This Spring we hosted a series of “Culture Chats,” to highlight the power of culture through resilience, adaptation, agility, and innovation.

These conversations offered a break from the gloom of the Coronavirus, a little bit of sunshine to remind us that the arts and culture are alive and well, if not necessarily in the theaters and venues where we’re used to finding them.

Watch our conversations with these Creative Youth Development leaders:

Youth Employment in the Creative Economy

with Marquis Victor, Founding Executive Director of Elevated Thought

Essential Work & Workers

with Harold Steward, Producing Co-Executive Director of The Theater Offensive

A Family Affair

with Gretchen Nielsen, Executive Director of From the Top

The Show Must Go On(line)

with Jane O’Leary, Director of Education, and Allison Lerman-Gluck, Education Coordinator, of Barrington Stage Company

Adapting Programs & Engaging Youth

with Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA)

Building Resilience the Shakespearean Way

with Tina Packer, Founding Artistic Director, and Allyn Burrows, Artistic Director, of Shakespeare & Company

Crisis as Opportunity

with Eric Booth, teaching artist expert

Embracing Distance Learning for Young Musicians

with Christopher Schroeder, Executive Director of the Josiah Quincy Orchestra Program