2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

The Ugly Doll Project: Student Social Engagement Through the Four Loves Framework

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Through the framework of The Four Loves, the Ugly Doll Project illustrates how teen learners become agents of change for young children in shelters for intimate partner abuse (or any shelter) by designing, making, and donating hand-sewn felt dolls. Learn how to complete the project in your community.

Presenters

Dr. Melissa Leaym-Fernandez

Assistant Teaching Professor of Art Education, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Secondary, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

A Case for the Arts and STEAM: Providing Students Passion and Purpose to Prevent Absenteeism

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

All around the country, schools are dealing with chronic absenteeism post-COVID. Districts want to know: How do we get the kids to come back? Art educators have the answers and strategies. Come learn how arts integration, artistic expression, and STEAMy project-based learning can reengage our learners at all levels.

Presenters

Courtney Bryant

Senior Director of Fine Arts and STEAM, Drew Charter School

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Leadership, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Making Beautiful Music Together: What to Do When Your Administrator Doesn't Come With a Visual Arts Background

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Do you report to a leader who doesn't come from a visual arts background? This is a reality many of us face. Gain strategies for leading upward and helping upper leadership better understand, and in turn, better advocate for the visual arts classroom.

Presenters

Sarah Ackermann

Andrew Frey-Gould

Director of Media, Fine & Performing Arts, Oceanside UFSD

trinity villanueva

Founder, Diwa Soul

Current NAEA Board of Director. Future Associate Chair of NAEA EDI Commission. // I am a mother first and foremost, a proud Latina-NHPI queer woman. // A full time artist, musician, and Polynesian cultural ambassador. Multi-lingual English, Spanish, Hawaiian. // I’m the founder... Read More →

Cesar Torruella

Executive Director of Arts Education, Chicago Public Schools

Jaimie Abney-Giraldo

Making Beautiful Music Together pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Supervision and Administration, Big Art Education Questions

3:00pm EDT

Home and Belonging: Affirming Students' Identities With Diverse Artists and Inclusive Language

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Learn how two educators experience belonging and engage students with contemporary artists. You will leave with ways to cultivate inclusivity and plan a culturally responsive and sustaining art lesson that prioritizes students' funds of knowledge.

Presenters

Marie Huard

Richard Agbeze

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Middle, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves! Tackling Tough Problems in Supervision and Administration

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Join members from the Supervision/Administration Division to discuss issues impacting the field today. You will have a say in which topics we talk about first and to what depth. Come ready to complete a quick poll at the start of the session to help steer our time together. Panelists will include Laura Mitchell, Gino Molfino, Gerry James, Erin Garrity-Duffey and César Torruella.

Presenters

Laura Mitchell

Arts Education Specialist, Buncombe County Schools

Laura Mitchell is the Arts Education Specialist for Buncombe County Schools in Asheville, NC. A former middle school art educator, Laura is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescence Through Young Adult Art, earning her Master’s in Art Education from Western Carolina... Read More →

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L028

Supervision and Administration, Big Art Education Questions