• 2026 OAEA Conference Ticketed Events

    2026 OAEA Conference Ticketed Events

    Ticketed Workshops, Awards Dinner Guest Meals
  • Although your conference registration includes dozens of free standard and hands-on workshops and speakers, we are excited to offer many hands-on workshops with an additional materials cost or attendee limit.

    Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included in the cost of registration, but if you require additional meals for awards dinners, you may purchase them here.

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  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are INCLUDED with the cost of registration.
    ADDITIONAL meals may be reserved for any awardees or guests who are NOT registered for conference.
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  • Thursday Awards Dinner
    Theme:
    Lights, Camera, Action
     
    Thursday Awards:
    Circa
    OAEA Foundation Scholarships
    Outstanding Art Teachers
     
    Thursday Dinner Menu: 
    Build-your-own Asian bowl buffet
  • Friday Awards Dinner  
    Theme:
    Red Carpet Roll Out
     
    Friday Awards:
    Distinguished Fellows Inductees
    Randy Robart Inspiration
    Divisions
    State Distinguished Service
    Doris Schnepf Outstanding Service
    Ohio Art Educator of the Year
     
    Friday Dinner Menu:
    Italian Buffet
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              Additional Dinners
              DINR: Thursday Awards ADDITIONAL MEALS - $50. Thursday Dinner: Asian Bowl Buffet Meals are for awardees and guests who are NOT REGISTERED FOR CONFERENCE. (Conference Registration includes all meals)
              DINR: Thursday Awards ADDITIONAL MEALS - $50

              Thursday Dinner: Asian Bowl Buffet


              Meals are for awardees and guests who are NOT REGISTERED FOR CONFERENCE. 

              (Conference Registration includes all meals)

              $50$50

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              DINR: Thursday Awards FULL TABLE OF 10 -  $300. Large fan club? Reserve a full table for 10 at a steep discount.
              DINR: Thursday Awards FULL TABLE OF 10 - $300

              Large fan club? Reserve a full table for 10 at a steep discount. 

              $300$300

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              DINF: Friday Awards ADDITIONAL MEALS - $50. Friday Dinner: Italian Buffet Meals are for awardees and guests who are NOT REGISTERED FOR CONFERENCE. (Conference Registration includes all meals)
              DINF: Friday Awards ADDITIONAL MEALS - $50

              Friday Dinner: Italian Buffet 


              Meals are for awardees and guests who are NOT REGISTERED FOR CONFERENCE. 

              (Conference Registration includes all meals)

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              DINF: Friday Awards FULL TABLE OF 10 - $300. Large fan club? Reserve a full table for 10 at a steep discount.
              DINF: Friday Awards FULL TABLE OF 10 - $300

              Large fan club? Reserve a full table for 10 at a steep discount.

              $300$300

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              Thursday Events
              TE101: Stitch This: Embroidery and Neurodivergence  (Thursday 9-9:50am) - $10. Learn basic embroidery techniques and classroom applications. Participants will create a small hoop design while exploring how stitching and textiles support mental health and emotional regulation for neurodivergent and non-neurodivergent students.   👤Facilitator: Jacquelyn Sommer-Denney 📈Max: 20 📍Location: Meeting Room 9
              TE101: Stitch This: Embroidery and Neurodivergence (Thursday 9-9:50am) - $10

              Learn basic embroidery techniques and classroom applications. Participants will create a small hoop design while exploring how stitching and textiles support mental health and emotional regulation for neurodivergent and non-neurodivergent students.

               👤Facilitator: Jacquelyn Sommer-Denney

              📈Max: 20 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 9 

              $10$10
                
              TE102: Kinusaiga- the ultimate use for scrap fabric!  (Thursday 9-10:50am) - $10. Japanese Kinusaiga uses fabric scraps to create a quilt like image- without sewing! Come explore the art form and create your own sample to take back to your students. 👤Facilitator: Michelle Lerner 📈Max: 25 📍Location: Meeting Room 2
              TE102: Kinusaiga- the ultimate use for scrap fabric! (Thursday 9-10:50am) - $10

              Japanese Kinusaiga uses fabric scraps to create a quilt like image- without sewing! Come explore the art form and create your own sample to take back to your students. 

              👤Facilitator: Michelle Lerner

              📈Max: 25 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 2 

              $10$10
                
              TE103: Guided Tour of the Contemporary Arts Center (Thursday 10-11am) - $5. Offsite Join us for a private tour at the Contemporary Arts Center. The tours at the CAC are designed to spark inspiration, collaboration and conversation. 📈Max: 15 📍Location: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 🚌 Bus: 9:40am - Madison Ave.
              TE103: Guided Tour of the Contemporary Arts Center (Thursday 10-11am) - $5

              Offsite Join us for a private tour at the Contemporary Arts Center. The tours at the CAC are designed to spark inspiration, collaboration and conversation. 

