Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

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Beth Maxedon

8:15am EDT

Registration & Breakfast Ballroom A

8:50am EDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Ballroom A

9:00am EDT

Move to Connect: Creative Movement for Community Connection 231Susie Thiel • Amy Kostelic

12:30pm EDT

Lunch & Networking Ballroom A

1:30pm EDT

Building Social Connection Through Participatory Arts: A Train-the-Trainer Workshop to Strengthen Organizational Well-Being 231Renee Gallagher

3:15pm EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break Ballroom A

3:30pm EDT

Many Hands: A tabletop practice session for arts and disaster response 330CWyn Batson • Taiga Christie • MC Erskine

8:15am EDT

Registration & Continental Breakfast Ballroom A

8:45am EDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Ballroom A

9:00am EDT

Keynote: Designing for Hope: The Power of Art and Evaluation in Disaster Response Ballroom ARaquel Farrell-Kirk • Stacey Kesten

9:45am EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break Ballroom A

10:00am EDT

The Art of Paying it Forward Brockman Senate Chamber (2nd floor)Jordan Phemister • Jill Celaya • Elizabeth Riley • Al Chandler • Helen Siewers

11:00am EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break 330AB

11:15am EDT

Disasters, Data, and Decision-Making: Finding and Understanding Local Disaster-Related Data 375Julie N. Zimmerman • Jeff Young

12:15pm EDT

Lunch & Networking Ballroom A

1:15pm EDT

Roundtable Discussion #1: Arts in Disaster: A Conversation Around Tools for Community Connection and Wellbeing 231Heather Spooner • Sara Baicich

2:00pm EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break 330AB

2:15pm EDT

ArtShine: Illuminating the Healing Potential of the Arts 330ETimothy Deaton-Conway • Lindsey Branson