Youth and the Future of Culture is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Program Staff
Lead Curator: Michelle Banks
Curators: Amalia Córdova, Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Rebecca Fenton, Marjorie Hunt, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Sojin Kim, Mary Linn
Program Coordinators: Ali Ali, Alexia Fawcett, Pablo Molinero-Martinez, Arlene Reiniger
Program Assistants: Conner Barron, Sophia Fedus, Connor Roop
Curatorial Assistants: Eloy Neira de la Cadena, Andrea Mayorga
Interns: Krystin Anderson, Daniel Atuma, Liv Berg, Amare Davis, Lydia Desormeaux, Brianna Fernandez, Jeffrey Gerald, Lila Hancock, Peyton Hoffman, Morgan Joiner, Mary Bridget Jones, Olivia Jones, Renata Kowslowska, Sofia Little, Rachel Lyndon, Zavier Northrup, Shannon Perry, Melia Person, Anh Thu Pham-Vu, Angelina Rios-Galindo, Alix Roederer-Morin, Khaki Sawyer, Sofia Wallace, London Wright
Festival Director: Sabrina Lynn Motley
Sponsors
The Festival received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino, and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. The 2025 Festival is generously supported by Casey Family Programs.
Support for Next Generation Artisans in the Traditional Building Trades comes from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the 1772 Foundation, the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, and the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. In-kind support comes from the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center.
Support for lacrosse activities comes from DeMaurice Smith.
