From Monument Lab Website:
“Regular Registration is now open for the 2026 Monument Lab Summit.
The 2026 Monument Lab Summit: “School of Monumaking” invites artists, educators, activists, and cultural leaders to imagine monument-making as a living classroom.
Over three days, participants gather for a dynamic “school day” of screenings, keynote conversations, creative sessions, and collaborative workshops that explore how public memory is made—and remade—through art, care, and collective action. From bold national perspectives to intimate community histories, the Summit centers monument-making as an ongoing practice of learning together: asking who is remembered, how stories are told, and what it takes to build more just public landscapes.
Across keynote talks, “class periods,” film screenings, and hands-on sessions, the School of Monumaking celebrates experimentation, repair, and imagination in public art. Attendees will move between reflection and celebration—learning new strategies, sharing ideas, and experiencing art that expands what monuments can be. Whether joining conversations about national memory, collaborating on creative exercises, or dancing together at the closing celebration, participants will experience a Summit designed as both a classroom and a community.
What it means to attend the School of Monumaking:
Class Periods with Leading Practitioners
Participate in themed sessions with artists, scholars, and cultural leaders exploring monument-making through art, history, activism, and technology.
Monumaking 101
A hands-on workshop where Monument Lab leaders and partners share tools, strategies, and lessons from real-world monument projects—inviting participants to develop their own ideas.
Film Screenings
Experience films and digital artworks that reveal the hidden stories and creative processes behind monuments, including An American Reflection, a powerful visualization of Monument Lab’s National Monument Audit.
Office Hours
Bring your own ideas, proposals, or works-in-progress to small-group consultations with Monument Lab’s network of artists and experts.
Community Panels & Conversations
Learn from collaborative monument projects that model how public art can honor collective action and shared histories.
Celebrations & Gatherings
From the opening Back to School Night reception to the closing Promument dance party, the Summit creates space to connect, reflect, and celebrate together.
Special Summit Moments:
Recess
An evening gathering of music, art-making, snacks, and playful collaboration—because even monument-makers need time to recharge and create together.
Promument
A prom-themed closing celebration honoring the creativity, collaboration, and joy that power monument-making today.”