Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2026 ARTs (Activate. Reimagine. Transform.) + Change
Virtual Conference!
Join us February 18 - 22, 2026, for five days of presentations, workshops, performances, and guided conversations exploring the intersection of arts, community, and changemaking.
✨Virtual
✨Free / donation-based
✨Open to all
Hosted by the University of Rochester Institute for the Performing Arts
To learn more and register
Featured artwork by Ella Smith
ARTs + Change is supported in partnership with the University of Rochester Office
of Equity and Inclusion, the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center, the Eastman
Institute for Music Leadership, Create A Space Now, and the ESL Rochester
Fringe Festival.

