Creative Youth Development National Partnership

Our Vision

All young people will have equitable access to opportunities to develop their creative potential, to live richer, fuller lives and develop the critical learning and life skills they need to become active contributors to their communities.

The Creative Youth Development National Partnership is working in concert with the broader field to drive collective action in three strategic priorities to advance creative youth development:

• VISIBILITY & IMPACT: Documenting and Communicating Outcomes and Impact
• FUNDING: Building Pathways to Funding
• FIELD BUILDING: Professional Development, Networking & Technical Assistance

National Action Blueprint Outlines Strategies for Positive Change

The Creative Youth Development National Partnership, in concert with more than 650 cross-sector stakeholders nationally, is calling for all young people to have equitable access to opportunities to: realize their creative potential; live richer, fuller lives; and develop the critical learning and life skills they need to become active contributors to their communities. Read the Blueprint.

Learn more about how people are putting the Blueprint to work.

What is Creative Youth Development?

Creative youth development (CYD) is a recent term for a longstanding theory of practice  that integrates creative skill-building, inquiry, and expression with positive youth development principles, fueling young people’s imaginations and building critical learning and life skills.

From the Blog

Youth Opportunity: Join the National Young Artists Summit 2019 Planning Team Youth leaders currently in 9-12th grade are encouraged to apply by June 3, 2019, to join the National Young Artists Summit 2019 Planning Team. The Summit will be held on Saturday, November 2 in Austin, TX, in conjunction with the national Conference for Community Arts Education …

CYD National Partnership Co-Hosts Track at BOOST in May
The Clare Rose Foundation, in partnership with the CYD National Partnership, is proud to host the first BOOST creative youth development workshop strand …

TAG Quarterly Explores Creative Youth Development
The Winter 2019 issue of the TAG Quarterly is all about Creative Youth Development! The free online publication from the Teaching Artists Guild was released last week …

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