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The NAEA National Convention is an annual event providing substantive professional development services that include the advancement of knowledge in all sessions, events, and activities for the purpose of improving visual arts instruction in American schools. As such, it is the world's largest art education convention.
The four-day convention includes over 1,000 participatory workshops, panels, seminars for job-alike groups . . . research reports, discussions, exhibits, and tours . . . keynote addresses by world-acclaimed educators, artists, researchers, and scholars . . . with the opportunity to connect with your colleagues from all over the world. Each year some 140-200 exhibitor booths displaying the latest art textbooks, high-tech software, prints, slides, curriculum materials, equipment, and programs, as well as the latest studio and art history media are made available for examination and review to art educator delegates.
It is a professional development opportunity to update yourself on the vista of state-of-the-art materials to advance visual art instruction in your program. All NAEA sessions and events are 100% content-oriented and substantively based. There are no NAEA non-content functions such as golf, sightseeing, shopping tours and the like. Sessions are scheduled from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm every day.
How to Attend: The annual convention is held in the spring, usually March or April. Information about the convention may be found in the summer and fall issues of NAEA News, as well as on our website. If you wish to be a presenter at the convention, proposals must be submitted online and NAEA membership is required. A convention schedule is posted online once session scheduling is finalized.
The Call for Presentations closed May 15, 2013.
| 2014 NAEA NATIONAL CONVENTION REGISTRATION RATES | ||
| PREREGISTRATION |
ONSITE REGISTRATION | |
| Active NAEA Member | $150 | $180 |
| Retired NAEA Member | $105 | $135 |
| Student NAEA Member | $90 | $110 |
| Non-Member | $210 | $240 |
| Guest/Spouse | $105 | $135 |
| *Housing will open Spring 2013 | ||
**Online Registration will open Fall 2013. In the meantime, you may register using our downloadable paper registration form |
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| 2013 NAEA NATIONAL CONVENTION INFORMATION | ||
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• Access resources here |
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| SCHEDULE INFORMATION | ||
| • Schedule-at-a-Glance |
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| • Preconvention Workshops |
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| • Exhibitor Showcase Workshops |
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| • Hands On Workshops |
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| • In the Studio Workshops |
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| • Offsite Workshops |
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| • Tours |
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| • Daily Schedule: Thursday, March 7 |
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| • Daily Schedule: Friday, March 8 |
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| • Daily Schedule: Saturday, March 9 |
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| • Daily Schedule: Sunday, March 10 |
Art Educator Links
• Resources from Past Conventions
• National Convention-Location & Themes-1948-2013
• National Convention-Program Coordinators-1951-2013
FUTURE CONVENTION DATES/SITES:
March 26 - 29, 2015
New Orleans, LA
2013 Seth Freeman Photography