2025 NAEA National Convention: Full Schedule

12:00pm EDT

Imagining Ubuntu: Curating Art Bridging Borders, a Virtual Exhibition

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

In this session, the Ubuntu Project (a collective of Black artists, educators, and scholars from Kenya and the United States) will share their experiences and best practices from curating their first large-scale virtual exhibition in spring 2024.

Presenters

Lucy Mugambi

Amber Coleman

Postdoctoral Scholar, Arizona State University

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

12:00pm EDT

We Want to Thrive: Reconceiving Preservice Art Education in Critical Times

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

What does it mean to thrive as an art educator? As practitioners, we consider how we support, recruit, and retain the next generation. In this session, we offer insight into current experiences and practices in preservice art education to imagine how we all might thrive in this field.

Presenters

Jazmine Beatty

Amber Coleman

Postdoctoral Scholar, Arizona State University

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Preservice, Big Art Education Questions

3:00pm EDT

Inclusive Pedagogy in the "Third Space": Decolonization and Transformation in Art Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Explore decolonization and transformation in art education through the representation of body and identity in visual culture with non-Western-style strategies that create a "third space." Participants will acquire practical tools for implementing inclusive pedagogy practices in art education classrooms.

Presenters

Asli Kinsizer

Li Xu

Panpan Yang

Sherry Abbasi

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education Interest Group, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Disability Stigma in the Black Community and the Overdiagnosis of Behavioral Disorders

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

In schools focused on test scores over all else, neurodivergent Black children are some of the most marginalized when it comes to resource access because the fear of disability labels in African American communities fuel stereotypes that perceive Black children as an aggressive plague in our schools. Learn how art educators can advocate for our BIPOC students.

Presenters

Sylvia Rodriguez

Art Teacher, North High School

She/They, Queer, Mixed Black-Latina Children’s Book Illustrator, TED Talk Speaker, and First-Year Teacher! I love making work about less expressed experiences, especially surrounding disability culture, racial identity, and overcoming hardship!

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Professional Paper Presentation

5:00pm EDT

Advocacy Committee Listening Session

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

The NAEA Advocacy Committee is working to develop a national advocacy strategy for NAEA, including tools and training modules, that can evolve over time to meet the needs of visual arts, design, and media arts educators. This session will provide space for members to give feedback on NAEA’s Advocacy Action Plan and opportunities for members to be informed and involved in NAEA’s advocacy work.

Presenters

Josh Drews!

NAEA Southeastern Vice-President, Spring Valley High School

Ray Yang

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

8:00am EDT

Bending Toward Justice: Interrogating Narratives Embodied in Public Monuments and Memorials

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Explore methods for interrogating narratives in public monuments using Bell's Storytelling Project Model and emerging VR technologies. This session highlights examples from Richmond, VA; Montgomery, AL; and Jackson, MS, and provides practical strategies for classroom application, fostering critical engagement with public art and its complex histories.

Presenters

Brittany Myburgh

Assistant Professor, Jackson State University

Mary Soylu

Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Higher Education, Professional Paper Presentation

12:00pm EDT

What's on the Menu: Exploring Korean and Japanese Cultures Through Culinary Delights and Visual Arts

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Savor Korean and Japanese cultures through a multisensory project that pairs culinary dishes with artworks. Discover how food and art can serve as catalysts to fostering culturally specific understanding, and explore lesson ideas for integrating this adaptable, contextualist approach into your classroom to enhance student engagement and cultural inquiry while avoiding stereotypes.

Presenters

Guey-Meei Yang

Tom Suchan

Friday March 21, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Asian Art and Culture Interest Group, Instructional Demonstration

1:00pm EDT

Then and Now: Sensory Methodologies in Art Education: Methods and Practices for K-12

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

In this SRAE session, scholars share how their lived experiences inform their research, artistic, and teaching practices. The focus is on integrating sensory experiences into research and K-12 art education to enhance student engagement, creativity, and understanding, fostering a richer, more inclusive educational environment.

Presenters

Ryan Shin

Ilayda Altuntas Nott

Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona

Seoyeon Kim

Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Seminar for Research in Art Education Interest Group, Big Art Education Questions

2:00pm EDT

I Am Trying to Take Your Job: Building the AI Art Teacher

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Can artificial intelligence really replace an art teacher? See the results of an AI project designed with tools to perform the duties of an art educator. Learn more about the successes and limitations for AI in guiding critiques, managing a classroom, assessing student work, and much more.

Presenters

Brad Olson

Assistant Professor, Art Education, Eastern Illinois University

Take Your Job pptx

Friday March 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Art & Media Technology Interest Group, Professional Paper Presentation

3:00pm EDT

Coping With Toxic Stress Using Restorative Art Practices

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Discover how creative arts practices can help mitigate toxic stress in the learning environment, and gain resources for implementing restorative art practices. Learn how to make meaningful connections for our students and ourselves and restore meaningful connections through the arts. Gain evidence-based strategies that can be utilized in any setting for restorative art practices.

