2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Ed Hamilton

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Classically trained, naturally talented, and internationally recognized, Ed Hamilton's passion for sculpture made him a Master of his craft and has given him the opportunity to share his love of art with the World. With a career spanning over 45 years, Hamilton has created a body of work depicting some of the most well-known Americans throughout history. From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Hamilton's commissioned monuments, plaques, and personal works tell the story of America and shows the rich diversity represented in our culture.

Presenters

Ed Hamilton

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Artist Series

3:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Jenny Pfanenstiel

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Jenny Pfanenstiel is a world-renowned milliner awarded for her skill of creating and sculpting hats by hand using rare, high-quality materials from across the globe. Taking from traditional millinery techniques, Pfanenstiel is known for her unique process of sculpting hats on a braid machine from the 1800s. As the official milliner of the Kentucky Derby Museum, Pfanenstiel has crafted hats for some of the world's most well-known dignitaries and celebrities including Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, and Neil Diamond. When she is not making hats in her Louisville Hat Shop, you can find her teaching hat-making workshops all over the world.

"A hat can not only change your day, but it can also change your life!" - Jenny Pfanenstiel

Engage in a Preconvention Workshop with this artist: Kentucky Derby Hat Design With Jenny Pfanenstiel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Ticket required to attend. Find out more here.

Presenters

Jenny Pfanenstiel

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Artist Series

12:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Brook Forrest White Jr.

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Brook Forrest White, Jr. thrives on the intensity of the hot glass process. His glass art has expanded to include private and corporate commissions, as well as numerous architectural large-scale installations. White’s drive and vision for his studio and gallery has ignited a unique atmosphere of creativity that propelled Flame Run in Louisville’s rise as an art glass destination. White shares his passion for art by welcoming the public to experience the magic of hot glass at Flame Run—the region’s largest privately-owned glassblowing studio.

Presenters

Brook Forrest White

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Artist Series

1:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Kaviya Ravi

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Kaviya Ravi is an artist, maker, designer and small business owner raised in Southern India. Everything she creates is “unapologetically colorful” and working with her hands brings her the greatest joy. Her motto is to “live a silly, simple life” and this philosophy is reflected in her art, designs, and interiors. Ravi shares glimpses of her colorful life on Instagram at kvyainc, and she also sells her colorful wares in her online store, KHROMOPHILIA. Most days you can find Ravi exploring the world with her partner and her pup or creating colorfully whimsical things in her home studio in Louisville, Kentucky. She was also a contestant on NBC’s Making It and her colorful home has been featured in design blogs and magazines.

Presenters

Kaviya Ravi

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Artist Series

12:00pm EDT

Artist Series: Susanna Crum

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, Ballroom

Susanna Crum lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky, where she nurtures spaces of solidarity and exchange through teaching, collaborations, community-based research, and urban gardening. As cofounder of Calliope Arts, she provides a shared workspace that supports emerging and professional artists working in print media, and as a visual arts teacher at Kentucky Country Day School, she also helps young people build foundations as lifelong learners. Crum’s work in printmaking, drawing, and sculpture investigates archival traces of print culture—from maps and globes to advertisements and illustrations—as messages to the future. Her artwork has been featured at museum exhibitions, universities, and galleries throughout the U.S. and abroad, and she has attended residencies at institutions such as Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California, and KH Messen in Ålvik, Norway.

Presenters

Susanna Crum

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

Artist Series