Youth Summit 2026: STAND UP STAY ROOTED
Event Hero – hello from a dynamic block! Two-column Content – hello from a dynamic block! New Museum Theater Join Indigenous artist Cannupa Hanska Luger and NewMu Teen Fellows for a conversation about building an art practice, the role of ancestors and history, and imagining more sustainable futures. First Session: 1-2 PM Second Session: 2-3 PM New Museum Theater Explore themes of justice and community using music composition and lyric writing to create a collective beat and original song with viBe Theater Experience. First Session: 1-2 PM Second Session: 2-3 PM Sky Room South Learn strategies for identifying challenges and building empowering solutions in your communities with Brotherhood Sister Sol. Sky Room North Transform found texts into poems and narratives that explore collective futures and worlds yet to come with Indigenous artist Cannupa Hanska Luger. Forum Engage in a guided meditation and multi-modal wellness space led by Jay Mimes, offering opportunities for reflection, grounding, and restoration. Glenn O’Brien Lounge What fuels your rage? Use voice, movement, and performance responses to explore self-expression, resistance, and change, inspired by Bruce Nauman’s No, No, New Museum. Developed by artist, performer, and conceptual choreographer NIC Kay and facilitated by New Museum Teaching Artist Rosed Serrano. New Museum Theater Close out the day by sharing your voice through music, movement, spoken word, and collective celebration in an open youth-led cypher. New Museum Theater Enter for a chance to win exclusive New Museum merchandise and take home a souvenir from Youth Summit 2026. Sky Room South Meet the NewMu Teen Fellows and explore their final exhibition while learning about the ideas, processes, and experiences behind their work. Sponsors Lead support is provided by the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Generous support is provided by: Institute of Museum and Library Services Keith Haring School, Teen, and Family Programs Fund Additional support is provided by the Art Bridges Foundation. Support for Education and Public Engagement programs is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Endowment support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund; and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum. Support
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