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  • IAEA Art Club – January

    Zoom

    Creative Curiosity: An Art-Making Experience for Illinois Educators A 2-hour hands-on workshop for Illinois art teachers focused on creative exploration, reflection, and community-building. Participants engage in adaptable mixed-media processes that model inquiry-based, student-centered learning. Aligned with ISBE standards, the session supports diverse learners, strong pedagogy, positive learning environments, collaboration, and professional growth. Welcome and overview, […]

  • Webinar: Sound, Care, and Community – Blair Ebony Smith

    Zoom

    This webinar centers on how sound functions as both a creative material and a form of care within artistic and educational spaces. Drawing from her interdisciplinary practice as a sound artist, educator, and cultural worker. Blair Ebony Smith invites participants to reflect on how listening can shape community, support wellbeing, and expand what counts as […]

  • IAEA Art Club – February

    Zoom

    Creative Curiosity: An Art-Making Experience for Illinois Educators A 2-hour hands-on workshop for Illinois art teachers focused on creative exploration, reflection, and community-building. Participants engage in adaptable mixed-media processes that model inquiry-based, student-centered learning. Aligned with ISBE standards, the session supports diverse learners, strong pedagogy, positive learning environments, collaboration, and professional growth. Welcome and overview, […]

  • DART Conference 2026

    College of Lake County, Grayslake Campus

    Do you teach a digital based curriculum? Do you want to learn about new Adobe techniques, advance your knowledge in the digital field and get some new lesson plan ideas? We are excited to once again, bring you the DART Conference! A one day conference with content geared specifically to digital media teachers. We have […]

  • IAEA Art Club – March

    Zoom

    Creative Curiosity: An Art-Making Experience for Illinois Educators A 2-hour hands-on workshop for Illinois art teachers focused on creative exploration, reflection, and community-building. Participants engage in adaptable mixed-media processes that model inquiry-based, student-centered learning. Aligned with ISBE standards, the session supports diverse learners, strong pedagogy, positive learning environments, collaboration, and professional growth. Welcome and overview, […]

  • Curation Focus: Staging the Northern Regional and Senior Scholarship Art Exhibitions 2026

    Bridgeport Art Center 1200 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    Teachers will work in teams to curate and install artwork for the Northern Regional and Senior Scholarship Art Exhibitions. Teachers will collaboratively analyze, select, and curate artworks on multiple gallery walls with the intent to create a balanced show of works of diverse media, scale, and content. ((2 shifts = (1) 8:30 am-12:30 pm (1) […]

  • Webinar: Art Education & Neurodiversity

    Zoom

    Laura Hetrick explores the intersection of neurodivergence and art education, highlighting how diverse ways of thinking, perceiving, and creating can shape meaningful learning experiences. In conversation with Dr. Laura Hetrick, we consider how art classrooms can move beyond accommodation toward genuinely valuing neurodivergent perspectives. This session invites educators to reflect on how creative practice can […]

  • IAEA Art Club – April

    Zoom

    Creative Curiosity: An Art-Making Experience for Illinois Educators A 2-hour hands-on workshop for Illinois art teachers focused on creative exploration, reflection, and community-building. Participants engage in adaptable mixed-media processes that model inquiry-based, student-centered learning. Aligned with ISBE standards, the session supports diverse learners, strong pedagogy, positive learning environments, collaboration, and professional growth. Welcome and overview, […]

  • Art Educators’ Guided Tour of Rockford’s Art Scene: Museum & Artist Studios

    Rockford Art Museum 711 N. Main St, Rockford, Illinois

    Explore Rockford’s art scene through a docent-led tour at the Rockford Art Museum and exclusive behind-the-scenes visits to two local artist studios. Studio visits include Fatherless Print Posse Studio, known for collaborative screen printing practices, and the studio of painter and muralist Brett Whitacre. Gain fresh ideas for teaching through direct engagement with contemporary artists, […]

  • IAEA Art Club – May

    Zoom

    Creative Curiosity: An Art-Making Experience for Illinois Educators A 2-hour hands-on workshop for Illinois art teachers focused on creative exploration, reflection, and community-building. Participants engage in adaptable mixed-media processes that model inquiry-based, student-centered learning. Aligned with ISBE standards, the session supports diverse learners, strong pedagogy, positive learning environments, collaboration, and professional growth. Welcome and overview, […]