2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

Making Brush Magic [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

TICKET REQUIRED
Engage in a hands-on collaborative pass-and-paint activity that builds relationships. Learn painting techniques with Royal and Langnickel brushes. Participants will learn brush skills and share their own personal painting styles. This project is a great icebreaker to start off the year and create social engagement in the classroom.

Presenters

Janet Wolfe

Morgan Oliver

Suzanne Hobart

Art teacher

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

"Mounds" of Personal Narratives [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

TICKET REQUIRED
Participants will explore personal narratives while creating their own "mounds" that are inspired by the work of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock. The session will encourage self-reflection techniques and allow the participants to create a piece of two-dimensional art that is a product of this personal journey.

Presenters

Andrea Elliott

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Converse University

Mounds of Personal Narratives NAEA 2025 pptx

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Secondary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

5:30pm EDT

Cultural Sensitivity Through Cultural Engagement: K-Dramas as the Site of the New Global Fandom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Cultural sensitivity, also referred to as cross-cultural sensitivity or cultural awareness, is the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures and others' cultural identities. Korean and American presenters explore the K-Drama phenomenon as a global engagement with Korean culture and cultural identities through their own fandom connections and curiosities.

Presenters

Somi Lee

Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

I am a Teaching Assistant Professor of Art Education. My research focuses on public pedagogy, equity, and social justice. Let’s talk about collaborative art projects, inclusive curation, and innovative approaches to learning in community spaces.

Eunhye Bae

Laura Hetrick

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

Photo Embroidery- Adding Texture and Meaning

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

This session will teach basic embroidery stitches that will enhance photos. Through intuition and innovation, stitching will be used to create a new image and meaning. Bringing the styles of different artists, their culture, and the history of embroidery as inspiration for a new personal tradition or techniques to teach.

Presenters

Meredith Giltner

Art Educator, Skyline High School Ann Arbor, MI

Embroidery on Photos NAEA 2025 pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

12:00pm EDT

Decorating the Ceramic Surface: How to Apply Drawing and Printmaking Processes to Clay [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

TICKET REQUIRED
Are you a sketcher or printmaker uncertain how to incorporate clay into your classroom? Have you wondered how ceramic artists decorate forms with printed imagery? Do you want to learn creative strategies for decorating clay surfaces in the classroom? Learn practical ways to draw and print on clay!

Presenters

Sarah Horn

High School Art Teacher, Walton-Verona High School

I am an artist and an educator in Northern Kentucky! I've been teaching for 20 years and am currently at a small, independent school district just south of Cincinnati. I also am a professional artist! I converted my detached garage into a studio space where I run Sarah Horn Ceramics... Read More →

2025 NAEA Decorating the Ceramic Surface Workshop pdf

2025 NAEA Decorating the Ceramic Surface Workshop (2) no notes pdf

Narrative Ceramics pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Secondary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Turning Trash Into Treasure With Gelli Plates [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

TICKET REQUIRED
Can things that are discarded or overlooked become amazing? Can that help build a positive and creative classroom community? Come learn the basics of Gelli plate techniques and some resourceful ways to create visual interest using stunning textures. Next, wrap it all up with some classroom community-building activities.

Presenters

Matthew Grundler

Middle School 6-8 grade Art, Plano Independent School District

I am on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/artguy76.bsky.social

Samuel Peck

Artist - Researcher- Teacher, Independent Scholar

Samuel H. Peck is an artist, researcher, and art educator originally from Providence, Rhode Island, with over 16 years of art teaching experience at the K-12 and university levels. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Rhode Island and his Master ny of Studio... Read More →

David Modler

Professor of Art, Journal Fodder Junkies and tet[R]ad

David R. Modler is a maker/scholar/educator born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education in Art Education from Towson State University, and taught art on the k-12 level for fifteen years. David has since earned a Master of Fine... Read More →

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

5:30pm EDT

Optimizing Creative Agency and Scaffolding for Success: A Backward-Designed Curricular Framework for AP Studio Art

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Learn how two AP Studio Art teachers have designed a choice-based, backward-designed AP Studio Art curriculum to optimize student-driven inquiry, creativity, and skill development, resulting in consistently high scores and success on the AP Studio Art Exam.

Presenters

Stephanie Silverman

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Secondary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

From Cute to Creative: Documenting Infant and Toddler Explorations, Relationships, and Innate Sense of Wonder

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Young children's art shifts adult perspectives from celebrating children as objects to recognizing art as transformative, enjoyable processes that enhance human development. Participants will engage with a university case study, identify benefits of embedding child-centered art in early childhood settings, and be empowered to share insights with families and caregivers.

Presenters

Lisa Fiore

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Modern Fabric Linoprints: Not Your Grandmother's Textile Workshop! [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

TICKET REQUIRED
Learn how to create linoprints on fabric. We introduce you to traditional printmaking tools and techniques for carving linocut blocks and will use these challenge-based skills to transfer their inked designs onto fabric. Come away with materials, linocut blocks, and strategies for integrating linoprint lessons into the K-12 art curriculum.

Presenters

Teri Giobbia

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Design Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
Keywords Ticket Required

3:00pm EDT

Sharing Culture Through Art the DEI and Delicious Dishes Story

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Learn how an arts integration team used an artist-in-residency program to organize interschool field trips and artmaking activities with three culturally divergent Midwestern high schools, culminating in an ED&I-themed recipe book!

Presenters

Elizabeth Barker

Teacher SECONDARY, Lebanon R-III

Elizabeth Bauer-Barker serves as Visual Art Department Chair and is in her 30th year at Lebanon High School in southwest Missouri. From 2019-2023, Elizabeth served on NAEA’s EDI Commission. She was the 2022 National Secondary Art Educator Award recipient and currently serves as... Read More →

Abigail Birhanu

Amy Rushing

Sarah Luttrell

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Connecting Art and Literacy Through Pictograms and Codes

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Create literacy connections for your elementary artists through use of pictogram alphabets and codes! Deeply rooted in world history and cultures, some of these are still in use today, as well as newer adaptations of icons in our contemporary culture. I will share three lessons to use in your curriculum!

Presenters

Stacey Walden

SCAEA Membership Chair, Art Educator, India Hook Elementary (SC)

NAEA 25 Codes Pictograms Literacy pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L011/l012

Elementary, Instructional Practice