Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

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Eric Ryan Clark

8:50am EDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Ballroom A

9:00am EDT

Building and Sustaining Cultural Disaster Response Networks 330ABChristina Cain • Tom Clareson • Mollie Quinlan-Hayes • Annie Rubel

12:30pm EDT

Roundtable Discussion: KHERN Planning Summit 375Ruth Bryan • Leah Hamilton

1:30pm EDT

Arts in Disaster: Shaping Tools to Support Community Connection and Wellbeing 330ESara Baicich • Heather Spooner

3:30pm EDT

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

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

Safeguarding Community Celebrations: Lessons from Greenup County’s Between Two Rivers Arts & Preparedness Project 330EMelissa Bond • Anne Stephens

10:30am EDT

Interdisciplinary Links from Appalachian Water Humanities Cooperative 330DNicole Marks • Kathryn Newfont • Kopana Terry • Matthew Strandmark

11:45am EDT

Arts Emergency Management in Higher Education: A New Pedagogy for Resilience 231Rachel Shane • Leah Hamilton

12:15pm EDT

Lunch & Networking Ballroom A

1:15pm EDT

Roundtable Discussion #4: Local Arts Agencies: Essential Infrastructure for Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery 330DMital Lyons-Warren • Eleanor Billington

2:00pm EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break 330AB

2:15pm EDT

After the Storm: Storybooks and other Arts-Based Practices for Children’s Disaster Readiness and Recovery 330DNicole Breazeale • David Weisenhorn • Jessica Evans • Natese Dockery • Melissa Bond

3:15pm EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break 330AB

3:30pm EDT

In the Wake of Disasters: Defining and Mitigating Traumas 375Rachel Hooper

4:45pm EDT

Closing Plenary Performance: "Down by the River" Ballroom AJulie Hobbs

5:30pm EDT

Closing Reception Ballroom A