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SATURDAY, MARCH 28
8:00 - 8:50 AM
Advocacy
WHY Choice-Based Learning?
Elizabeth Rubenstein
Explore concepts uniting the minds of creative professionals and use them to support the power of studentdirected practice in the art classroom. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart B/Riverside Building
Art Education Technology Issues Group
Designing Looking
Melinda Mayer, Kimberly Varela, Rachel Vogt,
In a museum education course project, students designed gallery activities for an iPad that promoted looking at
the art, not the device. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
Animal Rights, Art, and Art Education
John Derby
Using a critical Animal Studies lens, examine contemporary art that utilizes actual animals, themes of humananimal hybridity, and animal rights. Discuss ideas for animal rights art pedagogy. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
Meta Friends: Building Communities & Exploring Possibilities Beyond the Classroom
Alexandra Kollisch, Sharif Bey
Two university instructors strived to unite their respective programs by providing multiple platforms for
deconstructing school art conventions through technology and social media. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
Speed Dating With Theory: Moving Beyond the Rhizome
Traci Quinn, Marianna Pegno, Ernesto Leon De la Rosa-Carillo, Anne Thwaits
Connecting theory and practice, this participatory performance invites audience members to sit down and “get to
know” a variety of theoretical lenses and theorists as embodied by the presenters. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Issues Group
Museum Educators as Change Agents: Examples of Multiculturalism in Practice
Laura Evans, Joni Acuff
Using practical models from a diverse array of American museums, discuss and explore inclusivity initiatives that
are situated in social justice frameworks. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Community
Re-Visioning Inspiration: Authentic Idea Development for the Visual Arts
Katie Green
Explore how to engage your participants in the process of developing authentic, non-cliché concepts, ideas, and
artworks that are centered on personal voice and individual expression. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
A Place For Process
Emily Masterson
Discuss the inclusion of artistic process in the visual arts curriculum and revealing ways practitioners are using
their own artistic practice to encourage student exploration in the classroom. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Printmaking by Design: Creative Collaboration
Kim Soule, Missi Carini, Jennifer Sims,
Explore many of the possibilities available in the media of printmaking, as well as collaboration between art and
other subjects/processes. Hands-on activities! Gelli prints, Mono, etching, and Ukiyo-e style subtractive prints.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Design Literacy Lessons for Your Art Classroom
Pat Klos
Experience a variety of quick, engaging strategies to support literacy lessons in your art classroom. Students
meet Common Core standards for writing: argument, narrative, informative, and poetic—through Art! Hands-On
Demonstration
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Exhibition for Equity and Access
Kathleen Marh, Guy Michel Telemaque, Monika Aldarono, Destiny Palmer
Boston Arts Academy’s sequential grade 9-12 exhibitions curriculum helps students create well-designed
exhibitions, design with empathy for audience, and show their understanding of visual arts outcomes. Best
Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Mining for Ideas: Powerful Use of Prompts
Stephanie Pickens, Michael Bell, Stephanie Wirt, Debi West
Veteran teachers share the latest concepts on how to mine for new ideas while using prompts in the art
classroom as powerful tools for jump-starting creative thinking and visual problem solving. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck C/Riverside Building
Design Issues Group
Academy Aerospace and Engineering: A 6-12 Design-Focused STEAM Program
William Wright, the Elder, Rebecca Peabody, Heather Groenstein, Eric Eisnor
Learn how the Visual Arts program at the Academy of Aerospace and Engineering became a pivotal component
of the STEAM theme through Design Education. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 228/Second Level
Elementary
The Poetic Heart and Today’s Learners
Julia Hovanec
Explore novel strategies for teaching art and literacy through poetry in preK-6 settings. Participants will leave with
integrated approaches that can be used in today’s art room. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Elementary
Learning to Design, Learning About Design, Learning Through Design
Paul Sproll
An expanded definition of the visual arts in the new national standards includes Design. Explore ways children
can be encouraged to work as if designers and design thinkers. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
Venture Out Virtually
Nancy Strickland
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art shares how interactive videoconferences (without special equipment)
can teach art history, reinforce studio concepts, and facilitate collaboration with students around the world. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Elementary
Classroom/Behavior Management Techniques Designed to Capture and Keep Students’ Attention
Barbara Suplee, Karen Bannett, Lauren Chaika, Aaron Weber
Learn techniques designed to transform your teaching and engage your students in learning. Hands-on,
participatory session focuses on proven classroom management practices from Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a
Champion. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
Tiered Certification, edTPA, You, & Me
Jim O'Donnell
It is vital that those involved in teacher preparation begin a national dialogue to better understand upcoming
dramatic changes and advocate on behalf of our students and our field. Open discussion. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
Higher Education
Flipping Without Flopping
Natalie Selden Barnes, Anna Bernhard
This hands-on activity will walk you through a collaborative group project course redesign intended to heighten
student engagement in Introduction to Art, a large Arts & Humanities course. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Media Arts
Media Arts: Learning by Design!
Evangeline Christodoulou
Discover and learn creative ways to make your digital program one of the most requested electives in school!
Motivate students while keeping them excited! Lessons and exemplars will be shared. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Middle Level
Making It Personal: Ideation and the Middle School Student
Stacy Lord
Learn proven methods that will enrich your art room as we delve into the process of ideation and the creative
voice that is found deep within each middle school student! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Museum Education
Improv(e) Flexibility in Teaching
Jennifer Oleniczak
Explore improv activities that increase flexibility and communication within teaching practice. Discuss possible
application within personal teaching practice and learn activities to bring back to your institution and practice!
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 203/Second Level
Museum Education
Designing Meaningful Experiences: School Programs and the Intersection of Art and Design
Carrie Swartz, Deirdre Palmer, Briana Zavadil White, Denise Roberts
How can museum educators design learning environments that promote creativity? Includes examples of ingallery teaching strategies used during school programs that encourage creativity, critical thinking, and problem
solving. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Museum Education
3-D MANIA: Teen-Tested 3-D Design Programs
Amy Homma, Dawn Quill
Discuss best practices in implementing 3-D design programs for teens by exploring teen-tested approaches and
methodologies. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Museum Education
Failure as a Design Challenge
Jeanne Hoel, Michelle Grohe
After a brief framing of failure as a critical element of personal and professional growth, audience members share
short synopses of memorable, work-related failures and lessons learned. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
Museum Education
Impact of Museum Programs on K-12 Students
Wendy Wolf, Jackie Terrassa, Emily Holtrop, Barbara Bassett
Participant questions will be explored through facilitated discussion; a resulting Q&A document will be posted
after the Convention on the NAEA website. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R09/Second Level
Preservice
Walking the Talk: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Relevant Teaching
Marit Dewhurst, Marilyn Casey, Margaret Phelan, Ana Economou
Explore how preservice art teachers learned to walk the talk of cross-cultural community building through a
semester-long project that resulted in a series of practical lessons and teaching tools. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Professional Learning
How to Win a Study Tour Grant
Nicole Caracciolo, Pearl Lau
Learn how to search for grants and residencies, write an exceptional essay, be a successful participant, and apply
knowledge gained from a study tour to create new curriculum. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
International Perspectives for Art Education: New Designs for Practice
Melody Milbrandt, Ryan Shin, Kevin Hsieh
Examine findings, interpretations, and implications from a 2013 survey of international art educators. Discuss
additional international standards and policies impacting the practice of art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
How the New Bloom Builds Brains Through Visual Arts
Rebecca Shore
Explore how student engagement in the visual arts builds brains through dendritic branching. A longitudinal
review of research on school reform frames solutions for improving learning in schools within the visual arts.
Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Artist-Teacher: Artist Practice Redefines Art Teaching in the Elementary Classroom
Ashley Smith
This arts-based research project describes the artist-teacher model and explores its effects on how art educators
use art practice to structure teaching practice in a K-8 art classroom. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Secondary
Drawing for Understanding in Field Science
Donna Sartanowicz, Jill Sifantus
Interdisciplinary collaboration on curriculum teaches the habits of mind essential for both artists and scientists.
Discuss strategies for cross-disciplinary collaboration in co-taught and individual classroom situations. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Secondary
Romare Bearden’s A Black Odyssey: Artistic, Literary, and Musical Inspirations
Sara Klein
Explore American artist Romare Bearden’s landmark Black Odyssey series through literary and musical sources
of inspiration, historical and cultural contexts, and interpretive strategies. Amon Carter resources and digital
images provided. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Secondary
AP Design Issues: 2-D
Patricia Lamb, Jerry Stefl
View current examples of successful 2-D Design portfolio submissions, explore new developments and best
practices in the course, and discuss strategies for improving student achievement and learning. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
Assessment by and for Artist/Students
Michelle Livek
Explore the potential of assessment, design, and dynamic curriculum becoming seamlessly interwoven in to the
fabric of your PLC driven art program! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
Enhancing Observational Drawing Through Analysis, Design, and Invention
David Love
Explore simple, step-by-step analytical strategies that enhance observational drawing studies and simultaneously
nurture student’s inventive abilities and overall visual confidence. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Special Needs in Art Education Issues Group
Transforming Your Neighborhood Detention Center
Daniel Humphrey, Dillon Sedar
Young professionals working with students who are at-risk, in-crisis, and/or incarcerated share successful and
effective instructional methods and techniques for teaching distressed and troubled learners in any art classroom
setting. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Student Assessment
Designing a Simple Student Growth Plan in the Art Room
Jessica Balsley
Are SLOs stressing you out? Learn to design a student growth goal that is performance-based and meaningful for
both you and your students, and still satisfies your administration’s requests. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Port/Riverside Building
Technology
Creating an Effective Teacher Website
Stephanie Baer
Discover how to construct a professional-looking website that showcases teaching, learning, and artistry. Includes
examples from preservice, practicing K-12, and post-secondary teachers. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Technology
ArtTalk Goes Digital!
Jackie Ellett, Lynda Kerr
Bring your laptops or tablets to explore a new, interactive, digital art program for grades 6-12. Actively access art
criticism, history, studio lessons, and eGallery to personalize your curriculum! Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
8:00 - 9:00 AM
UnConference
UnConference Gentle Yoga: Bringing Spaciousness to Work and Life - In Just 10 Minutes!
Debra Premashakti Alvis
Yoga can bring us from our fast-paced lives into the present moment—decreasing stress, enhancing life
enjoyment, and supporting us in meeting daily challenges more easefully. Learn gentle yoga postures and
breathing practices as brief sequences for use at work, home, or even in the classroom. Please bring a towel from
your room. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Compass/Riverside Building
8:00 - 9:20 AM
Award Function
Women’s Caucus Breakfast With Regional Artist Speaker
Sheri Klein, Jennifer Motter, Elizabeth Garber
All are welcome to the Women’s Caucus regional artist breakfast talk addressing feminist research-based
artwork. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 214/Second Level
8:00 - 9:50 AM
Business Meeting
Art Education Editorial Board Meeting
James Rolling, Jr.
