SVA Art Teacher Symposium

The 2026 SVA Art Teacher Symposium is a free professional development day for high school art teachers focused on creative thinking.
About this Event

This fall’s theme is CREATIVE THINKING - the ability to ask new questions, make unexpected connections, and imagine possibilities beyond the first answer. At a time when answers are easier than ever to find, helping students develop their own ideas feels especially important.

Through hands-on workshops, panel discussions, and collaborative sessions, we’ll explore how to make room for curiosity, experimentation, and independent thinking in the art classroom and how those habits can serve students well beyond it.