2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Have you ever been curious about how you can use, purchase, and fund building bricks in your art room? I was too! Let me share an engaging STEAM lesson using pixel bricks (small, round building bricks) and photography to inspire your future lessons!

Presenters

Tammie Clark

Elementary Art Educator, Decatur City Schools

Hello!! My name is Tammie. I’ve taught elementary art for 24 years on a cart, in a trailer, from a closet and in a classroom and I still love my job! It’s my second career- I was a visual merchandiser for 10 years. I’m an Army brat who lives in North Alabama and am the 3x... Read More →

NAEA 2025 Building Bricks for Digital Photography pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Elementary, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

Elementary Carousel of Learning: Managing the Mess

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Tired of the "organized chaos" in your art room? Join four experienced elementary art educators as they share their battle-tested strategies for creating a calm and productive learning environment.

Presenters

Devon Calvert

Leslie Grace

NAEA Elementary Sessions Survey pdf

Bob Reeker Carts, Trays, Zones pptx

Managing pptx

Copy of Jessie Bayless Managing the Mess 2025 pptx

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Elementary, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Collaborative Research and Wayfaring of the Living Archive of Art Educator Mary Godfrey Through Conversation and Care

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Learn more about art education history and new insights on art educator Mary Godfrey, the first African American full-time faculty member hired at Penn State in 1957. This presentation discusses historical research and embodied, living archival research collaborations centered on care and conversation by an art educator and Godfrey's living relative.

Presenters

Ann Holt

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

2:00pm EDT

Promoting Civic Engagement Through Art and Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Reflecting upon the continuous assaults on democracy and its institutions, we invite dialogue and ask: What is our responsibility as art educators to sustain democracy through meaningful engagement and critical activity? How can artists and creative citizens model an ethics of care that promotes desire to contribute to society?

Presenters

Doug Blandy

Flavia Bastos

Distinguished Research Professor and Provost Fellow, University of Cincinnati

I am a creative educator who leverages art's potential to promote dialogue and civic engagement.

9781032513973 USD pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

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

3:00pm EDT

Making Public Art Accessible to Young Learners

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Public art is a meaningful and impactful tool for teaching accessibility to and awareness of art in our communities. Explore the development and delivery of a theme-based unit for students in upper elementary grade levels about public art from art problem and curiosities to creation, as well as final verification and synthesis.

Presenters

Bob Reeker

K-5 Visual Art Educator, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, Nebraska

Making Public Art Accessible to Young Learners pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Elementary, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Attending to Affect: Rethinking Pedagogical Practices in a High School Art Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Learning and artmaking should be a challenging, vulnerable process full of experimentation, trust, support, and connection. This session shares research exploring pedagogy centering process, contentment, and connection as it considers affect. Participants will explore how pedagogy can center process and attend to affect through alternative ways of being.

Presenters

Amanda Price

Educator-Researcher

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L029

Secondary, Instructional Practice