Concordia has over a dozen faculty, students, and alumni presenting the year at the National Art Education conference in Fort Worth, TX, taking place from March 7 to 10, 2013.
Thursday, March 7, 9:30AM - 9:55AM
Secondary - Social Justice Art Education: The Contemporary Art Museum as a Location for Dialogue
Natasha Reid
This presentation will examine contemporary art museums as rich sites for social justice dialogues and will explore how educational programming can promote these conversations. Research Lecture Texas Ballroom J/Omni/2nd Floor
Thursday, March 7,10:00AM - 10:50AM
Research - Visualizing Trends in Traditions at the NAEA Convention
Clayton Funk, Juan Carlos Castro
Data visualization is important in understanding large sets of information, which can inform the history of art education professions. In this session we present data visualization of themes represented in the catalogs of NAEA conventions, between 1950-2 Research Lecture Meeting Room 200/Center/2nd Floor
Thursday, March 7, 10:00AM - 10:25AM
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE)Rumi: Applying Insights of 13th-Century Mystical Poet to Teaching/Artmaking
Ehsan Akbari
Rumi was a poet of the heart. His life and work offer invaluable insights into teaching, artmaking, and research as living inquiry into a life of deep meaning and compassion. Best Practice Lecture Meeting Room 113A/Center/1st Floor
Thursday, March 7, 11:30AM - 11:55AM
Secondary - Sure It's Art, But Should I Be Teaching It? Art, Censorship, and the Classroom
Sebastien Fitch
Explore issues of controversy and censorship that impact our classrooms, and the particular issues that they raise for art educators in the twenty-first century.
Best Practice Lecture
Texas Ballroom J/Omni/2nd Floor
Thursday, March 7, 1:30PM - 1:55PM
Curriculum and Instruction - Fostering Relationships Between Environment, Community, and Art: Insights From the Finnish Educational System
Amelie Brindamour
Outlines strategies for planning outdoor art projects, developing environmental awareness, and linking classroom activities with local communities through a demonstration of innovative art education programs. Best Practice LectureMeeting Room 201C/Center/2nd Floor
Thursday, March 7, 3:00PM - 4:20PM
1st General SessionF. Robert Sabol
Natasha Reid Receives Eisner Doctoral Award Juan Carlos Castro Receives Barkan Award
Best Practice LectureBallroom ABC/Center/2nd Floor
Thursday, March 7, 4:30PM - 4:55PM
Technology - Art Education v3.0: Using Art to Empower Students in the Digital Age
Ehsan Akbari, Philip Robbins
Critically examine the integration of Internet-based art applications in the classroom and discover methods and strategies empowering students to create their own online tools and interactive projects. Best Practice Lecture
Meeting Room 121C/Center/1st Floor
Thursday, March 7, 4:30PM - 4:55PM
Museum Education - Contemporary identities of art museum educators: Developing communities of learners through narrative
Natasha Reid
This presentation will showcase the results of a project that examined the narrative experiences of five art museum educators and promoted the development of communities of learners through narrative inquiry. Research LectureMeeting Room 108/Center/1st Floor
Friday, March 8, 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Higher Education Manuel Barkan Award Lecture
Juan Carlos Castro
Barkan Award Lecture is presented by an individual whose published work in either Art Education or Studies in Art Education has contributed a product of scholarly merit to the field. Research Lecture Meeting Room 200/Center/2nd Floor
Friday, March 8, 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Issues Caucus (LGBTIC)
Critique Boutique III: Left Out Shout OutRobert Sweeny, B. Stephen Carpenter II, Juan Carlos Castro, Mindi Rhoades
Hey you! Rejected? Dejected? Not anymore, friends. Come play to win! Big money! Fame! Acclaim! Dodge the big whammies of the isms. Participants invited to share rejected research shout outs. Performance Meeting Room 104/Center/1st Floor
Friday. March 8, 1:00PM - 1:25PM
Technology - Do-it-yourself Robots: A practical demonstration of an interactive art project.
