The Partnership—originally comprised of the National Guild for Community Arts Education, Mass Cultural Council, the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and Americans for the Arts—expands to include all three Blueprint Action Team members. This expansion ensures the voices of practitioners, researchers, and cross-sector partners are part of increasing equitable access to Creative Youth Development. Meet the Partners.
A collaboration between Creative Youth Development National Partnership and the Grantmakers for Education Arts Education Impact Group. Each session spotlights a different written briefs authored by field experts with Americans for the Arts as part of the first phase of a creative youth development toolkit for the field. All webinars are hosted by the National Guild for Community Arts Education and made possible by generous support from the Clare Rose Foundation. More.
Music Learning as Youth Development, a new book published in June of 2019, highlights the role of community based Creative Youth Development organizations as catalysts and trailblazers for bringing youth development practices into all areas of music learning.
The Clare Rose Foundation, in partnership with the CYD National Partnership, was proud to host the first BOOST creative youth development workshop strand in Palm Springs, CA on May 1-3, 2019. Pursuing the goal of bringing the impact of CYD work to a broader national audience, the BOOST Conference is an opportunity to engage with over 2,500 out-of-school time providers, administrators, and professionals.
The Winter 2019 issue of the TAG Quarterly was all about Creative Youth Development. The free online publication from the Teaching Artists Guild is full of resources, research, and news from CYD leaders and practitioners across the country.
The Education Commission on the States released their report which explores the design and impact of CYD programs.
Three national Action Teams were formed to implement Blueprint recommendations in the strategic priority areas of:
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- VISIBILITY & IMPACT: Documenting and Communicating Outcomes and Impact
- FUNDING: Building Pathways to Funding
- FIELD BUILDING: Professional Development, Networking & Technical Assistance
with support from the CYD National Coordinator.