Name: INVITE ONLY: Resource Mapping Forum for Arts and Cultural Disaster Response Networks
Start: 2026-09-24T13:30:00-0400
End: 2026-09-24T17:00:00-0400

INVITE ONLY: Resource Mapping Forum for Arts and Cultural Disaster Response Networks

Thursday September 24, 2026 1:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

330AB

This forum is designed as an invited, in-person gathering to bring together national leaders in cultural heritage response with leaders of arts and cultural response networks to discuss the formation, management, and sustainability of cultural response mapping tools that help identify and communicate disaster impacts on cultural sites across their service areas. These maps address a critical need for US federal, state, and local jurisdictions by providing a centralized reporting mechanism to track losses of arts and cultural heritage from disasters, as well as a support infrastructure to advocate for disaster resources for arts, cultural, and creative assets.

The forum’s agenda includes a full-group discussion on the findings from the cultural response network mapping survey, facilitated discussion with leaders of disaster response networks currently undertaking mapping activities, and roundtables to support knowledge exchange among networks on mapping efforts. The session will end with a culminating discussion of mapping patterns, emerging principles, and best practices. Outcomes of the forum will include a formal white paper and future working groups for networks to continue building on mapping efforts.

Speakers

Christina Cain

Emergency Programs Manager, Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, Alliance for Response

Christina Cain is the Emergency Programs Manager for the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, where she manages the National Heritage Responders, a corps of responders who are trained in disaster recovery for collections, and the Alliance for Response initiative, which brings... Read More →

Colleen Carroll

Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative

Leah Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Arts Administration and Coordinator, Kentucky Heritage Emergency Response Network, University of Kentucky

Leah Hamilton, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky, where she directs the Arts Emergency Management Certificates and leads the Arts Emergency and Disaster Research Initiative (AEDRI), a university-based research lab dedicated to developing... Read More →

Thursday September 24, 2026 1:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
330AB Gatton Student Center

Peer Learning Cohort, Track 2: Arts and Cultural Response Networks

Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

Christina Cain

Colleen Carroll

Leah Hamilton

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Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

Christina Cain

Colleen Carroll

Leah Hamilton

Attendees (10)

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