2025 NAEA National Convention

Presenters

Andrea McDonough

Friday March 21, 2025 7:00am - 8:00am EDT
TBA

Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

8:00am EDT

Fostering Creative Awareness: Integrating Technology-Based Early Childhood Emotional Art Education Program and Visual Diaries

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:25am EDT

TBA

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.

Presenters

Nara Kim

Sukyoung Park

Yeunsuk Mo

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:25am EDT
TBA

Early Childhood Art Educators Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

Emerging Art and Media Technology Careers

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

TBA

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

Morgan Mittelbrun

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

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Ann Holt

Chien-Ling Chen

Karen Keifer-Boyd

Laura McCartney

Liz Langdon

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

Coalition for Feminisms in Art Education, Professional Paper Presentation

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

TBA

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

Rebecca Picker

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

Elementary, Instructional Demonstration

8:00am EDT

Elementary Carousel of Learning: Cracking the Code of Contemporary Art

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

TBA

Join four dynamic elementary art educators as they share innovative ways to incorporate contemporary art into their curriculum! This engaging session will feature a variety of approaches, from using contemporary themes to spark discussions to exploring techniques inspired by modern artists.

Presenters

Devon Calvert

Leslie Grace

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

Elementary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Get Glowing Results With a Blacklight Art Show

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

TBA

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

Alexandra Boudreau

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

Elementary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Navigating AI in Art Education

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

TBA

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

Denise Aldridge

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 →

Kristen Brayson

Program Administrator for Visual & Performing Arts, Portland Public Schools

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

A Systematic Review of Intersectionality Studies in Art Education

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

TBA

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

Jeffrey Cornwall

Min Gu

Ryan Shin

Hyunji Kwon

Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

Community Connections and the Elementary Art Room: A Year of Collaboration

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Jenny Raia

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration

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

TBA

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

Kristina Fox

Luke Meeken

Stephanie Danker

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Thoughts From the Field: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Art and Design Education

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Eva Coker

Kelly Gross

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

2024 Higher Education Educator of the Year Lecture

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

TBA

Join us for a meaningful and inspiring lecture by Amy Pfeiler-Wunder, the 2024 NAEA National Higher Education Educator of the Year. This session will conclude with open dialogue on her lecture and other relevant concerns for art education.

Presenters

Amy Pfeiler-Wunder

Chair, 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
TBA

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

TBA

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

Mary Soylu

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

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

TBA

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
TBA

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

TBA

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
TBA

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

TBA

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

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

Higher Education, Instructional Demonstration

8:00am EDT

Independent School Art Education (ISAE) Interest Group Business Meeting

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

TBA

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

Cole Godvin

cristina pinton

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

Independent School Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

8:00am EDT

Unearthing Self: A Journey of Deep Reflection for Art Educators

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

TBA

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

Nina Unitas

Christen Robl

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

Leadership, Big Art Education Questions

8:00am EDT

From Cell Phones to DSLR Cameras: Transforming a Photography Program

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

TBA

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

Benjamin Hoffman

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

Media Arts, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Facilitating Art Academic Conversations in Collaboration With the Librarian Using Socratic Seminar

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

TBA

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

Julia Schickel

Art Teacher

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

Middle, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Middle Level Division Medley 1: Advocacy Through Research and Leadership

Expressive Observations: Using A/r/tography to Engender Empathy in Visual Arts Classroom Observations

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

TBA

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

Marley Hidalgo

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

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session 2

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

David Burton

Debra Pylypiw

Douglas Boughton

Enid Zimmerman

Karen Keifer-Boyd

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

Research, Big Art Education Questions

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

TBA

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

Jeffrey Broome

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

Research, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

Fascinating and Fearless Female Artists: 10 Artists You Should Teach

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

TBA

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
TBA

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

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

TBA

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

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 →

Aaron Cummins

Kristen LaJeunesse Roach

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

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Photo Embroidery- Adding Texture and Meaning

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

TBA

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

Meredith Giltner

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

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Portraits and Scanograms: Unconventional Representations of Self and Others

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Caro Appel

Rachael Hulme

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

Secondary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Printmaking + Photography = Printography: The Best of Both Worlds

