Day 1, Thursday, November 14
Opening Conversation: The Changing Philanthropic Landscape
How is cultural philanthropy responding to changing donor priorities and empowering organizations to provide inclusive access to cultural places and experiences for diverse audiences and communities? Philanthropic leaders discuss their work to challenge traditional models of giving.
Johanna Chao Kreilick (moderator)
Kelly D. Nowlin
Icela Pelayo
Panel: Culture as Prescription
Art and cultural organizations can provide critical wellness benefits, at a time when many communities are grappling with an increase in loneliness and mental health challenges. Learn from leading thinkers across disciplines as they discuss the exciting potential of social prescribing.
Michael Bobbitt (moderator)
Kate Mulligan
Vanessa V. Ford
Jamie Silvestri
Keynote Conversation: Stopping Stones: Healing through Remembering
Recognizing the past is critical in effecting change in the present. Hear from the Founder of Stopping Stones, an initiative that utilizes public art to memorialize individuals who experienced enslavement and promote racial healing
Conversation: Reimagining Museums
Museums are employing a range of creative strategies to critically reexamine and address the balance of their collections towards better reflecting their community and complex histories. From community partnerships and artist-in-residence programs to thoughtful deaccessioning and acquisitions, hear from museum professionals about how they are striving to create inclusive, collaborative, and community-focused collections and exhibits.
Panel: Inclusive Education: in the Classroom and Beyond
Hear from experts across schools, non-profits, and cultural institutions about how they are working towards accessibility and representation for all young people.
Benjamin Herold (moderator)
Brianne Lolar
Shamilia McBean Tocruray
Tere Ramos
Marquee Conversation: Bridge to the Arts: Connecting Communities Through Cultural Spaces
A leading example of the power of preservation, art, and culture, Dartmouth’s rejuvenated and expanded Hopkins Center for the Arts (The Hop) is a keystone of the campus Arts District and a bridge linking inspiring performance, a world-class academic institution, and the surrounding community. Learn how institutional vision and outstanding design are converging to reimagine The Hop as a center of creativity and connection.
Day 2, Friday, November
Panel: Climate Migration: The Next Great Cultural Shift
How can advance planning allow communities to effectively welcome new populations, while maintaining and enhancing their community’s vitality? How can knowledge gained from historic migrations shape how we prepare for the future?
Melissa Hoffer (moderator)
Joie Grandbois
Betsy Nicholson
A.R. Siders
Growing Together: Building Opportunity, Creating Homes
Affordable housing challenges impact development in communities of all kinds. How do planning strategies facilitate housing production, while preserving the unique character and sense of place of the communities they support?
Conversation: Factory Reborn: Reviving Industrial Roots in Haverhill and America
Announcements on the most recent chapter of Historic New England’s ambitious initiative to transform two historic shoe factories in Haverhill, Massachusetts, into a global cultural destination and vibrant mixed-use district, breathing new life into the city’s industrial heritage. In parallel, the session spotlights Maine-based American Roots’ efforts to revive U.S. manufacturing as a cultural and economic backbone, bringing past to present to strengthen communities across the region and the nation.
Vin Cipolla
Carissa Demore
Michelle Finamore, PhD
Ben Waxman
Whitney Waxman
Panel: Restoring the Future of Toxic Land
How can spaces polluted due to past practice be given new life? Hear from the organizations working to redefine the future of toxic land.
Amy Fisher (moderator)
David Foss, CPG, LSP
Rhiannon Hampson
AmyJean McKeown
Conversation: Sheltered Shores: Acadia’s Housing Horizon
With affordable housing in short supply, how can parks ensure that they offer a livable place for their workers? Acadia National Park serves as a case study with broad implications for considerations in workforce housing.
Special Talk: Bright Ideas: Preserving Maine’s Historic Lighthouses in a Changing Climate
Lighthouses, by virtue of their remoteness and exposure to the ocean, are at the frontlines of historic structures impacted by climate change. Learn about work being done to sustain these structures in a gulf warming faster than nearly all the world’s oceans.
