2025 NAEA National Convention

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7:00am EDT

Mindful Morning Yoga With CSAE TBAAndrea McDonough

8:00am EDT

Pixel Perfect: Five Ways to Dive Into Digital Design TBAJanine Campbell • Jane Montero Coffee and Conversations With Art in Special Education (ASE) TBAMikaela Bachmann Asian Art and Culture Interest Group Executive Board Meeting TBABorim Song • Yichien Cooper • Ryan Shin • Eunjung Chang • Kevin Hsieh Draw an Elephant With Your Eyes Closed: TASK as Creative Play AND Assessment TBAChrissy LaMaster • Dr. Stephanie Baer Unleashing Creativity: Visual Journals as Catalysts for Dynamic Pedagogical Practices TBADavid Modler • Michael Dodson • Eric Scott • Michael Bell • Sam Peck Distinguished Fellows Forum, Archives Initiative: Leaving Your Legacy, Constructing an Art Education Archive TBARobert Sabol • Dustin Garnet Building Bricks for Digital Photography TBATammie Clark Elementary Carousel of Learning: Crafting an Engaging Curriculum TBADevon Calvert • Leslie Grace Empowering Young Voices: Creating Activist Art in Elementary Classrooms TBAAnn Romero De Córdoba Establishing a Maker Mindset With Arts-Based STEAM TBAMeredith Cosier First-Day Collaborative Murals to Start Your Year Off Right! TBAJessica Crandell Lettering for Literacy: Ideas for Incorporating Typography Into Your Elementary Art Curriculum TBAHeidi Wineland Ridiculous History: Fun Facts to Draw Students Into Your Lessons TBAKyle Wood Do Your Homework: Preparing to Facilitate Social Justice Art Education TBAMarit Dewhurst • Stefanie Lewin Engage Secondary Immigrant Learners in Deconstructing Racial Hierarchy and Enhancing Identity Construction TBAKevin Hsieh Integrating Muralism: From Community to Classroom in Medellín, Colombia, and Minneapolis, Minnesota TBAElissa Cedarleaf Dahl Let the Art Do the Talking: Fostering Antiracist Discussions With Elementary School Students TBAValerie Garcia Trauma-Informed Art Education: Ethics of Care in the Classroom TBAEmily Wittenstein From Cute to Creative: Documenting Infant and Toddler Explorations, Relationships, and Innate Sense of Wonder TBALisa Fiore Generating New Conversations for Educators Through Arts Research TBARebecca Bourgault • Catherine Rosamond Resilience in Art Education: Embracing Vulnerability for Innovative Artistic Practices TBAsomi lee • Ava Maken Ali • Natalie F Smith • Rachel Gu • Umar Hameed Championing Art Learning for All Students Through the Arts Education Data Project TBAO David Deitz • Cody Talarico Artificially Inspired: Unleashing Creativity With AI for Art Teachers TBARenee Schumacher Bad@$$ Projects and Ideas for AP Success (Photo/Graphic Design Focus) TBADeanna Sortino Collaborative Interaction Without Anxiety: Supporting SEL Through Structured Cooperative Team Learning and Guided-Inquiry Activities TBAMare Sullivan • Tammy Ashworth Incorporating Student Choice in K-12 Museum Programs TBAJeremiah Myers • Molly Phillips A Comparative Study of Traditional and Digital Painting for Preservice Artist-Educators TBAQianyu Zhou TikTok Artist to Art Teacher: Using Social Media in the 21st-Century Classroom TBAIsa Obradovich Using Multimedia Learning Journals to Help Foster Student Engagement and Depth of Learning TBAKristine Quinn Do ADHD Coping Strategies From Art Class Benefit Overall Education Practices? TBAAndrea Fort Creating Curriculum: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching and Learning TBAAmanda Price Faux Real: Taking Polymer Clay to the Next Level TBAMatt Young • Gayle Trueblood Makes Me Wanna Holler: Black Male Art Educators Speaking Identity and Culture TBACalvester S. Graham • Semaj Campbell Robots as Agents of Student Creativity and Sculptural Designs TBADebrah Sickler-Voigt • Lorinne Lee • Monica Leister The Ugly Doll Project: Student Social Engagement Through the Four Loves Framework TBADr. Melissa Leaym-Fernandez Unlocking Potential: Exploring Literacy in Arts Education TBAVeronica Martin • Jennifer Griner Utilizing Altered Book Lessons to Discover and Enrich Art Basics TBAJulie Denison Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) and Choice-Based Art Education Through a Supervisor/Administrator Lens TBAJennifer Ferrari • Leah Maltbie