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

TBA

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

Julie Denison

Art Teacher, Cobb County School District

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

Secondary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Secondary Superstars: Award-Winning Secondary Art Educators Share Their Secrets

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

TBA

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

Cathy Heller

Linda Kieling

Lora Marie Durr

Robin Brewer

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

Secondary, Instructional Demonstration

8:00am EDT

Sketchbook and Visual Journal Speed Date

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

TBA

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

David Modler

Artist/Researcher/Educator and Associate Professor of Art Shepherd University, Journal Fodder Junkies

David R. Modler is an artist/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 elementary art for fifteen years. David has since earned a Master of Fine Arts in Drawing... Read More →

Sam Peck

Dr. Laurie Gaitlin

Dr. Jenny Evans

Dr. Sara Scott Shields

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

Secondary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

SRAE Business Meeting: Centering Communities Through Art Education

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

TBA

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!

Presenters

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 →

Christen Sperry Garcia

Ilayda, Altuntas Nott

Lilia Cabrera

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

Seminar for Research in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

12:00pm EDT

Talent Development & High-Ability (TD&HA) Education

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

TBA

By providing and expanding opportunities to grow along developmental and career pathways, all learners, including those with high ability in visual arts, 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

Cappie Dobyns

Art & TAG Teacher, Ames Community School District

Steve Heil

Jennifer Fisher

Associate Teaching Professor of Art Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Enid Zimmerman

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

12:00pm EDT

Imagining Ubuntu: Curating Art Bridging Borders, a Virtual Exhibition

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

TBA

In this session, the Ubuntu Project (a collective of Black artists, educators, and scholars from Kenya and the United States) will share their experiences and best practices from curating their first large-scale virtual exhibition in spring 2024.

Presenters

Lucy Mugambi

Amber Coleman

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

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

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

TBA

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

Margo Wunder

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

Art in Special Education Interest Group, Instructional Practice

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Guey-Meei Yang

Tom Suchan

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

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

Caring About Interpretation: Applying Care Ethics to Museum Education

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

TBA

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

Carissa DiCindio

Dana Carlisle Kletchka

Jenna Green

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

Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

12:00pm EDT

Traces of Touch Within the Feminist Matrixial Sphere: Communal Art-Care Collaboration With Preservice Art Educators

Engaging With Nature Through Art: Eco-Pedagogy and Intervention From Non-Anthropocentric Perspectives

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Jiayi Guo

Li Xu

Ling-yu Chou

Panpan Yang

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

Ecology and Environment Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

12:00pm EDT

More Than Just Clay: Successful Sculpture Lessons in the Elementary Setting

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

TBA

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

Carey Given

Laura Dant

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

Elementary, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Classroom to Community: Strategies for Enhanced Arts Education Engagement

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Karina Yanez

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

Becoming an Art Concept-Building Coach: Replacing Lectures With Cooperative Team Learning and Guided-Inquiry Activities

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

TBA

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

Tammy Ashworth

Teacher, CVUSD

Mary Sullivan

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

Higher Education, Skills Toolbox

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

TBA

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

Presenters

Robin Gordon

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

Margarita Sandino

Director of Education, Dixon Gallery and Gardens

Becca Folkes-Lallo

Christine Ruby

Lucienne Auz

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

Museum Education, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Conversations With Colleagues: Welcome to Preservice! Tips, Guides, and Resources for Student Members

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

TBA

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

Reilly Powers

Brittany Bradley

Jesse Todero

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

Preservice, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

12:00pm EDT

Practicing for Retirement: Cultivating Your Best Creative Future, Now. Why Wait?

