Telling Our Story, the 2026 Young Audiences Arts for Learning National Conference, aims to serve 150 participants who are interested in the arts in education field at the local, state, and national levels. Conference participants include nonprofit administrators and executive leadership, teaching artists, teachers, and higher education faculty; a diverse group of individuals from the field engaged in improving student access to the arts and arts learning.
This conference will explore the concept of narrative; guiding questions include:
- How do we tell our story to different audiences?
- Which voices are centered in our stories, and how does this impact what is told, how it’s received, and how it’s retold and shared?
- How can narrative help us understand the impact of our work?
- How can narrative help us forge and sustain essential alliances to move the work forward?
- How can exploring narrative help us envision future directions and innovations of practice?