10:45am EDT

14th Annual NAEF Fundraising Benefit Event - Modern Glyphics in Communities: The Transformative Power of Collaborative Art TBACris Guenter

12:00pm EDT

The Art of Social Theory: CSTAE Digital Curriculum Portfolio TBAEmily Hood • Luke Meeken • Oscar Keyes • Verónica Soria Martinez Artsonia: Online Portfolios, Fund-Raising, and More: Hear Firsthand Experiences With the Platform TBABriana Smith • Christine Holajter • Danielle Matousek • Kayla Green • Shannon Chrisco Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices on Teaching Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander Arts and Culture TBAMeera Ramanathan • Eunjung Chang • Sangmin Lee • Maria Lim Between Campus and Community: Exploring Spatial Politics in Preservice Teacher Education and Youth Arts Programs TBAChristina Hanawalt • Lisa Novak Creative Tracking: Portfolios and Challenge Badges in Elementary TAB Studios TBADenise Aldridge • Amy Sery Reorienting Orientalism: Resistance and Response in Contemporary Art and Education TBAAsli Kinsizer • Manisha Sharma Bridging Generations: Revitalizing Community Culture Through Socially Engaged Art TBAPei-Jung Tsai Stand-Up: Facing My Own Disability While Teaching a Class on Inclusive Practices to Art Educators TBAKate Wurtzel Elementary Carousel of Learning: Managing the Mess TBADevon Calvert • Leslie Grace Keys to Success With Kindergarten TBATed Edinger What Equity Pedagogy Looks Like in Practice: Essential Equity Beliefs and Resulting Actions TBAChristina Chin Contemporary Conversations TBACheryl Maney Writing for Studies in Art Education TBAAmy J. Barnickel • Kryssi Staikidis • Mira Kallio-Tavin Advocacy: Collaboration Is Key TBABarbara Laws Service or Servitude? Preservice Teachers Practice Cultures of Care Through Service Learning in Community Settings TBAVeronica Hicks • Natalia Pilato Class Culture Eats Lesson Plans for Breakfast TBAAmanda Tutor How to Measure Social-Emotional Learning in Art Museum/School Partnership Programs TBASara Egan Classroom Critique Methods and Strategies TBABrooke Hunter-Lombardi Creative Professional Mentorship in High School TBAKathleen Tieri Ton Curating as Making TBAAmy Jackson Foolproof Fabulousness: Cultivating an Attitude of Excellence in the Art Classroom TBATiffany Fox SRAE Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research in Art Education Dissertation Award TBAChristen Sperry Garcia Annual Meeting of the Review Board for the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education TBAgloria j. wilson • Cala Coats • Amanda Alexander • Lynn Robinson Community Arts Caucus Annual Town Hall Meeting TBAWilliam Estrada • Carina Maye • Jennifer Bergmark • Tim Abel • Angela Inez Baldus Teaching Art in Troubled Times: A Fellows Forum TBAMarjorie Manifold • Steve Willis • Alice Wexler • Christine Thompson NAEA Affinity Group: 2SLGBTQIA+ TBARay Yang Mentorship Through Research: Exciting Collaborative Faculty and Student Projects and Analyses TBAYichien Cooper • Chris Bain • Hazel Bradshaw-Beaumont Research Commission Leadership Forum TBAAmy Pfeiler-Wunder • Aaron Knochel • Leslie C. Sotomayor II Reaching Diverse Students: Create Tools and Resources That Enhance Access and Authenticity for ALL Learners TBAApril Malphurs • Kelley DeCleene Releasing and Redirecting Using Art and Our Hands TBARaine Valentine Outlaws Versus Conformists: A Mixed-Media Abstract Collaboration Workshop TBADavid Modler • Michael Bell Modern Fabric Linoprints: Not Your Grandmother's Textile Workshop! TBATeri Giobbia Wonder and Curiosity of Place: Honorable Explorations of Nature Through Collecting, Eco-Printing, and Botanical Pigments TBALori Santos • Sue Uhlig Studio State of Mind TBACarey Given • Laura Dant • Tiffany Whalen Roll the dice: Play Your Way Into Higher Education (Art) Teaching TBAMarta Cabral Artfully Suited for Spacewalking: Sewable Electronics "Suited" for Mars! TBAAngela Batten • Barbara Liedahl • Camille Dogbe Character Development and Storytelling in Art: A Complete Unit of Study TBAAllison Cole Games People Play TBADebra Hannu Storytelling to Connect to Self: Oral History and Bookmaking Workshop TBAElizabeth Healey-Mainoo Cultivating Creativity With Simple and Effective Challenges TBAEric Scott Trash to Treasure: Creating Sculptures With Dynamic Form and Texture Using Cardboard TBAAmy Henke CFAE Business Meeting II: Amplifying Emerging Feminist Research in Visual Arts and Education TBAAnn Holt • Carly Sherman • Cheri Ehrlich