This is the annual business meeting of the Editorial Board for Art Education. Board members will meet for
discussion with the Editor, Associate Editor, and Instructional Resource Editor. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 213/Second Level
9:00 - 9:50 AM
Advocacy
Come and Join the Circus! Advocacy and the Tiny Circus
Debrah Sickler-Voigt
The Tiny Circus artists’ collective produces stop-motion animated films to teach about life’s big ideas and
advocate for the arts. Come and see why thousands have joined the circus! Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart B/Riverside Building
Art Education Technology Issues Group
The Art of Prototyping: (Re)Considering Mistakes and Learning
Shaunna Smith
Explore how engaging in affordable rapid-prototyping technologies (3-D printers, etc.) impacts learning through
productive curiosity, collaborative creativity, and persistence—and encourages fearless creation vs. passive
consumption. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Artist Series
Expressing Personal Voice
Ann Schwab
Blending photography, drawing, and installation, this mixed-media artist explores processes of coping with
physical and emotional trauma in her professional art practice. As an arts educator at the New Orleans Center for
Creative Arts (NOCCA), Louisiana’s Arts Conservatory for high school students, she nurtures personal expression
and individuality in her students’ artwork. Employing critical thinking strategies in her studio/classroom, she
inspires her teenage students. Their work and hers will be showcased. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 206/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
Re-Designing Art Education for Post-Katrina New Orleans
Sarah Travis
In this interactive discussion, participants are invited to engage in a dialogue about the changes in New Orleans
public schools since Katrina and to consider the implications for art education. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
InterLACing Literacy, Art, Youth Culture, and School
Moniques Richard, Monique Lebrun, Mona Trudel, Martin Lalonde
Explore hybridity in the age of informal multimedia practices with a new transdisciplinary research group from
Quebec. Share connections between art, literacy, and youth culture for an inclusive pedagogy. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Committee on Lifelong Learning Issues Group
Reading and Writing About the Mona Lisa
Priscilla Lund
Review strategies for establishing intergenerational book clubs that focus on visual arts. One example is reading
age-appropriate books and talking about the Mona Lisa’s 1911 disappearance from the Louvre. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Community
Journeys, Cultural Identity, and Contemporary Art
Kristina Jacobs, Jacobo Lovo, Lauren Navarro, Christine Woywod
Learn how the work of a contemporary artist inspired meaningful questions and conversations that led to students’
exploration of their personal relationship to journeys, cultural identity, and social justice. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Hip Hop Airbrush
Malcolm McCrae
Connect with your students by learning from master artist Malcolm McCrae. He will share with you how urban art
and airbrushing can be used as tools to unlock students’ creative potential. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Space of Her Own: An Innovative Art-Based Mentoring Program
Tesni Stephen
Space of Her Own, an art-based mentoring program, explores how art can cultivate healthy relationships, creative
thinking, and self-exploration in order to create thoughtful, kind, and confident young leaders. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
African American and Subculture Art as Catalysts for Enduring Understanding
Joele Michaud
Inclusion of ethnic-American artworks in curricula for elementary students can instill enduring understandings as
they expand their knowledge of art and the contemporary world. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Everything You Need to Know About the ELA CCSS
Barbara Place
Learn everything that you need to know about the ELA CCSS, including how to address these standards without
taking you off your mission of focusing on art education. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck C/Riverside Building
Design Issues Group
A Curriculum Framework for Media and Design Education
Martin Rayala
Learn how to use the K-12 Curriculum Framework for Media and Design Education to confidently develop a
Media and Design education curriculum tailored to your unique situation. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 228/Second Level
Elementary
Designing Printmaking Processes: Form, Function, and Content Promoting Global Awareness
Linda Kourkoulis
This session provides a unit of comprehensive lesson plans and explains how to use a variety of printmaking
techniques to explore themes of personal, social, environmental, and global significance. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Elementary
The Journey of African American Art and Music
Linda Tylka, Terrion Nelson
Explore the art and music from Africa through Haiti to New Orleans, Louisiana. Presenters take you on a journey
through a PowerPoint presentation along with singing, dancing, and creating a personal work of art. Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
STEM Enrichment in Early Elementary
Susan Waddington
See how one art teacher is providing young children with learning experiences that are distinct from other STEM
or art activities yet enhance both. Explore materials and share ideas. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Elementary
Environmental Superheroes: Creating Storybooks That Address Issues of Sustainability
Nicholas Wozniak
Learn how an arts-integrated illustrated storybook can address issues of sustainability in a 4th- and 5th-grade art
class. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
ABER and the Shifting Context of Pedagogical Approaches to Art
Cathy Smilan, Kathy Miraglia
Presenters share practice parallels from an MAE graduate studio research class and an MFA instructional
strategies class. MFA TAs and pK-12 art teachers learn from each other’s practice of studio-based inquiry in art
education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Higher Education
Professional Teaching Dispositions and the Use of Assessment Tools
Jacquelyn Kibbey, Renee Sandell, Linda Adams, Elizabeth Stuart
Overwhelmingly, failed student teaching and new hire experiences are traced to issues with dispositions. Explore
the use of self-assessment tools to see if such situations can be reversed. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Leadership
Leadership Series: Membership Growth and Management Idea Swap for State Association Leaders
Christie Castillo, Krista Brooke, Linda Scott
Join NAEA staff and fellow state association leaders in a roundtable discussion to discover how you can reach
potential members in your state—using resources you can easily access for free! Gain tips and tools to organize
and motivate your current members Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus Issues Group
NAE(gAy)
Andrea Nickerson, , Melissa-Ann Ledo,
Join us for an open forum to discuss issues facing LGBTQIAA teachers, students, and administrators working
toward tolerant and socially just classrooms and communities through media and the arts. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Media Arts
Hip to Be Square: Creating 8-Bit Video Games With Scratch
Steve Ciampaglia
Learn how students can create video games that embrace the low-fi 8-bit aesthetic and simplistic gameplay of the
Atari 2600 using Scratch, a free and easy-to-use visual programming language. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Museum Education
In-House Design for Educators: Building Your Own Professional Toolkit
Anne Taylor, Liz Lloyd
See how two Corcoran educators streamlined their best practices into a toolkit for looking at reproductions and
original artworks. Create your own, inspired by the strengths of your team. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Museum Education
Art, Design, and Well-Being: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Marilyn Lajeunesse
Museums have established a solid reputation as exciting environments for informal teaching and learning. Explore
the expanding role of museums as centers for well-being. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Museum Education
Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist: Sensitive Touring in Cultural Museums
Janine Okmin, Lovisa Brown, Caren Gutierrez,
Three museums share the lessons and challenges of designing visitor-centered tours for culturally specific
institutions. Discuss race, culture, and bias, and explore ways for diverse visitors to connect to art. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
Museum Education
Hack! Student-Driven Museum Programs
Caitlin Evans, Mariah Rankine-Landers
What happens when you put 30,000 California students in the driver’s seat? Learn about a student-driven
program that seeks to redefine the school group experience at museums. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R08/Second Level
National Association of State Directors of Art Education Issues Group
NASDAE/SEADAE State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education Collaborations
Vicki Breen, Limeul Eubanks
Discuss and identify resources relevant to your state and how to put them into practice. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 203/Second Level
Preservice
Entering the Art Education Profession: Getting the Gig!
Carla Majczan, Kayla Gale, Amanda Barbee
Gain resources/strategies and ease your employment worries as you prepare to enter the field. Discuss personal
experiences, interviews, networking, and mentors. Includes brief Q&A. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Professional Learning
National Art Education Foundation Grantee Projects Focused on Design
Dean Johns, Jan Norman, Robin Vande Zande
Jan Norman will present Art Education by Design: Creating Communities of Learners. Robin Vande Zande will
present The Framework of Design Education Principles, Practices, and Strategies. Moderated by Dean G. Johns,
NAEF Chair. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R09/Second Level
Professional Learning
Artmaking as Mentoring for Beginning Art Teachers
Pattie Chambers, Paige Aaron
Learn educators’ experiences with artmaking as mentoring and the possibility of nurturing deeper, more
supportive connections and collaborations between experienced and beginning art educators. Best Practice
Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Conceptual Mapping Supporting Research and Curriculum Development in Art Education
Yichien Cooper, Enid Zimmerman
Two researchers demonstrate how they use data visualization strategies and conceptual mapping for both theory
analysis and STEAM curriculum development in art education. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Disproportionate Access: Art and Design Instruction (K-12) in Central Brooklyn
Aileen Wilson, Heather Lewis
Pratt Institute faculty discuss research findings funded by the National Art Education Foundation on the
disproportionate access to quality instruction in art and design in middle schools in Central Brooklyn. Research
Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Retired Art Educators
Blending Our Voices
Linda Willis Fisher, Carla Majczan
Join RAEA and NAEA Student Chapters as members of the 2015 Outstanding Student Chapter present their
accomplishments. Interact with chapter representatives, advisors, and mentors to influence positive actions. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Secondary
Unit Design for a Graffiti-Inspired Curriculum
Matt Christenson
Learn concrete methods for implementing graffiti-inspired work into a visual arts curriculum, including using
relevant imagery, scaffolding, and generating meaning/symbolism using “Code Name” pieces, critique, and artist
statements. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
Secondary
Cash Rules Everything Around Me
Kara Luke, Josh Drews!
Two amazing artmaking lessons discuss the concept of materialism, need versus want, and how students often
form their own version of reality. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
Not Your Granny’s Cross-Stitch: Digitally Printed Textiles
Beverly Mecum, Katherine Harris, Michelle Harrell,
Imagine digitally printing art on fabric to weave, construct, and embellish. Learn how designers utilize design
fabrics online and gather ideas for using this technology in the art room. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
Word & Image: Form Reflects Content
Judy Novey
Word & Image is an interdisciplinary 11th- and 12th-grade Book-Arts and English class. Using their own artwork
and writing, students create one-of-a-kind books where form reflects content. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Student Assessment
Student Self-Assessment Incorporating NCAS Essential Questions
Connie Shoemaker
Veteran teacher shares strategy for creating meaningful student assessments in which the students
evaluate/reflect on their own performance. Process incorporates the National Core Arts Standards Essential
Questions. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Port/Riverside Building
Teacher Evaluation
Writing edTPA Task-Specific Commentary: Moving From Reflective Practice to Analysis
Shari Savage, Dennis Cannon
Licensure Program faculty identify successful strategies for improving preservice art educators’ edTPA task
commentary. Includes specific examples of analytical commentary from successful edTPA submissions. Best
Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Technology
Designing Learning Resources for the 21st-Century Art Room
Amanda Feterl
Discover practical and affordable ways to design your own 21st-century learning resources for the art room.
Technology featured includes iBooks, iTunes U, document cameras, iPads, and more! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
Technology
Debunking the Digital Divide
Peter Curran, Alicia Fine
Navigating the digital divide in hands-on art environments can be challenging; bridge this gap by exploring digital
tools that enhance traditional studio experiences. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Technology
DigArts: Teens, Tech, and Tensions in the Third Space
Brad Olson
Examine radical definitions of the “third space” and their application to a de-formalized digital arts workshop
created for techie teens. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
United States Society for Education through Art Issues Group
Study Abroad Programs to Africa and Back
Minuette Floyd, Teresa Unseld
Through meaningful investigative dialogue, university students used artmaking and service with Ghanaian
children to examine perceptions of Africa. Includes sample student work and personal reflections. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
10:30 - 11:50 AM
Professional Learning
NAEF Fundraising Benefit Event
Dean Johns, Margaret Peeno
This special lecture and discussion event is open to all NAEA Convention attendees. Light refreshments will be
served. This is a ticketed event; all proceeds will support the National Art Education Foundation. Tickets are $50;
$40 is a tax-deductible contribution to the National Art Education Foundation. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 214/Second Level
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
UnConference
UnConference Loving Kindness in Teaching and Leadership
Debra Premashakti Alvis
Practicing kindness toward self and others provides a strong foundation for collaborative relationships, well-being,
and even better health. Using meditation and the expressive arts as a point of departure, learn how to apply
loving kindness approaches to teambuilding, classroom interactions, and conflict resolution at home and at work.
Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Compass/Riverside Building
11:00 - 11:25 AM
Curriculum and Instruction
Dancing on Chairs (and Other Strategies to Design Student Engagement)
Janine Campbell
Dancing on chairs to learn vocabulary? Why not! Receive resources and ideas to foster a caring and creative
environment that allows students to be silly and have a say in their learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
11:00 - 11:50 AM
Advocacy
Finding Funding for Your Art Room With DonorsChoose.org
Jessica Sinclair
No budget? Need supplies? Learn how to create “must be funded” proposal for art supplies for your classroom
with DonorsChoose.org. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart B/Riverside Building
Art Education Technology Issues Group
Place, Performance, and Pedagogy in New Media Art Educational Practices
Robert Sweeny, Karen Keifer-Boyd, Aaron Knochel,
Art educators are often the first to adopt and adapt digital technologies. Explore possibilities for digital
technologies that raise important questions concerning place, race, and gender. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
Educational Aesthetics: A Live Journal
Traci Quinn, Shana Cinquemani, Ernesto Leon De la Rosa-Carillo,
This presentation shares the launch of “Educational Aesthetics: A Live Journal,” an open access Internet space
that encourages dialogue about affective form and design in educational practice. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
A Painted Condolence Ritual With Maya Painter Pedro Rafael González
Kryssi Staikidis
This video presentation of a collaborative painting based on a condolence ritual with Guatemalan Maya painter
Pedro Rafael González Chavajay designs space for indigenous decolonizing research methodologies in art
education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Issues Group
Celebrating the Vision and Leadership of James L. Tucker, Jr. 35th Anniversary COMC Special Session
Vesta Daniel, Bernard Young, Mac Arthur Goodwin, Grace Hampton, Debra Ambush, Sandra Epps, Adrienne
Hoard
Please join distinguished art educators as they present a tribute to the late James L. Tucker, Jr., a trailblazer in
championing the rights of those who represent diverse and multicultural populations in our society. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 206/Second Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Issues Group
Identity as Agency: Asking Students to Affirm Who They Are
Tyler Fister, Alisha Mernick
Explore understanding Identity as Agency to effect change in the world; presenters share two case studies of
units that ask students to critically analyze the complexity of their identities. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Community
How to Support Intergroup Understanding Among Immigrant Youth
Hyunju Kim
Discuss how media-based art activities can offer opportunities for immigrant youth to engage in cultural
experiences of their peers while investigating and expressing their own ongoing identity development. Interactive
Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Community Arts Caucus Issues Group
Community Arts Caucus Forum: Positioning Community Arts as Legitimate Scholarship
Ken Krafchek, Doug Blandy, Karen Hutzel, Aileen Wilson
Community arts practitioners position their work as legitimate scholarship through diverse institutional,
methodological, interdisciplinary, and arts-based perspectives to help strengthen relationships with institutions of
higher education. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Designing Art Units Using the Understanding by Design (UbD) Framework
Daisy McTighe, , Julia McTighe,
The Next Generation Arts Standards are based on the Understanding by Design® (UbD) framework. Explore how
UbD can be used to plan standards-aligned units. Sample units provided. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Stop Teaching Art!
Aaron Stratten, Carol Trost
Are you willing to think critically about the purpose of art education? Come discuss ways art educators need to
change what we believe, say, and do to support student learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Science Teachers Who Draw
Merrie Koester, Karen Heid
Presenter describes collaborative action research in which science teachers used drawing to enable struggling
students to find meaning and achieve academic success. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Game On: Designing a Homemade Arcade Through STEAM Education
Wendy Miller, Andrew McCormick
University of Northern Iowa Art Education Department and students from a local middle school partnered up to
explore the tenets of STEAM education in order to create homemade arcade games. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Best Practices in Online Art Education: The Future is Now
Debra Pylypiw
Learn how to make your online art course more student-centered, collaborative, interactive through innovative,
effective, research-based practices. Experienced online educators invited to share in the discussion. Best
Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck C/Riverside Building
Early Childhood Art Educators Issues Group
Designing for Quality: Keeping the Image of the Child in Mind
Linda Louis, Pam Krakowski, Pat Tarr, Christine Thompson
Discuss how the concept of the image of the child will inform how we design environments and curriculum for
early childhood education at a time of gathering support for Universal PreK in the US. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Elementary
Art Spaces—Engaging Learning Environments for Elementary Learners
Jodie Linkous
Learn how to create learning environments based on various themes to enhance student growth. Explore using
ideas like Imagination Homework, Aprons That Teach, and more to bring learning to life. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Elementary
Bells and Whistles: Songs to Enhance Your Elementary Art Classroom
Betsy Allen-McPhedran
Learn how to use song as a teaching tool and explore the many diverse ways it can enhance your classroom.
Come prepared to share your stories, gather information, or learn new techniques! Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
Arts Integration and the Common Core Standards
Rosa Ansoleaga, Christine Chavers
Learn how to design and implement and art integration curriculum and explore the natural connections between
the Common Core Standards and arts integration. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Elementary
Words & Pictures: Literacy, Art, and Common Core Together
Juline Chevalier
A museum partnered with elementary teachers to create Common Core lessons infused with art. Discover
evaluation results and learn to create your own collaboration using design thinking. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
Writing That Works: Intentional Pedagogy for Your University Classroom
Ruth Smith, Veronica Betancourt
Strengthen writing in your university classroom. Bring your questions about teaching writing and learn best
practices for assignments that support critical thinking in arts education, whether in person or online. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Higher Education
The Intersection of M/Othering and Mentoring Preservice Art Educators
Amy Pfeiler-Wunder, , Julie Hovanec, Nicole Romanski
This session opens dialogue on the mentorship of student teachers within the intersection of the private and
public spheres of mothering and consideration of transformational leadership and conflict resolution. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Higher Education
Higher Education Division Forum: Systems Thinking I
Jeff Broome, Julia Marshall, Cathy Smilan,
Audience members are invited to participate in a moderated discussion on the role of art, design, and museum
education within the framework of systems thinking. Panelists include Delane Ingalls Vanada, Pat Villeneuve,
Ann Rowson Love, Yuha Jung, and Victoria Eudy. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R09/Second Level
Media Arts
Press Start to Begin: Game Design for the Art Classroom
Ryan Patton, Luke Meeken, Meredith Cosier,
Discover teaching strategies and resources for art educators interested in learning how to teach game design and
encouraging the development of traditional and digital artmaking skills. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Middle Level
Teacups to Tupperware: Applying Material Culture to Middle School Ceramics
Porter McDonald
Since when is your Thermos an “object of aesthetic contemplation”? This presentation breaks down a 3-monthlong teapot project that was designed to awaken all five senses! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Museum Education
Leading Together: Empowering Docents and Gallery Educators
Briley Rasmussen, Rachel Bernstein-Stark
Shift the dynamic from “training and managing” docents or gallery educators to team leader and coach,
empowering people to develop a reflective practice and invest in their learning and teaching. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 203/Second Level
Museum Education
Visual Literacy: The Power of Film to Tell the Story
Cyra Levenson
Documentary films can tell a gripping story. View then discuss a short film that follows students, teachers, and
museum staff through a year of working together. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Museum Education
Leading Where You Are: Discussing Sheryl Sandberg’s Book, Lean In
Stacy Fuller
Share leadership experiences and insights during this conversation around Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In:
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. All professional stages and levels of book experience welcome! Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R08/Second Level
Preservice
Drawing Club, Emergent Curriculum, & Pop-Up Books
Alyssia Ruggiero, Brooke Hofsess
Presenters share their experiences in a children’s drawing club and explore emergent curricula through pop-up
books. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Professional Learning
The Ripple Effect: Using the iPad to Expand Collaborative Possibilities
Laura Gardner
College and K-12 initiatives integrate digital technologies; benefits of the collaboration continue to expand and
generate more and different opportunities for co-learning. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Making Data Visible: Using Demographic Data for Research and Advocacy
Chris Grodoski, David Burton
Garner resources and skills to use demographic data for research and advocacy. Data Visualization Working
Group members will provide multiple means to access and visually organize desirable data sets through OpenSource Software (OSS) applications. Bring your laptop or tablet. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Kinder’s Curate: An Action Research Project Scaffolding the New Standards
Lynn Yarne, Kitty Conde, Mary Patricia Kanaley,
Art educators share action research around the new national standards on presenting. Explore how students can
be involved in contextualizing their artwork. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Secondary
Breaking BAD: Awareness and Respect in a Global Community
Zerric Clinton, Natasha Poor
Participants will learn about the Breaking BAD project and the challenges and rewards involved in contributing to
a global community that is enhanced by awareness and respect for others. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
Secondary
Art for Change—A Collaborative Journey
Erika Hitchcock, Anne Baker, Tricia Campbell
Can Art Inspire Change? Learn how high school art students explored this question through an in-depth unit of
study inspired by renowned artist Vik Muniz and his documentary, Wasteland. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 228/Second Level
Secondary
Art Criticism Meets English Writing Skills
Katherine Maksimuk
Linking the practice of Art Criticism to English writing skills through the successful engagement of student
examples. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Secondary
Designing from Scratch: Experiential Problem Solving Through Collaborative Illustration
Maire O'Neill, Deborah Donoghue
Create a community of excitement in your class and teach the basics of storybook illustration using project-based
learning where students are designers and teachers are coaches. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
Engage Students Through Dynamic NAHS & NJHAS Programs
James Rees, Kim Cairy, Dallas Gillespie
Come discover why you should establish an NAHS/NJAHS chapter in school. Explore ideas about what makes
chapters excel. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
Vertical Teaming: From Seventh Grade to Senior Year
Michelle Pauken, Justin Clumpner
Two teachers share their curriculum re-design in Pre-AP and AP classes. The vertical alignment starts with the
middle school student and follows him/her to the AP portfolio. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education Issues Group
SRAE President’s Salon: Learning in the Making
Kimberly Sheridan
Discuss a National Science Foundation funded study on learning and design thinking in makerspaces—informal
learning environments where “makers” combine arts, engineering, traditional crafts, and digital media in
innovative ways. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Student Assessment
The Art and Design of Integrated Assessment Within Digital Portfolios
Kevin Conlon
Columbus College of Art and Design shares the tools they use to assess student work. Learn about their
practices and conventions that make assessment easier and beneficial to students. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Port/Riverside Building
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation: In the Eyes of Art Educator Turned Administrator
Melissa Righter
From the perspective of an art educator turned administrator, explore experiences and best practices in
translating the Charlotte Danielson Framework into elementary art classrooms in low-SES communities. Includes
Q&A. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Technology
BioShocked! Re-Imagining Game Design for the STE[A]M Classroom
Jeremy Blair
Explore the interdisciplinary connections between marine biology, video game design, and art education. Learn
how to design games and develop compelling STE[A]M-based curricula. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Technology
Connected Classroom: Building Your network Through Blogging and Technology
Melinda Gram, Mollie Katzin
Explore how to use personal blogging and other interactive resources to incite professional growth, build your own
personal learning network, and renew your enthusiasm for teaching. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
Women's Caucus Issues Group
Designed: Art, Research, and Teaching (Women’s Caucus Juried Art Exhibition)
Elizabeth Garber, Catherine Chen
“Designed: Object, Subject, Environment” centers on the presentation of juried artwork of the NAEA Women’s
Caucus. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Super Session
ART21 Educators: Collaboration and Contemporary Art Education
Jess Hamlin, Jack Watson Julia Mack, Jocelyn Salaz Jethro Gillespie, Rebecca Belleville
ART21 Educators discuss the ways contemporary artists collaborate, and how these methods can manifest in the
classroom—between students or teachers, driven by student inquiry into ideas. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/The Great Hall/First Level
11:30 - 11:55 AM
Curriculum and Instruction
Who Are We? Constructing Identity Through Images Using Photographs
Erin Elman, Karyn Tufarolo, Jordan Rockford,
Discover how to use photography and the digital photographic archives of the Library of Congress to explore
visual literacy as a core K-12 classroom concept. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Advocacy
Fellows Forum: The Future Visual of Art Education
Deborah Smith-Shank, Christine Ballengee Morris
This forum is an open exchange of ideas about the future of K-12 art education and effective practices for
preservice art education programs in this era of significant challenges. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Business Meeting
Special Needs in Art Education Business Meeting II
Lynne Horoschak, , Juliann Dorff,
Special Needs in Art Education Business Meeting II focuses on current issues and concerns with teaching art to
students with special needs and available recourses. Interactive discussion. New members welcomed. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Community
Second Line: Art as a Catalyst for Communal Change
Steve Prince
Explore the New Orleans’ unique funerary tradition, and how stories and historical moments can be symbolically
embedded in the visual arts to educate, challenge, and openly grapple with societies’ moral and ethical dilemmas.
Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Getting to Know Your Selfie
Shelly Medlock, Sally Ball
Selfies are self-portraiture! Presenters share about selfies and discuss a unit of learning in order to equip
educators to implement the selfie unit and fully engage all students. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Keepin’ It Real: Lessons for Middle Schoolers in 5 Media
Amelia Zschaber
Cultivate lessons that are empowering, relevant, engaging, and provocative while meeting current standards and
expectations in five disciplines: painting, drawing, digital art, sculpture, and fiber arts. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Pit Fire—Ancient Firing Techniques in a Trash Can!
Kristi Rucker
Learn to Pit Fire in a K-12 setting! Includes tips from education and experience, about clay bodies, project ideas,
and surface treatment for a successful Pit Firing. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck C/Riverside Building
Elementary
One-Woman Show: I Am the Art Department
Erika Littell
A theme-based, elementary and middle school Fine Arts Showcase is an avenue to build recognition, support,
and appreciation for a “one person” art department. Includes K-8 lesson plan ideas. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Elementary
Inspired by Islamic Design
Lisa Crubaugh
Calligraphy, geometry, and plant designs give inspiration to cut paper, printmaking, and stamped ceramic
tiles/bowls/vessels. View lessons with Islamic design principles: symmetry, rotation around an axis, and
continuous surface patterns. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
My Big Fat Greek Life
Sofia Dakos
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines. Understanding the visual arts in relation to history
and cultures. Using knowledge of structure and function. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Elementary
Inspiring Environmental Art Adventures Through Recycling and Creating a Garden
Linda DeCarlo
Integrate art with environmental studies. View and discuss art made from recycled materials and inspired by
nature. Experience a hands-on art activity. See ideas for beginning an artful garden. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
Being With and Being There: Designing Wide-Awake Learning Experiences
Rebecca Williams
Findings from a case study exploring the enactment of Maxine Greene’s theory of wide-awakeness in a college
art education course demonstrate a pedagogical model for designing wide-awake learning experiences. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
Higher Education
Curating an Art Museum Exhibition With Preservice Art Teachers
Sunny Spillane
Multiple collaborative processes and learning outcomes are involved in curating an exhibition of artworks from the
permanent collection of the Weatherspoon Art Museum with preservice art teachers. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Higher Education
Designing Service-Learning Research Partnerships
Robert Quinn
Examine an arts-rich afterschool program developed through the scholarship of engagement—crafting the
Memorandum of Understanding, garnering service-learning designation, training teacher candidates, and results.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Higher Education
Higher Education Division Forum: Systems Thinking II
Jeff Broome, Julia Marshall, Cathy Smilan,
Audience members are invited to participate in a moderated discussion on the role of art, design, and museum
education within the framework of systems thinking. Panelists include Delane Ingalls Vanada, Pat Villeneuve,
Ann Rowson Love, Yuha Jung, and Victoria Eudy. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R09/Second Level
Leadership
Art Helps Leadership Create Vision, Plan Strategically, and Balance Priorities
Barb Reinke, Kristen Walter
Colorful conversations and creative experiences can help embed art into a school’s strategic plan. Help
colleagues see how art balances your school’s priorities. Create a mobile as a visual metaphor. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus Issues Group
Writing for LGBTQ e-Journal: Teachers, Artists, Scholars, and Students
Ed Check, Andres Peralta
Informational session for teachers, artists, students, activists, and scholars interested in designing and submitting
research manuscripts, art, video, classroom lessons, and graphics for LGBTQ Caucus online e-Journal.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Middle Level
Photographic Storytelling: Looking Beyond the Surface
Teresa Nagel
The old adage of “every picture tells a story” is true. Help your students to create more thoughtful photos through
careful observation, artful staging, and imaginative story hooks. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Museum Education
Designing Your Team: Education Department Strategies & Structures That Work!
Janelle Redlaczyk
Discover how to effectively plan for your department’s organization, training, and growth. Learn from managers
and directors who have designed teams that are efficient, successful, and fulfilled. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 203/Second Level
Museum Education
Busy Hands and Growing Minds: Early Learners in Museum Galleries
Liz Wilcox-Clay, Kate Hoffmeyer
Discover the Cleveland Museum of Art’s strategies for creating meaningful, interactive, and playful early childhood
gallery experiences. Design your own interactive gallery lesson using our methods and your collection. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Museum Education
Designing Community: Museum Outreach Programs
Rebecca Manuel, Christina Alderman, Danielle Linzer,
Explore ways that educators from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, and the Art Institute
of Chicago engage new and underserved audiences. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Museum Education
How Can Museums Utilize Design Thinking to Become More Visitor-Centered?
Karleen Gardner, Sheila McGuire
Discover how the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is incorporating the practices of Design Thinking in the
development of innovative solutions for a truly visitor-centered museum. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R08/Second Level
Professional Learning
A Report About the NAEA Research Delegation's Visit to Finland
F. Robert Sabol
NAEA Finland delegation members discuss their travels—what they learned about Finland's schools and how
they used their experience to enhance their curriculum, teaching, and research about art education. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 206/Second Level
Professional Learning
Writing for Studies
Sydney Walker
An advisory session from the editors and editorial board members of Studies in Art Education. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Professional Learning
Portfolio Presentation Workshop
Erin Gasim
Learn tips to assist your visual art students on how to develop a top-notch art portfolio for undergraduate studies
and competitive scholarship review. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Emergent Aesthetics: Image and Text in Arts-Based Research
Leslie Rech, Brooke Hofsess, James Woglom, Nick Sousanis
How do image and text intersect, interact, and intermix in art education research? Four researchers discuss ways
in which image and text attract, repel, and transform one another in Arts-Based Research. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
A Leadership Model for Evaluating a Museum-Based Professional Development Program
Enid Zimmerman, Renee Sandell, Carol Henry,
Learn how evaluation of a museum-based artist-teacher program using a professional leadership model impacted
this learning community and its participants and also has potential for the field of art education. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Audience Development on the University Campus
Anne Thwaits
Worried about your aging patron base? Learn how visual and performing arts presenters are attracting 20- and
30-somethings to exhibitions, programs, and performances. Special focus on reaching university audiences. Best
Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Black Artists in Art History Textbooks: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representation
Jessica Baker Kee, , Alphonso W. Grant,
Learn about African American artists of the Harlem Renaissance, their inclusion/exclusion in art history textbooks,
and important implications for multicultural researchers and art educators. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Secondary
A Thousand Words: How Teachers Integrate CCSS, Distance-Learning, and Museums
Sarah O'Leary, , Theresa Romanelli,
Join educators from Holy Angels Regional School in NY and the MFA, Boston, as they share lessons for
addressing the CCSS into the art education curriculum via Distance Learning technology. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Secondary
Mastering the AP Drawing & 2-D Photography Portfolios
Michael Bell
Explore three unique approaches to Mastering the AP Portfolio: (1) Visual Journaling, (2) 31 Nights, and (3) 12 &
12: My personal success formula for Mastering the Concentration Section. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
Using Photoshop to Accelerate Traditional Drawing and Painting Skills
Frank Reaver
Learn innovative strategies for incorporating Photoshop into traditional art lessons. Explore how simple
Photoshop tools can be used to give concrete examples of abstract ideas. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
The Open Art Room: Choice Teaching for Upper Level Classes
Ian Sands, Melissa Purtee
Learn different strategies for implementing TAB/Choice in the High School art room. Explore practical, real class
examples, discuss classroom management strategies, and tackle questions about assessments. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education Issues Group
SRAE Past President Salon: Graduate Student Research Interactive Discussion
Kimberly Powell
In this interactive space for graduate students to share their research challenges, successes, and questions,
participants discuss and respond to methodological and theoretical concerns that arise when conducting
research. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Student Assessment
Is My Assessment Evil? Designing Less Distressing Art Assessment
Donna Goodwin
Designing assessments of student learning in the art room that are fair, valid, and reliable yet remain true to the
creative and expressive foundation of artmaking. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Port/Riverside Building
Supervision and Administration
Using TN’s Teacher Evaluation Process to Improve Art Education Practices
Heather Casteel
Learn how one district used teacher evaluation system to improve classroom practice. Engage in an activity to
understand TN’s Fine Arts Portfolio including differentiation and using data. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Technology
Worldwide Color Wheel Project
Trina Harlow
Students make an art project using the color wheel for inspiration and then share their project and culture with
students in another country via Skype or other digital media. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
Technology
STEAM UP Your Classroom: Open-Source Opportunities for DIY High-Tech Design
Rhonda Viola Church
Transform student learning using low-cost, open-source 3-D printers/computers to increase students’ abilities in
science, technology, engineering, arts, and math—augmenting their visual-spatial and transdisciplinary abilities.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Technology
1:1 Flipping Your Classroom to Enhance Your Studio Time
Anna Reed
Go 1:1 by flipping the classroom and enhancing class studio time. Learn how to use wikis for unit introductions
and planning as well as student critiques. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
United States Society for Education through Art Issues Group
Finnish Art and Design Education in a Global Context
Mira Kallio-Tavin, Kevin Tavin, Jouko Pullinen, Helena Sederholm
Discuss international art and design education through the context of the changing identity of Finnish art
education. Focus is on professional expectations, cultural diversity, social justice, and design thinking. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Women's Caucus Issues Group
Rainbow Loom and Girly Design: Liberation or Exploitation of Femininity
Alice Lai, Yichien Cooper
Explore the aesthetics, examples, and values of girly design. Through the lenses of feminism, discuss
pedagogical strategies to critically incorporate girly visual culture into art education classes. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
12:00 - 1:20 PM
Research and Knowledge
Meet New NAEA Book Authors!
Lynn Ezell
Learn the story behind the book! Join NAEA authors as they discuss why these books were written, explain how
these resources can impact your practice and research, answer your questions, and sign your books. (Buy books
before session at the NAEA Bookstore.) Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 201-202/Second Level
12:00 - 1:50 PM
Business Meeting
JSTAE Authors’ Roundtable and Peer-Reviewed Publishing Opportunities
Alice Pennisi, Sharif Bey, Melanie Buffington,
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education editors facilitate dialogue with authors from JSTAE Volume 34: Growth,
Learning, Assessment, and Assessination and clarify publishing opportunities for JSTAE Volume 36. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 228/Second Level
Business Meeting
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Executive Board Meeting II
Diane Gregory, John Derby, Cam McComb,
This meeting is devoted to business matters requiring CSAE Executive Board input and voting, such as approving
appointed Board members, changing bylaws, and future changes. All are welcome. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
Professional Learning
Fellows Forum: Distinguished Fellows Mentoring Sessions
David Burton, F. Robert Sabol, Read Diket, Cynthia Colbert, Laurie Hicks, Maggie Peeno
Distinguished Fellows share their expertise with other art educators regarding their research and pedagogical
problems in an informal discussion setting. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 213/Second Level
1:00 - 1:50 PM
Advocacy
Students Rebuild: Take Action, See Change
Sabrina Urquhart
Join Students Rebuild, a free program to create art for social change. Learn about our past and current projects,
complimentary tools, and a creative service art project for your classroom! Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart B/Riverside Building
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Issues Group
Montana Indian Education & Visual Arts: Practice to Publication
Teresa Heil, Justine Jam
Explore Montana’s dynamic visual arts model lesson incorporating Indian Education for All. Discover strategies
that encourage students to gain knowledge and contemporary perspectives about Montana Indians through the
visual arts. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Community
Any Given Child—Tulsa: Community Partnerships and Collective Impact
Amber Tait Litwack
Learn how the Tulsa community worked together through local and national partnerships to develop and
implement a vision of collective impact where all K-8 students receive a quality arts education. Best Practice
Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Community Arts Caucus Issues Group
ArtMakerSpaces: Makerspaces for Art Educators
Steve Ciampaglia
Learn how to host an ArtMakerSpace in your community, where you can introduce young people and their
families to Art + Tech materials and practices through “maker” culture. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Multi-Ethnic Art and Artists Your Urban Students Would Love Learning About!
