2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

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12:00pm EDT

Art Teacher Insights: Naming and Sharing Your Effective Instructional Practices [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

TICKET REQUIRED
Have you struggled to explain your differentiation or assessment strategies to a colleague or administrator? Creative instruction often comes naturally as artists, making it challenging to name our teacher moves. Come ready to explore, collaborate, reflect, and discuss naming the great art instruction already happening in your classroom!

Presenters

Amber Arnold

Fine Arts Instructional Coach, Gwinnett County Public Schools

I'm a former Visual Arts educator & now "hybrid educator" working with K-12 Fine Arts educators as a Fine Arts Instructional Coach. I'm passionate about life-long learning through collaboration and building community.

Libba Willcox

Arnold & Willcox Slideshow NAEA 2025 pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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3:00pm EDT

Marvin Finn: Bird Sculptures [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

TICKET REQUIRED
K-12 teachers will learn how to create an abstract bird sculpture in the style of Marvin Finn, Louisville's beloved urban folk artist, using mixed media and recyclable materials. His large-scale public art installation is a tourist attraction and focal point of Louisville Waterfront Park.

Presenters

Laura Corkum

I started art teaching in 1976. I graduated from University of California Irvine and did my masters at Indiana University. Spent a summer in Paris at art school! I will always have Paris! I love collage and assemblage. My favorite artists are Matisse, Louise nevelson, Miriam Shapiro... Read More →

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Elementary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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5:30pm EDT

Play, Process, and Meaning-Making: Learner-Driven Creating

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

How do play and process drive student meaning-making? Join us for hands-on activities and discussions centering creative inquiry strategies and play-based multimodal experiences for all learners. We share various creative strategies for art educational settings using contemporary artists that represent a range of people, places, and cultures.

Presenters

Amy Pfeiler-Wunder

Associate Dean College of Visual and Performing Arts, Kutztown University

I serve as the chair and graduate coordinator in the Art Education Department at Kutztown University!I am in my second semester as chair and also serve as the Higher Education Division Director for the National Art Education Association.

Mary Kate Bergh

Art Teacher, Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy ES2

Play Presentation 2025 to Upload pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Choice Art Educators Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Student Story-Building Toward Understanding, Belonging, and Community in the Art Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Learn narrative strategies that demonstrate how students unpack individual storied landscapes and grow in empathy for self and others through collective storytelling. Lessons shared provide opportunities for authentic artmaking and include mapping stories of place, time-based "I am" story exchanges, narrative memory books, learning story postcards, and more.

Presenters

Nicole Romanski

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Higher Education, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

Challenging Notions of Accomplishment Through the Complication of the TASK [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

TICKET REQUIRED
Imagined and designed with the mischief and mayhem inherent in many of Oliver Herring's TASK Parties, this workshop creates a space that will challenge participants to explore a hands-on, collaborative, and improvisational art-related activity. Meaningful dialogue will be included to unpack strategies for curriculum design related to the studio activities.

Presenters

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 →

Michael Dodson

Teacher, Woodburn School District

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education Interest Group, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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3:00pm EDT

A New Twist (or Stitch!): Mixed-Media Collage [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

TICKET REQUIRED
Discover a new twist (or stitch!) to mixed-media collage. K-12 educators will gain an introduction to basic collage techniques by combining found materials with stitching and embellishment using a surprising variety of media, scaffolded for every age division. All necessary materials provided to create a unique stretched canvas piece.

Presenters

Dr. Lisa Spence

Art Teacher, Hasty Elementary Fine Arts Academy, Cherokee County School District

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Middle, Ticketed Studio Workshop

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5:30pm EDT

CANCELLED - Unlock the Future With Immersive Technologies in Art Education: AR, VR, AI, and Beyond - CANCELLED

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

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Immersive technologies such as AR, VR, and AI have transformed how we interact with the digital world. The presenter will highlight and showcase the potential and applications of these technologies for enhancing learning experiences and discuss challenges and limitations in K-12 education. Best practices and future applications are addressed.

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Presenters

Lilly Lu

Friday March 21, 2025 5:30pm - 6:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Media Arts, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Creating Curriculum: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching and Learning

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

What are you teaching? Developing a thoughtful, well-developed curriculum is an essential part of strong teaching, but it's no easy task. Participants will explore the benefits to teaching with contemporary art and begin developing a semester's curriculum.

Presenters

Amanda Price

Educator-Researcher

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Secondary, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Cultivating Creativity With Simple and Effective Challenges [TICKET REQUIRED]

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

TICKET REQUIRED
How do you get your students to open themselves to create imaginative, meaningful art? Learn engaging exercises that do just that in this hands-on studio workshop using simple materials, and leave with fresh ideas to implement immediately in the classroom, and perhaps in your own artmaking.

Presenters

Eric Scott

Art Teacher, Loudoun School for Advanced Studies

Cultivating Creativity QR pdf

Get to Work Sign pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Secondary, Ticketed Studio Workshop

Host Organization Ticket Required
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3:00pm EDT

Supporting New and New-to-Art Teachers: Building Foundations for Success

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Lay a solid foundation for the early years of your teaching career! Discover essential tools and strategies for new or new-to-art teachers. Gain practical advice on classroom management, curriculum planning, and student engagement. Learn about unexpected challenges and how to respond to them.

Presenters

Dr. Karen Kelly

Associate Professor & Academic Advisor, The Art of Education University

Throughout my teaching career, I have had the opportunity to teach English in rural China, special education on Hawai’i Island, and middle school Social Studies in Washington, D.C. I began my career as an art educator in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and continued teaching elementary visual... Read More →

Theresa Gillespie

Chair of Graduate Student Retention, The Art of Education University

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Preservice, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Good Trouble: Leaving the Masters Behind to Ethically Share Diverse Works With Elementary Art Students

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

How do we approach culturally diverse works with our students and manage the difficult conversations that may follow? We jump in, using CRSE and SEL competencies to guide ourselves and other arts educators. Learn how to increase social awareness and expand students' cultural lens and cultural sensitivity with diverse works.

Presenters

Kimberly Olson

Resources Final Good trouble pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L015/L019

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration