAvin

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

History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Creative Sustainability: Transforming Recycled Materials Into Art With Students

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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.

Presenters

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

Middle, Instructional Demonstration

5:00pm EDT

OUR Adidas: Inspiring Young Writers and Artists With Run-DMC

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

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!

Presenters

Holly Lazor

Shannon Jackson

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Elementary, Instructional Practice