Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

Arts Disaster and Crisis Preparedness Conference 2026

8:30am EDT

Registration & Breakfast Ballroom A

8:50am EDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Ballroom A

12:30pm EDT

Lunch & Networking Ballroom A Roundtable Discussion: AFTA Incubator Three-Month Convening Ballroom AMital Lyons-Warren • Mollie Quinlan-Hayes • Tom Clareson

8:15am EDT

Registration & Continental Breakfast Ballroom A

8:45am EDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Ballroom A

9:00am EDT

Power of Art: Community Based Art Therapy After Gun Violence Ballroom ARaquel Farrell-Kirk • Stacey Kesten

9:45am EDT

Networking & Refreshment Break Ballroom A

12:15pm EDT

Lunch & Networking Ballroom A

12:45pm EDT

Roundtable Discussion #1: Arts in Disaster: A Conversation Around Tools for Community Connection and Wellbeing Ballroom AHeather Spooner • Sara Baicich Roundtable Discussion #2: Retreating to Advance: CAReNet's artist-led approach to disaster relief and recovery Ballroom ASarah M. Schmitt • Kiana Mahjub Roundtable Discussion #3: The Arts and Post Disaster Recovery Resource Ballroom ALucia Girado • Crystal King Wallner Roundtable Discussion #4: Local Arts Agencies: Essential Infrastructure for Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery Ballroom AMital Lyons-Warren • Eleanor Billington Roundtable Discussion #5: Prepared to Thrive: Building Performing Arts Resilience On and Off the Stage Ballroom ACarol Foster • Tom Clareson Roundtable Discussion #6: Connection as Prevention: Building Arts, Health, and Community Response Networks After Disaster Ballroom AMoira Pirsch • Erin Brothers • Hoku Pavao • Anna Pirsch

4:15pm EDT

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

5:00pm EDT

Closing Reception Ballroom A