School of Art and Design
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Creation of equity and inclusion in the classroom by examining and deconstructing
the colonization of curriculum. Emphasis on visual culture, and contemporary artistic
practices as a vehicle to identify and interpret visual signs (semiotics) and ways
of seeing (phenomenology) to facilitate meaningful learning in synchronous and asynchronous
learning modalities.
Current creative emphasis focuses on questioning artistic intentionality, the creation
of identity, and the assumption of social roles.
Professional Presentation Record
Juried Presentation 2022 Association of American College and Universities (AACU)
2022 Pedagogy and Assessment Conference- Reimagine: How Equitable Visual Thinking
Strategies Build Inquiry Skills, Feb 10-12 2022, San Diego CA,
Juried Presentation Aims Community College
2021 Co-Presenter with Meg Spencer, Unmasking the Silence: Learn about the Power of
Visual Thinking Strategies to Deepen Critical inquiry by Engaging Students in their
Lived Experiences, Aims Fall Faculty Conference, September 3, 2021, Remote Conference
Juried Presentations for National Art Education Association,
2021 Drawing on Privilege, NAEA, New York, NY, March 5, 2020- unable to deliver due
to COVID 19
Drawing Upon Inquiry: Transforming Curriculum and Enriching Student Experience,NAEA,
March 6, unable to deliver due to COVID-19
2019 How to Initiate a Program Level Assessment: Providing Evidence of Growth and
Change, March 15, 201, Boston, MA
Drawing Boundaries: Locating an Understanding of Identity After Exploring Media, Marketing
and Youth Culture, March 14, 2019, Boston, MA,
2017 Art Bikes, March 3, 2017, New York, New York
2016 Representation by Design: Mining the source, Caucus for Social Theory and Art
Education (CSTAE), March 18, 2016, Chicago IL
Rube Goldberg, A Roundabout Way to Transform Stem into STEAM, March 18, 2016, Chicago,
IL
2015 Representation by Design: Mining the Source, March 26-28 2015, New Orleans, LA
2014 Co-Presenter, Drawing as Drawing Upon: Word, Text, Ideation and Expression, March
29, 2014, San Diego, CA
2012 Co-Presenter, New Perspectives on Art Education from the Artists Featured at
the 2011 Venice Biennale March 2012, New York, New York
2011 Feminist Art: Interweaving the Political, Personal and Social, March 17, 2011,
Seattle, WA,
2010 Transforming and Challenging Assumptions: A Survey of Women artists, April 18,
2010, Baltimore MD
2009 A Contemporary Approach to Designing a Drawing Curriculum: Beyond Teaching Skill”,
April 17, 2009, Minneapolis, MN,
Creative Spaces Integrated Workshop for Teens-Year Two, April 19, 2009, Minneapolis,
MN
2008 Creative Spaces for Teens, March 28, 2008, New Orleans, LA,
Juried Presentations for Colorado Art Education Association
2021 Drawing Upon Inquiry: Transforming Curriculum and Enriching Student Experience,
November 4, 2021, Breckenridge, CO
2021 Drama in your Classroom? Learn How Integration can Inspire Creativity, November
4, 2021, Breckenridge, CO
2019 Drawing is an Action Verb, November 8, 2019, Breckenridge, CO
Visual Research: Extending Student Ideas, November 7 and November 9, 2019, Breckenridge,
CO
Installation Art, November 7, and November 9, 2019, Breckenridge, CO
2018 Drawing is an Action Verb, Breckenridge, CO November 10, 2018
Teaching Color: A Playful Approach, Breckenridge CO November 9, 2018
Exploring Time, Space and Motion in the 4th Dimension, Breckenridge Co, November 8,
2018
2017 Drawing Boundaries: Media, Marketing and Youth Identity, Nov 3 and Nov 4,
Assessment: What you need, but may not know-disseminating Assessment Mini-Grant, Nov
3, 2017, Breckenridge, CO
Found Object Assemblage, Nov 2, and Nov 4, 2017, Breckenridge, CO
2016 Beyond Formalism, November 3 and 4, 2016, Breckenridge, CO
