IADEA Conference 2025

31st January & 1st February 2025

The 6th Annual Art Educators Conference was held at in Chennai at the Kalakshetra auditorium. Our theme for the year was Rethink Art Class. The conference was attended by over 80 art educators from 12 cities across India.

IADEA Conference 2023

15th & 16th February 2023

The 5th Annual Art Educators Conference was held at the Kochi Biennale, Kerala.  In light of this special venue, our theme for this year was “What is Art?”. A limited number of 50 participants from 17 cities and 12 speakers participated in this year’s conference.

IADEA Conference 2021

17th November 2021 to 2nd December 2021

The 4th Annual Art Educators Conference-  a curated series of 6 virtual workshops.  The conference saw 241 art educators participate across 49 cities and 12 speakers from India and abroad.

IADEA Conference 2020

5th, 6th and 7th November 2020

The Third edition of the IADEA Annual Art Educators Conference, 2020!! In light of the heroic role art educators have played in rising to the challenge of this year’s pandemic, our theme for our 2020 annual conference is ‘Create Joy’. this year kindled excited participation from over 230 art teachers and educators from across the country.

IADEA Conference 2019

3rd and 4th October 2019, New Delhi

The second edition of the IADEA Annual Art Educators Conference kindled excited participation from over 150 art teachers and educators from across the country who explored the theme of ‘Art Integrated Learning’ through workshops and seminars with internationally renowned speakers.

IADEA Conference 2018

15th and 16th February 2018, Mumbai

The first edition of the IADEA Annual Art Educators Conference was a big success with partcipation from over 100 Art Educators and 13 Speakers with Visual  Arts expertise addressing the group over the course of 2 days.

Ceramic workshop for Art educators
14th September 2023, Chennai

Ceramic workshop for Art educators.

Art Educators Workshop at The Real Van Gogh Immersive Experience
23rd February 2024, Chennai

Art Educators Workshop at The Real Van Gogh Immersive Experience.

Teach Art With Impact
07th October 2023, Bengaluru

A new workshop series designed to enable art educators to re-evaluate old ways and open up the art room to new perspectives.

Art Through An Educators Lens
29th April 2022

IADEA in collaboration KNMA and Kriti Sood of LAND conducted an event for Art Educators.

Maps of Disquiet
24th Feb 2022, Virtual

As an exclusive experience, IADEA and Chennai Photo Biennale conducted a virtual guided tour of the Biennales 3rd edition.

State Of Mind : Between Dysphoria and Hope
22th December 2021, Virtual

This virtual gallery tour of State of Mind: Between Dysphoria and Hope by the curator of the exhibition Sayali Mundaye took place virtually on 22nd December 2021.

Looking at Abstraction
16th March 2021, Virtual

IADEA in collaboration with KNMA presents a virtual walkthrough 'Looking at abstraction for art educators.'

Diversity of Thought and Collaboration in the Art Room
10th January 2020, Coimbatore

This workshop started with an energetic music and dance based warm-up conducted by Blaise Joseph. The warm-up was followed by a short presentation by each of the speakers on their own practice in teaching art and some of the challenges and successes.

Decoding Dreamscapes
6th December 2019, Chennai

Teachers met for an afternoon of exploring fantasy worlds created by various artists, on December 6, 2019 at our workshop conducted in association with Ashvita's, Chennai. From superhero universes to the world of Avatar, imaginary worlds have inspired the best illustrators and occupy a coveted spot in children's imagination.

Exploring Materials in Art
26th April 2019, Mumbai

We collaborated with the Piramal Museum of Art and held a 2-hour Art workshop for teachers, centered around the current exhibition at the Museum - Making Art: Materials & Technology.

Kochi Biennale Art Teachers Workshop
15th and 16th February 2019, Kochi

Curated guided walks through various Kochi Biennale venues, private session with Anita Dube and a lot more happened during the workshop that was organised by IADEA for the Art teachers.

Folk Art in the Classroom
7th December 2018, Chennai

Introducing Folk Art and Critiquing in the Classroom. One day workshop at the Dakshina Chitra Museum, ECR Chennai saw 23 art teachers immersing themselves to new skills.

Voice of Art
30th November – 1st December 2018, Delhi

Bringing science and Art together IADEA conducted a half day workshop for students and Art teachers from 12 schools in Delhi and mentored the teams of students over the next several weeks while they developed their art projects

Abstract Art in the Classroom
24th August 2018, Mumbai

We held a wonderful workshop on introducing Abstract Art in the Classroom, in collaboration with the Piramal Museum of Art.