NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

NAEA National Convention 2022

Two collaborators present the ways in which our approach to facilitating AP Studio Art has been shaped and ultimately redefined by access to and intentional incorporation of new technologies. Forced to redefine the structure of the course for both a new exam and a virtual format, we had a wide array of strategies to select from when we returned to face-to-face learning earlier this year.

Our improvements have resulted in more equitable access to resources and improved student collaboration and agency.

Interwoven throughout the presentation are recommendations and accessible virtual resource for cultivating a community of independent and interdependent student-artists.

Link to presentation coming soon!

NAEA National Convention 2017

Two fellow first year art teachers and I presented our failures along with the reflections and innovations that they inspired. Interwoven throughout the presentation were recommendations for cultivating a disposition of experimentation and vulnerability in the classroom in order for students to embrace failure as a learning opportunity rather than as a shortcoming.

NAEA National Convention 2016

In order to represent the preservice teacher voice in a presentation about building curriculum around social justice in higher education, I served on a panel and spoke about my experiences grappling with issues of power, privilege and equity and how to best serve all students in the classroom, as well as my pedagogical strategies for creating a more equitable learning environment, and strategies for exploring enduring understandings related to social justice in the art classroom.

I was also asked to speak extemporaneously about my reflections during MAT faculty’s

presentation Baltimore Uprising: Engaging with Race, Privilege and Equity.