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National Art Education Association
Jennifer Kim Sohn
Founded in 1947, the National Art Education Association (NAEA) is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts, design, and media arts education professionals.
Mission
NAEA champions creative growth and innovation by equitably advancing the tools and resources for a high-quality visual arts, design, and media arts education throughout diverse populations and communities of practice.
Why Join NAEA?
NAEA is dedicated to providing educators with connectivity, resources, and opportunities to enrich classrooms, careers, and inspire creativity. Members are connected to a worldwide network of like-minded artists and educators representing K–12 visual arts, design, and media arts educators; administrators; college and university professors; preservice students; researchers and scholars; museum educators; teaching artists; and more. Not yet a member? We invite you to lend your unique vision to your vibrant professional community while taking advantage of all that a NAEA membership has to offer.
I like that I can share ideas as well as ask questions or express my concerns. This is my second year as a member, and I realize that I have been missing out on so much!
—Veronda Jones, NAEA Member
Member Benefits
Connectivity: Connect, virtually and in person, to thousands of visual arts educators who are actively engaged in visual arts, teaching, and learning.
NAEA Collaborate: Have a question ranging from classroom management to research? You have an online network of thousands of visual arts educators to collaborate with at your fingertips—anytime, anywhere.
Online Professional Learning: Choose from a growing number of live and archived webinars, sessions, workshops, and more to create your ideal experience. Earn professional learning or even university credit via this online space. This is a $588 value and free to NAEA members.
NAEA connects, inspires, and educates.
—Kris Stanec, NAEA Member
Online Professional Learning: Choose from a growing number of live and archived webinars, sessions, workshops, and more to create your ideal experience. Earn professional learning or even university credit via this online space. This is a $588 value and free to NAEA members.
Subscriptions: Members receive a free subscription to Art Education, the premier professional journal for art educators, which includes timely articles, instructional resources, and more. You’ll also get access to NAEA News.
NAEA National Convention: Members receive exclusive discounts on NAEA National Convention registration, and can submit presentation proposals.
I joined NAEA when I was still in graduate school, and it is truly an organization that has been an asset at every step of my career.
—Kaci Norman, NAEA Member
Leadership: There are so many leadership opportunities for NAEA members! Be elected to serve on state and local Boards of Directors, apply to attend the School for Art Leaders, and more!
Gain National Recognition: The NAEA Awards Program recognizes outstanding art educators in each state, regionally, nationally, and by teaching level.
National Art Education Foundation Grants: NAEA members of one year or longer qualify to apply for grants from the National Art Education Foundation (NAEF).
Find out more about these benefits, opportunities, and more by visiting arteducators.org.
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