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

TBA

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

Cam McComb

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

Retired Art Educators Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

12:00pm EDT

Increase Student Engagement With An Arts-Integrated Program for K-12 Arts Specialists and Teachers

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Renee Ulman

Fine Arts Coordinator, AASD

Renee Ulman - Fine Arts Coordinator Appleton Area School District

Donna Nelson

ArtsCore

Li-Hsuan Hsu

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

Supervision and Administration, Big Art Education Questions

12:00pm EDT

2025 Interest Group Honors

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

TBA

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

12:00pm EDT

Conversations With Colleagues: Connecting With Higher Education Art Educators

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

TBA

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

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Dustin Garnet

Hazel Beaumont

Christine Bian

Sohee Koo and Hayon Park

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

Higher Education, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

12:00pm EDT

National Art Education Foundation Grant Program

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

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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

Frank Juárez

Cris Guenter

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
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NAEF, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

12:00pm EDT

Diverse Learners and SEL: Adaptive Tools, Strategies, and the Healing Power of Artmaking

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Art in Special Education Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Andrea McDonough

Kelley DeCleene

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Challenging Notions of Accomplishment Through the Complication of the TASK

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Samuel Peck

Coordinator of Art Education, Program Supervisor, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

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 of Studio Art... Read More →

David Modler

Artist/Researcher/Educator and Associate Professor of Art Shepherd University, Journal Fodder Junkies

Michael Dodson

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Aesthetic Education Coexistence: Special Action on Activating Local Cultural Genes of "Mountains, Seas, and Rivers"

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Choice Art Educators Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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.

Presenters

Denise Aldridge

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

The Art and Engineering of Self-Portrait Kites

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Ben Chickadel

Jessica Garrick

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

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The Art of Play: Integrating Creativity and Fun Into Learning

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Media Arts, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Jed Dearybury

Educator, Author, Illustrator, mrdearybury.com LLC

Jed Dearybury is 13 year veteran of the early childhood classroom from Spartanburg 6, and now the current Director of Professional Development & Communications for the Palmetto State Teachers Association (PSTA). During his classroom tenure, Jed was featured in GQ Magazine, met President... Read More →

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

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Anything but Paper: Creating With Found and Donated Items

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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.

Presenters

Emily Juda

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Building Together: Collaborative Art Installations

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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

Malvina Johnson

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Creating Comics in Art Education

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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.

Presenters

Godwin Korku Dzidzornu Amuzu

Jenny Raia

Kathryn Sowinski

Sarah Greer

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

STEAM and Ceramics! Ecosystem-Inspired Wind Chimes: A Science-inspired Ceramic Project

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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

Alpha Nash

Michelle Rodich

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Bookbinding Basics: Creating Sketchbooks and Visual Journaling

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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Preservice, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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!

Presenters

Reilly Powers

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Decorating the Ceramic Surface: How to Apply Drawing and Printmaking Processes to Clay

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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

Sarah Horn

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Eco-Printing

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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.

Presenters

Cayce Davenport

Teacher, ACHS - VPA

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Paper Quilt Collaged Portraits

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

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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

Katie Smith-Johnson

Art teacher, Lakeside High School

Kristie York

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Host Organization Ticket Required

12:00pm EDT

Eastern Region Awards & Leader 2 Leader Part 1 (L2L 1)

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

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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

Kristi Oliver

Mindfulness of Process: Teaching Art as a Contemplative Practice

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

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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.

Presenters

Jane Dalton

Associate Professor of Art Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Instagram:@contemplativeartistJane E. Dalton is an Associate 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... Read More →

Dr. Laurel Campbell

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration

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

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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.

Presenters

Clark Fralick

Art Teacher, Southern Hancock School Corporation

Candi Price

Julie Toole

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Meera Ramanathan

Project Resource Teacher - Visual Art, San Diego Unified School District

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Access in Community-Based Preservice Practicums: After-School Art Classes as Alternative to Saturday Art School

NAEA Middle Level Medley II: Artmaking Roundtable

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

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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

Jeanie Fellinger

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

1:00pm EDT

Scratch, Dab, Layer: Printmaking for All Ages, Budgets, and Spaces

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

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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.

Presenters

Caitlin Deutsch

Colleen Pickup

Lindsey Bloom

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Museum Education, Skills Toolbox

1:00pm EDT

The Collective Reimagining of Art Education and Our Constant Struggle Toward Freedom

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

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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.

Presenters

Jazmine Beatty

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

1:00pm EDT

Empowering Community Voice Through Inclusive and Collaborative Educational Practices

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

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Learn about the transformative power of codesign in art education at our session. We'll share insights from partnering with community artists and preservice students to cocreate curricula. Presenters explore the dynamics of collaboration, the impact on educational processes, and practical tips for employing codesign in K-12 and undergraduate settings.

