Fall Conference 2023
Lincoln, NE
October 13th, 14th
Friday, October 13th
Conference Day Programming & Awards Banquet
Innovation Campus, UNL
Tri-Chairs
Lindsay Hueftle, Brooke Lienemann, & Melissa Sellers
Saturday, October 14th
Conference Day Programming
Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, UNL
NATA Art Educator Exhibit Closing Reception Lux Center for the Arts
NATA Art Educator Exhibit
September 23rd- October 14th, 2023 Lux Center for the Arts
A huge shout out to all who joined us in Lincoln last for the 2023 fall conference. From attendees to presenters, to our keynotes and sponsors, as well as our amazing committee, we can not thank each of you for coming together to network, learn, and celebrate!
We also send our gratitude to the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Humanities Council for their support through the grant given to NATA to help with our keynote expenses. The support of these two arts organizations is felt and appreciated.
There is more to come! Watch for more photos celebrating the 2023 fall conference. If you have photos to share, please upload them in this folder: https://drive.google.com/.../1zXRIz4VxwsQFK1T8ckyZaXdtA94....
If you have a location that NATA should consider for the 2024 NATA Fall Conference, please contact natapresidentelect@gmail.com. We would love to bring our conference to YOUR town!
Registration
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, PAID WORKSHOPS, AND BANQUET TICKET PAYMENT
NATA will invoice you or your school/district for payment. Payment accepted will be by check or credit card. Please look for an email from NATA Treasurer Laura Huntimer (natatreasurer@gmail.com) within a week of your submission. You will NOT receive a confirmation after registering. Your payment receipt is your confirmation to attend the conference.
CONFERENCE FEE SCHEDULE
Early Bird Registration (through September 15)
Attending both days:
NATA Active Professional Member - $125
NATA Pre-Service Member - $50
NATA Emeritus Member - $100
Not Yet a Member - $210
Registration September 16–October 6 (after October 6, you will have to register on-site)
Attending both days:
NATA Active Professional Member - $140
NATA Pre-Service Member - $65
NATA Emeritus Member - $115
Not Yet a Member - $225
One Day Passes, now through October 6 (after October 6, you will have to register on-site)
NATA Member Friday - $75
NATA Member Saturday - $75
Not Yet a Member Friday - $125
Not Yet a Member Saturday - $125
Not Yet a Member? If you become a NATA/NAEA member for $85 now, your early bird rate is $125 versus $210. In addition, your membership provides many benefits including reduced amounts for conferences/conventions, low or no fees for student and educator exhibits, complimentary webinars provided by NAEA, and many other benefits. You may join at: https://www.arteducators.org/promo/join
AWARDS BANQUET TICKETS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR CONFERENCE FEE REGISTRATION
If desired, you will reserve your banquet ticket on this form at a cost of $25/ticket. Additional banquet tickets for guests may be reserved here:
https://forms.gle/qSqo2JZuJMpNLFFa9
If you are an award recipient, you receive a complimentary award banquet ticket.
Tickets must be reserved by October 6.
Keynote Speakers
Anne Thulson
Anne Thulson taught Contemporary Art practices for 20 years at a K-8 Denver public school and her summer camp, School of the Poetic City. As a Professor in Art Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver, she teaches pre- service teachers in contemporary art education. Her recent publications include Teaching Contemporary Art to Young People: Themes in Art for K-12 Classrooms, Teacher's College Press (2021) and What Happens at the Intersection of Conceptual Art & Teaching? Amsterdam University of the Arts Press, (2023). She also makes art through traditional and post-studio methods and works daily to become an anti- racist/anti-biased teacher.
Friday Keynote
Jorge Lucero
Artist Jorge Lucero currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Fine and Applied Arts and as Associate Professor of Art Education in the School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Formerly a Chicago Public School teacher, Lucero’s lifelong testing of school’s materiality happens as visible and invisible artworks, writing, and teaching. Recently, he co-edited (with Catalina Hernandez-Cabal) the book What Happens at the Intersection of Conceptual Art & Teaching? published by the Amsterdam University of the Arts and he’s currently finishing the manuscript for a forty-interview compendium called Alongside Teacher: Conversations about What, Where, and Who Artists Learn with. In 2023 Lucero had major exhibitions at The University of Tennessee, the Center for Visual Art in Denver, and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Also in 2023, he was named the National Art Education Association’s Higher Ed Educator of the Year.
Saturday Keynote
NATA Art Educator Show
LUX Center for the Arts
September 23rd - October 14th
Notification of inclusion in the exhibition will be sent via email by August 7, 2023.
Accepted artwork will need to be delivered to the LUX Center for the Arts at 2601 N 48th St, Lincoln, NE 68504 by September 15, 2023.
Follow this link for complete list of rules.
Meet the Juror!
