




Webinars

Monthly online professional learning offering professional development credit and certificates of participation. A $588 value! FREE for NAEA members; $49/ea for non-members.
Open Studios

Series highlighting topics of interest for art, design, and media arts educators to spark conversation around ideas in the field. Open access and free for everyone.
Town Halls

Insightful dialogue with your vibrant community—information, connection, and support related to timely topics. Open access and free for everyone.
Upcoming Live Virtual Events

NAEA Open Studio Conversation: Action Research for Resiliency; A Panel discussion With Members of the Research Commission and Connected Arts Networks Teacher Leaders
[February 20, 2025 | 7pm ET]
Join members of the NAEA Research Commission for an engaging and insightful discussion as they dive into the groundbreaking work of three Connected Arts Networks (CAN) Teacher Leaders. Discover how their Action Research initiatives are transforming professional learning, enhancing classroom instruction, and fostering stronger communication with campus administrators. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore innovative strategies that are making a difference for art education.

K–12 Summative Assessment for Student and Teacher Success
[March 5, 2025 | 7pm ET] Placing assessment in the student’s control by having them assess themselves and each other is empowering! Learn from educators about their strategies for student-centered classroom formative and summative assessments in elementary, middle-level, and secondary settings. Discover ways for students of all ages to self-assess using guided worksheets or simplified rubrics. Explore ways assessment works in choice-based classrooms and how to use rubrics to plan backward to help clearly unpack lessons for student success. We’ll also discuss ways to differentiate between on-level rubrics and advanced or AP rubrics for secondary students, as well as appropriate accommodations for all students in the classroom.

NAEA Open Studio Conversation: Easy-to-Implement Digital Art Activities for Your Classroom
[March 13, 2025 | 7pm ET]
Looking to introduce digital art into your classroom but not sure where to start? Join us for this month’s Open Studio Conversation, sponsored by Wacom, where we’ll explore easy-to-implement digital art activities designed to spark creativity and build essential digital skills like simple drawing techniques, exploring layers, experimenting with colors, and more.
From quick warm-ups to longer lessons, you’ll leave with ready-to-use lesson ideas that make digital art fun and accessible for all students. Whether you’re new to digital tools or looking to expand your existing lessons, this webinar will provide practical strategies and inspiration to implement in your classroom.

The Benefits of Fan Art in the Classroom
[April 9, 2025 | 7pm ET] Fan art—unofficial drawings and other renderings of famous characters—is often the bane of the middle and high school art educators’ existence. Join us as we explore the potential benefits of fan art to adolescent development, self-identity, social sharing, and artistic skill development. Presenter Marjorie Cohee Manifold shares, “A study reveals how young people from nineteen countries have begun to manipulate media conveyed narratives of popular culture in ways that may be construed as culture creation. Through intense engagements as fans of commercially produced images and stories, adolescents and young adults may craft fanart illustrations as images of self. As they learn art making within the global fandom, or Internet-connected community of like-interested fans and fanartists, these young people enact relationships to the subject and process of fanart making, fellow fanartists and the fan community that are not unlike those of the medieval European craftsman to his craft, guild workshop, and community.”
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