Arts Strike is a dialogue between artists, schools and communities first piloted by Yo-Yo Ma and Damian Woetzel in 2010. This special discussion and demonstration for the Aspen Ideas Festival highlights the unique power of the arts to educate and engage, and will feature local Colorado children alongside renowned artists, several of whom have participated in Arts Strikes in schools across the country. Yo-Yo Ma Cristina Pato Charles "Lil Buck" Riley Damian Woetzel Tracy Straus Anna Deavere Smith