Free Online Multicultural Art Education Research Service

60 Minutes

Join us to learn about Artura.org—a free, online multicultural art education research service providing access to a database of diverse contemporary art in the Brandywine Workshop and Archives (BWA) print collections and its national network of partner organizations. With a focus on grades 9–12 and college and university curricula, Artura.org oers practical tools for teaching and learning in a variety of cultural contexts, all with a focus on contemporary art and global trends in culture.

Artful Approaches for Teachers and Students

68 Minutes Jane Dalton and Kristi Oliver

Enjoy an hour in the Mindful Studio. In this session, Jane Dalton and Kristi Oliver provide purposeful experiences to enhance self-awareness by participating in mindful making without judgment to strengthen imagination and enhance the creative process. Following a discussion of theory and background, they will walk us through body scanning and anchor breath techniques often used in mindfulness practice to help soften, settle, and calm both the body and mind. Techniques we can use more of right now! Bring your favorite art material and a piece of paper.

Art & Design Pedagogies in a Post-Pandemic Academy

60 Minutes

Art education has well-developed theory and practice related to K-12 curriculum and teaching. However, the pedagogies of post-secondary art classes are much more rarely described. This webinar will discuss issues and approaches to the college teaching of art as well as post-pandemic possibilities.

Artist Talk with Alice Mizrachi

78 Minutes

New York-based artist and art educator, Alice Mizrachi, discusses how her work engages local communities and reflects positive visual responses to social issues affecting neighborhood residents. Discover how her process activates a shared space of love, hope, optimism, and healing as a means to connect with the community. Gather inspiration from Alice as she shares her journey to becoming a professional muralist. You will also learn tried-and-true methods to use when creating a mural in your school or community from the robust question-and-answer period at the end of the session.

Removing Barriers to Learning in Digital Spaces

60 Minutes

With the sudden shutdown of schools in the spring of 2020, educational institutions of all levels and iterations were forced into new, foreign digital learning arenas. While many institutions have made eorts to increase digital literacy, access to technology is often relegated to funding, which is still taking steps toward being sucient across the country. Coupled with varying access to that same technology in homes of educators and learners alike, the lack of equity in this new digital learning environment became glaringly apparent. The challenges persisted—and even grew—in the fall. Reaching learners with these immense gaps in access, knowledge, and technology has been a daunting task—but an attainable one. This webcast seeks to share the insights of those resolute educators who have found how to connect with their learners in spite of such barriers. The goal of the webcast is to pass on the knowledge of researchers, teachers, and program leaders who’ve found alternatives for technology access to level the playing field, and to share pedagogical tips that make the learning process in digital spaces more equitable for everyone.

Utilizing Meaningful Questions to Drive Lessons

64 Minutes

Utilizing meaningful questions to drive lessons and units of study can positively affect our teaching, not to mention student learning. Moving away from teaching “projects” or solely focusing on the products we create with our students allows them to more fully experience the artistic process and what’s learned along the way. We’ve partnered with Art21 to produce this virtual workshop introducing ways to utilize active viewing and big questions as a way to get even more out of the great lessons you have planned.

75 Minutes

Imagining next steps in research on behalf of NAEA, the NAEA Research Commission asked the membership this question: What are the most pressing questions, topics, concerns, and curiosities for the eld of visual arts education? More than 500 people responded. Now we’re asking deeper questions about the data: What values, interests, questions, and ideas are suggested in the data? Whose histories of being, making, and knowing get to matter and be prioritized, and why? What’s missing from the data? These questions underscore the reality of a complex map of research that lives dierently in dierent places.

Join us for an interactive webinar to discuss the data collected via the membership survey about research interests and concerns in members’ daily contexts. From schools and museums to online learning and a wide range of community-based settings, research in art education is a map with many destinations. Come be a part of mapping the possibilities of research for NAEA.

75 Minutes

Whether responding to unique current events or traditional rites of passage, consider how contemporary art can be used in the high school classroom to deepen empathy, community, and engagement. Enjoy this conversation about using big ideas, guiding questions, and your student’s needs moderated by Davis Publications and Art21. Learn from a panel of expert teachers as they discuss best practices, successful lessons, and suggested content you can explore.

Creating Community Through Artistic Collaboration

60 Minutes

Hear experts share about place-based artmaking that intentionally celebrates equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core of the process. Integrating arts education in the public art process builds public awareness to your program and enhances the environment in which the art was created. This expansion of art knowledge and understanding from beyond our traditional teaching spaces has the potential for creative, nontraditional collaboration and dialogue for greater social impact. Come to inquire and share, and leave inspired with ideas to consider for your school and in your community arts.

60 Minutes

Bridging the time between being a young child and teenager is a fraught rite of passage. Consider how contemporary artists and their work can be used with middle school students to encourage their personal identity and self-expression. Learn best practices, successful lessons, and suggested content from teachers already using contemporary art to respond to the needs of their middle schoolers.

60 Minutes

No one else has a voice exactly like yours! Your words, your perspective, your insight, and your inquiry matter to the eld of visual arts, design, and media arts education. Join us as we unpack opportunities and guidance for you to contribute your ideas and inquiry to NAEA’s Art Education Journal.