Creative Work: How Arts Education Promotes Career Opportunities Beyond the Arts
For those in Los Angeles, more information about how art education translates into real value for our students. Says Denise Grande, Director of Arts Education…
General Resource Subtype: Research
Bridging the Capacity Gap: Cultural Practitioners’ Perspectives on Data
In Bridging the Capacity Gap: Cultural Practitioners’ Perspectives on Data, the CDP shares insights from five town hall meetings that brought together arts practitioners, artists,…
The Art of Failure–The Importance of Risk and Experimentation
A fabulous of short essays and interviews about the critical importance of failure (or as Carlos Murrillo calls it in his essay, “not success”) that…
Cultivating Demand for the Arts
Though aiming to influence state arts policy, this report provides a basis for a broader understanding of “arts education” by defining the knowledge and skills…
Community-Based Afterschool and Summer Arts Education Programs: Positive Impact on Youth and Community Development.
This article is from the book Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging thePower of Afterschool and SummerLearning for Student Success. Collectively, these writings boldly state that there is now…
The History of Teaching Artistry
For an excellent summary on the history of teaching artists, read Eric Booth’s essay printed in the Teaching Artist Journal,
Teaching Artists and the Future of Education
This report on the three year Teaching Artist Research Project gives an overview of those working the field, drawing on 3500 surveys from artists and organizations…
Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from Urban Youth and Other Experts.
Full text here. What are the barriers that stand between young people and the arts? How do tweens think about afterschool arts programs and what are the…
Report for the National Summit on Creative Youth Development: Setting the Agenda
This report is authored by Dr. Lauren M. Stevenson of Junction Box Consulting based on research she conducted to gather insights fromarts, humanities, and science based…
Teaching Artists Journal
The Teaching Artists Journal is going through changes, and as soon as their new website is up, we’ll link to it here!