2019 AEAI Annual Fall Convention
“Blazing New Trails in Art Education”
Here are just a few of the exciting workshops coming to Convention 2019!
Screenprinting!
Mosaics! Solorgraphy! |
Book Binding!
Needle Felting! Grant Writing! |
Kaleidoscopes!
Monoprinting! Quilling! |
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Home of the TRAILBLAZERS!
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“Blazing New Trails in Art Education”
We are looking for decorations for the "Cowboy" theme.
Please contact Audrey Kavanaugh with any items. Cowboy hats & boots, Mason jars, bandanas, hay bails, other country style decor. |
Thursday, November 7th Pre-Convention Welcome Party
Gallery Opening with Light Refreshments & Entertainment 6pm - 8pm
Shircliff Gallery of Arts - Shircliff Humanities Center, Room A103
Gallery Opening with Light Refreshments & Entertainment 6pm - 8pm
Shircliff Gallery of Arts - Shircliff Humanities Center, Room A103
Friday, November 8th
REGISTRATION OPENS University Professor-led workshops AM & PM Sessions Available Historical Tours on your own - included in your registration! Special Event workshops *Meals on your own |
Saturday, November 9th
District Meetings Student Raffle - all day Vendors - all day Silent Auction - all day Keynote *Lunch on your own Division meetings Art Educator-led workshops Special Event workshops Artisans Gallery Co-Op Vendor & Student Raffle Drawings! Awards Celebration & Dinner |
Sunday, November 10th
Workshops Keynote Workshops *Lunch on your own Happy Trails! See you in 2020! |
*There will be a list of local eateries at various price points.
Keynote Speakers

Cassie Stephens
A graduate of Indiana University with degrees in painting and art education, Cassie was blessed to have done her student teaching in the magical land of Ireland! Upon returning she discovered that her parents had sent out 52 art teaching applications all over the United States on her behalf. On a whim, she decided to give one such place a try - Nashville, Tennessee - and landed her first teaching gig. After 15 years of teaching the same sad lessons and doing little creating of her own Cassie decided to create a blog that might help her snap out of her funk. Zip forward to present day and Cassie is still teaching in Tennessee - Franklin now and is still maintaining her blog. Cassie has managed to find her secret to personal art teacherin' happiness by connecting the passions of her life: teaching, creating and dressing like a crazy person!
A graduate of Indiana University with degrees in painting and art education, Cassie was blessed to have done her student teaching in the magical land of Ireland! Upon returning she discovered that her parents had sent out 52 art teaching applications all over the United States on her behalf. On a whim, she decided to give one such place a try - Nashville, Tennessee - and landed her first teaching gig. After 15 years of teaching the same sad lessons and doing little creating of her own Cassie decided to create a blog that might help her snap out of her funk. Zip forward to present day and Cassie is still teaching in Tennessee - Franklin now and is still maintaining her blog. Cassie has managed to find her secret to personal art teacherin' happiness by connecting the passions of her life: teaching, creating and dressing like a crazy person!

Nancy Walkup has been the editor of SchoolArts since 2005 and a contributing author for the first edition of Explorations in Art, Davis Publications’ elementary textbook series. She is also the editor of the SchoolArts Media Arts Collection, just recently published.
Nancy's thirty-plus year teaching experience covers all grade levels from kindergarten through university. Highlights of her experience include serving as project coordinator for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA), a national art education initiative funded in part by the Getty Institute and the Annenberg Foundation. She returned to NTIEVA to serve as director to the Institute after ten years teaching art at Ryan Elementary School in Denton, Texas.
Nancy's honors include serving as an invited teacher at an elementary school in Beijing, China; selection for the Japanese Fulbright Memorial Teacher program; and being named 2007 Teacher of the Year for her elementary campus. She has won numerous awards from the art education associations of Louisiana and Texas as well as the National Art Education Association. Nancy was named Texas Elementary Art Educator of the Year, by TAEA in 2010. In 2016 she received the NAEA Western Region Art Educator. She has also served as the Elementary Director of NAEA and was recently named a Distinguished Fellow by NAEA. Nancy was also the conference chair for the 2001 National Art Education Association conference held in New York City.
Nancy presents regularly at NAEA and similar venues and has served as an art education consultant for school districts and as a presenter for professional development. She has given keynote addresses and other art education presentations in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Michigan, Florida, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Washington, and Vermont. In addition, Nancy leads annual summer seminars for art educators in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico.
Nancy's thirty-plus year teaching experience covers all grade levels from kindergarten through university. Highlights of her experience include serving as project coordinator for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA), a national art education initiative funded in part by the Getty Institute and the Annenberg Foundation. She returned to NTIEVA to serve as director to the Institute after ten years teaching art at Ryan Elementary School in Denton, Texas.
Nancy's honors include serving as an invited teacher at an elementary school in Beijing, China; selection for the Japanese Fulbright Memorial Teacher program; and being named 2007 Teacher of the Year for her elementary campus. She has won numerous awards from the art education associations of Louisiana and Texas as well as the National Art Education Association. Nancy was named Texas Elementary Art Educator of the Year, by TAEA in 2010. In 2016 she received the NAEA Western Region Art Educator. She has also served as the Elementary Director of NAEA and was recently named a Distinguished Fellow by NAEA. Nancy was also the conference chair for the 2001 National Art Education Association conference held in New York City.
Nancy presents regularly at NAEA and similar venues and has served as an art education consultant for school districts and as a presenter for professional development. She has given keynote addresses and other art education presentations in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Michigan, Florida, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Washington, and Vermont. In addition, Nancy leads annual summer seminars for art educators in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico.
Conventions 2018 Highlights!
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