Philip Robbins
Learn how to build DIY robots using easily sourced and inexpensive materials. Teachers will be provided with exemplars, practical tips and strategies for introducing robotics within their regular classroom activities. Best Practice Lecture Meeting Room 103A/Center/1st Floor
Friday, March 8, 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Secondary - Authentic Collaboration: Creating Engaging Programming With a Community Artist
Melissa Ann Ledo, Katie Green
A community Educator and a public school Consultant come together to help you uncover the secrets to meaningful Artist-Teacher collaboration. Discover how to find an artist and build an authentic project. Best Practice LectureTexas Ballroom A/Omni/2nd Floor
Friday, March 8, 4:00PM - 4:50PM
Secondary - Rethinking Collaboration Within the Secondary Art Curriculum
Juan Carlos Castro, Daniel Barney
How can we rethink collaboration in the art classroom so that ALL students are learning? Examples from practice and research are shared. Best Practice Lecture Meeting Room 108/Center/1st Floor
Friday, March 8, 4:00PM - 5:50PM
Research - Fellows Forum: Remembering Al HurwitzKaren Carroll, Judith Burton, Peter London, Jerry Hausman
David Pariser and Juan Carlos Castro will participate
Share stories about this extraordinary art educator whose life modeled a quest for inquiry and built connections at every level of professional life from the local to the global. Interactive Discussion Meeting Room 204A/Center/2nd Floor
Friday, March 8, 6:00PM - 8:50PM
Research - SRAE Graduate Research Session
Marilyn Zurmuehlen, Working Papers in Art Education, Christine Marme Thompson, Veronica Sahagun- Representing Concordia
Features the cutting edge work of top doctoral students in our field who have been nominated by their dissertation advisers to present their research at the National Art Education Association. Research LectureStockyards 1/Omni/2nd Floor
Saturday , March 9, 8:00AM - 8:25AM
Higher Education - Crossing the Liminal Space : Anxiety and Troublesome Knowledge Among Preservice Teachers
Sebastien Fitch, Lorrie Blair
In this presentation, we discuss the problematic dichotomy lived by students in art education who must learn to navigate the often contradictory roles of artist and classroom teacher. Research LectureTexas Ballroom C/Omni/2nd Floor
Saturday, March 9, 8:00AM - 8:25AM
Technology Visualizing Data: Crowd Sourcing Technology for Image-based Research
Scott McMaster
Imagery is the crux of research in art. Examine results of 2 pilot projects that used Image-based research via new media data collection, exploring a global visual cultural context. Research LectureMeeting Room 203B/Center/2nd Floor
Saturday, March 9, 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Seminar for Research in Art Education - (SRAE) 2013 Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research in Art Education Award Lecture
Natasha S. Reid
Presentation by the 2013 Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research in Art Education award winner. The award, sponsored by SRAE and Visual Arts Research, recognizes the value of doctoral research in art education and fosters continued support of doctoral research. Research LectureMeeting Room 200/Center/2nd Floor
Saturday, March 9, 1:00PM - 1:50PM
Higher Education - Higher Education Forum: Teachers as Action Researchers Community Workshop
William Wightman, Karen Keifer-Boyd, Juan Carlos Castro, Beth Thomas
This workshop begins with strategies for educators to identify specific concerns that lead to small group guided action research activity, and concludes with collaborative inquiry of critical and contextual solutions. Interactive DiscussionMeeting Room 202A/Center/2nd Floor
Saturday, March 9, 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Caucus on the Spiritual in Art Education (CSAE) - Smooth Lines and Rough Edges: Human Connections of Creativity, Compassion, and Delight in Art Class
Patricia Chambers
How can we connect with our students and remember the delight of teaching art? Exchange ideas that encourage compassion, creativity, and connection in art class. Best Practice LectureMeeting Room 113A/Center/1st Floor
Saturday, March 9, 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE) - Connecting Communities of Practice: A/r/tographic Inquiry in the Journal of Visual Arts Research
Rita Irwin, Anita Sinner, Elizabeth Delacruz
This session examines how communities of a/r/tographers come together to share inquiries, act as critical friends, articulate an evolution of research questions, and present their collective evocative/provocative works to others. Interactive Discussion Meeting Room 106/Center/1st Floor
Saturday, March 9, 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Technology - Mobilities and Engagement: Using Mobile Phones in the Visual Art Classroom
Juan Carlos Castro, David Pariser, Martin Lalonde
Mobile computing by youth is reshaping social practices, learning, and engagement. Explore the unique opportunities and challenges of using mobile phones for artmaking, civic, and educational engagement. Research LectureMeeting Room 203B/Center/2nd Floor