Interest Groups

Advocates for learners with diverse needs, as well as the K-12 art teachers, museum and community arts educators, and special education instructors who work with them.

Exchanges knowledge and ideas related to new media technologies in artmaking, art teaching, and art education research.

Promotes art education research and practice related to Asian art, cultures, artists, and philosophies in global and cross-cultural learning.

Promotes the use of theoretical concepts from social sciences to study visual culture and art teaching, and advocates for socially relevant art teaching.

Studies the relationship between spirituality and artmaking, spiritual aspects of art across cultures and historical eras, and encourages research on visual arts as an approach to healing.

A network for art educators who teach choice-based or learner-directed art education, as well as those interested in a choice-based approach in their classrooms.

Works to advance art education as an advocate of equity for women and other marginalized peoples, and advocates for the concerns of women art educators and artists.

Encourages, strengthens, and promotes the role of visual arts in education and as a conduit to greater understanding of cultural diversity.

A network of community arts practitioners, artists, educators, students, and researchers.

Advocates for use of data visualization in art education across K-12 and higher education.

Supports art and design educators, teaching artists, and other leaders in teaching design thinking.

Promotes awareness, practice, research, and policy to support the identification and development of artistic potential and talent in students of all ages and backgrounds.

A network of art educators interested in disability studies as an interdisciplinary art education field, and an advocate for respect for disabled peoples as cultural groups.

A network of art educators teaching learners ages 0 to 8.

Advocates for ecological and environmental pedagogies in art education, and advances NAEA members’ scholarship in this area.

A platform and network for NAEA members interested in fiber arts, providing professional development and a space to share ideas and experiences in teaching fiber arts.

Explores the history and historiography of art education from national, international, and comparative perspectives, seeking to provide a community of inquiry and inclusiveness addressing a wide range of topics.

A network of art educators working in independent schools within each state and nationwide.

Advocates for quality art education programs for all ages, studying topics such as arts and aging.

Advocates LGBTQ+ issues within the art education field to foster safer spaces for all people in our schools and society.

A network of state department of education leaders that identifies and promotes art education curricula, programs, and policies.

A network providing exchange of ideas about research and inquiry in the arts administration field.

A network of art educators who have retired and seek to remain active in the art education profession; additionally supports and mentors NAEA student members.

A network providing exchange of ideas about research and inquiry in the art education field.

A network of art educators committed to the field and to sharing inclusive, respectful perspectives from a variety of cultures through art education.