The National Guild for Community Arts Education, on behalf of a coalition of national partners, has been awarded an NEA Art Works grant for $100,000. The award will support a collective impact initiative and the creation of the first-ever blueprint to advance creative youth development (CYD). Continue reading “Guild Awarded $100,000 Grant for Creative Youth Development”
2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards Finalists Announced
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and its cultural partners – the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services – are proud to recognize 50 outstanding programs all over the country for their work in providing excellent arts and humanities learning opportunities to young people. From big cities to small towns, the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalists reflect the diversity of disciplines and settings of these exceptional programs that are taking place from coast to coast.
Podcast: Nationally-Recognized CYD Leaders Share Their Work
Check out Mass Cultural Council’s podcast, Creative Minds Out Loud, for informative and lively conversations with nationally-recognized creative youth development leaders:
- Dr. Anthony Trecek-King, Artistic Director of the Boston Children’s Chorus, discusses music as a catalyst to create social change.
- Susan Rodgerson, Founding Executive/Artistic Director of Artists For Humanity, discusses pioneering youth entrepreneurship & sustainability.
- Jane Chu, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, discusses mapping an Infrastructure that helps the arts thrive.
- Bob Lynch, Americans for the Arts’ President and CEO, discusses national arts advocacy leadership strategies and observations.
Mass Cultural Council Launches “Amplify” to Fund 12 Youth-Led Community Projects
We also have our social imagination: the capacity to invent
visions of what should be and what might be in our deficient
society, on the streets where we live, in our schools. – Maxine Greene
Today the Mass Cultural Council introduces Amplify Youth Voices; a new initiative to raise the voices of young people whose creative expression is driving positive change in communities across the state.
Amplify grants provide support for projects designed and executed by young people in programs that are currently receiving YouthReach or SerHacer funding. A total of $11,440 was awarded with each grantee receiving up to $1,000.
#CYDchat: Where the Arts Connect and Contribute
The National Guild for Community Arts Education invites you to participate in a Twitter chat on November 4, 2015 at 2pm EST using the hashtag #CYDChat for an exchange around Creative Youth Development (CYD). The discussion will include opportunities to share resources, discuss collaborative practices, and generate innovative ideas to strengthen their work.
Use #CYDChat to contribute, and help us all learn and grow!
Join AFTA’s Creative Youth Development Webinar, Tweet Chat on Sept. 15
Learn more about Creative Youth Development as part of Americans for the Arts’ (AFTA) webinar series: “Arts Education: What You Need to Know” on Tuesday, September 15 at 3pm. The President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities will join partners from the National Guild for Community Arts Education and the Mass Cultural Council to discuss this emerging field
Register for the 20-minute webinar, and continue the conversation with leaders from around the country in Twitter using #CYD from 8-9pm (ET).
CYD Featured at AFTA’s 2015 Annual Conference
At this week’s Americans for the Arts 2015 Annual Conference, two sessions will focus on creative youth development:
Creative Youth Development: What’s in a Name?
Out-of-school arts programming has been the core of the work of many local arts service agencies for decades. With a new name for this field, research being conducted, and policy opportunities being exposed, learn from national leaders who are driving this movement for additional monetary and policy support for further investment in the infrastructure of the field of Creative Youth Development. Continue reading “CYD Featured at AFTA’s 2015 Annual Conference”
2015 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalists Announced
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and its cultural partners – the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services – are proud to recognize 50 outstanding programs all over the country for their work in providing excellent arts and humanities learning opportunities to young people. From big cities to small towns, the 2015 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalists reflect the diversity of disciplines and settings of these exceptional programs that are taking place from coast to coast.
Mass Creates 1st State Program to Support El Sistema Music Education
This week the Mass Cultural Council launched the first state initiative in the U.S. to bring music education to underserved youth through programs inspired by El Sistema.
SerHacer (To Make, To Be) will provide pilot grants, musical instruments, and technical support to nine youth music programs across Massachusetts. Led by local schools and social service providers, each program employs teaching and learning models based on El Sistema, which has lifted thousands of poor, disenfranchised children out of poverty through intensive musical training and social support in Venezuela, Argentina, & elsewhere. SerHacer will also fund new research to advance studies that show how making music helps children develop essential executive functioning skills such as focus, planning, and problem-solving. Continue reading “Mass Creates 1st State Program to Support El Sistema Music Education”
ARTSblog Salon Explores Creative Youth Development
In conjunction with National Arts Education week this week, Americans for the Arts (AFTA) is hosting a weeklong blog salon dedicated to exploring important next steps for the emerging creative youth development sector. Throughout the week AFTA’s Arts Education blog will highlight issues related to research, programming, evaluation, funding, and advocacy, and will explore the insights and puzzles presented from leading voices in the field.
Follow the conversation throughout the week and contribute your thoughts via AFTA’s blog or on Twitter (using the hashtag #creativeyouthdevelopment).