Joele Michaud
Want to know about some diverse ethnic American artists besides Bearden and Lawrence? Your students
certainly would. If you want a list of them, this session is for you! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
STEAM: Can the Sum Be More Than Its Parts?
Monika Aldarondo
How can STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Math) education treat Arts and STEM equally? Explore
work done at Boston Arts Academy and discuss the possibilities and challenges of this movement. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Inspired Yet Overwhelmed: Dissecting Sessions to Design a Student-Led Classroom
Allison Lenig
Ignite student, teacher, and administrator excitement with an organized and student-led classroom! Learn how
one middle school teacher, inspired by many NAEA sessions, created a student choice classroom. Best Practice
Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Art Teacher as Game Designer
Jim O'Donnell
Learn what game designers know that art teachers don’t. Discover strategies for instruction, grading, and
classroom management that can improve motivation and foster agency. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Be Pinspired!
Julie Ryan, Melissa Cleaver
Go beyond the pin and inspire your students. Explore how to make Pinterest pins into substantial, deep, and
meaningful lesson plans using the new National Art Standards. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck C/Riverside Building
Early Childhood Art Educators Issues Group
Image of the Child-as-Collaborator: The Responsive Educator as Artmaking Partner
Marissa McClure, Alison Coombs, Shana Cinquemani, Angela Eckhoff
Four panelists share their collaborative artmaking work with young children in order to make visible ways in which
the images of the child and the responsive educator are intertwined. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Elementary
Travel the Road of Art Using a MAPP
Laura Lohmann, Ginger Pacer
On the road of Art Education? Use a MAPP: Murals, Advocacy, Production, and Perceiving. Come see examples
of murals and how to promote advocacy for art. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Elementary
Infusing Art Into Everyday Learning
Joyce Dorian, Jackie Ellett, Maryann Craig, Renee Machen
Six elementary art teachers share their successes in collaborating with classroom teachers to integrate math,
language arts, social studies, and science. Includes student examples, PowerPoints, and lesson plans. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
Design, Story, Meaning, & Using Pink’s Work to Inspire
Bob Reeker, Lorinda Rice
Learn how the work of Daniel Pink can inspire sketch problems for children. From play and symphony to empathy,
discover multiple ways students can think creatively and critically. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Elementary
Create a Creative Classroom Environment
Laura Lynn Emberson
Discover how one K-5 art curriculum impacted the school community through an interactive community art wall,
school-wide student-generated murals, and a student-relevant classroom curriculum. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
Arts in Motion
Connie Stewart, Kevin Slivka
Learn how an integration of art, dance and technology developed into new understandings of place, migration,
and immigration. Discover contemporary resources using movement as an arts educational tool. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Higher Education
Redesigning How Multicultural Education is Delivered in the 21st-Century Classroom
Allan Richards, Steve Willis
Discover presenters’ experiences delivering multicultural education using videoconferencing and project-based
learning approaches in their classrooms at their educational institutions. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Leadership
I Can’t Draw But I Support Art
Jeff Debetaz
As a principal, the presenter knows the importance of art and shares how collaborating in a STEAM environment
will enhance our students to become our future. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Media Arts
Zines: Self-Publishing as a Creative Classroom Experience
Aaron Weber
Zines and self-publishing create the ultimate cross-curricular lesson. By combining art with literature and history,
students become experts of the information, the designer, and distributor of their personal content. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Museum Education
Essential Ingredients for Creativity
Heather Nielsen, , Daryl Fischer, Mary Ellen Munley
Explore how museums and communities can thoughtfully design experiences to foster creative thought and action
based on an 18-month investigation at the Denver Art Museum. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Professional Learning
Creative Leadership Teams: Apply for Champion Creatively Alive Children Grants
Wanda Gray, Eileen Cave, Cheri Sterman,
Ready to build creative capacity school-wide? Presenters explore forming an effective creative leadership team,
showcase exemplary CCAC grant-winning schools, and share insights on applying for CCAC art integration
grants. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Public Policy and Arts Administration Issues Group
What Real People Say About the Standards
Kyungeun Lim
What processes of art education policies are implemented? How can we know the policies work well? Explore
these questions through real world examples. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Big Paintings Club
David Rufo
A classroom teacher shares what happened when his fifth graders engaged in the painting process free from
school art conventions such as exemplars, templates, rubrics, and teacher-direction instruction. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Shifting Perceptions in the Digital Age
Anna Ryoo, Kit Grauer, Ching-Chiu Lin, Francine Cunningham
Pedagogical insights gained from media arts programs taught at alternative learning sites in Canada will be
shared by highlighting the complexity of teaching and learning in the current digital landscape. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Elliott W. Eisner Lifetime Achievement Awardee: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Thinking Out Loud!
Judith Burton
A conversation with Judith Burton, recipient of the 2015 Eisner Lifetime Achievement Award. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/The Great Hall/First Level
Research and Knowledge
The Incorporeal Event and Art Education
Adrienne Boulton-Funke, Charles Garoian, Jason Wallin, Jessie Beier
The “event” of art research and practice will be discussed on this panel in terms of its potential to disarticulate and
transform discourses of standardization in art education. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Secondary
NAEA Secondary National Award Winner (2014) Shares Insights Into Teaching
James Rees, Andrea Haas
Gain invaluable insights into teaching and learn from the NAEA Secondary Regional Award winner from 2014.
Bobbi Yancy will share her best practices and you’ll soon see what makes her programs exemplary! Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Secondary
Design Stars: Students Design Creative Educational Spaces
Judith Simpson, , George Greene, Diana Hampe
Learn how students were challenged to design creative learning spaces in their high school. The unit plan that
addresses the space transformation problem is shared with attendees. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Secondary
Prepare Your Drawing IIs & IIIs to Become Successful APs!
Donna Reedy
View rigorous projects sequentially aligned to prepare students for success. See how students build on a variety
of skills and techniques to develop AP portfolios that get a 5!!! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
Secondary
Aha! Advances in APAH
Kymberly Cruz
Explore the new advances for the AP Art History course. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
Secondary
National Gallery of Art: Catalyst for Exploring Global Connections
Flowerree McDonough, Leo Kasun
Make global connections utilizing the National Gallery’s vast array of free imagery and teaching packets. Visit new
online and Free-Loan resources with Twitter, Facebook, teen guide, and more. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Secondary
AP Design Issues: 3-D
Jerry Stefl, Patricia Lamb
Review current examples of successful 3-D Design portfolios, discuss any new 3-D developments, and learn how
design issues can be incorporated into the 3-D portfolio. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
AP Art History in Themes
Lacey Van Reeth
Explore online instructional videos for teachers that focus on a thematic approach to the AP Art History curriculum
by examining how to use cross-cultural and chronological connections to Western art. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
Your Classroom as Design Agency: Connecting Students and Community
Sallie Way
Transform your classroom into a working Graphic Design Agency! Your students will interact with and contribute
to their community while gaining marketable skills. Learn how to make it happen! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Special Needs in Art Education Issues Group
Artmaking, Teaching, and Breathing as Emotionally Disturbed in Education
Jennifer Orlando
Speaker shares her story from diagnosis, to discovery of artmaking, to navigation of the professional world.
Session’s transparency on the taboo matter becomes advocacy for those who cannot speak up. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Student Assessment
How Good is Good Enough: New KY Arts Assessment System
Melissa Rose, Miwon Choe
Is assessment for visual arts a blessing in disguise? Join an open forum to compare, share success stories,
lessons earned, and pitfalls of current arts assessment system in Kentucky and beyond. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Port/Riverside Building
Super Session
When Art Meets Design: What DIG Discovered
Janis Norman, Robin Vande Zande
Through a series of lessons presented in “Pecha Kucha” style, experience exciting examples of student
engagement and achievement when design is integrated into a visual arts curriculum. Design lessons will span
early childhood, elementary, middle school, high school, and higher education using a common lesson plan
framework and rubric available to all audience participants on the NAEA mobile app. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 206/Second Level
Teacher Evaluation
Art Teachers Under the Scope: How IMPACT Has Affected Teaching
Ashley Sullivan, Selila Honig
A discussion on the findings of how the District of Columbia Public Schools’ teacher evaluation system IMPACT
has affected how art teachers deliver their curriculum to their students. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Technology
Simplify & Digitize! Using Google Apps for e-Portfolios, Assessments, and More!
Kannan Cangro, Libya Doman
Learn to use Google apps to create student e-portfolios, assessments, planning forms, and more! Hands-On
Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Technology
Meaningful Integration of Adobe and Art-Based Technology
Meghann Harris
Learn strategies to improve your technology arts practice and inspire your students, giving them the rich and
meaningful digital experiences they need to prepare for the art and design industry, with knowledge of Adobe
software and other art-based technologies. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
1:00 - 2:50 PM
Business Meeting
Art Education Technology (AET) Business Meeting
Christine Liao
Why not join the AET Issues Group? All NAEA members are welcome as we discuss issues concerning
technology in art education, including our group’s progress, accomplishments, and ideas/directions for next year.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Preservice
Preservice Division Roundtables
Kayla Gale, Carla Majczan, Amanda Barbee,
Share undergraduate and graduate research, community outreach programs, student chapter initiatives,
successful lesson demonstrations, and more! Participants may attend multiple presentations throughout this
session. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 214/Second Level
2:00 - 2:25 PM
Research and Knowledge
Building a Creative Community Through Arts-Based Collaborations
Samuel Peck
This presentation provides an overview of the international visual journal project known as tet[R]ad. Participants
are invited to get involved and be part of expanding this creative community. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
2:00 - 2:50 PM
Artist Series
Vision and Dreams: An Artistic Journey
Chris King
This teaching artist shares a variety of artwork and stories of his life as an artist and educator, as well as insight
into his creative process and journey. He'd like to inspire the audience by showing that art is much more than the
accumulation of technical skills; art is a language that empowers people to feel that his or her voice is important,
no matter how loud or soft—whether it is written, spoken, painted, or sculpted. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 206/Second Level
Business Meeting
USSEA Business Meeting
Steve Willis, Allan Richards, Alice Wexler,
Current and prospective members discuss USSEA interests, initiatives, and future opportunities such as the Child
Art Exchange, Online Juried gallery, annual NAEA exhibition, Diversity Resources, and Scholarship Mentors.
Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
Business Meeting
Independent School Art Education Issues Group Business Meeting
Dolores Evangelista Eaton, Priscilla Wicks, Caroline Hall,
Join us to review the year and share ideas for the coming year. All members are welcome and encouraged to
attend, especially those looking to take on a leadership position! Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
Business Meeting
Higher Education Business Meeting
Flavia Bastos
Open meeting to Division members and NAEA attendees interested in shared governance and organizational
vibrancy. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R09/Second Level
Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Issues Group
The Critical Cartography of Curriculum
Erica Richard
(Re)conceptualize your curriculum development process through an interactive research lecture utilizing radical
cartography in order to encourage the use of socially relevant contemporary learning and teaching strategies.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education Issues Group
Celebrate the Magnificent Whole: Mind, Body, and Soul
Lisa Sekulich, Charles Dodoo
Join us for a discussion about utilizing the mind, body, and soul in education to cultivate interconnection, create a
dynamic learning environment, and stimulate active and engaged learners. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Community
Scandinavian by Design: Community Art Education in Practice
Debrah Sickler-Voigt
Effective strategies for integrating sensational Scandinavian designs—from historic Viking Ships and Stave
Churches to contemporary fashions, architectural structures, and fine art—inspire engaging community artworks.
Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Community Arts Caucus Issues Group
Service-Learning Art Programs in Korea: International Comparisons/Considerations
Ahran Koo, Kyungeun Lim
Explore examples of Korean service-learning and community art programs for isolated people including disabled
or immigrant youth and North Korean refugees. Compare meaningful implications for American settings. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
AP Studio and Critiques for the 21st Century
Isbelle Moldovan
Use design thinking and social media to help AP students engage in fierce conversations and develop a learning
community in the high school art studio. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
FIREPOWER: Transforming Student/Teacher Thinking
Caren Andrews
A 3rd-grade artist is asked, what is missing from her art teacher’s Research Notebook? Firepower. This workshop
explores what Firepower is, how to invite it in, and how to link it to Art-Based Research in the classroom/studio.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Conceptual Art and Design Thinking: Building Dialogic Communities in Classrooms
David Phelps, Kristopher Holland
Explore ongoing research into how to combine design thinking with conceptual art practices to build dialogic
communities in the classroom. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
The Form and Function of Democracy: Tumblr and the Art of Observations
Karyn Sandlos, Adam Greteman
Art educators present the use of tumblr as a way to develop observation techniques in art education. Participants
will be introduced to tumblrs and best practices associated with the project. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck C/Riverside Building
Design Issues Group
DIG Experiential Workshop
Janis Norman, Robin Vande Zande
Led by Doris Wells-Papanek and Donna Murray-Tiedge, facilitate hands-on design sessions in small groups to
develop lesson ideas and prototypes from a lesson prompt. If possible, bring a device to access the NAEA mobile
app. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 213/Second Level
Elementary
On the Ground: What Arts Integration Looks Like
Cathryn Lonsdale
This presentation describes year one of an arts-integrated school focused on the development of an art-integrated
curriculum. It describes how teachers and staff are working together. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Elementary
Engaging and Empowering Students in the Classroom
Laura Halter
Learn about Choice-Based Art Education (CBAE) from an experienced teacher. Discuss how CBAE easy
incorporates the new National Standards in to the curriculum. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
Designing Your Curriculum With Students, Standards, and Meaning in Mind
Katie Hatch
Discover a big idea curriculum that partners with the national standards and embraces technology. Explore the
artmaking process with K-5 students and lessons that are relevant to their lives. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Elementary
The Chameleon Goes to the Art Museum: An Interdisciplinary Experience
Debra Heermans
Discover making art history come to life through a sequential learning experience connecting art techniques with
science, writing, and technology. Discuss the culminating book and process. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
De-Signing Life and Art: Intersections of Biological Art and Education
Kevin Tavin, Helena Sederholm, jan jagodzinski, Mira Kallio-Tavin
Participants discuss philosophical, pedagogical, and ethical dimensions of the expanding field of biological art.
Discussion revolves around Biofilia, a new biological art lab operated by an art school. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Higher Education
How Did We Get Here? Personal Journeys Into Art Education
Lauren Rouatt, Amy Williams, Erika Ogier, Mushamisi Kahari
Drawing from experiences, five art educators investigate their paths to the field. Through narrative inquiry analysis
they explore how their pasts influence their current practice. Melanie Buffington will also present. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Higher Education
Critiques, Credits, and Credibility: Assessment Practices in Higher Education
Sebastien Fitch
Discover research which explores how post-secondary studio educators go about the historically problematic task
of assessing artwork and the role the critique plays in studio pedagogy. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R08/Second Level
Leadership
Leadership Series: State Presidents Forum 6
Scott Russell, Karen Nobel
State leaders participate in an open discussion on needs within their states sharing what they are accomplishing
and where they need support while working collaboratively to share ideas. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus Issues Group
Updating the ABCs of LGBTQ Legal Issues for Arts Educators
Robert Hust, Melinda Rhoades
The law is becoming more favorable for the LGBTQ community, but the change is inconsistent, rapid, and far
from over. Learn about recent legal developments and their impact on LGBTQ arts faculty, and share your
experiences. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Media Arts
Media Arts Education: Insights to Excite
Dain Olsen, Jeremy Holien, Martin Rayala, Anne Kornfeld
In this moderated panel, come prepared to make meaningful connections to a unique discipline that seamlessly
incorporates and enhances the areas of the arts, media literacy, and technology. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Middle Level
World War II in the Art Class: Monuments Men, Degenerate Art, and Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer
Kimberly Turner Towne, Kirstie Hein-Sadler
Two units focus on the impact of art on WWII and Hitler’s systematic looting of art. Touches on the Monuments
Men depicted in a recent movie. Includes lesson plans, student examples, activities, and bibliography. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Middle Level
Coffee-Crafting Community One Cup at a Time
Jacobo Lovo, Kristina Jacobs, Kristi Ottosen,
Teachers engaged in developing and implementing culturally relevant parallel curriculum units share a lesson that
incorporates ceramics, community service, and collaboration with an international artist and multiple guest
speakers. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Museum Education
Do Less, Impact More: Designing Programs for Slow Looking
Theresa Sotto, Lilit Sadoyan
In today’s fast-paced world, museums give visitors the rare opportunity to slow down. Two museums share
strategies for engaging students and the general public with just one work of art. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 203/Second Level
Museum Education
No Experience Required: Empowering Early Educators to Use Your Collection
Liz Wilcox-Clay, Kate Hoffmeyer
Discover how the Cleveland Museum of Art empowers teachers with limited art experience to expand on their
gallery visits and make art a staple of their early childhood curriculum. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Professional Learning
Supporting Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom
Downi Griner
Learn how to assist students in discovering their own motivational influences. Explore specific, practical,
research-based strategies to help educators support their students’ artistic engagement. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Empowering Master's-Level Researchers: Engaging Strategies for Interacting With Theory
Alice Pennisi, Kryssi Staikidis
To engage Master’s-level students in personal, passionate, and rigorous research, presenters organize spiraling,
sequenced, and responsive curricula that incorporate studio explorations, visualizations, diagramming, games,
and imaginative writing. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Faking and Its Implication on Real Art Education
William Wightman
Explore the concept and practice of faking as a very real element necessary to the pursuit of a meaningful arts
education. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Capturing Place Through Arts-Based Research
Kathleen Brennan, Natalia Pilato
Explore narratives highlighting the benefits of artistic collaborative research processes—place-based inquiries
rooted in themes of healing, celebration, ritual, memory, growth, fragility, and refreshment. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Secondary
Connecting Visual Literacy to Textual Literacy
Frank Juarez
Expose, educate, and engage students to a variety of contemporary art practices resulting in collaboration,
critiques, research, and art production inspired by artists from the 365 Artists 365 Days Project. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 228/Second Level
Secondary
Change Learning Environments Using Art Problem Solving to Mediate Learner Needs
Ron Wigglesworth, Britt Petracek
Learner needs are changing. Use an art lens to adapt learning environments, for studio and cross-curricular
studies, and for mediation of digital technology using problem-solving skills from an arts perspective. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
The Gender Gap: Secondary Art Education’s Missing Boys
Bradley Bamford
Boys are dramatically outnumbered in many art programs, and the grades of boys who do enroll often lag behind
those of their female counterparts. What are the problems and possible solutions? Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
Aaron Douglas Narrative Paintings
Joanne Bare
Working from the design concepts and color theories utilized by artist Aaron Douglas, learn how your students
can create their own personal narrative paintings. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education Issues Group
Moving Lines: Mapping as an Embodied Research Method
Kimberly Powell, Samantha Nolte
Mapping methods as a form of participant elicitation and documentation underscores embodied understanding of
how one lives, apprehends, and defines space and place through everyday movement. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
Special Needs in Art Education Issues Group
Addressing and Coping With Societal Issues in the Art
Adrienne Hunter
An art teacher with 35 years’ experience teaching at-risk, in-crisis, and/or incarcerated youth shares methods for
teaching art to troubled and disruptive students in any art classroom setting. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Student Assessment
Who Judged That Show
Susan Castleman
Learn how a panel of art teachers became adjudicators for county art exhibitions. Exhibition selection was aligned
to a rubric scored by teachers that improved the quality of the exhibitions. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Port/Riverside Building
Technology
Reboot/Refresh Your Web 2.0 Instructional Strategies
Melissa Higgins-Linder, Lauren Lutkus
From Buzzfeed-style quizzes to podcasting, learn how of-the-moment participatory social media platforms can
refresh classroom discussion, engage/motivate students, and connect their experience to curricular content. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
Women's Caucus Issues Group
Exploring Cultural Garments Using a Performative Material Culture Lens
Ramya Ravisankar, Rebecca Turk, Heesung Hur,
Investigate the evolution of iconic garments traditionally worn by women from our respective cultures and their
influence on Contemporary art and design through a performative material culture analysis. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
2:30 - 2:55 PM
Middle Level
Sustainable Art and Design: A Functional Public Sculpture
Katherine Towle
Explore the development of a functional sculpture project for middle school students. Learn more about Design
Thinking and stimulate ideas for unique, artistic collaborations for 21st-century schools. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
3:00 - 4:20 PM
3rd General Session
Ziegfeld Lecure
Welcome Shoppers
Lisa Hoke
Explore the process of moving an idea from its inception to a monumental site-specific artwork. Presenter
illustrates how a search for materials in the daily life of a studio artist in New York is the creative starting point for
developing an idea. Best Practice Lecture
The Ziegfeld Lecture honors Dr. Edwin Ziegfeld and is presented during the NAEA National Convention. Ziegfeld (1905-1983) has the unique
distinction of serving as the Founding President of the National Art Education Association (1947-1951), and was a major leader and
contributor to both the national and international art education communities. Ziegfeld has been described as a great pioneer in art education.
In referring to the NAEA organization, he said, “We have started well, we will continue to make our contributions to education and culture.”
Convention Center/The Great Hall/First Level
4:30 - 4:55 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Teaching Re-Designed for Large Class Sizes
Anne Goodrich
As budget cuts lead to high class sizes and heavy workloads, shift the focus from developing individual
relationships to nurturing independence in your students. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
Elementary
Using PhotoVoice With Fifth Grade Elementary Students
Marisa Agama
Hear how PhotoVoice can infuse students’ self-expression and dialogue about social issues in their school
community. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
Elementary
Online Extension: Creating Curriculum-Specific Videos for Elementary Art
Madeleine Stern
Consider the use of online videos as an extension of the elementary art class. Teacher-generated, curriculumspecific resources for students as artist/researchers. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Technology
Engaging Students Through Innovative STEAM Projects
Tingting Wang
Discover current practices of how engineering technology being integrated into art teaching and learning.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
4:30 - 5:20 PM
Committee on Lifelong Learning Issues Group
Universities Create Innovative Designs for Intergenerational Collaborative Art Learning Environments
Angela La Porte, Susan Whiteland, Christine Woywod, Deborah Wall
Four panelists share recent innovative designs for intergenerational collaborative learning environments between
their university and students from diverse age groups in their communities. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Committee on Multiethnic Concerns Issues Group
Reflection for Refining Cultural Understanding for Educators and Learners
Keonna Hendrick, , Melissa Crum,
Learn reflective approaches to explore how educators’ assumptions, language, and experiences may impact
learners’ understanding of artworks, themselves, and others. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Community
Issues Connecting Male Art Educators
Robert Quinn, Michael Letts
This interactive discussion will serve as a way to continue the conversation started in the Men of Art Education
Facebook group regarding issues confronting male art educators. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Chart A/Riverside Building
Curriculum and Instruction
Designing a Student-Centered Learning Environment
Christina Reeves
Explore ways to transform your classroom into a student-centered, choice art studio. Learn practical ways to
organize stations, manage materials, and provide resources to create an accessible learning environment. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 206/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
The Art of Pecha Kucha: Chit-Chat for Meaningful Artistic Assessment
Laura Reeder
Technology and assessment never looked so good! Explore ways that contemporary design presentation method
Pecha Kucha can be used for lively reflection, critique, portfolio development, documentation, learning
assessment, and advocacy. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Backward Design and the New NCCAS = Successful K-12 Units
Judith Simpson, , Diana Hampe,
Artmaking has to be about something to MEAN something. Share backward design strategies through discussion
about the elements and concepts behind successful K-12 unit plans. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 220/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Tired of “Tell Me What to Do”?