1:00pm EDT

Toward a Nature-Based Pedagogy: Inspirations for Learning, Well-Being, and Reflection TBANoor Murteza DSAE Awards Ceremony TBAAlexandra Allen • Kelly Gross • Timothy Smith Advocating Artfully TBAThomas Knab Research is Elementary 3.0 TBADevon Calvert • Tina Atkinson Unique Fiber Arts Projects for Your K-5 Classroom TBARebecca Picker Walking the Walk: One PLC's Journey to Build Curriculum that Embraces Artistic SEL Skills TBAKatherine Bonilla Cocreating Community: Antioppressive Alternatives to "Classroom Management" TBAAlisha Mernick Cultivating Synesthesia and Balancing Personal Traits Through Arts Education in the AI Era: Developing Generative AI to Support Aphantasia TBAOsamu Sahara • Yuki Ishihara Murals as Media: Fostering Community Engagement and Voice Through Art TBARobyn MacNair • Sofia Cuevas • Lindsey Barfield Blooming Together: Female Art Educators' Collective Renewal of Researcher Identities TBABorim Song • Ahran Koo • Eunjung Chang • oksun Lee Invited Studies in Art Education Lecture TBABob Sweeny • Amy J. Barnickel • Kryssi Staikidis • Mira Kallio-Tavin Collaborative Research and Wayfaring of the Living Archive of Art Educator Mary Godfrey Through Conversation and Care TBAAnn Holt HHAE Distinguished Scholar Award TBAChristen Sperry Garcia Drawing on Your Leadership Style: Strengths-Based Approaches for Art Educators TBAAntoniette Guglielmo 3D Printed Art in the Elementary Classroom TBAJudith Woodward How to Start With Stop Motion: A Scaffolded, Technical Opportunity for Project-Based Learning TBAKimberly Kinsland Art Reboot: Reinventing, Creating, and Building a New Art Program TBAHolly Kincaid Middle Level Division Medley III: Engagement Ideas for Developing Relationships With Middle Level Students TBAMatt Grundler • Janis Nunnally Three Keys for Building an Outstanding Teaching Artist Training Program TBABrandon Barr • Miriam Ruiz Untangling Museum Internships: Creating Rich, Meaningful Experiences for Future Museum Workers TBALingran Zhang • Ran Qi • Terron Banner • Xiaoxiao Bao • Dana Kletchka Bridging the Gap: From 2D Mastery to Powerful 3D Concepts in AP Studio Art TBAStan Dodson Understanding the AP Art and Design Rubric and Classroom Application TBADale Clifford • Rebecca Stone-Danahy Making Beautiful Music Together: What to Do When Your Administrator Doesn't Come With a Visual Arts Background TBASarah Ackermann • Andrew Frey-Gould • Trinity Villanueva

2:00pm EDT

AI-Infused Learning Design for Preparing Productive and Ethical Artists in the AI Age TBAGuey-Meei Yang Express Yourself: 5 Creative Advocacy Projects Incorporating Ethical Artifical Intelligence with Adobe Express TBATim Needles Promoting Civic Engagement Through Art and Education TBADoug Blandy • Flavia Bastos Choice-Based Art Ed: Where Are We Now? TBABrooke Brei Early Childhood Art Education (ECAE) Interest Group Meeting TBAGigi Schroeder Yu Elementary Carousel of Learning: Hands-On Studio Make and Take TBADevon Calvert • Leslie Grace Inclusive Adaptive Art Practices in an Elementary Art Studio TBAMegan Bye Navigating Creative Futures: Bridging the Gap to the Real World With Career Tech Ed Arts Media Entertainment Resources TBAGayle Nicholls-Ali Pre- and Postassessment in a Multicase Study of Antiracism Toward Racial Justice Art Education Modules TBAMarie Huard • Eunkyung Hwang • Karen Keifer-Boyd • Maggie-Rose Condit-Summerson • Richard Agbeze From Art Teacher to EdD/PhD: The Ins and Outs of Getting a Doctorate TBAElizabeth Stuart • Jeff Broome Navigating the Grid: Approaching Queer Narrative Through Geometric Art TBALauren Pierce The Value of Community Connection in Older Adult Learning TBASheila McGuire • Deborah Wall • Kathy Dumlao Mindfully Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Curricula TBAMichael Cassens Developing a Visual Journal Practice for Your Middle-Level Classroom! TBAJacqueline Jablecki Introduction to Digital Drawing and Art With an Easy-to-Use Program TBALeah Morgan Inclusive Museum Education in the Context of Parental Rights Legislation TBABrittny Bevel Más Idiomas: Language Inclusion in Museums TBAAsami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto • Gabriela Perez Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session 3 TBADebi West • Mary Stokrocki • Lisa Kay • David Burton • Linda Popp We're in This Together: Social-Emotional Learning Implementation and Support Strategies for Preservice Students TBAJennifer Bergmark • Lindsay Edwards Dinner Is Served!: Moving Away From Traditional Tests in AP Art History TBAMartha Anne Kuntz Secondary Smash Hits: Shared Successes of Effective Practices and Student Engagement TBACathy Heller • Linda Kieling • Robin Brewer • Gayle Trueblood Show Your Work! Building Student Skill in Process Documentation TBAAlexandra Overby Utilizing Concise Language to Navigate Complex Content in Contemporary Learning Spaces TBALatausha Cox • Brooke Hunter-Lombardi Data Visualization Working Group: Research and Applications in Art Education TBAYichien Cooper • Joy Bertling • Lauren Stetz

