The National Arts Policy Roundtable was founded in 2006 in partnership with Robert Redford, actor-producer, and founder of the Sundance Institute, and has since grown into one of the leading arts policy convenings in America. It was developed from a mutual understanding that artists should be at the table, not just in cultural conversations, but in creating policy and social structures across sectors. Each Roundtable focused on a specific, timely topic to yield recommendations on public policies and private sector practices. Unlike other convenings, The National Arts Policy Roundtable includes voices across generations, cultural demographics, and lived experiences. The participants collaboratively strategize ways to integrate the arts into problem-solving and mediating our country’s societal challenges.