Donna Sinclair, Susan Silva, Andrew Watson,
Leverage students’ critical and creative thinking and encourage collaboration through the use of Design Thinking
strategies in a holistic approach to art instruction. Includes planning resources and award-winning artwork. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R09/Second Level
Early Childhood Art Educators Issues Group
RE-Design: The Making, Modification, and Use of Children’s Material Culture
Kristine Sunday, Heather Kaplan
Explore the material manifestations of early childhood art by considering the design, modifications, association,
and use of objects that originate from both adults and children. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Elementary
Elegant Fits: Arts Integration Research in Action
Kathryn Heuston, Dana Link, Tracy Skeels, Caitlin Grove
Examine visual arts integration units, processes, and implementation strategies—including science, language
arts, and drama—to increase motivation, engagement, creativity, and retention of content knowledge. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Higher Education
Fellows Forum: Centers for Creativity and Innovation
George Szekely
“The Center for Creativity and Innovation” reads the banner at the art room entrance. A film describes 21stcentury art rooms with new methodologies to art teaching. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
Higher Education
Ordinary to Extraordinary: Repurposing Homework and Garbage
Michelle Tillander, Alston Wise
Discover approaches for design projects that promote participatory learning, including social and community
engagement. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Higher Education
TeachPlayLearn@Design.pk—Remixing Communities of Design Practice
Razia Sadik
Come learn about a community of design faculty and students in Pakistan who created a dynamic forum for
design discourse, advocacy, and curriculum renewal in the region! Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus Issues Group
LGBTQ-Sensitive Elementary Curricula: Knowledge, Possibilities, and Roadblocks
Melissa-Ann Ledo
Discover the study that investigated the implementation, success, and roadblocks of the project, Moving Beyond
Tolerance: Combating Homophobia in Elementary Schools. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Media Arts
Transforming Teens from Digital Media Zero to Hero
Todd Osborne
Explore a yearlong foundational class of digital projects inspired by contemporary artists, students’ unique points
of view, and examples incorporating students’ passion for pictures as they explore their creative voice. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Middle Level
Get Published in Scholastic Art: Secrets of Our Studio Projects
Tara Welty
Ever wonder how we choose the studio projects in Scholastic Art? Editor Tara Welty shares how to get published
and shows inspiring projects from other teachers. Get fun freebies too! Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Museum Education
Purposeful Praxis
Michelle Grohe, Sara Egan
What supports and challenges do we encounter in becoming purposeful museum practitioners? Featuring
interactive discussion and reflection on how iterative alignment of goals, program design, assessment, and
reflection strengthens practice. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R08/Second Level
Professional Learning
Architectural Design With Civic Strength
Melody Harclerode, Donna Whiting
Discover how to build innovation and community awareness in the art classroom through partnerships with
architects. Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Chart C/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Materials and Play: Fluid Meaning Making in the Studio
Mary Hafeli, Olga Hubard
How do meanings emerge in improvisation with materials? What is the teacher’s role and how might we assess
student learning in this context? A case study of students’ studio practices. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Understanding New Media From a Position of Educator and Artist
Anna Ryoo
What should be of our pedagogical responses in this contemporaneous time? Explore pedagogical insights
gained from art historians, curators, new media and media theorists, artists, and art education scholars. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Video Game Prosumers: Case Study of Minecraft Affinity Groups
Hong An Wu
This case study looks at video game Minecraft affinity groups to understand the mechanism that supports
prosumer culture. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Quarterdeck B/Riverside Building
Research and Knowledge
Designing Effective Survey Research: Examples From Art Education and Experience
Jeff Broome
Receive suggestions for various stages of designing effective survey research, including the selection of
participants, writing of questionnaires, options in distribution, enhancement of response rates, and analysis of
data. Research Lecture
Hilton Hotel/River Room/Riverside Building
Secondary
Self-Identity: Exploration and New Understandings
Karen Cummings
A mentoring program for at-risk adolescents, UrbanARTsVOICE offers opportunities to explore personal
understandings, question attitudes, and express desires through visual art media. Studio work and writings are
shared. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Secondary
Hot Wax 4: Design, Pattern, and Global Motifs in Encaustics
Kristin Heynen
Encaustic artist/educators explore patterns and global motifs as inspiration for expressive and spontaneous markmaking. Showcase of artists, student work, lesson ideas, reference sites, and materials lists included. Best
Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 227/Second Level
Secondary
New Design High School: The Design Process as Innovative Curriculum
Alice Pennisi
New Design High School in NYC utilizes the design process to teach inquiry-based creative problem-solving skills
and introduces students to real-world design, arts, and media experiences. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
Designing Narratives Through Comics
Amy Bloom, Veronica Hicks
Consider examples of comics in the classroom: as narrative art, as assessment, and as reflections on the school
environment, including graphic memoirs that challenge labels of (dis)abled student bodies. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Secondary
Art & Environment: Interdisciplinary Learning With EcoArt
Shelly Casto
Explore the Wexner Center for the Arts’ Art & Environment interdisciplinary curriculum content for high school
students and K-12 teachers, supporting Common Core and 21st-century learning goals. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Special Needs in Art Education Issues Group
Equal Access to All: Equity in the Art Room Through UDL
Margaret Walker, Susan Hendricks
Learn how to adapt the Universal Design for Learning methodology to meet the needs of students with special
needs, ELL, gifted students, and others in a fair, equitable, and achievable way. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 221/Second Level
Special Needs in Art Education Issues Group
Students With Disabilities and the Core Arts Standards
Sharon M. Malley, Karen Keifer-Boyd, Michelle Kraft,
Presenters ensured inclusion of students with disabilities in the new Core Arts Standards. Guidelines include
teachers’ responsibilities and principles of Universal Design for Learning. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Supervision and Administration
Collaboration and Leadership With Visual and Performing Arts
Angie Fischer, Gina Tolstedt
An urban district, museum, and ballet company coordinate experiential learning and interdisciplinary connections
for students involving dance, museum tours, visual art, and literacy. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Technology
Bringing the Sketch Book into the 21st Century
Jody Chapel
Digital idea journals can help make artmaking more meaningful. Online website and blog technology helps
capture research, show connections, and document learning—enhancing the creative process. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Technology
Emerging Tools for Drawing and Design
Ashley Koehler, Michael Driscoll
Delve into an exciting world of gadgets, tools, techniques, and exercises that will help students learn to draw and
design more intuitively and with greater variety. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
Technology
NCMA Concept Explorer 2.0—Making Connections
Kristin Smith, Camille Tewell, Ashley Weinard,
Explore the North Carolina Museum of Art’s innovative concept mapping tool. Learn how concepts taught in the
classroom relate to works of art, student works, self-portraits, photographs, or even images of daily life. Bring your
tablet or borrow one of ours. Hands-On Demonstration
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
United States Society for Education through Art Issues Group
Dignity, Diversity, and Discovery: The Design of Pluralistic Art Education
Barbara Caldwell, Pamela Ballard
Explore dynamic curriculum design for effective pluralistic art education in this interactive presentation. Methods
foster creativity, a sense of dignity, and appreciation of human and artistic diversity. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 201-202/Second Level
4:30 - 5:50 PM
Business Meeting
Designing Transformative Experience: Women Art Educators Making Change
Sheri Klein, Jennifer Motter, Linda Hoeptner-Poling,
WC Board members lead focus-group sessions about transformative experiences—s/m/othering, (re)defining
“selfies,” art therapist/art educator collaborations, and refugee teens. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room R01/Second Level
4:30 - 6:20 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Celebrate Buddha's Birthday by Creating a Korean Lotus Lantern
Susan Kopecki
Explore the cultural connections of the Lotus Lanterns Assembly of Korea, a traditional festival that began
centuries ago during the Goryeo Dynasty, when Buddhism reached its zenith as ancient Korea’s state religion.
Come and discover the “Feast of Lanterns,” one of the most celebrated Buddhist ceremonies held in Korea, as
you create your own Lotus Lantern. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Elmwood/3rd Floor
Curriculum and Instruction
Signs
Liz Rex, Nan Waterstreet
In this hands-on experience, a lesson explores the contemporary and traditional artmaking practice of signs and
describes the work of contemporary artists like the Overpass Light Brigade, who utilize signs as a medium for
making visible issues that are connected to equity and social justice. You will view the works of artist-made
signs,discuss how these ideas can engage students in meaningful explorations of the world around them, and
incorporate these concepts into your own handmade signs. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket
Required.
Hilton Hotel/Fountain Room/3rd Floor
Curriculum and Instruction
Teaching Chinese Calligraphy: A Hands-On Experience
Nan Liu
Participants will learn how to write Chinese calligraphy in a variety of different styles. Learn how to hold a bamboo
brush, write a single stroke, and appreciate the beauty of lines. You will then create two pieces of calligraphy,
selecting characters from masterpieces in different styles. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Oak Alley/3rd Floor
Curriculum and Instruction
The Art of Storytelling
Meghan Lally, Chelsea Morrocco
Storytelling is the oldest form of education. People around the world have always told tales as a way of passing
down their cultural beliefs, traditions, and history to future generations. Discover the power of personal stories and
learn how to express them visually by using a variety of textured and printed papers to design a collage inspired
by your own memories. Deepening your personal connection to art and storytelling, you will share the stories of
your collages with one another, creating a sense of community. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket
Required.
Hilton Hotel/Rosedown/3rd Floor
Elementary
Positive/Negative Designs Inspired by Haitian Steel Drum Sculpture
Kathryn Morice, Patricia Belleville
Learn about the vibrant folk art tradition of Haitian steel drum sculpture (fer découpé) in this workshop designed
for elementary students. Participants will use tagboard to create a design inspired by this folk art sculpture
tradition emphasizing the use of positive and negative space and the abstraction of natural forms, and complete
the designs with acrylic paint to simulate a patinated surface. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket
Required.
