2025 NAEA National Convention

Nathalie Ryan is a Senior Educator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, where she has led programs for educators, families, teens, and the adult public since 2002. Her current work at the National Gallery is researching awe, wonder, creativity, and wellbeing in the museum with Professor Dacher Keltner at the University of California at Berkeley. Since 2008, Nathalie has been an instructor at Harvard Project Zero, teaching online and in-person courses on Artful Thinking, Mindful Looking & Making, Engaging with Global Issues Through Art, and Empathetic Perspective-Taking in the Museum. Additionally, Nathalie is a teaching artist in book arts and letterpress at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Nathalie believes in the power of the arts to help people slow down, notice the world around them in new ways, spark curiosity and wonder, and make connections with oneself and others.