OUR OFFERINGS
Customize Your Conference
Design a conference experience tailored to your interests, goals, and curiosity. In 2026, choose from more than 30 workshops, 8 community arts experiences, 5 school and community tours, and 2 evening performances. In San Diego, you’ll truly “choose your own adventure.”
Professional Development
Explore workshop themes — Arts, Identity & Belonging; Innovative Teaching & Learning; Leadership, Systems & Program Design; and Advocacy, Recruitment & Sustainability — designed to deepen your practice and expand your impact in arts education.
Networking Opportunities
Over three days, connect with arts education professionals from across the country. Share ideas, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and build lasting relationships with future collaborators and trusted peers.
An Artistic Feast
San Diego’s vibrant arts and culture scene is rooted in collaboration and exchange. Through curated tours, performances, and immersive experiences, you’ll engage with a rich range of artistic voices and disciplines and leave inspired, energized, and creatively renewed.
BORDERLESS CREATIVITY:
ARTS BRIDGING CULTURES
Art is the language without borders. Boundaries may exist on maps, but art dissolves them. It reminds us that imagination is infinite, that creativity transcends walls, and that when we teach young people to make art, we also teach them to change the world.
Schedule at-a-glance
The schedule below is a draft and is subject to change as conference details are confirmed.
LOCATION
LOCATION
LOCATION
LOCATION
BREAKFAST
MORNING
LUNCH
AFTERNOON
EVENING
MONDAY
Town & Country Resort Hotel
4pm -7 pm Conference Check-in
6pm- 9pm Informal Meet & Greet
Hotel Lobby
TUESDAY
San Diego State University
(SDSU)
Trolley transportation to SDSU
Breakfast at SDSU
Opening Session, Awards and Workshops SDSU
Workshop Session One
Lunch at SDSU
Vendor Fair, Workshops at SDSU
Trolley transportation back to hotel
Sips & Sandals Welcome Reception -Location TBD
(6:30 pm- 7:30 pm)
Dinner on your own before or after welcome reception.
WEDNESDAY
Morning varies per field trip selection; afternoon at SDSCPA
Charter Bus transportation to Tours & SDSCPA
Boxed Breakfast
School Tours
Lunch & Networking
General Session, Awards, Student Performances at SDSCPA
Chart bus transportation back to hotel
Dinner on you own
Optional- Free Night at SD Opera to see Verdi Opera performance.
Pre-registration required during conference registration.
THURSDAY
Morning varies per field trip selection; afternoon at SDSCPA
Charter Bus transportation to Tours & SDSCPA
Boxed Breakfast
Community Arts Experiences
Lunch
Networking, Closing Session, Awards at SDSCPA. Ends at 4 pm.
Chart bus transportation back to hotel
Workshop Session Strands
