07/14/2026
📅 SAVE THE DATE 📅
Mark your calendars for our 2026 OAEA Fall Conference!
⏰ October 9th
📍 Location: Portland Art Museum & Portland State University Schnitzer School of Art & Design
💡 Theme: ARTiSTIC INTeLLIGeNCE- Made By Humans
In a rapidly changing world, the 2026 OAEA Conference celebrates the uniquely human power of creativity. Artistic Intelligence explores how artists and art educators foster curiosity, critical thinking, experimentation, connection, and meaning-making through the creative process.
Join us on October 9th at the Portland Art Museum as we come together to celebrate what we do best—imagine, create, connect, and make meaning through art.
Keynote Speaker: Dana Lynn Louis
MEET OUR 2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DANA LYNN LOUIS
OAEA is thrilled to welcome Dana Lynn Louis as our 2026 keynote speaker! A Portland-based visual artist, educator, and social activist, Louis explores themes of interconnectedness through drawing, painting, textiles, sculpture, performance, and large-scale public installations.
As the founder and director of Gather: Make: Shelter. Louis uses art and creativity to build authentic connections across diverse communities and recognize our shared humanity. Her work celebrates the power of creativity to bring people together, inspire hope, and create meaningful change. We can't imagine a more fitting voice for Artistic Intelligence – Made by Humans..
Share Your Ideas With Colleagues
Submit a Presenter Proposal
The best professional learning often comes from one another! OAEA is seeking engaging presenters for the 2026 Conference, and we are especially looking for hands-on studio workshops that get educators making, experimenting, and learning through art. Have a process, project, technique, or creative idea that works in your classroom or studio? We want to learn from you! Presenters receive complimentary conference registration. Proposal deadline: July 31 submit here: apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS-AGC_1GNP0J6bPoClUyQvH-9nVSVd_hYFAVa4aRfSLsHtw/viewform?usp=send_form
Join art educators, teaching artists, higher education faculty, museum educators, and arts advocates from across Oregon at the 2026 OAEA Conference!
We invite vendors, arts organizations, colleges and universities, and community partners to connect with our statewide arts education community. Reserve a vendor table or support the conference through swag bag items, door prizes, or sponsorship opportunities.
Help us make this year's conference an unforgettable experience for Oregon's art educators! Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci5v4NhYJ38e8r5GwbDmTaFm8Ovwo2CkdH3WM9TQZjJBNBfA/viewform?usp=send_form
