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Keynotes & Featured Presenters

Below, you will find information on our fabulous keynote speakers and featured presenters!
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Laura Grundler

Laura Grundler is an educator and artist from Plano, Texas. Both she and her husband are educational consultants, presenters, and bloggers. Together they co-founded the popular Twitter Chat #K12ArtChat and “The Creativity Department” podcast. As a proud parent, Laura is passionate about raising her three creative children, sharing with them her love of art and art education. As part of her endeavor to emphasize the importance of creativity within her community and among her colleagues, she is committed to creating art every day.

Cindy Ingram

​Cindy Ingram has the awkward habit of crying in front of artworks and wants the rest of the world to do it too. This noble quest has culminated in the creation of The Art Class Curator. With an MA in Art Education and a BA in Art History, she has more than fifteen years of teaching experience in schools, museums, and non-profit organizations.  She has been a Marcus Fellow, a fellowship dedicated to arts leadership from the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In addition to working in museums and teacher professional development, she has taught art in the classroom to all grades–elementary to college.In response to our recent health crisis, Cindy organized an online conference for art educators, called the Art Un-Conference with over 40 presenters in the span of a week!
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Featured Presenters

We are so thankful and excited to hear from our featured presenters!
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Lora Marie Durr
NJAEA President-Elect
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Jody Boyer
NATA Past Co-President​
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Dr. David G. Meade
Course Instructor, Western Governors University, TAEA President-Elect,
Fiber Artist​​​
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Mandy Theis
Director of School of Atelier Arts, Co-Founder of The da Vinci Initiative, WAEA (WA) Past Co-President
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Nylah Khan
ANTI RACIST ART TEACHER

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Tamara Slade
ANTI RACIST ART TEACHER
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Abby Birhanu
Anti Racist Art Teacher
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Clara Lieu
Founder & Partner at Artprof.org​​
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Bob Reeker
past naea western region vp
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Theresa McGee
NAEA Western Region VP Elect​​​
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Holly Bess Kincaid
VAEA President​


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Dr. Kim Defibaugh
Past NAEA President



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Debi West
NBCT, Ed.S
Owner, WESTpectations Educational Consulting
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Francesca Levy
ANTI RACIST ART TEACHER
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Lori Santos
ANTI RACIST ART TEACHER​
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Tim Needles
Author of steam power​
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Matt Young
OAEA President-Elect
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Lauren Nielsen
Middle School Art Educator


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Jed Dearybury
Author of The Playful classroom


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Paula Liz
Anti Racist Art Teacher
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Khadesia Latimer
Anti Racist Art Teacher​​
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Ted Edinger
Art With Mr. E​​

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Photos by Frank Juarez
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