GAEA Fall Conference 2022: Full Schedule

Telling Stories
GAEA Professional Learning Fall Conference 2022
October 6-9, 2022
Piedmont University, Demorest, GA
Keynote Speaker: Art Rosenbaum

9:00am EDT

Spirituality, Religion, and Social Identity: A Multicultural Artmaking (20)

Limit 20

This artmaking workshop will immerse participants in the examination of how religious and spiritual identities impact one’s social experiences. Participants, critically engaged with three contemporary artists, will consider how their own spiritual and religious identities affect their social experiences. Supplies will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring any preferred mediums.
Limited to first 20

Speakers

Lauren Copelan

Friday October 7, 2022 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
Graphic Design Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company University of Georgia
Level Middle, Secondary
Subject Media Arts
Area Community, Equity, Diversity, Issues in Art Ed., Media Arts, Inclusion

2:00pm EDT

Cardboard Construction: From Ideation to Completion (20)

Limit 20

Teaching students how to transform their thinking from 2D to 3D in a choice-based unit. The presentation will include a unit outline: introduction, sketches, creating maquettes, basic construction, the importance of textures, painting techniques, and the grading process. This workshop will also allow participants an opportunity to build their own house or practice various parts of the unit.
Limit 20

Speakers

Anne Aurand

Art Teacher

Emme Worthy

Art Teacher

Friday October 7, 2022 2:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Printmaking Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company North Paulding High School
Level Middle, Secondary
Subject Sculpture
Area Design, Mixed media, Sculpture

2:00pm EDT

Stitched Together: Combining Printmaking and Quilting (25)

Limit 25

This presentation will put a new spin on printmaking and collaborative student artworks. In this presentation you will learn how to carve a linocut block to use to print your own quilt square. These squares will then be sewn together to make a quilted wall hanging. Participants will take home their blocks and prints as examples as well as lesson plans, rubrics, quilting guides, and worksheets to support their future lessons.
Limit 25

Speakers

Stephanie Birmingham

Art Teacher, Five Forks Middle School

Printmaking Quilting Professional Development pdf

Printmaking Quilting Lesson pdf

Quilting Example07302020 jpg

Quilt Hand colored example07282020 jpg

Quilt Planner Worksheet docx

Friday October 7, 2022 2:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Handbuilding Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company Five Forks Middle
Level Middle, Secondary
Subject Printmaking

3:00pm EDT

Art+Science=Mad Scientists and Imaginative Artists (25)

Limit 25

The synthesis of art and science is a way of sharpening perception of the natural and cultural world. Come learn about a science and art-based interdisciplinary STEAM unit where students explore concepts like entomology, species, and habitats as well as the artists, Damien Hurst, Christopher Marley and Lucy Arnold. You will create biospheres and receive resources for additional projects such as a New Species Hybrid drawing. No materials required.
Limit 25

Speakers

LaDonna Canup

Art Teacher, Habersham County Schools

Friday October 7, 2022 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Art Education Studio

Workshop, Lecture/Hands-on

Company Clarkesville Elementary
Level Elementary, Middle
Subject STEAM

3:00pm EDT

Screen Printed Band Posters

Limit 20

Create a screen print poster inspired by band posters from the 1960! Squeamish about screen printing? Speedball Speed Screens are the easiest way to get started with photo emulsion stencils.
Limit 25

Speakers

BLICK Art Materials

Friday October 7, 2022 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Art History Room

Workshop, Hands-on

Company Blick Material
Level Middle, Secondary, Museum
Subject Printmaking
Area Screen Printing

9:00am EDT

Expressive Paper Hats (20)

Limit 20

Informed by hat designs from all over the world, participants will create an expressive hat from paper products (cardboard, copy paper, tissue paper, wrapping paper, etc.) to represent, amply, or project some aspect of their personality. Lesson plans, PowerPoint, and rubric will be shared with all participants.
Limit 20