Art Bikes, November 3 and 4, 2016, Breckenridge, CO
2015 Drawing on Privacy, Breckenridge, CO, Nov 14, 2015,
Rube Goldberg, a Roundabout way to Transform STEM into STEAM, Breckenridge, CO, Nov
13, 2015
2014 ARTcology: Designing Transformative Practices, Breckenridge, CO October 11, 2014
Representation by Design: Mining the Source, Breckenridge, CO, October, 11, 2014
Eco Art in your Curriculum, Breckenridge, CO, November, 7-10 2014,
Drawing as Drawing Upon: Word, Text, Ideation and Expression, Breckenridge, CO, Nov
7-10 2014
2012 Revealing Paradigms, An Investigation into Women Artist, Breckenridge, CO, October
27, 2012
Drawing as Drawing Upon, Colorado Art Education Association, October 27, 2012
2011 Co-Presenter Multi-Sensory Classroom Ideas from the 54th Venice Biennale, Breckenridge,
CO, October 14,
Research, Experiment, Transform, Constructing a Contemporary Drawing Curriculum, Breckenridge,
CO, October 15, 2011
Co-Presenter, UNC a Snapshot, Breckenridge, CO, October 13, 2011
2010 Co-Presenter “Unlikely Combinations: Creative Possibilities with Ceramic Surface
Design, Breckenridge, CO, October 16, 2010
UNC Bringing Education to Life, Breckenridge, CO, Oct 15, 2010
2009 Improvisational Drawing Workshop, Breckenridge, CO, October 10, 2009
Inspired by Play: A Survey of Women Artists 1909-2009”, Breckenridge, CO, October
10, 2009
UNC Higher Education Panelist, Perceptions and Misperceptions of the Value of an Arts
Education, Breckenridge CO, October 9, 2009
What Every High School Teacher Needs to Know about UNC’s Entrance Portfolio, October
8, 2009
2008 A Contemporary Approach to Designing a Drawing Curriculum: Beyond Teaching Skill
Breckenridge, CO, October 24, 2008
Creative Spaces Integrated Workshop for Teens- Year Two, Breckenridge, CO, October
23, 2008
2007 Keynote Presenter, Unresolved: Postmodern Creativity, Pueblo, CO, October 5,
2007
Creative Spaces for Teens, Pueblo CO, October 5, 2007
Presentations for National Honors Society
2019 Drawing is an Action Verb, October 4, 2019, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver,
CO
2017 Drawing on Self, Nov 11, 2017, Denver, CO
Author and Presenter
2018 Assessment Fair: Arts Assessment for First-Year Foundation Students, Columbine
Suite UNC University Center, March 28, 2018
2016 Art Source 2016, June 20, Women Artists and Story, Allenspark, CO
2013 Tea with Kathe Kollwitz, Lydia Ruyle Room of Women’s Art, UNC, September, 12,
2013
Balancing politics while embracing your creativity in your new TA role, UNC Graduate
School, McKee Hall, August 21, 2013
2012 Professional Development for Weld County District 6, Altered Books and Contemporary
Practices, Sept 21
Co-Presenter Round-Table, Illuminations, Artists from the 54th Venice Biennale PVA
All College Advance, Greeley, Co, Jan 6, 2012
2010 Beyond Aesthetics: The Importance of Women Artists”, UNC Mariani Gallery, October
21, 2010
Feminist Art: Interweaving the Political, Personal and Social, Breckenridge, CO, October
14, and Oct 16, 2010
2008 Using Comics and Graphic Novels for Art and Literacy Integration, Rocky Mountain
Children’s Literature Conference, Greeley CO, October 4, 2008
2007 Exemplary Blackboard Course Design,” University of Northern Colorado, October
4, 2007
Publications:
Juried: Articles Kris Heintz Nelson, “Creative Spaces Integrated Workshop”, Collage:
A Magazine for Colorado’s Art Educators, Spring 2008, Pages 6-12.
Kris Heintz Nelson, Representation by Design, Mining the Source, NAEA, CSTAE, online
publication, Caucus for Social Theory and Art Education, https://naea.digication.com/cstae/LESSON_Representation_by_Design_Mining_the_Source , Spring 2016
Colorado Art Education Association 2021 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year
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