When Questions Are Bigger Than Answers: Artmaking and Difficult Conversations With Children
Part of 2026 NAEA National Convention
Thursday 5 March 2026·8:00 pm
Explore how elementary art classrooms can be responsive spaces for complex conversations about justice, identity, and lived experience. Through stories, materials, and student voice, we share strategies for engaging children in thoughtful, relational dialogue that honors their capacity to make meaning of the world through art.
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