Arts Disaster & Crisis Preparedness Conference

Beyond Rationality: Incorporating First Responder Grief Work into Disaster and Crisis Planning
Presenter: Amber Lynn Scott
First responders are rarely taught how to respect their own individual and organizational manifestations of trauma and grief that emerge during crisis. This presentation discusses a novel framework to overcome this identified gap.

Insights and Lessons Learned: Mitigation, Recovery & Resilience at University of Kentucky
Presenters: Laurel Wood and Kristen Sutherland
Discover approaches to disaster recovery and resilience when faced with natural disasters of any size, shape, or form and the challenges and successes associated with planning for the unknown at the Commonwealth's flagship institution of higher education.

Community, Healing, and the Arts in Disaster
Presenters: Eleanor Billington and Heather Spooner
Join the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to discuss the critical role that arts and culture play in community wellness and mental health, specifically the NEA's Military Healing Network Intiative: Creative Forces.

Natural Resiliency: Creative Approaches to Healing After Disaster
Presenter: Jessica Evans
This presentation and discussion, with real-world examples, will outline the many ways that creative expression can foster resilience and help both individuals and communities navigate the journey toward healing and recovery amidst adversity.

The National Weather Service - Building Resiliency in Kentucky
Presenter: Jane Marie Wix
What exactly is the National Weather Service? This presentation will give you an inside look at the role of the NWS offices across the state and country, talk about ways you can get involved, and will also discuss how the NWS Jackson, KY office is working within the community to help build better weather awareness, preparedness, and resiliency.

Safeguarding Community Celebrations
Presenters: Leah Hamilton, Melissa Bond
This session focuses on emergency planning strategies for community-based celebrations, using the Williamsburg, Kentucky Earth Day Festival as a real-world example. Hear about the successful partnership between UK Cooperative Extension and UK Arts Administration conducting a risk audit and building effective communication and training strategies with local administrators in a small town setting.

Sustaining a Resilient Organization through Theoretical Constructivism & Actionable Pragmatism
Presenter: Josh Austin
Tenets of a resilient organization are examined via collaborative and coordinated-based theory. Specifically, both open systems and resilience theory are demonstrated as a means to install effective, sustainable system-to-system pragmatic action within an arts organization.

Preventative Conservation and Digital Revitalization of Cultural Heritage in Asia
Presenter: Ruby Yu
Explore preventive conservation and revitalization of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Asia through digital technology and public engagement, with a focus on specific case studies including ancient artifacts, Chinese grottoes, traditional paintings, and various forms of intangible heritage.