Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this conversation, Smithsonian Folklife Festival director Sabrina Lynn Motley, lead curator Michelle Banks, curatorial assistant Andrea Mayorga, and advisory council member Selina Morales introduce the 2025 program “Youth and the Future of Culture.” The program, and the discussion, explores how young artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, activists, and craftspeople are sustaining cultural practices, innovating traditions, and driving change.

Presented live in a Zoom webinar on June 3, 2025.