Speakers

Sarah Dixon

Teacher, Duluth High School

I currently teach Vis Arts Comp I & II and Graphics I & II at Duluth High School in Gwinnett County. It's my 17th year in education, and I have taught all grades K-12. In my previous career, I was a muralist and oil painter, and I worked at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art in... Read More →

Saturday October 8, 2022 9:00am - 10:50am EDT
Art Education Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company Duluth High School
Level Secondary, Middle
Area Sculpture

9:00am EDT

Manic Monday: Pushing Exploration, Experimentation, and Revision (40)

Limit 40

This session will focus on one-day ideas for high school students to step away from their long-term projects and push them to explore and experiment with new media and techniques as well as quick one-day ideas to revise previous artworks. The purpose is to give teachers ideas on how to activate their classroom and get students to take risks and think creatively, but without investing long amounts of time.
Limit 40

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Speakers

Julie Denison

Art Teacher/ Kell High School, Cobb County Schools

Saturday October 8, 2022 9:00am - 10:50am EDT
Upstairs- Commons

Workshop, Lecture- Examples/How-to

Level Secondary, Middle
Subject Mixed Media
Area Mixed media

9:00am EDT

What to do with your Old Textbooks...Let's Make Visual JOURNALS! (20)

Limit 20

Bring a few old school textbooks, and together we will play and explore the magic of art! Participants will learn about book binding via a variety of stitching patterns, hole punching techniques and create their own unique book by upcycling old textbooks. Once these books have been constructed, participants will alter the pages to create their own visual journals in which they can explore a variety of prompt-based ideas. Lesson plans, student examples, and happy landfills will be included in this must see workshop!
Limit 20

Speakers

Ivey Coleman

Art Teacher, Lady's Island Middle School

Saturday October 8, 2022 9:00am - 10:50am EDT
Drawing Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company Lady's Island Middle School
Level Middle, secondary
Subject Book Arts
Area Book Arts, Mixed media, Painting, Sculpture

10:00am EDT

The Wonders of Weaving: Middle School Edition

Limit 20

In this hands-on workshop, you will start two weaving projects that middle level students love: hand weaving and geometric plastic canvas designs, AND view examples and lesson plans for several more weaving projects the presenters have actually used in the classroom with 6th-8th grade students. Come discover for yourself the SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) benefits of weaving which naturally lends itself to Social Awareness, Self-Management, and Collaboration.
Limit 20

Speakers

Aimee Burgamy

art teacher, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Annie Park

Art Teacher, North Gwinnett Middle School

Saturday October 8, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Advanced Painting Studio

Workshop

Level Elementary, Middle
Subject Fiber
Area Design, Fibers

2:00pm EDT

Keith Haring Self Portraits an SEL Lesson (24)

Limit 25

This presentation is a collaboration between Art Teacher and Counselor to create a Social Emotional Learning Lesson that focuses on how our students see themselves. Through Keith Haring Style and Mixed Media Drawings, we will explore the self-portrait and how we can express who we are when our artworks do not reflect our image. This will be a hands-on workshop where participants will make their own self-portrait examples and receive lesson ideas, rubrics, presentations, and worksheets to take home.
Limit 24

Speakers

Stephanie Birmingham

Art Teacher, Five Forks Middle School

Social Emotional Learning through Self Portraits pdf

Saturday October 8, 2022 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Advanced Painting Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company Five Forks Middle School
Level Middle
Subject Self-Portaits
Area SEL, Drawing, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Mixed media

3:00pm EDT

From Collage to Painting: The Making of an Abstract Masterpiece

Limit 25

Create an abstract painting based on the shapes, contours, and colors of a magazine collage. Attendants should bring a sketchbook for quick studies, but all other materials will be provided.
Limit 25

Speakers

Lynn Zimora

Art Educator, McClure Health Science High School

Christin Gilbreath

High School Art Teacher, GCPS - Dacula High School

Saturday October 8, 2022 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Handbuilding Studio

Workshop, Hands-on

Company Grayson High School, Dacula High School
Level Secondary, Middle
Area Design, Mixed media, Painting