              📈Max: 15 

              📍Location: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 

              🚌 Bus: 9:40am - Madison Ave.

              $5$5
                
              TE104: OFFSITE EMERITUS FIELD TRIP: Tour and Workshop to Contemporary Arts Center (Thursday 10am-12pm) - $10. Offsite Join us for a private tour and artmaking experience at the Contemporary Arts Center. The tours at the CAC are designed to spark inspiration, collaboration and conversation. The artmaking opportunity will connect to the tour and can be used back in your community! ✨ Emeritus Division Only ✨ 📈Max: 15 📍Location: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 🚌 Bus: 9:40am - Madison Ave.
              TE104: OFFSITE EMERITUS FIELD TRIP: Tour and Workshop to Contemporary Arts Center (Thursday 10am-12pm) - $10

              Offsite Join us for a private tour and artmaking experience at the Contemporary Arts Center. The tours at the CAC are designed to spark inspiration, collaboration and conversation. The artmaking opportunity will connect to the tour and can be used back in your community! 

              ✨Emeritus Division Only✨

              📈Max: 15 

              📍Location: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 

              🚌 Bus: 9:40am - Madison Ave.

              $10$10
                
              TE105: Bead Weaving: A Hands-On Way to Connect with Culture  (Thursday 10-11:50am) - $20. Join this hands on workshop to explore seed bead weaving. Learn beginner techniques and create a bracelet inspired by cultural symbols and your own story, connecting art, culture, and identity.  👤Facilitator: Nancy Rich Drehs & Rebecca Lynn 📈Max: 20 📍Location: Meeting Room 6
              TE105: Bead Weaving: A Hands-On Way to Connect with Culture (Thursday 10-11:50am) - $20

              Join this hands on workshop to explore seed bead weaving. Learn beginner techniques and create a bracelet inspired by cultural symbols and your own story, connecting art, culture, and identity. 

              👤Facilitator: Nancy Rich Drehs & Rebecca Lynn

              📈Max: 20 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 6 

              $20$20
                
              TE106: No Kiln No Worries! Do 3D Sculpey Clay  (Thursday 10-11:50am) - $8. As Sculpey Ambassadors, we love Sculpey. Learn how to use it, safety issues, and planning classroom supplies for making art. Then make a sculpey lanyard!  👤Facilitator: Julie Krueger & Sasha Britton 📈Max: 25 📍Location: Meeting Room 9
              TE106: No Kiln No Worries! Do 3D Sculpey Clay (Thursday 10-11:50am) - $8

              As Sculpey Ambassadors, we love Sculpey. Learn how to use it, safety issues, and planning classroom supplies for making art. Then  make a sculpey lanyard! 

              👤Facilitator: Julie Krueger & Sasha Britton

              📈Max: 25 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 9

              $8$8
                
              TE107: Made in Ohio: Barn Quilts, Place, and Personal Voice (Thursday 2-3:50pm) - $12. Discover the American Barn Quilt Trail and how this movement began in Adams County, OH. Explore place-based strategies guiding students to design barn quilts inspired by family heritage and identity, through meaningful measurement and visual design. 👤Facilitator: Riley Galloway 📈Max: 12 📍Location: Meeting Room 1
              TE107: Made in Ohio: Barn Quilts, Place, and Personal Voice (Thursday 2-3:50pm) - $12

              Discover the American Barn Quilt Trail and how this movement began in Adams County, OH. Explore place-based strategies guiding students to design barn quilts inspired by family heritage and identity, through meaningful measurement and visual design. 

              👤Facilitator: Riley Galloway

              📈Max: 12 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 1 

              $12$12
                
              TE108: Creative Cursive Couching & Embroidery (Thursday 2-3:50pm) - $11. Participants will learn how to braid, hand sew couching and running stitches, add buttons/beads and use a sewing machine to create a pillow. 👤Facilitator: LeAnn Van Camp 📈Max: 12 📍Location: Meeting Room 4
              TE108: Creative Cursive Couching & Embroidery (Thursday 2-3:50pm) - $11

              Participants will learn how to braid, hand sew couching and running stitches, add buttons/beads and use a sewing machine to create a pillow. 

