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9:00am EST

Keynote: Jarrett J. Krosocza Bank Building Basement 'The Underground'Jarrett J. Krosoczka

10:00am EST

Meet Up / Studio Space - Open Throughout the Conference Hardie Building Room: 2nd floor Library

10:15am EST

Practically speaking: Let’s talk practical strategies for the practical practitioner in the inclusive art room Bank Building Room #B225Christopher Hall Tips and Tricks for Working with an Art Cart Bank Building Room #B216Simone Kivett Can Art Programs be Hearths, Kindling a Love of People, Planet, and Learning? Hardie Building Room #H302Edith Pucci Couchman Exploring Local Resources: Meeting Students’ Needs by Making Community Connections Hardie Building Room #H101Jane McKeag Art Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Urban Youth and Community Arts Collaboration through Non-Traditional Pathways to Creative Development Hardie Building Room #H204Katy Farrar Sullivan • Ivy Davis The Voice Within: Ekphrasis as a Sense Making Tool Hardie Building / Main Library / First FloorMarcia Nadeau Teaching for Artistic Behavior: Sharing Perspectives of Pedagogical Possibilities Hardie Building Room #H303Jaimee Taborda • Peter Curran • Janna Silvia • Cari DiCicco • Dyango Chavez Cutino • Jennifer Ferrari Altering Books to Tell Your Story Hardie Building Room #H203Sharon Santillo What the Fluff! Hand-Stitched Fiber Arts Sculptures Hardie Building Room #H202Margaurita Spear

11:15am EST

Art Show Magic Hardie Building Room #H302Laura Petrovich-Cheney Tips and Tricks from a Decade in the K-5 Studio Classroom Hardie Building Room #H101Amy Hussey Ambiguous Archives: Navigating DEI and Decolonization - From Classroom to Community Engagement Bank Building Room #B225Boram Kim

12:15pm EST

Elementary Cohort Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H303 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H302 Green Art/Environmentally Conscious Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H202 Hear about the Japan Summer Program for Teachers Hardie Building Room #H101Michela Davola High School Cohort / YAM (Youth Art Month) Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H104 Independent/Private Schools Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H203 Middle Level & K-8 Cohort Lunch Alike Hardie Building / Main Library / First Floor Museum and Community Arts Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H204 Teaching for Artistic Behavior Lunch Alike Hardie Building Room #H302

1:20pm EST

Maintaining your own Creative Practice as an Artist While Teaching Bank Building Room #B216Patricia Morchel NAHS Success: From Start-Up to Standout Hardie Building / Main Library / First FloorCaddy Cicogna Classroom Management that Works! Hardie Building Room #H204Elizabeth Neto Having an afterschool LGBTQIA+ Art Club is essential! Hardie Building Room #H302Laura Evonne Steinman The Integrated Creative Mindset Hardie Building Room #H101Audra Keefe • Rachael Longo Art, Design, and Whole Book Approach Storytime Hardie Building Room #H303Courtney Waring Opening Minds Through Art: Abstraction in Community and Classroom Settings Hardie Building Room #H202Siobhan McDonald The Dreaded Coiled Pot Hardie Building Room #H203Corine Adams

2:45pm EST

Coding in the Art Room Hardie Building Room #H202Catie Nasser Doodletag: A Joyous Community Building Sketch Activity Hardie Building Room #H203Brian Reddy Montserrat College of Art Digital Fabrication Room 301 Tour Bank Building Basement 'The Underground'

3:30pm EST

TASK Party at Underground Bank Building Basement 'The Underground'Amy Hussey • Cari DiCicco

8:45am EST

Off Site Studio: Paper Making in the Art Lab @ Boston Children's Musuem Boston Children's MuseumSage Brousseau

9:00am EST

Keynote: Melissa Leaym-Fernandez Bank Building Basement 'The Underground'Melissa Leaym-Fernandez

10:15am EST

Can You Teach About Hope Through Fashion? Hardie Building / Main Library / First FloorAlison Safford Amazing Analog Animations Hardie Building Room #H302Catie Nasser Building Community: A Special Education & 3D Printing Collaboration Bank Building Room #B216Jessica Lazarus Meeting Diverse Needs: Using DEI Principles in Lesson Content, and Classroom Management Hardie Building Room #H303Christopher Spinozzi Student-Centered Active Learning Approaches for Teaching Art History Bank Building Room #B225Patricia Morchel Cohorts in the Classroom Hardie Building Room #H204Peter Curran Contemporizing Foundational Skills for the 21st Century Student-Artist Hardie Building Room #H101Richard Kim Using Circle Model of Restorative Justice Bank Building Basement 'The Underground'Laura Evonne Steinman Screen Printing Adaptations Hardie Building Room #H203Eve Avalos

10:45am EST

Puppet Palooza Bank Building Room: GTP Classroom (basement)Amy Hussey

11:15am EST

Self Portraits for Connections and Assessments Hardie Building Room #H302Bridget O’Leary Visual Thinking Strategies Workshop Hardie Building / Main Library / First FloorSiobhan McDonald Mini Workshops with Guest Artists in the Classroom Bank Building Room #B225Corine Adams Teaching Visual Culture Bank Building Room #B216Anne Charron

1:00pm EST

Off Site Visit: NATURE MEETS ART: An Interdisciplinary Adventure Peabody Essex MuseumLela Clawson-Miller • Martine Malengret-Bardosh