Hilton Hotel/Jasperwood/3rd Floor
Media Arts
Resin and Recycling: Creating Found Object Memory Jewelry
Stephanie Leonard
Participants will create found object memory jewelry. “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” The
workshop begins with examples of found object jewelry and demonstrations of cold connection techniques. You
are encouraged to bring broken jewelry, jewelry findings, and small objects and images with personal meaning to
include in your piece. You will learn about the various methods for mixing and pouring resin; available tools and
techniques; and how to find, combine, and alter objects. Each participant leaves with a completed pendant or
pin—and a better understanding of found object art. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Magnolia/3rd Floor
5:00 - 5:25 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Constructing Interactive Sound Installations in the Classroom Using Creative Technology
Haley Garvis
Using conductive materials and a Makey Makey invention kit, students create sculptures that produce sounds
when touched. Explore projects from the Smithsonian Camp program, “Sound and Sculpture Jam.” Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
Elementary
Robots + Art: Art Machines in the Elementary Art Room
Allison Fuller-Mulloy, Samantha Melvin
Introduces teachers to the how and why of Art Machines in the elementary art room with hands-on
demonstrations of student-made ArtBots, and provides a wealth of resources for young students to build their own
ArtBots as soon as they return to their classrooms. Hands-On Demonstration
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
Technology
A Google Glass Explorer/ation in the Arts
Amanda Alexander
An art education researcher, professor, and Google Glass Explorer studies the uses of Google Glass from various
perspectives: artists, art/education students, art faculty, museum participants, and the Explorer herself. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Secondary
Observe, Describe, Analyze, Interpret
Sara Klein
Inference, dialogical approach, or inquiry-based method? What does it mean and how can teachers help students
understand how to do it? Amon Carter educators explain and model visual literacy strategies. Best Practice
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 228/Second Level
Seminar for Research in Art Education Issues Group
There’s Less Work in the Trash! Redesigned Art Education Practice
Angela Kost, , Leslie Gates,
Art educators engaged in a year-long collaborative action research project to redesign their teaching practices
based on their shifting beliefs toward postmodern art education. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R02/Second Level
5:00 - 5:50 PM
Professional Learning
CUT UPS
Lisa Hoke
Come and join a conversation with General Session speaker Lisa Hoke about using materials as inspiration for
artmaking, and how the simplicity of choices can lead to individual innovation. Ticket Required. Interactive
Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 203/Second Level
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UnConference
UnConference Letting Go, Revitalizing: Yogic Deep Relaxation
Debra Premashakti Alvis
Yogic deep relaxation calms the nervous system, releases negative emotions and thought patterns, and, over
time, develops the capacity to respond to ourselves and others compassionately. Briefly review the science
supporting this approach, then participate in a luxurious, deep relaxation session. Participants may lie on the floor
or relax while sitting in a chair. Please bring a towel from your room. Interactive Discussion
Hilton Hotel/Compass/Riverside Building
5:30 - 5:55 PM
Advocacy
Putting Art Education Front and Center: Advocating for Our Programs
Amanda Koonlaba
Learn how to effectively communicate current elementary arts education research and data to different groups of
people, AND to use this information to secure funding for your programs. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 225/Second Level
Advocacy
Advocacy Through YAM (Youth Art Month)
Julia Lang-Shapiro, Donnalyn Shuster
Get motivated to advocate! Explore how you can promote yourself and your program through active participation
in your state’s Youth Art Month celebration. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 226/Second Level
Community
The Functioning Role of the Artist-Researcher in the Classroom
Sarah Libba Willcox, Amber Arnold
Examining the overlapping ideas of research and teaching, this presentation provides an entry point into using
research practices in your own classroom. Interactive Discussion
Convention Center/Meeting Room 229/Second Level
Community
Expanding Horizons: Art Teacher Training in Museum and Community Settings
Pattie Chambers
Learn how partnering with museum and a community organizations can help preservice art teachers take a wider,
holistic view of art education and strengthen their roles as future art educators. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 230/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Designing the Unknown: The Beauty in Risk-Taking and Inquiry
Stacey Abramson
Explore one teacher’s experience designing an inquiry-based classroom. From her successes to flops, she will
share the importance of risk in learning, for both the student and the teacher alike. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 222/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Building a Digital Program in the Secondary School
Adrianne Nix
Learn how to build and support a graphic communications program of study to prepare your students to compete
in the creative digital landscape, as careers in new media art (or digital design) grow. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R04/Second Level
Curriculum and Instruction
Awakening Student Ownership: Designing a Student-Centered Art Room
Jacqueline Iannuzzi
“I like it better than any other art project I’ve ever done before!” Learn how middle school students engage in
meaningful artmaking as they take ownership of their artwork. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R08/Second Level
Higher Education
International Collaborations: Preparing Visual Arts Teachers Through Shared Artmaking
Alexandra Cutcher, David Modler
In this international, collaborative project using visual journals and huge paintings, students from WV (USA) and
NSW (Australia) engaged in a visual dialogue reflecting upon their developing teacher selves. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 217/Second Level
Higher Education
Transforming Attitudes in Higher Education Through Collaborative Student-Generated Public Artwork
Carolina Blatt-Gross
Explore the challenges and benefits of an art appreciation curriculum culminating in large-scale collaborative
public artwork that transformed student, faculty, and administrative attitudes. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 218/Second Level
Higher Education
Student Teachers’ Perspectives on Preparation, Design Education, and the Future
Iris Bildstein
Gain insight into the experiences of art teacher candidates as they reflect upon their opportunities to plan and
teach design-based activities and projects during their student teaching year. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 219/Second Level
Media Arts
Let’s Play It by Ears: Sound and Listening as Art
Ehsan Akbari
Presenter will discuss ways to introduce sound in the classroom, examine creative strategies to teach the process
of recording and editing sound, and highlight the value of teaching deep listening. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R07/Second Level
Middle Level
Introducing Clay Techniques to the Middle School Students, Including Raku
Katrina Bullington
Explore introductory clay projects including Raku for the middle school classroom. These projects will give your
students the basics and make them want more. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 204/Second Level
Middle Level
Tackling NJAHS
Sarah Balbach, Cathy Balbach
New to NJAHS? Or just need to refresh your activities? Come explore other ways to approach NJAHS. Look at
seasonal ideas, meetings, shirts, and service. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 205/Second Level
Middle Level
Self-Portrait to Selfie: Art and Photography in the Digital Age
Hannah Salia
Learn how middle school students created contemporary selfie versions of master artist self-portraits using a
variety of artistic and digital techniques. Includes lesson plan sequences, technical tips, and student examples.
Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 207/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Building Trust and Creating Community: First-Year Reflections
Alyssa Crane
Learn about the importance of developing a classroom community grounded in trust through the story of a firstyear art teacher. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 208/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Biopolitics & Mari Ruti: Youth Participatory Arts-Based Action Research Pedagogy
Derek Fenner
A YPAR curriculum with bridge-program students that makes sense of biopolitics (Foucault, 1978) and how
capitalism relates to oppression. Students develop research projects that lead to discussions for renewal
strategies. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 209/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
The Ruth Freyberger Story
Heather Hanlon
Fascinating story of first Art Education EdD in America. Used Lowenfeld’s theories to illustrate how children
develop in art ages 3-16. A new website archives her fragile research images. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 210/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
The Neuro-Educational Support of Design Thinking (Going Beyond STEAM)
Ian Kelleher
Learn about design thinking as an example of using arts integration to enhance learning that sits at a compelling
intersection in contemporary education: neuroeudcation, service learning, and 21st-century skills. Research
Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 211/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Finding Art Along 14th Street in New York City
Eunji Lee
Through a dialogue-based inquiry, the concept of art in the everyday was explored with six college students while
walking down 14th Street in New York City. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 212/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Displacement: A Travelogue and A/R/Tographical Approach to Representation of Displacement
Nasim Peikazadi
Discuss the role of art education in bringing up awareness about the importance of true visual representation of
cultures. Performance
Convention Center/Meeting Room 223/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
Learning From Bodies: A Research Study With Preservice Art Educators
Gina Ruchalski
Graduate thesis research connects with critical pedagogy, disability aesthetics, and critical reflexive visual
ethnography—learning more about how preservice art educators understand and relate to disability and the body.
Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 224/Second Level
Research and Knowledge
City Kids Need Nature: Eco-Art Education Interdisciplinary Design Models
Jamia Weir
A qualitative research graduate study investigate urban 5th-grade student responses to the utilization of
contemporary “eco-artists” and multiple art forms, using interdisciplinary models of instruction. Research Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 232/Second Level
Secondary
Photo on the Fly: Redefining Sense of Place
Phyllis Burstein
Reality TV, social media, visual research, mapping, and photojournalism inspire provocative lesson prompts for
photo students on the fly—through in-school mini field trips, walking and public transit excursions, and
international school exchanges. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R05/Second Level
Secondary
Thinking Twice About Sketchbook Design: A Curriculum Lifeline
Matt Milkowski, Janet Taylor
Repurpose student sketchbooks into holistic, interactive learning documents. Equip your students and
administration with engaging evidence of student growth in art and beyond. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R06/Second Level
Technology
Connecting Art and Literacy Using iPads
Theresa Gillespie
Explore iPad apps that allow students at all age levels to add writing to their art and create art from writing.
Specific examples and lesson plans will be shared. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room 231/Second Level
Technology
Engage Students Digitally: Put Your Classroom Online Using Edmodo
Erik Whipple
Learn how to use Edmodo to create a class website that allows for posting by students, teachers, and
administrators. Create a virtual classroom, library, and exhibition space for your students. Best Practice Lecture
Convention Center/Meeting Room R03/Second Level
7:00 - 8:50 PM
Curriculum and Instruction
Fallingwater: Where Form Follows FUNction
Roy Young
Learning through Architecture is the central theme of grade school workshops at Frank Lloyd Wright's
Fallingwater. Join us as we create two hands-on projects that engage students in defining, researching, ideating,
prototyping, choosing, implementing, and learning while considering the principles of architecture. Explore the
possibilities of architecture as a vehicle to learning! Write a descriptive poem in response to Fallingwater. Build a
cantilever out of paper that supports 10 times its own weight. Learn, Laugh, and Explore with us! Hands-On
Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Jasperwood/3rd Floor
Curriculum and Instruction
Collaborative Construction: Building Bridges
Kristin Taylor
Design and construction are an integral part of our everyday lives and are based on the principles of STEAM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). Explore the 4 Cs (communication, collaboration, critical
thinking, and creativity) by collaboratively sketching, designing, and constructing 3-D bridges in this workshop.
Engage in problem solving, discuss effective design principles, and connect STEAM content standards while
having fun! Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Magnolia/3rd Floor
Curriculum and Instruction
Design Your Own Curriculum-Aligned Clothing Line
Cassie Stephens
Instead of simply talking to your students about famous artists or their works of art, why not become the threedimensional element that brings the experience to life? In this workshop, you will learn the art of needle felting
and apply that skill to the creation of an apron. This apron will be designed with your own curriculum in mind and
will be ready to wear in your art room. Armed with this new method of altering clothing, as well as other
techniques introduced, you will be able to design your own curriculum-aligned clothing line. Hands-On Workshop
Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Rosedown/3rd Floor
Design Issues Group
Design Drawing Workshop: Drawing for Survival, Invention, and Innovation
Anne Stevens
Design Drawing is a means for students to express complex ideas about any topic in a quick, flexible, schematic
way. The basics of orthographic drawing will be covered—including scale drawings like plan, section, and
elevation—as well as 3-D views like isometric and perspective drawings. Fun, unique design challenges will be
offered to demonstrate integrating this drawing language in K-12 curriculum. Prepare your students to be the
flexible, creative innovators of their generation! Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Belle Chasse/3rd Floor
Middle Level
Etched Glass Jewelry
Deborah Sims, Julie Phillips, Genifer Bell, Beverly Fletcher
Learn cutting-edge techniques to create an etched glass work of art. Each attendee will transfer pre-selected
photos or drawings from Photoshop and process these images onto pre-fired glass. You will be introduced to new
techniques for etching artwork onto dichroic glass using a laser printer, etching cream, and a printable resist film.
All participants will leave with a finished wearable work of art. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket
Required.
Hilton Hotel/Elmwood/3rd Floor
Secondary
Jewelry Design for the High School Classroom
Jennifer Wolfe
Students are obsessed with personal adornment. Jewelry making is something they love to do, but the cost can
sometimes be prohibitive. This presentation and workshop will focus on jewelry design and creation, and explore
design and fabrication issues that may be encountered. Participants will fabricate several pieces using everything
from paper to metal, and using a variety of techniques—ranging from simple “cut and paste” fabrication to more
complex cold connections and possibly light soldering. Hands-On Workshop Studio (2 hours) Ticket Required.
Hilton Hotel/Oak Alley/3rd Floor
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