Gain valuable insights and learn practical strategies to create an inclusive, empowering art education environment for special education students while referencing IEPs and Behavior Plans. By incorporating these principles into their teaching practices, educators will contribute to their students' growth, development, and artistic expression.
TICKET REQUIRED Work with NAEA25 Keynote Speaker and artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator Roberto Lugo! Engage in an experience that allows you to actively consider culturally significant imagery based on your lived experiences and learn how to translate these elements into a tessalating pattern.
Roberto Lugo is a Philadelphia-based artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator. Lugo utilizes classical pottery forms in conjunction with portraiture and surface design reminiscent of his North Philadelphia upbringing and Hip Hop culture to highlight themes of poverty, inequality, a... Read More →
This session will explore how LGBTQ+ artists utilize grid systems to express personal narratives in their work. Focusing on geometric frameworks as a boundary for assignments, participants will learn how to facilitate a safe environment for students to navigate identity and vulnerability through artmaking.
Learn the "how-tos" of a unique artist-in-residence program aimed at teacher retention and development. With information for classroom teachers, teaching artists, and their administrators, witness each stage of five unique residencies and how they facilitated growth in a breadth of areas including cultural responsiveness, SEL, self-confidence, environmental arts, and more!
Gain tools to foster positive classroom culture and improve job satisfaction. Through interactive presentations, case studies, and collaborative discussions, this session will culminate the development of personalized action plans to empower educators to apply strategies that promote long-term success and stability within their schools.
