National Partnership Progress Report
Americans for the Arts’ 2016 conference features a session on “The Future of Creative Youth Development”, featuring speakers Robyne Walker Murphy, Zakiya Thomas, and two youth partipants.
The Partnership’s co-commissioned article, “The Rise of Creative Youth Development,” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Arts Education Policy Review (June 2016). Written by Denise Montgomery, Director of the Creative Youth Development National Initiative, this article describes core characteristics of creative youth development (CYD) programs and provides background on the origins and history of the field, including current advances and signs the field is coalescing.
An NEA Art Works grant for $100,000 was awarded to the National Guild for Community Arts Education, on behalf of a coalition of national partners. The award will support a collective impact initiative and the creation of the first-ever blueprint to advance creative youth development (CYD).
Reframing El Sistema conference in Baltimore – “Re-Defining Sustainability for Socially Driven Arts Programs” featuring speakers Jeff Poulin, Dan Trahey, and Phil Bravo.
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.
The 2nd annual Creative Youth Development track at the Guild’s 2015 Conference for Community Arts Education in Philadelphia featured the keynote address, “A Love Note to Justice: Building Hope and Healing in Urban America, by Dr. Shawn Ginwright. (Guild members have access to the full video clip.) The track also featured a dozen breakout sessions, a dedicated roundtable, and site visits to Fleisher Art Memorial and Village of Arts and Humanities.
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities presented “The National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, Empowering Youth Through Creative Youth Development” webinar with its partners, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, on October 22, 2015. Focusing on museum-, library-, and humanities-based CYD programming, the webinar featured 2014 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award winners, Missouri History Museum’s Teens Make History and Santa Ana Public Library’s Teenspace Circle of Mentoring.
As part of National Arts in Education Week programming in 2015, Americans for the Arts hosted the webinar “Creative Youth Development – What You Need to Know“
Two CYD presentations were made at Americans for the Arts’ 2015 Conference – “Creative Youth Development: What’s in a Name?” and “Creative Youth Development as a Catalyst for Civic Engagement” featuring speakers Jeff Poulin, Jon Hinojosa, Erik Holmgren, and Traci Slater-Rigaud.
creativeyouthdevelopment.org launched as web presence for the growing national efforts around CYD.
National Guild launches compendium of key CYD research resources.
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.
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities presents “Creative Youth Development: Beyond the School Day.”
The Obama Administration adopted the term “creative youth development” when presenting the 2014 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.
Pre-conference workshop and CYD track at Guild’s 2014 Conference for Community Arts Education.
Session on Creative Youth Development: An Agenda for Collective Action at Grantmakers in the Arts 2014 Conference organized by Jonathan Herman, Executive Director, National Guild for Community Arts Education. Moderated by Anita Walker. Presented by Jon Hinojosa and Heather Ikemire.
In conjunction with National Arts Education week, Americans for the Arts (AFTA) hosted 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 highlighted issues related to research, programming, evaluation, funding, and advocacy, and explored the insights and puzzles presented from leading voices in the field.
A presentation, Fostering Student Success by Leveraging the Impact of Out of School Time, Creative Youth Development Programs, was made at the Arts Education Partnership National Forum, with Jonathan Herman, Traci Slater-Rigaud, Lauren Stevenson, Ph.D., and Robyne Walker Murphy presenting.
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities presents on CYD at the 2014 American Library Association Conference.
June 2014 National Guild publishes article “CYD Movement Takes Hold” by Denise Montgomery.