2012 John will be presenting "Arts Day: Engaging Your Entire School Population in the Arts during an Entire School Day" at the National Art Education Convention in New York, NY, March 1-4, 2012.

John received grants for Nauset Regional Middle School's 4th Annual Arts Day from the following local cultural councils: Eastham, Brewster, Orleans, and Wellfleet, as well as a grant from the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, and Kappa Delta Pi. This year's Arts Day will be held January 30, 2012 and will feature the following performances from Young Audiences of Massachusetts: Manguito, and Sumaj Chasquis of which parents will be invited. Also a feature workshop by Oooch; STOMP. Arts Day will also feature a laser light show by Prismatic Magic, and 24 different exciting workshops for students to rotate through presented by volunteers, local and regional artists, and NRMS teachers, all happening within a single school day. 2011

John attended the Kappa Delta Pi 100th Anniversary Convocation held at the JW Marriot Hotel in Indianapolis Indiana November 4-5, 2011. He attended business meetings, a President's reception, as well as being honored as a Kappa Delta Pi Teacher of Honor during the General Session on November 4.

John presented "Abstract Art: Appreciation through Personal Experience" at the Annual Massachusetts Art Education Conference, November 12, 2011, Resort and Conference Center, Hyannis, MA.

John Krenik presented "Creativity and Intelligence: What Underlying Influences do Motivation and Attention have on Creativity and Learning?" at the Canadian Society of Education through Art 2011 Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, October 14, 2011.

John is the recipient of a $3,020. grant in support of "The Pleasant Bay No One Sees" for Nauset Regional Middle School by the Friends of Pleasant Bay www.fopb.org. The grant will be used to buy digital cameras and sketch-notebooks as well as for bus transportation. Students will make 8 different all day field trips to different locations in all four seasons at Pleasant Bay to find, photograph, sketch, create poetry, and write about why the areas they chose are the "Pleasant Bay No One Sees", and back at school students will create artwork inspired by their experience. While in the field, students will also be conducting science and math experiments. Results of this interdisciplinary project will be presented to the community on the evening of May 29, 2012 at 7:00pm in the Nauset Regional Middle School Auditorium, Orleans, MA, and the public will be welcome to attend.

John Krenik presented "Creativity and Intelligence: What Underlying Influences do Motivation and Attention have on Creativity and Learning?" at the 2011 National Art Education Association National Convention in Seattle Washington, March 17-20, 2011.

John Krenik presented "Neuroscience and Creativity: Why Every Art Teacher Should Know How Their Students Think and Create" at the 2011 National Art Education Association National Convention in Seattle Washington, March 17-20, 2011.

John was the recipient of a $1,500. grant in support of Arts Day at Nauset Regional Middle School by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod www.artsfoundation.org. This Program was in collaboration with Young Audiences of Massachusetts and is supported in part by a grant from the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod www.artsfoundation.org, and the NRMS student Magazine Drive. This Program is also supported in part by grants from The Wellfleet Cultural Council, The Orleans Cultural Council, The Eastham Cultural Council, and the Brewster Cultural Council, all local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency totaling $1,500.00. The Purpose of Arts Day is to increase awareness and appreciation of the arts through collaboration with community organizations and artists in a variety of arts events for the entire school throughout the day. The event was held on January 31, 2011.

2010

John Krenik presented "Neuroscience and Creativity: Why Every Art Teacher Should Know How Their Students Think and Create" at the Fall 2010 Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference hosted by the University of Massachusetts - Amherst on November 13, 2010.

John Krenik presented a poster session "Neurological Functions, Thinking, and Creativity" at the 27th International Learning and the Brain Conference; No Brain Left Behind: Improving Teaching, Testing and Treatment in Cambridge, MA November 19-21, 2010.

John Krenik was named a 2010 Teacher of Honor by Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education. As the 23rd recipient of the award this year, Krenik joins a small group of remarkable educators who have been recognized with this honor. Since the Teacher of Honor award was established in the spring of 2008, Kappa Delta Pi has named a select few from around the world as Teachers of Honor. "Great teachers change lives by inspiring students to recognize their gifts and learn how to use them to pursue a worthy dream. John Krenik is one such teacher," said Kappa Delta Pi International President Dr. Nathan Bond. http://www.kdp.org/recognition/tohrecipients.php

John Krenik presented a lecture, "Neurological Functions, Thinking, and Creativity: Gaining a Greater Understanding of How People Think and Create" at the Art/InterFace OSEA/CSEA Conference 2010 on October 16 at the Ontario College of Art and Design, in Toronto, Canada.

John Krenik presented a poster session "Neurological Functions, Thinking, and Creativity" at the National Art Education Convention in Baltimore Maryland, April 14-18, 2010.

2009

John Krenik presented "Neurological Functions, Thinking, and Creativity" at the Massachusetts Art Education Association Fall Conference on Novemver 14, 2009 at UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.

John Krenik attended the 24th Learning and the Brain Conference on Modern Brains: Enhancing memory and Performance in this Distracting Digital Age, November 20-22, 2009 in Cambridge, MA. John also took a tour of the fMRI brain imaging scanner at the Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, at the MIT labratory of John Gabrieli, PhD.

John Krenik presented a poster session on "Neuroscience, Self Awareness and it's Relation to Art: A Specific Look at Adolescent Neurology", at the Learning and the Brain Conference in Washington, D.C., May 7-9, 2009. John also introduced the guest speakers, Dr. Lawrence Steinberg, and Dr. Robert Epstein for their session, "Teen Brains and Thinking", as well as a scheduled panel discussion immediatly following the lectures.

John Krenik presented "Neuroscience, Self Awareness and it's Relation to Art: A Specific Look at Adolescent Neurology", as well as a poster session on the same topic at the National Art Education Associations' National Convention in Minneapolis, MN in April, 2009.

2008

John Krenik presented "Neuroscience, Self Awareness and it's Relation to Art: A Specific Look at Adolescent Neurology" at the Massachusetts Art Education Association's Fall Conference in Hyannis, MA on November 15, 2008.

John Krenik was named Master Teacher, 2008 by the Massachusetts Department of Education.

John Krenik attended the Learning and the Brain Conference, April 25-29, 2008 at the MIT Faculty Club in Cambridge, MA to learn more about how the latest studies in brain research impacts education.

John helped a colleague and client receive their professional teaching license through Class Measures in 2008.

2007

John Krenik has been named Cambridge Who's Who Professional of the Year in Art Education, 2007.