[March 5, 2025] 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.

[February 12, 2025] Advance your visual arts program by developing strong relationships with your school administrators. Hear from two school principals on ways to best approach and collaborate with your administrator (as well as parents, colleagues, and stakeholders) to foster connectivity, overcome challenges, and improve communication to support your visual arts program and celebrate the depth and breadth of learning through visual arts education.

Join a discussion with leaders from community-based mural organizations from around the country and discover how the art of mural making can transform public spaces and individual lives.

[December 4, 2024] Explore fashion design for all ages in the art room! Find out how to make fashionable lessons that are affordable and accessible by reusing and recycling everyday materials. See the steps of the fashion design creative process and come away with curricular examples for cost-effective projects, artists for reference, and design inspiration.

[November 20, 2024] Community colleges offer options for many art students including affordable tuition, ability to stay close to home, alternative schedules, and more. Join us and explore a groundbreaking initiative established between the North Carolina Community College System and public 4-year institutions within the state. Articulation agreements have been designed to streamline transfer for fine arts students, providing opportunities for quality, accessible, and economical higher education for fine arts–interested students. We’ll also delve into the stellar example of the Association of Fine Arts program offerings at Cape Fear Community College and the development of their degrees in terms of transferability and the practical application of skills.

[October 2, 2024] Research in disability studies can help art educators reframe ways of engaging with disability issues. Learn about the use of disability arts to engage learners in critical visual literacy and imagery production focused on topics of disability. Discover critical approaches to language and decentering normalcy to create inclusive learning spaces for all.

[September 11, 2024] Unlock the power of video games as catalysts for social justice and transformative education! Join us for this thought-provoking webinar and explore the intersection of gaming, social justice, and education. Learn how video games can be harnessed to inspire critical thinking, empathy, and positive social change. Dig into what makes games intriguing and engaging for learners and see through an educator’s lens how we can use these key ideas for success in an arts-based classroom. Together, let’s level up our understanding of the educational potential within the gaming world!

[August 14, 2024] Join us for an exciting webinar that weaves traditional craftsmanship with contemporary creativity in fiber arts. We’ll explore innovative approaches for introducing new fiber arts projects to elementary, middle, and high school learners that are focused on accessible materials, diverse contemporary and traditional craft artists, and literacy. Come away with lesson inspiration; a better understanding of how you can explore fiber arts in your classroom; and information on where to find materials, recommended equipment, and tools, as well as overcoming budget constraints for fiber arts, storage options, and so much more!

[July 10, 2024 | 7pm ET] Empower your learners to become innovative stewards of our shared planet through art! Empty bottles, worn toys, and plastic shopping bags often end up as landfill overflow polluting the environment. Inspired by the works of art collectives like the Washed Ashore Project upcycling marine debris into impactful sculptures, this webinar explores the intersection of creativity and conservation through eco-art education for K-12 learners. Join us to discover practical approaches for building students’ artistic talents while cultivating their ecological awareness and developing their social consciousness toward environmental sustainability.

[June 5, 2024] NAEA is committed to supporting our current and future visual arts, design, and media arts educators. Pandemic burnout, early retirements, rise in school violence, lack of clear career pathways, and ongoing pedagogical cultural wars—among other challenges—make the recruitment and retention of art teachers increasingly more difficult. To better understand and address the obstacles that current and future art educators face, as well as the growing issue of educator staffing shortages, the NAEA Board of Directors has formed a national “Art Education Teacher Recruitment and Retention Task Force.” The Task Force is tasked with investigating the obstacles and opportunities to entering and serving the field of visual arts, design, and media arts education, and engage with the membership, peer organizations, and external experts to gather data and draft a report of findings and recommendations for short, mid, and long-term action to be presented to the Board. Join us as members of the NAEA Art Education Teacher Recruitment and Retention Task Force share their findings and recommendations for the association and the field.