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You can enjoy a full day of artmaking and discussion with your district art team. Districts have access to special team pricing, meaning you won’t have to pay out of pocket.
Attending in-person conferences can be an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be difficult, expensive, and time-consuming. The NOW Conference was designed for working parents and busy art teachers. You get all the benefits of a traditional conference, without leaving the comfort of home.
| Benefits | Traditional Conference | NOW Conference |
|---|---|---|
| High-quality presentations and keynote speeches | ||
| Giveaways, drawings, door prizes | ||
| Interact/engage with art educators from around the world | ||
| Swag Box with coupons and other freebies | ||
| Big name presenters and art ed personalities you already love | ||
| Watch on-demand for an entire year | ||
| Exclusive access to rich materials, handouts, downloads | ||
| 100% AOEU curated content - no fluff and no amateur presentations | ||
| Attend from the comfort of home | ||
| No dining expenses | ||
| No lodging expenses | ||
| No travel expenses |
Check out our presenters! Remember to check back regularly for additions to the lineup.
Jerald Robinson is the art teacher at Tapp Middle School in Cobb County, GA. He is in his 16th year of teaching, his seventh year at Tapp, and his third year in the art position. Formerly, he was a special education teacher. Robinson hopes to inspire others and spread love through his art.
We are all facing a challenging teaching situation this year, but those challenges can be exacerbated if students don’t have the supplies they need. In this presentation, Jerald will reveal how he engages students with minimal supplies.
Jenn Russell welcomes students into her art room at Hebron High School with an impressive array of visual stimulation and color. She loves popsicle stick jokes, chocolate, tchotchkes, and color (did we mention that?). When she has time, you can find her reading a good book, dabbling with pencils, or photographing the great outdoors of Texas.
Whether seeing your students online or in-person, it is important that you create a welcoming environment for them to thrive. In this presentation, Jenn will share her tried-and-true methods for welcoming students into the classroom and setting them up for success.
For over a decade, Lindsey Moss has worked her dream job of being an elementary art teacher in Yorkville, Illinois. She enjoys art history and finding creative artistic solutions to educational challenges. Moss believes that art class is the place where students can learn to be creative problem-solvers in a technology-saturated world.
After numerous changes this school year, countless teachers are finding themselves teaching from a cart. That change brings a whole new set of challenges. In this presentation, Lindsey will share practical methods for teaching from a cart and other epiphanies she’s had about how to be successful, no matter your teaching situation.
Janani is an art educator for both a high school and a youth community arts center in Chicago. Her teaching provides students with the resources they need to think and create critically to respond to their environment through drawing, painting, sculpture, and graphic design.
One of the biggest challenges for art students is visually expressing the ideas in their heads. In this presentation, Janani will discuss how she guides students through the entire creative process, helping them understand how to further develop their creativity and translate it into successful work.
The NOW Conference is sponsored by some truly amazing art ed companies. Companies that care about helping art teachers and their students get the best results possible. Please select a sponsor to visit their site and learn more about all they do for art educators everywhere.
Sponsors added regularly. Become one!
Enjoy a hands-on presentation every hour throughout the conference. That’s right! Artmaking. Every. Single. Hour.
Attendees receive a Guide to Artmaking prior to the event, so you can be ready to create and share your artwork in the exclusive attendee Facebook group.
What if something comes up and you can’t watch live? NO WORRIES!
The conference After Pass (free with your registration) gives you access to every presentation and every download for a full year after the event has concluded! It also includes:
Register today to secure yours!
Imagine receiving a box in the mail bursting with awesome art products, free samples, and test materials to try in your art room. Jackpot!
The first 2,000 conference registrants will receive a swag box in the mail prior to the event.
We have a December 15th registration deadline for you to receive a swag box!
If you need your administrator’s approval to attend on your own, all you need to do is download this letter of support. Your odds of approval improve if you involve your team. When seeking approval, let your administrator know your entire art team can attend together.
Attend the conference, and you’ll receive an official signed certificate of participation documenting 8 hours of professional development. You can present this certificate to your school* to earn PD points or PD hours.
*Always check with your school to ensure compatibility.
*Research your state’s PD requirements.
If you have a computer and an email address — and you know how to browse the internet — you already have all you need to attend this incredible event! Once you register, we’ll email you all the information and invitation links you need to access the conference.
1. Register and Pay
2. Event Details Arrive Via Email
3. Attend & Interact
4. Download PD Certificate
5. Join Us Live or Watch On-Demand for an Entire Year
Your career is worth it, your students are worth it, and you are worth it! This is the super-affordable professional learning experience every art teacher deserves. Best of all, if for any reason you don’t enjoy or get value out of the conference, we’ll refund 100% of your purchase, no questions asked.