Presenters

Dr. Donalyn Heise

Beverley Johns

Presenter, ABC

Bev Johns worked in the public schools with students with significant behavioral challenges for more than 30 years. She also served as a professional fellow at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. She is the author or co-author of 23 books in the field of special education... Read More →

Lisa Kay

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:20pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Higher Education, Deep Dive Research

4:30pm EDT

Behind the Black Box: Unveiling Racial Bias in AI-Generated Imagery

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

The landscape of visual culture is increasingly entangled with images created by both humans and nonhuman machines, including AI. This presentation demonstrates a critical content analysis of AI-generated images as a way to reveal and challenge hidden assumptions and biases around race in society.

Presenters

Ye Sul Park

Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Media Arts, Professional Paper Presentation

5:00pm EDT

The Power of Creative Insubordination in Elementary Art Teacher Education

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

As art teachers, we are creatives who can overcome the challenges ahead by nurturing learning spaces of bravery and belonging. In this session you will learn techniques through the experiences of an art in STEAM teacher educator for enacting and teaching creative insubordination to ensure your students thrive.

Presenters

Kristen Schaffer

Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University

Friday March 21, 2025 5:00pm - 5:25pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Instructional Practice

8:00am EDT

Using Multimedia Learning Journals to Help Foster Student Engagement and Depth of Learning

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Do you want the most authentic, engaging learning tool that builds student engagement; increases student learning in content areas as well as the development of critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and creativity; while helping students become self-driven, effective learners and self-assessors in the future? Come learn about multimedia learning journals.

Presenters

Kristine Quinn

Faculty, California State University Fullerton

Learning journals have been at the center of my teaching for the past 12 years. Let's talk about how to use them to engage learners and increase learning.

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 8:50am EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Preservice, Instructional Demonstration

12:00pm EDT

Foolproof Fabulousness: Cultivating an Attitude of Excellence in the Art Classroom

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Learn strategies for establishing a community of engaged learners from Day 1. Free, simple, and easy to implement, we'll show you how to bring your students together under one umbrella of success for everyone. We will provide daily processes and consistent procedures that support a common mission and mindset toward excellence. These classroom management strategies will have you looking forward to Monday every single week!

Presenters

Tiffany Fox

Saturday March 22, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Secondary, Instructional Demonstration

1:00pm EDT

Untangling Museum Internships: Creating Rich, Meaningful Experiences for Future Museum Workers

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Museum administrators and educators, are you curious about what your interns think about your internship programs? Interns, are you wondering what museum staff are looking for in intern candidates and how to maximize your professional development experience? Join our session to gain insights from graduate interns, internship mentors, and professionals.

Presenters

Dana Carlisle Kletchka

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Lingran Zhang

Ran Qi

Assistant Professor, Weber state university

Terron Banner

Xiaoxiao Bao

Saturday March 22, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Museum Education, Big Art Education Questions

2:00pm EDT

CANCELLED Más Idiomas: Language Inclusion in Museums CANCELLED

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

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Previewing the upcoming book, Language Inclusion in Museums, authored by bilingual museum professionals, advocates for museum-wide translations and facilitation of bilingual programs, this sessions highlights the psychological benefits of multilingualism, and presents a toolkit for advocating and implementing language inclusion policies and practice.

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Presenters

Asami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto

Gabriela Perez

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Museum Education, Professional Paper Presentation

2:00pm EDT

Touch and Tell: Enhancing Museum Experiences for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Unlock the power of touch in this hands-on session designed ti transform museum visits for blind and visually impaired guests. Explore innovative tactile interactives and compelling verbal descriptions that create engaging multisensory experiences. Discover practical strategies to ensure every visitor enjoys equitable access to art.

Presenters

Mallory Lind

The Georgia Museum of Art

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Museum Education, Skills Toolbox

3:00pm EDT

Starting a Fiber Arts Class From Scratch

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Interested in teaching fiber arts? Don't know where to start? This session will show you where to begin and how to sequence lessons to engage students and build highly-adaptable skills. Leave with digital access to timelines, project guides, lesson plans, supply lists, and other resources.

Presenters

Erica Wright

Saturday March 22, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Secondary, Instructional Practice

4:00pm EDT

Empowering Critical Thinking Through Art: A Collaborative Initiative

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

Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Discover how a unique partnership between a local museum and public schools is enhancing critical thinking and creativity in Title I students. Explore the innovative use of Project Zero's Thinking Routines in classroom curriculum and guided tours, fostering cognitive and emotional growth through experiential art education.

Presenters

Brittny Bevel

Head of Guided and Gallery-Based Learning, Tampa Museum of Art

Brittny Bevel is the Head of Guided and Gallery-Based Learning at the Tampa Museum of Art. Working within the interpretation division, she oversees school and interpretive programs, including tours, the docents, lectures, and gallery talks. Prior to coming to Tampa, Brittny served... Read More →

Laura Hobby

K-12 Visual Arts Supervisor, Hillsborough County Public Schools

Talk to me about Artful Thinking Routines, teaching art in an AMAZING district, and my cocker spaniel, Morgan!

Empowering Critical Thinking 1 pdf

Saturday March 22, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Kentucky International Convention Center, M116

Museum Education, Instructional Practice