2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

Generating New Conversations for Educators Through Arts Research

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Authors in a newly published edited volume featuring a collection of practice-based research projects discuss their artistic explorations and research, illuminating how art education practices enrich and generate transformative approaches to art making, teaching, writing, and thinking.

Presenters

Rebecca Bourgault

Catherine Rosamond

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

Keys to Success With Kindergarten

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Are you feeling at a loss with your kindergarten classes? Do you need some practical ideas to bring back and use with your young artists? This session will provide ideas and inspiration, and you will return to your kindergarten students with a renewed hope of less chaos and greater success.

Presenters

Ted Edinger

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Elementary, Instructional Demonstration

1:00pm EDT

Faux Real: Taking Polymer Clay to the Next Level

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Do you want to get students interested in jewelry, but do not have access to metals, tools, or torches? Join us for a new school approach on how to turn polymer clay into precious stones.

Presenters

Matt Young

NAEA Western Region Elect, Ohio Art Education Association

Visual Art Teacher, Pickerington Central High School, Grades 9-12 Matt Young is committed to student success inside of the classroom and out in the real world. With a 30 year career teaching Ceramics, Sculpture, Jewelry, Computer Graphics, and AP art. I also serve as the department... Read More →

Gayle Trueblood

Past President, Secondary WR Representative and EDI State Liaison to NAEA, OAEA

Sculpture/Ceramics, Jewelry, Wearable Arts, Art Club and Yearbook Advisor from Lima, Ohio. I’ve been teaching for 26 years at Shawnee High School. Currently serving as the Past President of the Ohio Art Education Association and EDI liaison to NAEA.

NAEA Faux Polymer Clay Jewelry pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Secondary, Instructional Demonstration

2:00pm EDT

The Value of Community Connection in Older Adult Learning

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Explore lifelong learning opportunities and learn how the visual arts can be used in K-12, university, and museum settings to build valuable relationships with diverse older adults through community partnerships. These partners include multigenerational learners, preservice teachers and their students, and older adults in culturally diverse communities.

Presenters

Sheila McGuire

Head of School and Teacher Programs, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Deborah Wall

Kathy Dumlao

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Lifelong Learning Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

3:00pm EDT

Overcoming Barriers to Access in the Art Room: Authentic Engagement for ALL Learners

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Do you have students who would benefit from adaptations or accommodations to make their art experiences more authentic and meaningful without paraeducators doing it for them? Come learn about academic, physical, and communicative barriers to access and easy ways to overcome them. Your students will thank you!

Presenters

Kelley DeCleene

Adjunct Instructor, Content Creator, SME, Curriculum Writer, Art of Education University

Commercial adaptive tools and materials docx

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Art in Special Education Interest Group, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Sneaky Assessment in the Art Room: Fostering Creativity Through Art Assessment

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Does the word "assessment" make you cringe? Rethink assessment in the art room with creative prompts, engaging mini-lessons, and sneaky scaffolding. Push students' creative thinking to inform your teaching. This presentation will reinvigorate your teaching and spice up even the most traditional art lessons with overlooked forms of assessment.

Presenters

Janet Taylor

JanetTaylor NAEA25 Sneaky Assessment QR Code to Presentation and Resources pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L030

Secondary, Instructional Practice