State & Regional Conferences

Stay connected to your state and regional colleagues! Find your state or regional conference below.

DELAWARE
September 13, 2016: Delaware State Conference. More info to follow!
Website: www.daea.weebly.com

FLORIDA
October 6-9, 2016: 2016 FAEA Conference: 1…2…3D: Art in Real Dimensions. Naples Grande Beach Resort, Naples. Join hundreds of art educators, administrators, and collegiate students from around Florida for a premiere professional development conference.
Exhibitor Set-Up: October 6, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (subject to change)
Exhibit Hours: Friday, October 7, 2015, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 2:15 PM - 4:30 PM; Saturday, October 8, 2015, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM (subject to change). Exhibitor Teardown: October 8, after 1:00 PM
Website: www.faea.org/InnerPage.aspx?id=4

GEORGIA
April 2016 (TBD): Spring Conference - “Camp GAEA”, Lake Blackshear Resort, Cordell, GA
Website: www.gaea-artforall.org

ILLINOIS
November 3-5, 2016: The 68th Illinois Art Education Association Professional Learning Conference, “Redefining Extraordinary”; Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Normal, IL
Exhibit Hours: Friday, November 4, 8:00am-11:45am, 1:00pm-5:00pm Saturday, November 5, 8:00am-11:45am
Contact: Conference Co-Chairs: Eryn Blaser, Jen Baker, and Melissa Righter, conference@ilaea.org
Website: www.ilaea.org

LOUISIANA
September 23-24, 2016: All Aboard, Art On the Right Track, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Exhibit Hours: Saturday, September 24, 2016
Contact: Denise Tullier-Holly, dtholly52@gmail.com
Website: www.Laarteducators.org

MISSISSIPPI
November 10-12, 2016: MAEA Fall Conference, Tougaloo College and the Mississippi Museum of Art. Featured artist-William Dunlap.
Contact: Stephanie Busbea, busbea@mc.edu
Website: www.msarted.org/#!conferences

NEBRASKA
September 30-October 1, 2016: NATA Fall Conference, “Connections By Design”, McCook, NE, Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Shelton, Artist Presentation and Educator Workshops
Exhibitor Set-Up: September 29, 3:00pm
Exhibitor Hours: September 30, 8:00am-October 1, 5:00pm
Exhibitor Teardown: October 1, 5:00pm
Contact: Conference Chair, Deb Goodenberger, dgoodenberger@mccookbison.org
Website: www.nebraskaarteducators.org/2016-fall-conference.html

NEW MEXICO
November 4-6, 2016: New Mexico’s Fall NMAEA Conference - Theme: Innovate, Integrate, Motivate, The Lodge, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contact: jfurman@risd.k12.nm.us
Website: www.newmexicoarteducators.org

OHIO
November 3-5, 2016: Ohio Art Education Association, Greater Cincinnati (Covington, Kentucky Convention Center)
Contact: Kurt Reichert, State Conference Coordinator, conferencecoor@ohioarted.com
Website: www.oaea.org

OREGON
October 14-15, 2016: The OAEA is Our Community, Oregon Art Education Association Conference, Wilsonville High School, Wilsonville, Oregon. Keynote Speaker: Jessica Martin, Executive Producer, Oregon Public Television’s Oregon Art Beat
Contact: Conference Chair, Liliana Greenberg,
socialoaea@gmail.com
Website: www.oregonarted.org

PENNSYLVANIA
October 6-9, 2016 (First Friday weekend): “Make It Happen”, Philadelphia, PA Contact: Conference Administrator: lesliegatespaea@gmail.com
Website: www.paeaconference.org

SOUTH DAKOTA
October 7-8, 2016: South Dakota State Art Conference, Brandon, South Dakota Exhibitor Set-up: TBD
Exhibitor Hours: TBD
Teardown: TBD
Contact: Marcia Shannon, Convention Coordinator, marcia.shannon@k12.sd.us Website: http://sdaeak12.weebly.com

TEXAS
November 17-19, 2016: Texas Art Education Association Conference, Hilton Anatole Hotel, 2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207, 214 748 1200. View Exhibit Packet
Contact: Ricia Kerber, rkerber59@comcast.net (Exhibits Chair) or Suzanne Greene, suzy.greene@taea.org (if needed)
Website: www.taea.org/TAEA/conference.asp

UTAH
February 25-27, 2016: UAEA Art in the Sun Conference: Art Education Matters, Pineview High School, St. George, UT
Exhibitor Set-up: Friday, February 26, 8 am
Exhibitor Hours: Friday, February 26, 9 am-5 pm; Saturday, February 27, 8 am-3 pm
Teardown: Saturday, February 27, 3 pm
Contact: JoAnn Memmott, joann.memmott@wasatch.edu, and Joe Mellen, joe.mellen@wasatch.edu
Website: www.uaea-arted.org

WASHINGTON
October 14-16, 2016: WAEA Fall Conference: ARTastic: Creativity is Core, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
Exhibitor Set-Up: TBD. Contact Tracy Fortune at advertising@waea.net
Exhibit Hours: October 15, 10 am - 5 pm
Exhibitor Teardown: TBD
Contact: Cynthia Gaub, cgaub@everettsd.org or 253-232-6946
Website: waea.net

WYOMING
February 27-28, 2016: Wyoming Art Education Association Spring Conference: Connect, Collaborate, & Network. Join us as we will have awesome presentations, hands-on workshops, PTSB credit, graduate credit is being pursued through UW and Adams State University, vendors, giveaways and so much more! Tentatively located at Triumph HS in Cheyenne, WY.
Exhibitor Set-Up: Feb. 26, 2016, 8:30 - 10 pm and/or Feb. 27, 2016, 6 - 8 am
Exhibit Hours: Feb. 27, 2016, 8 am - 5 pm, Feb. 28, 2016, 8 am - 12 pm
Exhibitor Teardown: Feb. 28, 2016, 12 - 2 pm
Contact: Abi Paytoe Gbayee, abi@wyarted.org, 307.760.6204
Website: www.wyarted.org

For additional conference information, please visit our
state affiliates websites. To submit a conference listing, please email webmaster@arteducators.org.

• Western, June 21-24, 2017, Chicago, IL
• Eastern, July 6-9, 2017 (July 6 being a pre conference museum day in DC) and then July 7-9, 2017 in Baltimore, MD
• Southeastern, July 13-15, 2017, Atlanta, GA
• Pacific, August 1-3, 2017, San Diego, CA

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