2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

12:00pm EDT

Leveraging Data and Documentation to Strengthen the Work of Arts Administrators

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Given that quantifying the impact of the arts risks sacrificing our essential value, but arts education data is increasingly valuable in times of crisis and funding cuts, it is beneficial for arts administrators to explore tools for simplifying the process of collecting and using data. This session provides administrators time to refine their toolkits.

Presenters

Nina Unitas

Senior Program Officer, Arts Education, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Public Policy and Arts Administration Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

1:00pm EDT

Art Practices for Art Educators' Self-Care, Well-Being, and Beyond

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

In this session, we emphasize the significance of attending to the emotional needs of art educators as a vital aspect of their well-being and self-care. We conduct an interactive discussion on artistic processes for self-discovery that can be adapted to a variety of educational environments to sustain inclusive relationships among art educators, students, and community members.

Presenters

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Enid Zimmerman

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Big Art Education Questions

2:00pm EDT

Playful Art Room: Supporting Play Through Art Activities and Projects

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Create a fun art room atmosphere and encourage creativity through play! This session focuses on play-based art activities and projects that will support young artists' social, emotional, and artistic development! We will discuss the importance of play and create a project to inspire your students to explore, imagine, and create!

Presenters

Cristi Billue

Activities and Projects for a Playful Art Room (1) pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Elementary, Skills Toolbox

3:00pm EDT

Want to Write a Book? Learn Expert Guidance to Get Your Book Published

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Gain expert advice on how to become a published book author and editor. This presentation clarifies all aspects of publishing, including how to get started, how to develop a successful book proposal, and how to write efficiently, all while staying motivated. Gain insights on the ins and outs of the editorial and review processes, book royalties, and marketing.

Presenters

Bryna Bobick

Debrah Sickler-Voigt

Professor, Middle Tennessee State University

Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt, Ph.D. is a professor of art education at Middle Tennessee State University. Her professional practices reinforce “Yes, We Can” approaches to education. She has authored the widely-adopted art methods textbook Teaching and Learning in Art Education (2020... Read More →

Jamie Klinger-Krebs

Director of Publications, National Art Education Association

Julia Dolinger

Commissioning Editor, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group

I am excited to be attending my first NAEA Convention! I would love to chat with potential authors and hear your book ideas. Feel free to email me at julia.dolinger@taylorandfrancis.com to set up an in-person meeting at the Convention or virtually.

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Research, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Using Art History to Strengthen Empathy and Connection

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Have you noticed your students struggle to connect with others? Come learn how to use art history warm-ups to develop students' empathy and understanding of others and give them a global perspective on the art world. Warm-ups and strategies will be shared with participants.

Presenters

Alexandra Overby

adjunct instructor and visual art educator, The Art of Education University and Denver East High School

Supporting Empathy & Connection through Art History (2) pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

5:00pm EDT

Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session 1

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 6:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

The NAEA Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Session brings together researchers and educators who wish to offer their ideas, interests, and topical issues, especially related to research, in lively, open discussions with NAEA Distinguished Fellows who have decades of expertise and experience to share, advise, and mentor.

Presenters

Dr. Angela LaPorte

Robert Sabol

Associate Head of the Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, Purdue University, Purdue University

Marjorie Manifold

Barbara Laws

David Burton

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 6:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Research, Big Art Education Questions

8:00am EDT

Neepwaankiaki + Neepwaantiinki: Community-Engaged Art Teaching in the Context of a Reciprocal Tribe-University Partnership

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

This presentation discusses a curricular collaboration between a university art education program and teacher-scholar citizens of the Indigenous Nation that originally inhabited the land where the university sits. In this collaboration, majority-settler preservice art educators work with Indigenous scholars to develop a curriculum and teach it in elementary schools serving majority-settler populations.

Presenters

Kristina Fox

Myaamia Education Coordinator, Myaamia Center at Miami University

Luke Meeken

Assistant Professor, Miami University

Stephanie Danker

Associate Professor of Art Education, Miami University

Neepwaankiaki + Neepwaantiinki Presentation Resources 3 21 25 pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

12:00pm EDT

Revisioning Imaginaries of Life in Revisionist Histories of Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

In recent years, revisionist histories of art education have revitalized historical research and promoted living histories of the profession. This presentation contributes to these recent discussions in art education historical scholarship by exploring the connection between life and revisionism beyond colonial imaginaries of human life.

Presenters

Juuso Tervo

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

1:00pm EDT

The Secret to Autonomous Learning Is Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion!

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Transform your students into autonomous learners by developing their voices in an environment of independent choice. Gather strategies for assessment based on critical thinking, experimentation, and play while increasing skill and technical ability, opening your classroom to equitable, diverse, and inclusive instruction that personalizes each experience to the individual student.

Presenters

Maria Knuckley Robinson

Director of Studio Art and Pre Art Therapy, Salem Academy and College

The Secret to Autonomous Learning key

The Secret to Autonomous Learning pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

2:00pm EDT

Harnessing the Power of Emotions and Artistic Expression With Inside Out in the Middle School Art Room

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Come find your joy! Explore the transformative potential of integrating emotional intelligence and artistic expression in middle school art education using Pixar's Inside Out as a thematic framework. This session delves into practical strategies and impactful approaches that foster students' emotional awareness and creativity through engaging art activities.

Presenters

Joanna Angelopoulos

Middle School Visual Arts Educator, Winston Campus Middle School

NAEA 2025 Inside Out Emotional Expression through ART pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Middle, Skills Toolbox

3:00pm EDT

Exploring Ethics of Care as a Lens for Manifesting Relational Learning for Art Education Practitioners

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Explore how ethics of care (EoC) manifest in your practice through an interactive session emphasizing assumptions, relationality, and leadership. Engage in reflective small-group dialogues and collaborative creations. Learn art strategies and cultural pedagogies to cultivate communities of EoC practitioners, fostering knowledge production and reciprocity in a supportive, community-centered environment.

Presenters

Dr. Ayelet Danielle Aldouby-Efraim

Nicole Pamela Johnson

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Leadership, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Souvenirs of Greece: A Multigenerational Travel Study

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

This presentation relays the art travel study experiences of five alumni of various ages, along with 20 undergraduate art students, as they explored multiple museums and archeological sites in Athens and other areas of northern Greece.

Presenters

Andrea Elliott

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Converse University

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Lifelong Learning Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration

5:00pm EDT

Weaving Connections; Developing a Whole School Weaving in Response to the Creation and Installation of Our First Nations Welcome Pole

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

In response to the Welcome Pole created in our school, learn how the design of a large-scale weaving involved the entire high school community. Explore how this project followed respectful protocol while creating a space for meaningful reflection and connection to Indigenous art and culture, organized to this scale.

Presenters

Nicole Porter

President of the BCATA and Visual Art Teacher, Fleetwood Park Secondary

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration

8:00am EDT

A Comparative Study of Traditional and Digital Painting for Preservice Artist-Educators

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

This presentation explores how traditional and digital painting methods influence preservice artist-educators' creative experiences, artistic development, and pedagogical philosophies. Through a comparative analysis of their hands-on artmaking, technological challenges, and teaching perspectives, the session provides insights for holistic art teacher training balancing digital integration with preserving core artistic practices.

Presenters

Qianyu Zhou

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

What Equity Pedagogy Looks Like in Practice: Essential Equity Beliefs and Resulting Actions

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Are you wondering what equity pedagogy looks like in practice? Learn four powerful beliefs essential to equity, as well as specific practices stemming directly from these beliefs. When teachers value equity and understand why certain actions promote equity, they are more likely to routinely adopt these practices. Discover how to enact equity pedagogy.

Presenters

Christina Chin

Professor of Art Education, Coordinator of Art Education, Western Michigan University

Prior to Christina's career in academia, she worked for over a decade in marketing research and consulting. Dr. Chin's teaching experience spans pre-K through higher education. She has taught in arenas from urban elementary schools, to rural elementary schools, to upscale suburban... Read More →

Handout EquityPedagogyInPractice EquityBeliefsAndResutingActions Chin pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Elementary, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Murals as Media: Fostering Community Engagement and Voice Through Art

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Explore the power of murals to transform communities and promote cultural dialogue. This session delves into effective strategies for involving diverse community voices in mural projects, demonstrates the impact of these artworks on local culture, and discusses the preservation of cultural heritage.

Presenters

Robyn MacNair

Coord of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual and Performing Arts

Robyn MacNair Robyn MacNair is the arts administrator for Santa Ana Unified School district and has been an arts educator for 24 years. She is an ardent local, state, and national arts education advocate and champion.

Sofia Cuevas

Curriculum Specialist, Santa Ana Unified School District

With 14 years at Santa Ana Unified School District, Sofia Cuevas seamlessly blends her expertise in arts education and community engagement under her philosophy of "learning that is living." Her diverse teaching experiences in English, Speech and Debate, and Film Production are complemented... Read More →

Lindsey Barfield

Arts Program Specialist, Santa Ana Unified School District

NAEA Storytelling & Preserving Murals pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Demonstration

2:00pm EDT

Making Room for Chance: Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Exchange in Arts Pedagogy

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Collaborative interdisciplinary curricula provide opportunities to balance breadth and depth across diverse student populations and learning styles but can be challenging to actualize. This presentation considers historical and theoretical models like world heritage shadowplay traditions, Surrealist and Fluxus games, and ambulatory arts in relation to practical executions in the classroom.

Presenters

Johannes DeYoung

Sheika Lugtu

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Higher Education, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

AP for Process Not Product: LET'S PLAY!

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Develop your skills in practice, experimentation, revision, ideation, materials, and processes. Come play with new, innovative materials while developing written statements to connect ideas to discoveries. Help students become scientific investigators of creative thinking, initiators of sustained investigations with personal voice, and successful candidates for the AP Art and Design Exam.

Presenters

Maria Knuckley Robinson

Director of Studio Art and Pre Art Therapy, Salem Academy and College

AP for Process Not Product pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

4:00pm EDT

An Exemplary Visual Art Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Transform an empty art room into a dynamic learning environment! Explore the journey from a blank canvas to a bustling hub of creativity. Witness student-centered innovation that not only enriches learning but also elevates teacher recognition through exemplary ratings. Come, be part of the journey toward excellence in art education!

Presenters

Anthony Woodruff

Visual Art Teacher, McCracken County Schools

I currently teach Visual Arts to 4th - 8th graders at Reidland Intermediate and Middle Schools in Paducah, Kentucky.As an enthusiastic educator, I am excited to share lessons on Shoe Design, Portrait Painting, and Clay Zombies. Additionally, I have a strong passion for museums, which... Read More →

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, L016

Middle, Instructional Practice