              👤Facilitator: LeAnn Van Camp

              📈Max: 12 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 4 

              $11$11
                
              TE109: Self-Guided exploration of The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Thursday 3-4pm) - Free. Offsite Explore the exhibition The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame which takes an in-depth look at the work of the beloved mid-century modern artist, designer, illustrator, and nature advocate. 📈Max: 50 📍Location: Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202 🚌Bus: 2:40pm - Madison Ave.
              TE109: Self-Guided exploration of The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Thursday 3-4pm) - Free

              Offsite Explore the exhibition The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame which takes an in-depth look at the work of the beloved mid-century modern artist, designer, illustrator, and nature advocate. 

              📈Max: 50 

              📍Location: Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202 

              🚌Bus: 2:40pm - Madison Ave.

              Free$ Free
                
              TE110: Cincinnati's Outdoor Gallery: A Guided Mural Tour (Thursday 2-3:50pm) - Free. Offsite Experience why Cincinnati was named 2024's "#1 City for Street Art" as you venture into the vibrant streets for a guided walking tour of some of its most iconic public art. Led by 1001 Colors (formerly ArtWorks) mural docent and art educator Sue Diemer, this immersive experience will introduce participants to the stories, artists, neighborhoods, and community partnerships that have transformed Cincinnati into a nationally recognized destination for street art. Along the way, you'll discover how murals can preserve history, celebrate diverse voices, revitalize neighborhoods, and inspire civic pride. Sue will share behind-the-scenes insights into the creation of these monumental works, the artists who brought them to life, and the impact that 1001 Colors has had in developing one of the nation's most celebrated public art collections. 👤 Facilitator: Sue Diemer 📈Max: 30 📍Location: Over-the-Rhine neighborhood 🚌Bus: 1:40pm - Madison Ave.
              TE110: Cincinnati's Outdoor Gallery: A Guided Mural Tour (Thursday 2-3:50pm) - Free

              Offsite Experience why Cincinnati was named 2024's "#1 City for Street Art" as you venture into the vibrant streets for a guided walking tour of some of its most iconic public art. Led by 1001 Colors (formerly ArtWorks) mural docent and art educator Sue Diemer, this immersive experience will introduce participants to the stories, artists, neighborhoods, and community partnerships that have transformed Cincinnati into a nationally recognized destination for street art. Along the way, you'll discover how murals can preserve history, celebrate diverse voices, revitalize neighborhoods, and inspire civic pride. Sue will share behind-the-scenes insights into the creation of these monumental works, the artists who brought them to life, and the impact that 1001 Colors has had in developing one of the nation's most celebrated public art collections.

              👤Facilitator: Sue Diemer

              📈Max: 30

              📍Location: Over-the-Rhine neighborhood

              🚌Bus: 1:40pm - Madison Ave.

              Free$ Free
                
              Friday Events
              TE201: Guided Tour of The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Friday 10-11am) - Free. Offsite Join us for a docent-led look at the exhibition The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame which takes an in-depth look at the work of the beloved mid-century modern artist, designer, illustrator, and nature advocate. 📈Max: 30 📍Location: Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202 🚌Bus: 9:40am - Madison Ave.
              TE201: Guided Tour of The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Friday 10-11am) - Free

              Offsite Join us for a docent-led look at the exhibition The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame which takes an in-depth look at the work of the beloved mid-century modern artist, designer, illustrator, and nature advocate. 

              📈Max: 30 

              📍Location: Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202 

              🚌Bus: 9:40am - Madison Ave.

              Free$ Free
                
              TE202: Needle Felting with a Twist (Friday 10-11:50am) - $20. Participants will learn how to add zippers, jeweled chains and beads to enhance their needle felting artwork. 👤Facilitator: LeAnn Van Camp 📈Max: 15 📍Location: Meeting Room 3
              TE202: Needle Felting with a Twist (Friday 10-11:50am) - $20

              Participants will learn how to add zippers, jeweled chains and beads to enhance their needle felting artwork. 

              👤Facilitator: LeAnn Van Camp

              📈Max: 15 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 3

              $20$20
                
              TE203: Put a Pin in it! Easy Wire Jewelry Project (Friday 11-11:50am) - $3. Craft a unique Medieval-style cloak pin! Learn simple jewelry techniques with provided materials to design and make your own historically inspired accessory. 👤Facilitator: Clay Kessler 📈Max: 20 📍Location: Ballroom D
              TE203: Put a Pin in it! Easy Wire Jewelry Project (Friday 11-11:50am) - $3

              Craft a unique Medieval-style cloak pin! Learn simple jewelry techniques with provided materials to design and make your own historically inspired accessory. 

