Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Getty Center, Los Angeles
Join us for a day of inspiring and informative conversations about critical topics affecting arts education for teens and young adults. The sessions spotlight innovative, inspiring, and replicable youth-centered programming in California, Florida, Illinois, and Texas. In addition, enjoy youth performances and opportunities for networking. ### Schedule ### Premiere Performance of the Newly Commissioned Poem, “High Art” \[Evan Wang\]\[1\], National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States ### Morning Panels \*\*Impact and Possibility in School-Adjacent Arts Programming\*\* Michael Cirelli, founder of the \[National Youth Poet Laureate Program\]\[2\], New York and Los Angeles Vincent Coronado, senior manager of \[Creative Solutions at Big Thought\]\[3\], Dallas Brittany Prieto, senior education specialist for \[Teen Programs at the Getty Museum\]\[4\] Moderated by Raúl Flores, executive director at \[artworxLA\]\[5\], Los Angeles \*\*Outreach and Partnerships for Classroom Arts Integration\*\* Lucy Chen, vice president of community engagement at \[Cathedral Arts Projects\]\[6\], Jacksonville, FL John Lawler, CEO of \[P.S. Arts\]\[7\], Los Angeles Amy Rasmussen, executive director of \[Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education\]\[8\] Moderated by LeAnn Binford, senior director of consulting services at \[Big Thought\]\[9\], Dallas ### Afternoon Panels \*\*Agency and Creativity for Youth in the AI Age\*\* Mary Dell’Erba, assistant director, \[Arts Education Partnership\]\[10\], Denver \*In conversation with\* Dr. Kylee Peppler, professor of Informatics & Education, director of The Creativity Labs, and co-director of \[The Connected Learning Lab\]\[11\], University of California, Irvine \*\*The Arts and Music in Schools Act: New Data on California's Proposition 28 and a Look to its Future\*\* Dr. Veronica Alvarez, executive director, \[CreateCA\]\[12\], Pasadena Kyle Holmes, director, \[Statewide Arts Initiative\]\[13\], Sacramento Moderated by Jeannine Flores, Arts & STEAM Coordinator for \[Los Angeles Office of Education\]\[14\], Los Angeles ### Closing Remarks Dr. Andrew Westover, Eleanor M. Storza Deputy Director, Learning & Civic Engagement at the \[High Museum of Art\]\[15\], Atlanta ### Youth Musical Performance To be announced \[1\]: https://www.youthlaureate.org/youth-poet-laureates/evan-wang \[2\]: https://www.youthlaureate.org/ \[3\]: https://bigthought.org/who-we-are/our-programs/creative-solutions/ \[4\]: https://www.getty.edu/education/teen-programs/ \[5\]: https://www.artworxla.org/ \[6\]: https://capkids.org/ \[7\]: https://psarts.org/ \[8\]: https://capechicago.org/ \[9\]: https://bigthought.org/ \[10\]: https://www.aep-arts.org/ \[11\]: https://connectedlearning.uci.edu/ \[12\]: https://createca.org/ \[13\]: https://cacountyarts.org/ \[14\]: https://www.lacoe.edu/services/curriculum-instruction/arts-steam \[15\]: https://high.org/