Presenters

Tamryn McDermott

Noor Danielle Murteza

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

1:00pm EDT

Unlocking Success: Insights From AP Art and Design Readers

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

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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.

Presenters

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 →

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:

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

1:00pm EDT

Intersecting Realities: Media Arts as a Lens for Visual Arts Reflection

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

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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.

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Selena Ward

Technical Resource Analyst for Creative Arts, Prince George's County Public Schools

Things I am passionate about: 1. Helping students be creative. 2. Working/Discussing/Sharing with other passionate educators 3. Gamification in the classroom, Media Arts, Arts Integration, Data for improvement

1:00pm EDT

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Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

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Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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2:00pm EDT

I Am Trying to Take Your Job: Building the AI Art Teacher

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

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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

Brad Olson

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

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

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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

Borim Song

East Carolina university, College of Fine Arts and Communication, School of Art and Design

Ahran Koo

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Albert Stabler

Alexandra Allen

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Erin Hylton-Dodson

Dr. Jacqueline Witter

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

2:00pm EDT

Cultivating Community With a School-Wide Food Systems Mural

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

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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.

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Melissa Hronkin

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

2:00pm EDT

Putting the ACTION in Action Research: The CAN Approach

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

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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

Amy Appleton

Kendall Crabbe

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Leadership, Big Art Education Questions

2:00pm EDT

Creative Digital Tools for Any Art Room

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

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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

Erika Ogier

Art, Salem ES

Oscar Keyes

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Media Arts, Skills Toolbox

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

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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.

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Joanna Angelopoulos

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

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

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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

Kamila Glowacki

Education Coordinator, Krannert Art Museum

Ishita Dharap

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Museum Education, Instructional Practice

2:00pm EDT

National Association of State Directors of Arts Education (NASDAE)

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

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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

Joyce Huser

Education Program Consultant - Fine Arts, KSDE

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
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National Association of State Directors of Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

2:00pm EDT

Radical Hospitality: Building Connections in the Classroom

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

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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.

Presenters

Reilly Powers

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Preservice, Big Art Education Questions

2:00pm EDT

Nurturing Artist-Teacher Identities: Fostering Studio Practice in Art Education

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

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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

Sohee Koo

Andrea Allen

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Research, Professional Paper Presentation

2:00pm EDT

Building Student Artists Through 1-Day Workshops

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

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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

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
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Secondary, Skills Toolbox

2:00pm EDT

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

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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.

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Shelly Bailey

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Supervision and Administration, Skills Toolbox

2:00pm EDT

Lifelong Learning Interest Group Networking and Business Meeting and Awards

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:20pm EDT

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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.

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Andrea Elliott

Deborah Wall

Liz Langdon

Pamela Lawton

Angela LaPorte

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:20pm EDT
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LIfelong Learning Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

2:00pm EDT

SRAE Chairperson's Salon: Graduate Student Research Lightning Talks

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

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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

Christen Sperry Garcia

Ilayda, Altuntas Nott

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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Seminar for Research in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

CSAE Un-Business Meeting: Awaken and Connect the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT

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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.

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Lark Keeler

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

LGBTQ+ Business Meeting

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT

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The LGBTQ+ Interest Group will discuss issues relevant to the Interest Group. This meeting is open to all Interest Group members.

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Hannah Swanson

Kaitlynn Radloff

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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LGBTQ+ Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

CLOSED: NAHS Council Meeting

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT

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The National Council of the National Art Honor Society studies NAHS/NJAHS issues and makes recommendations to NAEA regarding program policies and procedures.

Presenters

Mackenzi Wright

Mario R. Rossero

Paula Liz

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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National Art Honor Societies, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

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

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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.

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Janet Taylor

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Preservice, Instructional Practice

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

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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

Min Gu

Eunjin Kim

Kevin Hsieh

Xiaoxiao Bao

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
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Asian Art and Culture Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

3:00pm EDT

CSTAE Annual Town Hall Meeting

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

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Join us for an exciting discussion on concepts, issues, and policies impacting art education now and recognizing CSTAE award winners.

