Schedule At-A-Glance

Case Study
Clinic
Discussion
Interactive
Lightning Round
Threads
Panel
Workshop
Thursday, June 15
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Centerstage & Registration Open
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Preconferences (Day 1)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Preconference Party
Friday, June 16
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am - 11:00 am Preconferences (Day 2)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Arts Education Resource Exchange
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Centerstage & Registration Open
8:30 am - 11:00 am County Arts Network Meeting
9:00 am - 11:00 am SAAN/State Arts Agencies Meeting
10:00 am - 11:30 am Newcomers & New-at-Heart Orientation and Meet-and-Greet
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Networking Break
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm The Arts, Justice, and Equality
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Networking Break
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm Arts & Community: What Native Artists Are Bringing to Social Change
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm Supporting Artivists
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Arts and Politics in the Trump Era
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm How Public Art is Tackling Today's Top Issues
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Lightning Round: Research Round-Up
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Universal Design and Embracing Disability Within Equity
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Arts & Community: Arts and Live/Work Space
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Meet and Ask the NEA
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Networking Break
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm Arts & Community: Creative Peaceful Resistance
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm Supporting Work at the Intersection of Arts & Justice
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Creative Messaging to Pursue Arts-based Ballot Initiatives
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Getting Hands-On to Connect People through Art
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Lightning Round: The Evolution of Evaluation
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm The State of Cultural Equity in the Arts
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Arts & Community: Arts and the Military
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Federal Policy/Local Impact for the Creative Economy
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Arts Action Fund Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Opening Reception
Saturday, June 17
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am Interest Groups Breakfast
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Centerstage & Registration Open
9:00 am - 10:15 am Arts, Culture, Economic Prosperity and Beyond
10:15 am - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Leadership, Politics, and the Arts
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Networking Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm How Tech Companies Think about the Arts
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Supporting the Creative Life Across the Political Spectrum
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm The Future of Community Investment and the LAA
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm The History of Arts-Based Community Development
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm Learning to Tell a Story Better
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm ArtVentures
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Networking Break
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Building Next Generation Leadership in Arts Education
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Empowering the Arts in Transforming Places
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Evolving Your Professional Development Services to Meet a Changing Landscape
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm What the Arts Can Learn from Corporate Diversity Practices
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm Networking Break
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Investing in the Arts for Both Financial and Social ROI
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Reinventing Your Organization to Respond to Today
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Shifting to Sector-Wide Metrics
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Supporting Art's Role in Moments of Civil Unrest
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm The Role of LAAs in Communicating Arts and Culture’s Value
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm What ESSA Will Mean to Your Community's Arts Education
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Arts Education Thread Mixer
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Meet the Members Reception
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Emerging and Mid-Career Leaders Threads Mixer
Sunday, June 18
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am - 11:00 am Centerstage & Registration Open
9:00 am - 9:40 am Arts Education Leaders Threads Reflection Session
9:00 am - 10:30 am Arts & Community: Preserving Arts & Culture Space
9:00 am - 10:30 am Reviving Traditional Arts as Community Activism
9:00 am - 10:30 am Talking About the Social Impact of the Arts
9:50 am - 10:30 am Emerging and Mid-Career Leaders Threads Reflection Session
10:30 am - 11:00 am Networking Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm The Arts, Perseverance and the Power of Optimism



This year’s Annual Convention explores the role of the arts in creating and sustaining healthy, vibrant, equitable communities. It is organized around five core themes:

  • Engaging Equity: How do we learn and lead in pursuing equity inside and outside the arts?
  • Inspiring Activation: How can we support activist and experimental spirit in the arts?
  • Embracing Reinvention: How can we be proactive in moments of transformation?
  • Celebrating Optimism: How can we raise up the creativity and hope within our communities?
  • Building Skills: What are the primary skills needed for individuals to succeed in the arts today?