2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

12:00pm EDT

Exploring Neuroqueering in Art Education: UDL Strategies for Reflexivity

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Explore a neuroqueering art curriculum integrating UDL to foster reflexivity in preservice art teachers to celebrate neurological diversity for creativity. A college-level art project emphasizing diversity, critical reflection, collaboration, and interdisciplinary practices will be introduced with the goal to empower future educators to advocate for neurodiversity and inclusive classrooms.

Presenters

Meng-Jung Yang

CSULB

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

LGBTQ+ Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration

1:00pm EDT

Make Art the Law In Your State!

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

If you have ever wondered what you can do to help ensure comprehensive, sequential, and equitable K–12 access to art education in your state, this session is for you! We will review Washington State's law, and you'll leave an action plan for legislative advocacy. Remember: The answer is YOU!

Presenter email: jandrewsart73@gmail.com

Presenters

James Andrews

2025 NAEA Presentation Art Education Legislation.pptm pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Leadership, Big Art Education Questions

2:00pm EDT

Embracing Choice Through Routines and Enhancing Engagement

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Become empowered to implement choice art by learning how to integrate structured routines for boosting engagement, respect, and classroom management. You will learn strategies for skill-building sessions, effective management, and fostering creativity as we discuss adaptable techniques, routines, and resources to support individualized learning and enhance students' artistic growth and expression.

Presenters

Brooke Brei

Choice Art Ed Co-President Elect, Ponder High School

I'm an artist, maker, and choice-focused art educator.

Jamien Phillips

Mandy DeWitt

Co-President of Choice Art Educators, past President of South Dakota Art Educators, 7-12 and Photography Teacher in a Rural school for 25 years.

NAEA 2025 Workshop pdf

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Choice Art Educators Interest Group, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

Art as Social Practice: Research Into Programs and Curricular Practices

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

This research presentation explores art as social practice in higher education, artist residencies, and arts institutions to examine effective programming and curricular strategies, emphasizing art education's important role in developing and applying socially engaged curricula and pedagogy in social practice art.

Presenters

Ian Danner

Carly Holzwarth

Eunkyung Hwang

Assistant Professor of Art Education, State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz

Kimberly Powell

Celine O’Hara

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Seminar for Research in Art Education Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Preservice Teaching Tips to Thrive! Cultivating Artistic Behaviors and Inclusivity Through Transformative Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Share in the excitement of enriching your teaching with innovative, multicultural approaches through "Teaching Tips to Thrive!," cultivated through transformative art education. Learn how a preservice educator's workshop blended landscape painting, flowing energy, and digital art to challenge traditional perspectives, promote inclusivity, teach artistic behaviors, and inspire teacher and student transformations.

Presenters

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 →

Ling-yu Chou

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation

5:00pm EDT

Searching for Critical Theory in Art Education Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

This presentation discusses the process of developing a systematic literature review to gauge the prevalence of critical theory in art education research over the past 5 years. Attendees can use this study for examples of decolonizing and indigenizing pedagogies in theory and practice, gaining skills in critically evaluating scholarly resources.

Presenters

Daniela Montufar Soria

Manager of Group Learning, MFA Boston

Nora Rodriguez

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Research, Professional Paper Presentation

8:00am EDT

Expressive Observations: Using A/r/tography to Engender Empathy in Visual Arts Classroom Observations

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Discover a project where art education students created artworks about their experiences while observing secondary art classrooms to understand the relational aspects of teaching and learning. Learn how the students' artwork suggests the formation of deep empathic connections of students and teachers, which allowed them to understand what students and art teachers were feeling.

Presenters

Jeff Horwat

Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of New Mexico

Marley Hidalgo

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Preservice, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

Exploring How Universities Can Prepare K-12 Teachers to Cultivate Local Civic Engagement

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Join us to explore how higher education can empower K-12 teachers to foster local civic engagement through collaborative art education models. Highlighting best practices and innovative approaches, we examine how universities might equip educators to inspire civic participation and integrate it into K-12 curricula, promoting engaged, informed, and active citizens.

Presenters

Minki Jeon

Rachel Fendler

Dr. Sara Scott Shields

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

1:00pm EDT

Top 10 Lessons Learned About Teaching an Art Elementary Methods Course

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Explore 10 lessons and best practices gained from years of developing, collaborating, reflecting, refining, and teaching art education methods courses in high education. Attendees will be introduced to an engaging elementary methods course framework and contemporary curriculum ideas for preparing preservice art educators.

Presenters

Nicole Romanski

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Higher Education, Instructional Demonstration

2:00pm EDT

Teaching Native American Skateboards

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Explore how Native American expressions are represented on skateboards to expand Native American representations beyond traditional arts and crafts. This session uncovers the history, culture, and identity embedded in Native American skateboard graphics while discussing teaching methods and providing examples of Native American visual culture for curriculum development.

Presenters

Georgina Badoni, Ph.D.

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Secondary, Instructional Practice

3:00pm EDT

Diverse Art Education Histories: LGBTQ+ Stories of Resilience, Resistance, Rebellion, and Revelry

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Learn about LGBTQ+ identifying artist-educators throughout art education history. Discuss strategies for developing a curriculum that supports the LGBTQ+ community, students, and artists. Hear about the founding of the LGBTQ+ Interest Group and Big Gay Church.

