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Luis Garden Acosta, Founder of El Puente, Passes Away
Luis Garden Acosta, founder of the influential Williamsburg-based community organization El Puente, passed away on January 9.
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SFAC Becomes First City Department with Explicit Racial Equity Policy
The San Francisco Arts Commission became the first department within San Francisco city government to adopt a formal racial equity policy.
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South Shore Conservatory Announces New Parkinson’s Chorus
South Shore Conservatory (SSC) announced recently the creation of Singing with Parkinson’s, a chorus designed for individuals living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners.
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Settlement Student on How Piano Changed Their Life
Jennifer Weiner, author, NYTimes contributor, and student at Settlement Music School, recently published a column on how playing the piano—and being mediocre at it—has helped her to embrace failure.
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Report: Arts Education Approaches Supported by ESSA
ESSA considers arts to be essential components of “a well-rounded education” and offers funding to help education agencies teach them in their schools. In order to access this funding, however,…
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Afterschool Matters Calls for Papers on Creative Youth Development
The Fall 2019 issue of Afterschool Matters will focus on creative youth development, a new term for a longstanding theory of practice that integrates creative skill-building, inquiry, and expression with…
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Case Studies in Distributed Leadership
Distributed leadership is a framework for understanding how the work of leadership is shared within complex organizations. In these case studies, the Hewlett Foundation explores different approaches to these leadership…
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Members Elect New Leaders to Guild Board of Trustees
At the National Guild’s Annual Meeting—held at the Conference for Community Arts Education on November 16—members elected five new field leaders to the Guild Board of Trustees.
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Hoff-Barthelson Appoints Chris Kenniff as New Dean of Programs
Hoff-Barthelson Music School is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Kenniff as its new dean of programs, effective November 29, 2018.
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