Sophie Isaak was born in Boston, MA. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in English and Studio Art, Isaak went on to receive an MA and MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa. Bound to intense colors, awkward and surprising forms and idiosyncratic compositions, Isaak utilizes printmaking, drawing and painting techniques to create complex compositions. Her work has been displayed nationally in several solo and juried exhibitions. Recently Isaak has exhibited at Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, NY, Collar Works in Troy, NY, the Four Rivers Print Biennial in Carbondale, IL and Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN. . Isaak serves as the President of the Mid America Print Council, an educational and community-based organization that focuses on all print related arts. She has taught printmaking at Skidmore College, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lesley University and Oberlin College. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the UNL.
Lodging
Complimentary shuttle service to and from the conference venues 7am-10pm
Awards Ceremony Banquet
We are excited to celebrate our 2023 NATA awardees on Friday, October 13th!
2023 Awardees
Art Educator of the Year Sharon Carr
Elementary Art Educator of the Year Kameran Dostal
K-12 Art Educator of the Year Scott Schwarz
Secondary Art Educator of the Year Chelsea Zuege
Marvin Spomer Novice Art Educator of the Year Melissa Sellers
Frances Thurber Pre-Service Student of the Year Ashley Woosley
Roscoe Shields Service Award Carolyn Albracht
Prism Award International Quilt Museum Staff and Docents
Full Banquet Info
VENUE
UNL Innovation Campus
The banquet will be taking place in the Banquet Hall on the 2nd floor of the building. Enter through the doors titled "Conference
Center", then go up the stairs to the banquet hall.
PARKING
If you are staying at the Graduate Hotel, you can leave your parked car in their parking garage and use their shuttle service to get dropped off and picked up. To do this, talk with the front desk and request a shuttle telling them you are with the NATA Fall Conference and you need a shuttle for pick up.
Anyone not staying at the hotel will be able to park in the Graduate Hotel parking garage for the cost of $5. To do this, park in their garage and then bring your parking ticket to get validated at the front desk for $5 parking. You can pay at the front desk for this and then, when you leave the garage you just slip the ticket in the reader at the exit and the gate will open.
When you are ready to leave the banquet, call the Graduate Hotel front
desk ((402) 475-4011) and request a return shuttle
Dress Code
Wear what you feel most comfortable in.
As it is an awards banquet,many guests will wear business casual and cocktail dress.
Banquet Menu
Catered by Venue
Chicken Bruschetta (gf)
Beef Burgundy (gf)
Herb Roasted Potatoes
Tri Colored Carrots
Garden Salad
Dinner Rolls
Assorted Bite Size Cheesecakes
*Cash Bar
If you choose to purchase drinks the bar will accept cash and card.
We also have a signature drink for this special occasion called The "Klimt" made with vodka, pineapple juice, and edible gold glitter!
There will be a variety of soda and other drinks to choose from if you wish.
Schedule
5:30pm- 6:15pm Social/Cash bar and Silent Auction
6:15pm- 7:00pm Banquet Service
7:00pm-9:00pm Awards Ceremony (break and close auction @ 8:30)
9:00pm- End of Banquet/Auction payments*
*we will accept cash and check ONLY for silent auction purchases
Award Nominations!
Put your thinking cap on and prepare to nominate those outstanding leaders and educators that make art education great in our state!
Executive Board Nominations
This is the year!
At fall conference held in Lincoln, NE, we will be accepting nominations for the executive board. These positions include President Elect, Treasurer, Secretary.
The Venues
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Innovation Campus
2021 Transformation Dr, Lincoln, NE 68508
Join us on Friday, October 13th at
Innovation Campus with our keynote, Anne
Thulson, for a full day of breakout sessions,
workshops, awards banquet, networking,
and FUN! This location has The Mill Coffee
and Tea for our coffee shop lovers, and
BONUS if you book a stay with our block at
the Graduate Hotel, you will receive
complimentary shuttle service to and from
Innovation campus for Friday! -
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Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall
840 N 14th St, Lincoln, NE 68588
On Saturday, October 14th, we are excited
to spend our time at the newly built
Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall! Here we will
enjoy more time together learning and
connecting through keynote featuring
Jorge Lucero, breakout sessions, and
workshops! To end this art-tastic
conference, head. to the Lux Center For
the Arts for our art educator show
reception! -
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Lux Center for the Arts
2601 N 48th St, Lincoln, NE 68504
Join us at the Lux Center Saturday night as we wrap up a wonderful conference with the closing of the Art Educator Show and Awards.
The LUX Center for the Arts makes art happen in Lincoln. In our classrooms, youth and adults discover the joys of pottery, printmaking, painting, jewelry, drawing and more. Throughout the year our Outreach Program takes art classes to at-risk youth, low-income schools, cancer patients and others that benefit from having a first-hand art experience. The LUX galleries and shop represent the highest caliber work of local, regional, and national artists, exhibited in more than 18 shows annually.
Please direct all inquiries and questions to conference Tri-chairs: Lindsay Hueftle, Brooke Lienemann, and Melissa Sellers at: natafallconferencechair@gmail.com