Presenters

Eunkyung Hwang

Jennifer Kaye

Luke Meeken

Oscar Keyes

Verónica Soria Martinez

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
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Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

Artful Learning Communities: Leaders Share their Journey from Isolation to Inspiration

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

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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

Rachael Harrison

Frank Juárez

Amy Appleton

Kendall Crabbe

Melissa Hronkin

Ann Ossey

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
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Connected Arts Networks (CAN), Big Art Education Questions

3:00pm EDT

Considering Embodied Care: Refusing Academic Injuries Through Collaborative Autobiographical Art Performance

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.

Presenters

Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis

Olga Ivashkevich

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
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Disability Studies in Art Education Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

3:00pm EDT

All Children Are Foreigners: Challenging Myths and Misconceptions in Early Childhood Art

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

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"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.

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Heather Kaplan

Christine Thompson

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Dr. Donalyn Heise

Lisa Kay

Beverley H Johns

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

Higher Education, Deep Dive Research

3:00pm EDT

Business Meeting: History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group

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

TBA

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

Margaret Walker

Associate Clinical Professor, University of Maryland

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

History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

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

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

TBA

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

Courtnie Wolfgang

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 →

Mitchell DeAvin

Pamela Harris Lawton

James Sanders III

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

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

3:00pm EDT

Honoring the History of African American Presence in Art Education

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

TBA

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

Grace Hampton

Indira Bailey

Jaimeson Daley

Nashormeh Lindo

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

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

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

TBA

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

Abi Paytoe Gbayee

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

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

3:00pm EDT

Subversive Art Practices as Inspiration for Art Education and Its History

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Dustin Garnet

Clayton Funk

Jason Swift

Jim Daichendt

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

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

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Ayelet Danielle Aldouby-Efraim

Nicole Pamela Johnson

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

Leadership, Deep Dive Research

3:00pm EDT

Playful Learning: Designing and Redesigning Art Gallery Board Games

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

TBA

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

Ashley Williams

Audrey Jacobs

Dianna Bradley

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

Museum Education, Deep Dive Research

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

TBA

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.

Kent

2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter

Jane Dalton

Associate Professor of Art Education, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Chris Bain

Hyunji Kwon

Rina Kundu Little

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

Research, Deep Dive Research

3:00pm EDT

Research Kitchen

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

TBA

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

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

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

Studies in Art Education, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

USSEA Awards Celebration

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Lori Santos

Mara Pierce

Fatih Benzer

Angela LaPorte

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

United States Society for Education Through Art Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

3:00pm EDT

All of the Fun, None of the Fuss: Playful Computational Thinking in PreK-12 Classrooms

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Marta Cabral

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University Teachers College

I'm a curator of artistic experiences, play, and artworks. I work with people of all ages exploring art materials and ideas in settings such as studios, classrooms, galleries, universities, conference rooms, and beyond. I am Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s... Read More →

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Stitched Finger Labyrinths: Mindful Meanderings in Mixed Media

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Amy Broady

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

The Art of Motif Making

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Meera Ramanathan

Project Resource Teacher - Visual Art, San Diego Unified School District

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Craftivism as Community Practice

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Ana Guzman

Kristin Taylor

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

It Starts With One: Outsider Art as a Springboard for Collaborative Design

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

Media Arts, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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

Patricia Phillips

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

A New Twist (or Stitch!): Mixed-Media Collage

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Lisa Spence

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Creativity Unboxed: Exploring Art, Science, and Engineering With Zimoun-Inspired Sculptures

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Jolanda Dranchak

curriculum Integrator

Andy Berg

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Thomas Danbo-Inspired Giant Troll Sculptures for the Classroom

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Miranda Meeks

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Turning Trash Into Treasure With Gelli Plates

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Samuel Peck

Coordinator of Art Education, Program Supervisor, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

David Modler

Artist/Researcher/Educator and Associate Professor of Art Shepherd University, Journal Fodder Junkies

Matthew Grundler

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Cosplay in the Classroom: Using Sculpture Techniques to Bring Superheroes to Life

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Brian Harmon

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Gelli Arts Printing in the Classroom Setting

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Jody Nix

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Nature's Blueprint: K-12 Eco-Friendly Cyanotype Techniques

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Natalie Jones

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Side-by-Side Inclusion Style! Create a Painting, Collage, or Mixed Media From Student Inspiration!

