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