Our annual Conference for Community Arts Education is the preeminent gathering of community arts education leaders in the United States. The program features more than four dozen workshops, roundtables, plenary sessions, site visits, and social events—plus full-day preconference institutes. Delegates enjoy opportunities to develop new skills, share effective practices, explore model programs, visit leading arts education institutions, and build relationships with colleagues.  Delegates return home inspired with new ideas about how to advance their organization and better serve their community. 

Interested in proposing a full session, a topic, a speaker, or an organization or program for a site visit? Watch our online orientation to learn how.

The deadline to submit a proposal is May 22, 2013.

On April 12, 2013, the National Guild held a town hall-style program planning meeting for the upcoming 2013 Conference for Community Arts Education (Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, in Chicago). Ninety-seven arts education leaders representing more than 60 cultural organizations identified a host of issues affecting the field to be addressed at the conference.

• Minding the Gap: Race, Class, and the Deep Divide in Arts Learning Opportunity
• Catalyzing Change: Creating Equitable Access to Arts Learning
• More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Collaboration & Sustainability in Arts Education