2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

TikTok Artist to Art Teacher: Using Social Media in the 21st-Century Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

An artist-influencer turned art educator with more than 2 million followers will outline how she uses her experiences to better understand and connect with her audiences online and in the classroom. She explains ways social media can effectively be incorporated into one's teaching practice.

Presenters

Isa Obradovich

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

Preservice, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Wonder and Curiosity of Place: Honorable Explorations of Nature Through Collecting, Eco-Printing, and Botanical Pigments [TICKET REQUIRED]

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

TICKET REQUIRED
Discuss ways to explore and better connect to the natural world through a wonder-filled approach to collecting informed by Indigenous pedagogy, place studies, and eco-based philosophies. Participants will make eco-prints, botanical pigments, and a box or book that houses their eco-explorations.

Presenters

Lori Santos

Wichita State University

Sue Uhlig

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

Ecology and Environment Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Islamic Arts: How It Inspires The World

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

Islamic arts have inspired global art with intricate patterns, calligraphy, and architecture. Design a unit featuring historical context, hands-on geometric design workshops, and calligraphy lessons to bring it to the classroom. Use lectures to highlight influences on Western artists, fostering appreciation and respect for Islamic cultural contributions.

Presenters

Zahra Farooq

Art Teacher at West Lakes Preparatory Academy, Miami Dade County Public Schools

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration

4:00pm EDT

Cultivating Awe for Wellbeing

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

Why is awe essential, and how do we encourage it? Learn about a research partnership between a museum and a psychology professor studying how slow wonder-filled looking and awe enhance well-being. Hear how awe fosters resilience and sparks creativity. Discuss strategies to cultivate awe mindsets in your teaching contexts.

Presenters

Nathalie Ryan

National Gallery of Art, Senior Educator

Nathalie Ryan is a Senior Educator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, where she has led programs for educators, families, teens, and the adult public since 2002. Her current work at the National Gallery is researching awe, wonder, creativity, and wellbeing in the museum with... Read More →

Awe NAEA March2025 NathalieRyanFinal pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M101/M102

Museum Education, Instructional Practice