Champions for the Arts Your Voice. Your Community. Your Future.

Donna Walker-Kuhne. Photograph by Trevor Felder

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What if you could change the way people experience art?

Who gets invited? Who gets heard? Who gets to feel like they belong? And what would it look like if the next generation didn’t just show up for the arts—but helped shape what comes next?

Join Donna Walker-Kuhne, author of Champions for the Arts, and Cris Scorza, Helena Rubinstein Chair of Education at the Whitney Museum of American Art, for a conversation about turning ideas into action. Together, they’ll unpack some of the biggest lessons from Champions for the Arts and explore how young people can build community, challenge the status quo, create new possibilities, and become Champions for the Arts in their own way.

Then, hear from Art Champion Scholars Kia Rogers, Imani Carr, and Denzel Fields, who will share their experiences and perspectives on why the arts matter—and what needs to change. This is a conversation about more than museums and galleries. It’s about creativity, identity, community, access, and having a voice in the culture around you.

Break into small-group conversations to talk, question, connect, and share ideas with other audience members. What makes you feel welcome in a cultural space? What would you change? Where do you see yourself in the arts? And what does being a Champion for the Arts mean to you?

We’ll bring the conversation back together and hear what you’re thinking.

Come with questions. Leave with ideas. Find your people. Be a Champion for the Arts.