2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

Transformative Trauma-Informed Artmaking: Supporting All Students, Especially At-Promise Youth [TICKET REQUIRED]

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

TICKET REQUIRED
Discover how trauma-informed artmaking transforms classrooms and supports at-promise youth. Learn practical strategies to nurture social-emotional learning and design standards-aligned art lessons to create a safe, creative environment. Engage in hands-on activities and explore the powerful impact of trauma-informed art for all students. Join us for an inspiring session!

Presenters

Amy Bultena

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Secondary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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3:00pm EDT

Dye-namic Batiks: Revitalizing Craft in Art Education [TICKET REQUIRED]

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

TICKET REQUIRED
Discover the vibrant world of modern batik! This workshop honors traditional Indonesian techniques and artists, addresses factors leading to the neglect of fiber arts in education, and empowers you to integrate fibers into your curriculum. Leave with your own batik, new skills, and lesson ideas!

Presenters

Ginger Miller

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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5:30pm EDT

Community Art Organizations in the Art Room

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Have you ever wondered how peers have been able to bring local artists or art organizations to lead projects in their classrooms? Learn about the ways these artists support school curricula, how to find them, how to fund them, and what to do if you can't find what you are looking for.

Presenters

Christee Jordan

Creative Outlets Arts Center

Torianna Olden

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Community Arts Caucus Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Brave Space: What EDI and SEL Can Look Like in the Art Classroom

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Learn strategies, activities, and best practices for creating a brave space where equity, diversity, and inclusion align with social-emotional learning and the art standards. Participants will be able to develop a vision for what equity looks like in their space.

Presenters

Raine Valentine

Art Educator and Green Leader, Baltimore County Public Schools

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

The Art and Engineering of Self-Portrait Kites [TICKET REQUIRED]

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

TICKET REQUIRED
Let's go fly a kite! Design your own self-portrait kite while inspiring creativity and fostering interdisciplinary learning. Learn how to integrate science, engineering, and social studies into your art curriculum through kites, and leave with practical strategies and a unique project to engage and educate your students.

Presenters

Ben Chickadel

Jessica Garrick

Art Specialist, Division Head & WAEA past President, UCDS

NAEA Self Portrait Kite Presentation 2024 2025 pdf

SelfPortait Kite Dt.Science.docx pdf

SelfPortrait kite instructions NAEA25 pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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3:00pm EDT

It Starts With One: Outsider Art as a Springboard for Collaborative Design [TICKET REQUIRED]

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

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This joyful celebration of collaboration, culture, and creativity is a cross-curricular adventure in traditional and nontraditional materials. Inspired by iconic outsider art and artists, including Cheval's Palais Idéal, Rodia's Watts Towers, and Leedskalnin's Coral Castle, participants work together creating two- and three-dimensional artworks to take and use in their classrooms.

Presenters

Patricia Phillips

Art teacher-turned librarian, Ms. Phillips has a Master’s degree in Art Education, and a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. In her art teacher life, she previously served in the roles of her school’s Fine Arts Director and Teacher of the Year. Keeping connected to the... Read More →

outsider collaboration pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Media Arts, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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5:30pm EDT

Bridging Generations Speed-Dating Style: Conversations Between Early Career Art Educators and Retired Art Educators

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Come and join us for a "speed-dating-style conversation between early career teachers and veteran retired art educators who are also longtime NAEA members. Come socialize; ask questions; and get some much-needed help, advice, suggestions, and assistance in your art room. We're here, and we care!

Presenters

Debi West

Retired Art Educator / Owner Consultant / Graduate Instructor / Part-time Art Educator at SPMA cause why not!, WESTpectations Educational Consulting and AOEU and Sea Pines Montessori Academy

I’m a passionate, seasoned art educator…I firmly believe that #togetherweARTbetter and the ultimate winners will always be our kiddos!

Betsy Logan

Melody Weintraub

Sally Chambliss

Debi Barrett-Hayes

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Leadership, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) and Choice-Based Art Education Through a Supervisor/Administrator Lens

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

TAB and choice-based art education are popular best-practice approaches in our field. As an administrator/supervisor, it is important to understand these pedagogies as they relate to supervision, professional development, curricula, and evaluation. Participants will leave this presentation with effective tools for supporting their teachers and programs.

Presenters

Jennifer Ferrari

Visual Art Teacher, Lt. Job Lane Elementary School

Jennifer Ferrari, M.Ed, MA, is the visual art teacher at Lane Elementary School in Bedford, Massachusetts. She believes wholeheartedly in the significance of student voice and power of choice in the art room, working alongside her young artists as they together develop a learner-directed... Read More →

Leah Maltbie

Assistant Director of Visual Arts, Anchorage School District

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Supervision and Administration, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Character Development and Storytelling in Art: A Complete Unit of Study [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

TICKET REQUIRED
Explore character development and storytelling through this engaging unit of study that students love! Design your own 2D character, transform it into a 3D sewn artwork, and bring it to life with a comic. We will discuss planning, creation, collaboration, and display in a way you can easily implement.

Presenters

Allison Cole

Elementary Art Teacher 🎨

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
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3:00pm EDT

Arts and Health: Expanding Research and Practice and the Role of Art Education in Healing

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Examine the role of art education in the expanding field of arts and health by investigating the avenues being paved and the wide array of settings of this transformative work. Presenters provide examples of practice supported by literature reviews and a case study on destigmatizing addiction disorder with vulnerable populations.

Presenters

Patty Bode

Associate Professor / Coordinator Art Education, Southern Connecticut State University

Dr. Patty Bode weaves a tapestry of teaching and leadership art education experiences in both PK-12 public schools, and in higher education teacher preparation programs. She has worked in public schools for over 20 years as an art teacher, curriculum leader and middle school principal... Read More →

Ramya Ravisankar

Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Research, Big Art Education Questions

4:00pm EDT

Teaching Social Practice and Community Engaged Art Education With Criticality in Coursework

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L009

Hear an overview of critically aware course activities and syllabi that engages participants in considering core concepts. Reflections and questions from lived experiences in higher education will provide examples of successful community partnerships, strategies for student-driven projects, and assessment structures for big ideas to frame your future social practice with culturally sustaining perspectives.

Presenters

Higher Education, Instructional Practice