3:00pm EDT

Overcoming Barriers to Access in the Art Room: Authentic Engagement for ALL Learners TBAKelley DeCleene Studio Habits of Mind: Seeing Assessment TBAErin Rosales Whipple • Katy Liechti Teacher Retention Through Artist-in-Residence Collaborations TBABrett Henzig What is the Evolving Role of Nontraditional Community Art Praxis in Preservice and In-Service Art Education? TBAKathy Brown CAN Online Toolbox Content Creation TBAAmy Appleton • Kendall Crabbe Eco-Pedagogy in Action: The Landfill Project TBADr. Angela LaPorte • Marriah Geels From Personal Artmaking Practice to Eco-Pedagogy: Instructional Units Inspired by Making, Nature, and Our Surroundings TBAGrace Harrison • Nan Park • Rosemary McGeady Cultivating an Elementary Art Show TBAJessica Whittingham Tips and Tricks for Teacher Sanity TBAAletha Keogh • Miriam Cutelis A Museum in Your Classroom: Exploring Contemporary Artworks and Lessons They Inspire TBACarrie Goe Nettleton Dress to Express: A Cultural Framework for Using Dress and Adornment in the Arts Classroom TBALisa Rathje • Paddy Bowman In What Ways Might "Culture" Be Introduced to Preservice Students in Art Education? TBAAnna Ryoo Islamic Arts: How It Inspires The World TBAZahra Farooq Sharing Culture Through Art the DEI and Delicious Dishes Story TBAElizabeth Barker • Abigail Birhanu • Amy Rushing • Sarah Luttrell Fostering Civic Responsibility Through Art: Innovative K-12 Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project TBAMinki Jeon • Rachel Fendler • Sara Scott Shields Creating Balance as a Teacher and Administrative Leader in Art Education TBALydia Atubeh • Angie Kucharski • Leigh Drake • Benjamin E. Hoffman Let's Talk About STEAM Education Across the Curriculum TBATracey Hunter-Doniger • Nancy Walkup Pixels to Play: Level Up Your Art Classroom With Accessible Video Game Design Using Construct TBANichole Kaplan-Rudolph Exploring Identity Through Textile Arts TBARuby Ming Getting Digital With Middle TBADon Masse Home and Belonging: Affirming Students' Identities With Diverse Artists and Inclusive Language TBAMarie Huard • Richard Agbeze Inspiring Student Art Journals TBAAndrea Aeschliman Beyond Advisory Groups: Leveraging Professional Learning Communities in Museums as Sustainable Models of Collaboration TBAEmee Hendrickson • Jennifer Beradino Empowering Teen Voices Through Civic Engagement: Innovative Strategies for Facilitating Teen Designed Public Art TBAAhmari Benton Touch and Tell: Enhancing Museum Experiences for the Blind and Visually Impaired TBAMallory Lind R- U- AI Curious? It's All About the PROMPT! TBALisbeth Bucci Supporting New and New-to-Art Teachers: Building Foundations for Success TBAKaren Kelly • Theresa Gillespie Arts and Health: Expanding Research and Practice and the Role of Art Education in Healing TBARamya Ravisankar • Patricia Bode Literature Review of Social-Emotional Learning in K-12 Art Education TBASarah Sanders Making Public Art Accessible to Young Learners TBABob Reeker AP for Process Not Product: LET'S PLAY! TBAMaria Knuckley Robinson Art, Work, Family: Three High School Connected Arts Network Teachers Collaborate to Create Meaningful Student Projects Focused on SEL, Career Skills, and Personal Growth TBAGayle Nicholls-Ali • Hilary Morefield • Chalon Ross Implementing Creative Research Journals in the Art Room: A Teacher's Perspective TBAMaggie Elsener • Kate Gracie • Sarah Gabelhouse Indigenous Youth Voices TBATeresa Heil Starting a Fiber Arts Class From Scratch TBAErica Wright Successful and Engaging Lesson Ideas for Every Art Teacher, AP and Beyond! TBADebi West • Stan Dodson • Ivey Coleman • Kirby Meng • Drew Brown NAEA Affinity Group: American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous TBARay Yang

