2026 GAEA Fall Conference

Where Do We Go From Here? 1:00pm - 2:50pm

Making Our Mark: Building Community Through Verticall... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Get Wild with Mixed Media 1:00pm - 2:50pm

Mind Over Mandala: A Mindful Approach to Artmaking 1:00pm - 2:50pm

Depth Perception 3:00pm - 4:50pm

Owning the Art Show: How to Conduct a Student-Lead Ar... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Picture This! Photography for Kids 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Murals & Lettering for the Classroom 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Connecting the Dots: From Portfolio to Pathway in Vis... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Paste to Possibility: Paper Mâché That Builds Big Ide... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

From Marks to Monsters: Turning Child Art into Community-Connecting Plushies 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Connect through Visual Thinking Strategies 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Together We Create: Schoolwide & Communitywide Art wi... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Art Teacher as Game Designer: Designing Lessons for C... 9:00am - 9:50am

Pocket Pals: A Collaborative SEL Experience 11:00am - 11:50am

Classroom as Studio as Lab: How Are Artists Like Scie... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Clay Maracas: Creative Connections 3:00pm - 4:50pm

Your Community, Your Story: Bringing Youth Art Month to Life! 9:00am - 10:30am

Art Is Education: Why Art Belongs at the Center of Ev... 3:00pm - 3:50pm

From Classroom to Community: Collaborative Fine Arts... 4:00pm - 4:50pm

The Art of ACEOS 9:00am - 10:50am

Open a Book and Inspire a Masterpiece 11:00am - 11:50am

Mentoring Matters! Service Learning Lessons shared by Retired-ISH Art Educators 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Is This the Truth? Artmaking, Critical Media Literacy... 4:00pm - 4:50pm

“Illuminate Your Art: A Paper Circuits Workshop” 9:00am - 10:50am

"Teacher, What Do I Do? And Where do I find..." Organ... 4:00pm - 4:50pm

From Mark to Message: Amplifying Student Voice with Nick Cave's Sound Suits 3:00pm - 4:50pm

Young Artists, Big Impact: Launching a National Eleme... 9:00am - 9:50am

Felted Fibers: Low Relief Landscapes 2:00pm - 3:50pm

PBL and Community projects: Identification and action 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Make Your Mark: Artsonia as a Platform for Creative‑ish Freedom and Process‑Driven Learning 9:00am - 10:50am

The Dot Man - George Andrews 2:00pm - 2:50pm

The Beauty of Distress 3:00pm - 4:50pm

Handle with Curiosity: Museums and Object-Based Learn... 11:00am - 11:50am

Sprig Molds 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Productive Disruption: Transforming Studio Chaos into... 4:00pm - 4:50pm

The Art of the Ask 9:00am - 9:50am

Creating Effective Molding Clay Sculptures: The hand sculpture, Modeling 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Between Expression and Impact: Navigating Controversy... 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Freeform Crochet 10:00am - 11:50am

ArtEffect: Unsung Heroes Who Made Their Mark 9:00am - 9:50am

“Dot, Dot, MAKE A Lot” 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Creativity is Courage: How to do the Scary Thing 3:00pm - 3:50pm

School Murals and Professional Opportunities 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Embroidery Embellished Portraits 9:00am - 10:50am

Make Your Mark: Stitching Stories of Belonging Throug... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

The Unexpected Community Built Through YarN 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Breakfast: Georgia's State of the Arts and Helen Fleming Stone A... 8:00am - 9:00am

Surface Design on Fabric 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Coloring Inside the County Lines and Outside Too! 9:00am - 9:50am

Teaching Students to Sit With Uncertainty: Developing... 10:00am - 10:50am

Making a Mark Through Art: Empowering Learners, Families, and Educators Through Creative SEL 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Community Quilting- Teaching Students How to Sew 9:00am - 10:50am

Making a Mark: From Stonehenge to Carhenge 9:00am - 10:50am

Let's ROLL! Sushi Sculptures! 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Getting to the Point: Drypoint Etching and Fine Art M... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Making Creative Marks: Quick Challenges that Build Co... 9:00am - 9:50am

The Crest Is Yet to Come: Visualizing Values, Family,... 10:00am - 10:50am

Watch it Bloom! Exploring Watercolor Reactions Through STEAM 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Dream Big, Paint Bigger: Creating a Community Mural w... 10:00am - 10:50am

Playing in Pulp: Make a Messy Mark & See Where the Paper Takes You! 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Make Good Choices! Designing and implementing procedu... 9:00am - 9:50am

Your Mark on the Planet: Teaching Ecology in Art Clas... 10:00am - 10:50am

KaleidoNames: Exploring Balance and Color 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Threaded Moments: A Mindful Collage Workshop for Educators 9:00am - 10:50am

“Stitching Stories: Literacy and Japanese Bookbinding... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Style-ish Barn Quilts 9:00am - 10:50am

99 Problems, but Makin’ Marks Ain’t One 2:00pm - 3:50pm

Altering the sketchbook 9:00am - 10:50am