Join our group! It is only $10 and we are awesome!
Steps...
1) Log into your NAEA account and go to your profile.
2) Under Member Benefits, click on Join Interest Groups and look for the LGBTQ+ Interest Group.
3) Click +Add to Cart and Review and Check Out
4) Click Checkout, add your payment info.
5) Submit your order!
members
Lauren Pierce (She/Her)
Membership Chair
Lauren Pierce is a Virginia based mixed media artist and Elementary Art Educator. She earned her BFA in General Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is completing her MAT in Art Education at George Mason University. Her hobbies include antiquing with her partner and visiting local coffee shops in new cities.
Jess Graff (They/She)
Co-President
Jess Graff is a Teaching Artist with nearly 20 years of experience working with schools, art centers, and museums across the US. In addition, Jess' maintains a studio art practice and has written for various publications on topics of arts education, equity, and the importance of play.
Tara Rousseau (They/She)
Co-President
Tara Rousseau has been the visual arts teacher at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School at University of Toronto since 2009. She has been on the board of NAEA’s LGBTQ+ Interest Group since 2017. She has also recently joined the Ontario Art Education Association (OAEA) Board, supporting equity work and curriculum development. Tara also has a background in journalism, and has taught both English as a second language and French.
Lorien Leyden (She/Her)
Web Designer
Lorien lives in Vermont with her partner and daughter and two cats. She has taught art in public schools to grades K-12 and teaches all ages from her studio: Deane Street Studio. Lorien loves drawing, painting, and printing in her studio and loves teaching just about any type of art.
Yiwen Wei, Ph.D. (she/her)
Newsletter Chair
Dr. Yiwen Wei is an assistant professor of art education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was an elementary school teacher in Taiwan for 7 years before studying abroad. She strongly advocates public education and deeply cares about the wellbeing of her students, including AAPI and LGBTQ+ students. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, including elementary art education materials and practicum, curriculum theories, art assessment, research methods, and data visualization. Her current projects investigate the needs and strengths of first-generation LGBTQ+ college students at VCU.
Hannah Swanson (They/Them)
Co-Social Chair
Hannah Swanson is an art educator located in Vancouver, WA. They received their Masters in Art Education at Moore College of Art and Design. When they're not teaching, Hannah's probably catching up on the latest queer YA book, making jewelry for their side business or hanging out with their dog, Stevie and cat, Cheddar.
Katy Rickards (They/She)
Co-Curriculum Chair
Katy Rickards is an elementary school artist-educator. They graduated from VCU in 2018 and previously worked in museum programming. She is interested in disability justice and queer embodiment. When not teaching, they can be found painting, reading sci-fi novels, and haunting local museums.
Kaitlynn Radloff (She/They)
Co-Social Chair
I'm an artist and educator currently working in Wisconsin but will be transitioning to Montana soon! I've taught middle school for 4 years and high school for 5 years in Milwaukee WI. I love printmaking, dogs, playing music, and anything outside!
Dani Gonzalez (They/He)
Co-Curriculum Chair
Mx. Dani Gonzalez (they/he) is an arts educator whose research and practice intersects queer theory with pedagogy and a celebration of cultural identity. They are passionate about play, exploration, deconstruction, and community building as essential components to learning in and through the arts; challenging pedagogies of assimilation; and resisting binary thinking in artistic and individual student development. Dani is a first-generation, queer, Hispanic, arts educator living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They hold a degree in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University.", Philadelphia PA,