4:00pm EDT

Project Your Vision: Elevating Media Arts With Projection Mapping TBAJustin Pierce Almost Got Arrested: My Adventure in Teaching Critical Socially Engaged Art in China TBAYing CUI Reviving the Spark: Strategies for Confident Drawing in a TAB Studio TBAAmy Sery Practical Approaches to Teaching Disability Studies in Art Education to University Students TBAAlexandra Allen • Timothy Smith Celebrating Leadership: Elementary Division TBADevon Calvert • Leslie Grace Connecting Art and Literacy Through Pictograms and Codes TBAStacey Walden Cultivating a Classroom Community of Risk-Taking TBACatie Nasser Integrating Los Angeles-Based Artists and Promoting Student Voice TBAMireya Alonzo Good Trouble: Leaving the Masters Behind to Ethically Share Diverse Works With Elementary Art Students TBAKimberly Olson Murals as a Primary Vehicle for Understanding Identity and Building Agency in PreK-12 TBAWilliam Heidenfeldt • Jasmin Flores • Julie Charles • Maya Manvi Neurodiversity in the Art Classroom TBAJennifer Fisher Creating a Preservice Community for Networking and Empowerment Through a Regional Preservice Art Education Conference TBAReilly Powers • Isa Obradovich • Luke Meeken • Stephanie Danker Teaching Social Practice and Community Engaged Art Education With Criticality in Coursework TBAPatty Bode • Kate Collins • Ramya Ravisankar A Case for the Arts and STEAM: Providing Students Passion and Purpose to Prevent Absenteeism TBACourtney Bryant Artist + Activist: Amplifying Student Voices Through Creation, Research, and Exhibition TBADeanna Sortino • Dawn Zalkus • John Zilewicz STEAM Rolling Through Children's Literature TBAJed Dearybury An Exemplary Visual Art Classroom TBAAnthony Woodruff Ignite Artistic Fire in Your Middle Schoolers TBATheresa McGee • Stacy Lord • Holly Bess Kincaid • Janine Campbel Creativity and Hope Amid Educational Restrictions TBACandice Duncan-Baune • Danielle Muzina • Molly Phillips Cultivating Awe for Wellbeing TBANathalie Ryan Empowering Critical Thinking Through Art: A Collaborative Initiative TBABrittny Bevel • Laura Hobby Sounds of Playful Learning Ahead: Cultivating Family-Friendly Museum Cultures TBAAllison Rogers • Lindsey Bloom • Xoe Fiss Centering Art and Social Studies: Elementary Art Curriculum TBALinda Kourkoulis Surviving Art Teaching: Stories, Tips, and Wisdom TBADeborah Filbin Crushed Dreams: Improving Teacher Longevity Through Organizational Strategies and Wisdom Mining TBALiz Miller Retired Art Educators Affiliate Interest Group Annual Awards TBADebi West • Betsy Logan • Nancy Walkup Attending to Affect: Rethinking Pedagogical Practices in a High School Art Classroom TBAAmanda Price Play and Joy in the Democratic Classroom TBAAlice Costas Sneaky Assessment in the Art Room: Fostering Creativity Through Art Assessment TBAJanet Taylor Social Justice: Empowering Passion, Voice, and Choice TBAAndrea Haas The Sketchbook Project TBASusan Silva Why Exhibitions Matter: Teaching Students to Care About Curation TBATiffany Alvarez-Thurman • Cristin Cash A National Study on the Identification of Artistically Gifted Students TBATracey Hunter-Doniger • Larry Barnfield Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves! Tackling Tough Problems in Supervision and Administration TBASarah Ackermann • Trinity Villanueva arTED Micropresentations: Circumnavigating Art Education Research TBAYichien Cooper • Dustin Garnet • Sohee Koo • Hayon Park