2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

Resilience in Art Education: Embracing Vulnerability for Innovative Artistic Practices

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Discover how discussing personal challenges within a group of PhD students and a professor enhanced innovative practices in creative research and teaching of arts. We center the question: How does sharing personal experiences in narrative storytelling inspire new ideas and methods?

Presenters

Somi Lee

Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

I am a Teaching Assistant Professor of Art Education. My research focuses on public pedagogy, equity, and social justice. Let’s talk about collaborative art projects, inclusive curation, and innovative approaches to learning in community spaces.

Ava Maken Ali

PhD student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ava Maken Ali's research explores creative explosion and the expression of rage as an angry woman, as well as the role of animals in this expression. She engages with both traditional art forms, such as drawing, installation, video, fashion, and performance, and non-traditional practices... Read More →

Natalie F Smith

PhD candidate, Art Education, UIUC, Adjunct Lecturer in New Media, UNCG, The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG)

Book Designer, Typographer, PhD Candidate in Art Education (UIUC), Graphic Design Educator (MFA, Graphic Design, UIUC, 2020)

Rachel Gu

Umar Hameed

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

CANCELLED Reorienting Orientalism: Resistance and Response in Contemporary Art and Education CANCELLED

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

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Learn more about research exploring the new concerns of an Orientalist gaze. Specific examples of art, teaching, and curatorial practice will be provided along with suggested strategies for resistance to this gaze and by using a diversified theoretical framework of "hospitality and strangeness" and world café methodology as a relevant pedagogical and research approach.

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Presenters

Asli Kinsizer

Manisha Sharma

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

1:00pm EDT

Cultivating an Elementary Art Show

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Learn how to develop and implement a successful elementary art show. Attendees will learn how to integrate their curriculum, collaborate with other faculty, request and receive funding, and encourage strong student and family participation. Attendees will leave with a variety of theme and project ideas.

Presenters

Jessica Whittingham

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Elementary, Instructional Practice

2:00pm EDT

Pre- and Postassessment in a Multicase Study of Antiracism Toward Racial Justice Art Education Modules

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Discover how a research team developed and assessed lessons based on four guided art encounters to advance antiracist pedagogies as they aimed to cultivate the racial literacy of preservice art educators. The team will discuss the instructional approaches and strategies they implemented in addition to the outcomes of their curricula geared toward fostering racial justice.

Presenters

Marie Huard

Eunkyung Hwang

Assistant Professor of Art Education, State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz

Karen Keifer-Boyd

Maggie-Rose Condit-Summerson

Richard Agbeze

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

Elementary Carousel of Learning: Crafting an Engaging Curriculum

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Learn from four elementary art educators from across the country on a variety of different curricula! Presenters will discuss four different styles of curricula, from TAB to preK to adaptive and everything else in between!

Presenters

Devon Calvert

Leslie Grace

NAEA Elementary Sessions Survey pdf

Art and Literature NAEA 2025 pptx

Sat. 3pm Dynamic Digital Designs Elem. Carousel, Louisville 2025 pptx

Adapting your lessons without reinventing the wheel pptx

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Elementary, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Project Your Vision: Elevating Media Arts With Projection Mapping

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Explore innovative teaching with projection mapping and enhancing student creativity. Attendees will master practical strategies, gain a dynamic toolkit, and leave empowered to integrate this cutting-edge technology into digital media arts programs, sparking imaginative projects and engaging classroom experiences.

Presenters

Justin Pierce

Director of Arts Education, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

Justin Pierce is a Media Arts artist and educator committed to fostering collaboration and cultivating curiosity. He began his career after receiving a BA in Painting and a BFA in Art Education from Kent State University in 2004. Justin later earned his MAAE from MICA in 2011 with... Read More →

Project Your Vision pptx

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L003

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration