2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

12:00pm EDT

Equitably Teaching LGBTQ+ Artists in the Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Have you ever wanted to incorporate LGBTQ+ artists in your classroom, but you weren't sure where to start? In this session, we will look at works by diverse LGBTQ+ artists and discuss how to incorporate them in the classroom. Attendees will leave this session with ready-made resources for K-12 classrooms.

Presenters

Kathryn Rickards

Lauren Pierce

Elementary Art Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools

Equitably Using LGBTQ Artists 2025 pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

LGBTQ+ Interest Group, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Developing a Problem of Practice Statement for the EdD in Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Unlock the power of practitioner research and kick-start your doctoral journey! Enhance your skills by crafting and workshopping your problem of practice statement. Also learn about the CPED framework, adopted by the EdD in Art Education program at Florida State University, and its focus on equity, ethics, and social justice.

Presenters

Rachel Fendler

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Leadership, Skills Toolbox

2:00pm EDT

Unified by Art: Diverse Roles in Promoting Art Education Across Settings

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Discover innovative art education practices integrating STEAM, cross-curricular programs, and community engagement strategies by exploring effective curriculum development and sustainable program management. You will gain practical insights into fostering cultural sensitivity and inclusivity in education. Ideal for educators seeking impactful teaching approaches aligned with contemporary educational trends.

Presenters

Tiffany Lin

Program Manager, Exploring the Arts

Jaime Thompson

Natalie Jones

VP of Creative Education, Brookgreen Gardens

Jennifer Raybourn

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Supervision and Administration, Big Art Education Questions

3:00pm EDT

Research Commission: BIPOC Perspectives: The Intersections of Creative Practice and Curriculum

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

This session, sponsored by the Research Commission, centers community building as a curatorial practice crossing into active and collaborative critical, contemplative, and reflective work to rewrite our challenged and empowered stories.

Presenters

Glynnis Reed-Conway

Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State University

Glynnis Reed-Conway (she/her, they/them) is an accomplished professional visual artist, poet, art educator, and emerging scholar. She is currently a dual title doctoral degree candidate in Art Education and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University... Read More →

Gino Molfino

Coordinator, Fine Arts, Howard County Public School System

Hyunji Kwon

Indira Bailey

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Claflin University

Leslie C. Sotomayor II

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Digital Meets Analog: Building Bridges in Photography Between Smartphones, 35mm Cameras, Adobe Photoshop, and the B&W Darkroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

This presentation describes classroom experiments; presents research in photography, media arts, and cultural studies; and shares resources for a secondary photography curriculum that weaves analog and digital processes into a semester-long nutshell. Shedding light on technological crossovers and implications, we will spark critical dialogue around photographic pedagogy and instructional practice.

Presenters

Ashley Szczesiak

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Media Arts, Instructional Practice

5:00pm EDT

Surreal Digital Photomontage: Using Technology in the Art Room to Promote Contemporary Studio Practices

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Introduce contemporary studio practices through the integration of technology as tool for students to use in their creative process by using free platforms like Picsart and Canva. Gain access to lesson resources, create a digital photomontage, and leave with a new way to bring tech into the art room.

Presenters

Lindsay DeBlasio

Secondary Art Educator

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Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Research on Managing an Art Classroom With Care: Preliminary Findings and Stories From the Field

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Many teachers report classroom management as one of their most difficult tasks. Discover emerging results from a research project focused on the real-life practices of art teachers dedicated to caring approaches to classroom management without the strict the use of authoritatively coercive tactics.

Presenters

Jeff Broome

Professor, Director of PhD Program, Florida State University

Jeff Broome is a professor and director of PhD programming for the Department of Art Education at Florida State University. Jeff’s research focuses on providing practical suggestions and resources for K-12 art teachers, often through narrative inquiry. He investigates topics relevant... Read More →

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Research, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

Practicing for Retirement: Cultivating Your Best Creative Future, Now. Why Wait?

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

With retirement on the horizon, this presenter decided to start practicing. She shares a strategy centered on movement, artmaking, community, and connection to the Earth as ingredients to igniting new energy for this transitional stage of life. Hear her story and begin mapping a personal vision to begin your retirement journey.

Presenters

Cam McComb

Associate Professor of Visual Art Education, Eastern Michigan University

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Make Small Plans Worksheet pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Retired Art Educators Interest Group, Skills Toolbox

1:00pm EDT

Collaborating With First Nations Artists to Honor Indigenous Voices in the Art Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Art teacher educators collaborated with contemporary First Nations Artists to actively privilege Indigenous voices in the art curriculum. We'll guide participants in hearing and honoring First Nations artists' voices, as well as how to apply these valuable perspectives into teaching methods that are impactful on students' artmaking and lives.

Presenters

Lori Santos

Wichita State University

Mara Pierce

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Skills Toolbox

2:00pm EDT

Hack Your Habit: Spark Daily Art Practice With Sketchbook Prompts

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Are you struggling to get your students in the habit of reaching for their sketchbooks? Join us as we dive into creative prompts to spark student passion and artistic exploration in visual journals. Leave with a pocket full of prompts to ignite student creativity and enhance artistic development!

Presenters

Erica Wright

Susan Silva

Fairfax County Public Schools/GMU

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Secondary, Skills Toolbox

3:00pm EDT

Research Kitchen

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

The Research Kitchen explores things researchers need to know but that are rarely revealed. Grapple with what really happens between data collection and findings. This interactive, hands-on demonstration with researchers currently working in the field will provide a guided experience with a variety of data appetizers for all levels!

Presenters

Yichien Cooper

Assistant Professor, Wsu Tri-cities

Amanda Galbraith

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee

Tina Atkinson

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Research, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

I've Never Thought of Using That! Low-Budget, High-Impact Materials to Shake Up Your Supply Closet

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Where did we get that? We would love to tell you! With small budgets, large audiences, and big imaginations, two museum educators share their favorite road-tested, impactful, and not-your-average-art-supply materials utilized in public programs for all ages.

Presenters

Rachel Hausmann-Schall

Xoe Fiss

Director of Youth and Family Programs, Milwaukee Art Museum

I've Never Thought of Using That NAEA 2025 pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Elementary, Skills Toolbox

5:00pm EDT

Five Meaningful Lesson Ideas to Introduce Your Students to Arts-Based Data Visualization

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

This session will provide a starting point for getting your students excited about arts-based data visualizations. Explore five arts-based data visualization lesson ideas that explore work by contemporary artists, encourage meaningful artmaking, connect with interdisciplinary content, and invite students to learn more about their communities.

Presenters

Amanda Galbraith

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee

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AirResources pdf

PlantandAnimalResources pdf

SustainabilityResources pdf

WaterResources pdf

WellnessResources pdf

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Preservice, Skills Toolbox

8:00am EDT

Children's Drawing as Ecocultural Identity

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:25am EDT

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

This session presents an arts-based education research study of children's drawing(s) as an interrelated sociocultural and ecological phenomenon connected to the emergence of ecocultural identity and learning to inhabit place. Highlighting the challenges of ostensibly ecocentric education for children, this study offers critical insight on pedagogical practices.

Presenters

Rachel Zollinger

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:25am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Ecology and Environment Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

Class Culture Eats Lesson Plans for Breakfast

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Learn how a 6-year-old high school photography program earned 400 Scholastic awards with mostly cell phone cameras, some ED&I training, and big dreams. Art and media arts teachers, museum educators, STEAM teachers: Want to add a unit of photography? Or start a program? This session is for you!

Presenters

Amanda Tutor

Instruction, Bartlett City Schools

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Media Arts, Skills Toolbox

1:00pm EDT

How to Start With Stop Motion: A Scaffolded, Technical Opportunity for Project-Based Learning

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Stop motion animation is a fun, engaging, STEAMy process you should be doing in your classroom! Learn more about what stop motion is, why you should teach it, and how to implement it. Leave with hands-on experience and resources so your students can begin creating amazing and innovative videos.

Presenters

Kimberly Kinsland

Middle school Art Educator

Find my stop motion videos on YouTube under my name Kimberly Kinsland! Copy of slides here: https://qrco.de/bfqueY Email me if you made a video, have questions or need resources!!

StopMotionResource NAEA2025 pdf

StopMotionResources naea25 pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Media Arts, Skills Toolbox

2:00pm EDT

We're in This Together: Social-Emotional Learning Implementation and Support Strategies for Preservice Students

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Learn more about the need for social-emotional learning (SEL) for preservice students during the transition from student to professional. We will discuss the design, implementation, and experiences of SEL for students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Participants will experience hands-on SEL activities and receive a take-home pdf of the curriculum.

Presenters

Jennifer Bergmark

Lindsay Edwards

Ph.D. Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Research, Skills Toolbox

3:00pm EDT

Let's Talk About STEAM Education Across the Curriculum

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Let's talk about STEAM! Do you remember that book, STEAM Education: An Interdisciplinary Look at Art in the Curriculum, that sold out at the last NAEA Convention? The authors and editors want to talk with you about STEAM, their book, and how to implement STEAM in your classroom.

Presenters

Tracey Hunter-Doniger

The College of Charleston

Nancy Walkup

RAEA President

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Media Arts, Skills Toolbox

4:00pm EDT

A National Study on the Identification of Artistically Gifted Students

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

How are artistically (advanced learners) gifted students identified? A year-long national study, funded by the National Art Education Foundation, provides answers and questions that can be important to any art educator who works with or has interest in artistically advanced learners.

Presenters

Tracey Hunter-Doniger

The College of Charleston

Larry Barnfield

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M104

Supervision and Administration, Skills Toolbox