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Jennifer Sims

Kim Soule

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Host Organization Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

CFAE Awards Ceremony

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Rebecca Turk

Cheri Ehrlich

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

Caucus for Feminisms in Art Education Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

4:00pm EDT

Distinguished Fellows Forum, Oral Histories Initiative: Let’s Talk!

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Robert Sabol

Associate Head of the Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, Purdue University

Dustin Garnet

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

Distinguished Fellows, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

4:00pm EDT

National Art Education Foundation Featured Grantee Projects

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

TBA

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

Frank Juárez

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
TBA

NAEF, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

4:00pm EDT

Choice Art Educators Interest Group Business Meeting

Friday March 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:20pm EDT

TBA

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.

Presenters

Brooke Brei

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.

Presenters

Jonathan Juravich

2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter

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

Elementary, Skills Toolbox

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Rachel Hausmann-Schall

Xoe Fiss

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

Elementary, Skills Toolbox

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

TBA

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

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

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

TBA

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

Umar Hameed

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

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

4:30pm EDT

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

Ethical Guidelines for Artistic Research: Navigating the IRB Process

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Boram Kim

Jinyoung Koh

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

Research, Professional Paper Presentation

4:30pm EDT

Art Studio Investigations: Artmaking as Research

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Karen Edwards

Peter Edwards

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

Secondary, Instructional Practice

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

TBA

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!

Presenters

Amanda Tutor

Instruction, Bartlett City Schools

Presenters

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
TBA

Elementary, Instructional Demonstration

5:00pm EDT

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

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

TBA

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

Clark Goldsberry

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

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Alyson Pouls

CPS New Teacher, MANN

Theresa Haugen

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

Design Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Alyssa Shopbell

Isa Obradovich

Luke Meeken

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

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

Museums and Universities Collaborating to Increase Participation in Reciprocal Programs

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Samantha Gaier

Museum Division Chair, Cincinnati

2020 OAEA Virtual Conference Presenter

Michaelann Kelley

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

Museum Education, Big Art Education Questions

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

TBA

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.

Presenters

Amanda Galbraith

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

Preservice, Skills Toolbox

5:00pm EDT

Decolonizing Arts Engagement

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group General Business Meeting

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Debrah Sickler-Voigt

Ryan Shin

JaeHan Bae

Kevin Hsieh

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

5:00pm EDT

NAEA Affinity Group: Asian American

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

Ray Yang

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony

Bridging Generations Speed-Dating Style: Conversations Between Early Career Art Educators and Retired Art Educators

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

Betsy Logan

Debi Barrett-Hayes

Melody Weintraub

Sally Chambliss

Debi Dunavant West

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Leadership, Skills Toolbox

5:30pm EDT

8-Bit Pixel Art Animation: Making it Move

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

Erika Ogier

Art, Salem ES

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Media Arts, Skills Toolbox

5:30pm EDT

Unlock the Future With Immersive Technologies in Art Education: AR, VR, AI, and Beyond

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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.

Presenters

Lilly Lu

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Media Arts, Instructional Practice

5:30pm EDT

Healing Through Learning: Integrating Art Education Into Health Care

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

Bryna Bobick

Sarah Camp

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Preservice, Instructional Practice

5:30pm EDT

Strategies for Avoiding Overwhelm as an Early Career Art Teacher

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

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. I'm passionate about life-long learning through collaboration and building community.

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Preservice, Skills Toolbox

5:30pm EDT

Supporting Mental Health: Embracing Contemporary Art-Based Practices in Teacher Preparation

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

TBA

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

Eunjung Chang

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
TBA

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation

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

TBA

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

Rachel E. Briggs

Stephanie Silverman

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
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Secondary, Instructional Practice

5:30pm EDT

Tying Art Journal Assignments to Google Arts and Culture and Standards

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

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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

Nicole Plymesser Nelson

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
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Secondary, Instructional Practice

5:30pm EDT

Experiences With Graduate-Level Research: A Conversation With Past Eisner Doctoral Research Award Winners

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

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