Youth and the Future of Culture is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Program Staff

Lead Curator: Michelle Banks

Curators: Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Rebecca Fenton, Marjorie Hunt, Sojin Kim, Mary Linn

Program Coordinators: Alexia Fawcett, Pablo Molinero-Martinez, Eloy Neira de la Cadena, Arlene Reiniger

Program Assistant: Sophia Fedus

Curatorial Assistant: Andrea Mayorga

Foodways Coordinator: Lirit Gilmore

Festival Director: Sabrina Lynn Motley

Sponsors

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. Federal support comes from the American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. In-kind support comes from the National Park Service Preservation Training Center.