Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

9:00am EDT

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

3:30pm EDT

Meaning through Making: Using Collage to Bring Order from Chaos After Disaster Brockman Senate Chamber (2nd floor)Jessica Evans

10:00am EDT

Safeguarding Community Celebrations: Lessons from Greenup County’s Between Two Rivers Arts & Preparedness Project 330EMelissa Bond • Anne Stephens A Guided Tour of Readiness, Response, and Recovery Resources: Navigate the landscape of support for artists and arts organizations 375Mollie Quinlan-Hayes • Emily Sollenberger Legacy Planning and Archiving for the Active Artist: What you’ve created merits preservation 330CTom Clareson • Anne Huang The Healing Power of Dance 231EveMarie Bessenbach

10:30am EDT

EmComm for All: Basic radio communication for resilient communities 330ESamuel Lockridge

11:15am EDT

NCAPER Learning Sprint: Risk Assessment, Business Continuity, Navigating Crises and Legacy Planning 330DMollie Quinlan-Hayes • Tom Clareson • Mital Lyons-Warren Rampart: Readiness and Legacy Planning for Musicians 330CGene Meneray • Ashlye Keaton

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 Lost in Translation: When Arts Administrators and Emergency Managers Speak Different Languages 375Cameron Baxter Lewis Movement Choirs for Community Resilience 231Amy Schwartzman

3:30pm EDT

Creative Disasters: Movement workshop for disaster storytelling 231Wyn Batson • Taiga Christie • Nicole Garneau • Rachel O'Hanlon-Rodriguez In the Wake of Disasters: Defining and Mitigating Traumas 375Rachel Hooper Risk Assessment: Spot Vulnerabilities Before They Become Emergencies 330DMichelle Dobbins • Tom Clareson