Presenters

Mindi Rhoades

The Ohio State University

Erin J. Hoppe

PhD Student & Barnett Fellow, The Ohio State University

I'm writing my dissertation on the embodied experience of arts administration, its affects, and the spaces between bodies, policies, and practices. I am using an a/r/tographic methodology for co-meaning making - what does your arts admin work smell like? What object embodies your... Read More →

Courtnie N. Wolfgang

Associate Professor, Rhode Island School of Design

https://www.risd.edu/academics/teaching-learning-art-design/faculty/courtnie-wolfgang Courtnie Wolfgang’s research and practice focus on the intersections of poststructural, feminist and queer theories with critical and radical pedagogies in and through art and design. Since the... Read More →

James Sanders III

Mitchell DeAvin

Pamela Harris Lawton

Florence Gaskins Harper Endowed Chair in Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

History and Historiography in Art Education Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Creative Sustainability: Transforming Recycled Materials Into Art With Students

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Explore the creative potential of recycled materials to emphasize environmental sustainability. Learn innovative techniques for incorporating cost-effective resources into art projects and teach your students the value of reusing materials to enhance their artistic expression.

Presenters

Holly Bess Kincaid

VAEA Past President, Middle School Art Educator

Holly Bess Kincaid is an experienced and passionate art educator with over 30 years of teaching experience, currently inspiring middle school students in West Virginia. She is the past president of the Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA) and currently serves as the Youth Art... Read More →

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Middle, Instructional Demonstration

5:00pm EDT

OUR Adidas: Inspiring Young Writers and Artists With Run-DMC

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Our Adidas! We will look at the poetry of hip-hop lyrics and experience a complete lesson in arts integration: from a lyric study, through a creative writing technique, to a visual arts project inspired by personal written expression. It's gotta be the shoes!

Presenters

Holly Lazor

Shannon Jackson

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Elementary, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Establishing a Maker Mindset With Arts-Based STEAM

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Investigate the inner workings of an active K-6 STEAM program designed by an art teacher. Help students build 21st-century skills and shape mindsets with design thinking, project-based learning, and STEAM. Learn how to introduce animation, robotics, design, and engineering on a budget. Gain a variety of single-session lessons and projects.

Presenters

Meredith Cosier

K-6 STEAM Specialist, Art Invention Lab

Experienced art educator who built a vibrant 3 school STEAM programs from scratch. Ask me about animation, 3D modeling, PBL, and art+tech for any grade, but I am especially strong in K-6.

NAEAMakerMindsetSTEAM Brochure pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Elementary, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

Bridging Generations: Revitalizing Community Culture Through Socially Engaged Art

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

In response to the waning influence of community culture and youth apathy toward local heritage after the pandemic, this presentation shows a socially engaged art curation project that bridges intergenerational dialogues to revitalize community culture. The curriculum includes conceptualizing and executing community exhibitions and expanding learner-directed exploration abilities of local history and environment.

Presenters

Pei-Jung Tsai

PhD student, UBC Art education

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Community Arts Caucus Interest Group, Instructional Practice

1:00pm EDT

Drawing on Your Leadership Style: Strengths-Based Approaches for Art Educators

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Increased self-awareness is vital for deepening one's leadership skills. This interactive session invites participants to take a brief assessment to provide a framework of varying leadership styles. Discussion will explore the strategic self-awareness of one's own strengths, tips for leveraging others' diverse styles, and the application to art education contexts.

Presenters

Antoniette Guglielmo

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Leadership, Instructional Practice

2:00pm EDT

Dinner Is Served!: Moving Away From Traditional Tests in AP Art History

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Essays and multiple-choice questions are necessities, but are they always the most effective in assessing student understanding? Create a dinner party, build a museum wing, or weave a bag. By introducing hands-on projects that both assess and teach, your students will form lasting connections by engaging rather than memorizing.

Presenters

Martha Anne Kuntz

Art Educator, Notre Dame High School

I am the Visual and Performing Arts department chair at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, California. I teach AP Studio, AP Art History, and Sculpture, as well as a new Fiber Arts Course. I am also an AP Studio Art & Design mentor.

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Secondary, Instructional Demonstration

3:00pm EDT

Exploring Identity Through Textile Arts

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

How is identity expressed through textiles? Our deep connection to clothing and textiles makes them an ideal conduit for individual expression and cultural heritage. Explore the sociohistorical context of textile arts, symbols used to convey various meanings, and activities that encourage students to convey their heritage and unique identity.

Presenters

Ruby Ming

Visual Arts & Culture, Independent Museum Professional

Textiles&Identity Artworks NAEA25 pdf

Textiles&Identity Presentation&Activities NAEA25 pdf

Textiles&Identity Educator Resources NAEA25 pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Middle, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Play and Joy in the Democratic Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Where do art educators make space for play and joy and as a byproduct, curiosity, and transgression? This presentation examines how democratic pedagogy makes openings for students to make work that is urgently meaningful to their identity development and social imagination. Participants will leave with specific democratic classroom practice strategies.

Presenters

Alice Costas

Visual Arts Teacher, Chicago Public Schools

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M114

Secondary, Instructional Practice