DEL Conference 2026<\/strong> will be on November 11-13, 2026<\/strong> and hosted by Chav\u00f3n La Escuela de Dise\u00f1o<\/strong> in Santo Domingo and Altos de Chav\u00f3n, La Romana, Dominican Republic. Since 2005, DEL, focused on emerging topics in art, design, and higher education and has been a collaborative, international gathering of educators, researchers, artists, and designers exploring how art and design education can evolve within and beyond the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year\u2019s conference embraces the idea of Global Networks <\/strong>\u2014 Redes Globales<\/em>, a recognition that art and design education transcends physical, cultural, and disciplinary borders. At the intersection of local traditions and global practices, DEL 2026 will explore how educators, students, and practitioners in art and design re<\/em>-create forms of learning, teaching, and community across geographies, languages, and ways of knowing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Conference fees and payment schedule will be made available when registration opens in July. We will also provide information about available scholarships for presenters and attendees<\/p>\n\n\n\n Submissions open:<\/strong> Tuesday 27 January 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Submissions close:<\/strong>\u00a0 Re(Des): Global Networks DEL Conference 2026 will be on November 11-13, 2026 and hosted by Chav\u00f3n La Escuela de Dise\u00f1o in Santo Domingo and Altos de Chav\u00f3n, La Romana, Dominican… Read More »Theme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2215,"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003\/revisions\/2215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tuesday 31 March 2026<\/s> Wednesday 15 April at 11:59pm wherever you are in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\nConference Sub-themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Exploring innovative models of art and design teaching that bridge geographies, languages, and disciplines.
Examples<\/em>: Collaborative projects and networks between universities across different countries; bilingual\/multilingual approaches to teaching; curriculum models that address local-global dynamics.
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Engagement with local and regional contexts\u2014how art and design education responds to place, culture, heritage, and identity, including issues of access and inclusive learning.
Examples<\/em>: Community-led design projects, accessibility and access, neurodiversity in studio teaching, decolonial and indigenous approaches to art and design, underserved communities.
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The role of making, craft, and material experimentation in art and design education.
Examples<\/em>: Integrating craft traditions into contemporary design studios; sustainable materials; intersections between digital fabrication and artisanal practices.
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Using systems, archives, and networks for innovative teaching and professional practice.
Examples<\/em>: Curatorial practice, online systems, archival research, machine learning, data collection, or visualization.
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Critical engagement with digital pedagogies as they intersect with art, design, and education
Examples<\/em>: Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in creative practice; VR\/AR in the classroom; networked collaboration across borders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"