              👤Facilitator: Clay Kessler

              📈Max: 20 

              📍Location: Ballroom D

              $3$3
                
              TE204: Guided Tour of the Contemporary Arts Center (Friday 3-4pm) - $5. Offsite Join us for a private tour at the Contemporary Arts Center. The tours at the CAC are designed to spark inspiration, collaboration and conversation. 📈Max: 15 📍Location: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 🚌 Bus: 2:40pm - Madison Ave.
              TE204: Guided Tour of the Contemporary Arts Center (Friday 3-4pm) - $5

              Offsite Join us for a private tour at the Contemporary Arts Center. The tours at the CAC are designed to spark inspiration, collaboration and conversation. 

              📈Max: 15 

              📍Location: Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 

              🚌 Bus: 2:40pm - Madison Ave.

              $5$5
                
              TE205: Modern Embroidery on Photos Inspired by Contemporary Artists! (Friday 3:30-5:20pm) - $4. Come learn about artists who create embroidery on photos. Choose an image to sew with embroidery floss and learn new stitches! Easy ways to do this with middle schoolers! 👤Facilitator: Lindsay Gustafson 📈Max: 15 📍Location: Meeting Room 10
              TE205: Modern Embroidery on Photos Inspired by Contemporary Artists! (Friday 3:30-5:20pm) - $4

              Come learn about artists who create embroidery on photos. Choose an image to sew with embroidery floss and learn new stitches! Easy ways to do this with middle schoolers! 

              👤Facilitator: Lindsay Gustafson

              📈Max: 15 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 10 

              $4$4
                
              TE206: Stitching Stories Without a Needle, the Art of Kinusaiga (Friday 3:30-5:20pm) - $8. Kinusaiga teaches patience, precision, creativity, and the beauty of transforming simple fabric into meaningful art. 👤Facilitator: Kerry McQuain-Jones 📈Max: 30 📍Location: Meeting Room 5
              TE206: Stitching Stories Without a Needle, the Art of Kinusaiga (Friday 3:30-5:20pm) - $8

              Kinusaiga teaches patience, precision, creativity, and the beauty of transforming simple fabric into meaningful art. 

              👤Facilitator: Kerry McQuain-Jones

              📈Max: 30 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 5 

              $8$8
                
              Saturday Events
              TE301: Architecture in Action: Foam, Flocking, and Hot Glue  (Saturday 9-10:50am) - $13. Participants engage in a fast-paced workshop inspired by model train building, constructing miniature architectural structures with foam, flocking, and hot glue while exploring form, texture, and landscaping. 👤Facilitator: Alexandria Brown & Megan Smith 📈 Max : 25 📍Location: Meeting Room 3
              TE301: Architecture in Action: Foam, Flocking, and Hot Glue (Saturday 9-10:50am) - $13

              Participants engage in a fast-paced workshop inspired by model train building, constructing miniature architectural structures with foam, flocking, and hot glue while exploring form, texture, and landscaping. 

              👤Facilitator: Alexandria Brown & Megan Smith

              📈Max: 25 

              📍Location: Meeting Room 3 

              $13$13
                
              TE302: Museum Hop (Saturday 1-4pm) - $12. Museum Hop featuring the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the Taft Museum of Art, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Connect with your fellow art teachers and enthusiasts while you explore some of Cincinnati's iconic museums. Participants will be bused between the three locations to explore art and engage in creative exploration. 📈 Max : 60 🌲 Location : Museums in Cincinnati 🚌 Bus: 12:40pm - Madison Ave.
              TE302: Museum Hop (Saturday 1-4pm) - $12

              Museum Hop featuring the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the Taft Museum of Art, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Connect with your fellow art teachers and enthusiasts while you explore some of Cincinnati's iconic museums. Participants will be bused between the three locations to explore art and engage in creative exploration. 

               📈Max: 60

              🌲Location: Museums in Cincinnati

              🚌 Bus: 12:40pm - Madison Ave.


              $12$12
                
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              OAEF serves as the grant/scholarship issuing arm of the OAEA. Current programs include: Classroom Incentive Grant, Teacher Enrichment Grant, higher ed student scholarships, and the Governor’s Youth Art Exhibit. 


              OAEF’s PRIMARY PURPOSES ARE: 

              🎨 promote & advance the teaching of art in K-12 schools in Ohio

              ✏️ support & assist teachers of art in Ohio through grants

              🎓 foster & reward careers in art education through scholarships. 


              Donations are welcome at any time and are tax deductible.

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              If you have paid for the 2026 OAEA State Conference or Awards Dinner[s] and there is a change in your availability, you may request a refund at any time.

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