Our future is brighter together!
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) is the premier professional organization for visual arts, design, and media arts educators. Connect to thousands of art educators worldwide while accessing thoughtfully curated benefits, resources, and opportunities. We are here to support you! We’re YOUR vibrant professional community!
Become an NAEA member! Join Now!
Connectivity to Your State Art Education Association
If you live in one of the states listed below, then your NAEA membership also includes membership to your state art education association and all of the benefits your state association has to offer. Available in AK, AL, APO, AR, AZ, CA CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.
NAEA National Convention
Members receive maximum discounts on NAEA National Convention registration. Don’t miss the largest annual gathering of visual arts educators in the world!
Online Professional Learning
Professional learning is at your fingertips with the NAEA Professional Learning Studio. Engage in live and archived experiences and earn professional learning and even university credit. NAEA works with experts in the field to offer insight and inspiration on timely topics and literally hundreds of hours of practical content for visual arts, design, and media arts educators. Access to the monthly webinar series alone is a $588 value, but it’s FREE for members.
Subscriptions
Receive print and digital subscriptions to Art Education, the premier professional journal for art educators. You’ll also get digital access to NAEA News keeping you in touch with what is happening now in art education.
Visual Arts Education Advocacy
In 2024, NAEA is undertaking new advocacy initiatives, including partnering with arts education organizations to have a seat at the table on Capitol Hill to influence legislation in support of our members and learners. As an NAEA member, you have access to the latest visual arts education advocacy information, tools, and can share your voice as we move forward.
National Art Education Foundation Grants
NAEA members qualify to apply for grants from the National Art Education Foundation (NAEF). Since its inception in 1985, NAEF has supported hundreds of projects ranging from professional learning to research.
Leadership Experience
NAEA is created by members for members and offers opportunities for emerging and seasoned leaders to grow, make career-changing connections, gain valuable experience, and shape the organization and the field. There’s room for everyone to share, learn, and grow as an arts leader.
National Recognition
The NAEA Awards Program recognizes more than 100 outstanding art educators yearly on state, regional, and national levels. This program is exclusively for NAEA members and helps showcase the important work being carried out by visual arts, design, and media arts educators nationally.
Insurance Discounts
Professional liability, life, auto, home, health, dental, vision, long-term care, and more! As an NAEA member you’ll have access to exclusive insurance discounts through Forrest T. Jones & Company.
National Art Honor Society
Sponsoring a chapter of the National Art Honor Societies can be rewarding for you and your middle or high school students while magnifying the innovation, skills, and scholarship your visual arts program brings to your school and community. Connect your outstanding learners to the more than 50,000 student members and opportunities for scholarships, exhibits, publication, and more!
Interest Groups
Connect with like-minded colleagues and increase your impact on visual arts education! As an NAEA member, you can join any of the 20+ Interest Groups.
NAEA Collaborate
NAEA Collaborate is our online community available only for members. Have a question ranging from classroom management to research? Want to share an idea or gain some inspiration? You have a network of thousands of visual arts educators—anytime, anywhere—at your fingertips.
Exhibit Your Artwork (and your Students' Artwork) Nationally
We are educators and ARTISTS! Each year, NAEA holds a juried member exhibit, as well as a juried exhibit for National Art Honor Societies students.
