2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

Bad@$$ Projects and Ideas for AP Success (Photo/Graphic Design Focus)

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

This presentation gives AP 2D Design teachers (especially those focused on photo/graphic design) ideas for how to best prepare students for the AP exam. Projects that have had the greatest impact on Sustained Investigation, including summer projects and tips for writing and pacing for the exam, will be shared.

Presenters

Deanna Sortino

Teacher, Niles Township High School District 240

Fine Arts

NAEA Version Bada$$ Projects and Ideas for AP 2 D Success pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Media Arts, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Creative Tracking: Portfolios and Challenge Badges in Elementary TAB Studios

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Two TAB educators explore and share how they integrated portfolios and challenge badges as powerful tools for enhancing student learning, skill development, and motivation. These strategies work well within a TAB classroom as a tool to measure growth over time and as a way to keep track of learned skills.

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 →

2025.Sery NAEA Portfolios and Challenge Badges compressed pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Choice Art Educators Interest Group, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Cultivating Synesthesia and Balancing Personal Traits Through Arts Education in the AI Era: Developing Generative AI to Support Aphantasia

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

This research implies how video-based media arts can foster distinctive conceptual formation, such as visually triggered ideated somatic knowledge, through near-infrared spectroscopy. Learn how deep engagement with visual images enhances synesthetic cognition, and how the aphantasia spectrum (a lifelong mental imagery impairment) reveals a need for generative AI support and tailored methodologies.

Presenters

osamu sahara

Professor, Tokushima University

Yuki Ishihara

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Professional Paper Presentation

2:00pm EDT

Navigating Creative Futures: Bridging the Gap to the Real World With Career Tech Ed Arts Media Entertainment Resources

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Give your high school students an edge by exploring real-world careers in creative industries. This session offers high school art teachers, administrators, and career tech educators resources and guidance to help students think about turning their creative passions into sustainable careers. Say goodbye to the notion of the starving artist.

Presenters

Gayle Nicholls-Ali

Facilitator, Photography & Digital Communication, Arts Media & Entertainment Institute

Passionate about arts education and career pathways, I am a photographer, creative writer and arts educator. I am a Connected Arts Network (CAN) Teacher Leader and CTE AME Ambassador actively supporting arts educators through professional learning communities, curriculum development... Read More →

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration

3:00pm EDT

Studio Habits of Mind: Seeing Assessment

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Learn how to create and use an assessment tool that incorporates the Studio Habits of Mind as the lens through which to view the art standards and the language of the art studio. Walk away with curriculum examples, lesson ideas, and assessment tools that can be adapted to your needs.

Presenters

Erin Rosales Whipple

Katy Liechti

SHOM Seeing Assessment NAEA 2025 pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Choice Art Educators Interest Group, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Social Justice: Empowering Passion, Voice, and Choice

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

This instructional practice workshop focuses on using the creative process and social justice to help learners find their passion and amplify their voice. We'll discuss variety of strategies, activities, and assessments. Attendees can adapt and adopt these ideas for their own purposes and implement them immediately.

Presenters

Andrea Haas

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L002

Secondary, Instructional Practice