May 03, 2019 Guild News Owning Our Narrative: Conference Reflections Arts organizations need to collectively develop the courage to ask its communities what they need and have equal amount of courage to act- with funders brave enough to fund a revolutionary way forward (or develop a self-funding/collective funding model which leaves the power within the community).
May 01, 2019 Member News Association of Teaching Artists Honors Ed Friedman and Maura O’Malley from Lifetime Arts The Association of Teaching Artists, the oldest independent organization serving Teaching Artists in the US, awarded Ed Friedman and Maura O’Malley from Lifetime Arts a 2019 Distinguished Service Award.
March 29, 2019 Guild News Report Back from Texas: Notes from 2019 Conference Planning Meetings We headed to Texas to meet with community arts education stakeholders in four cities in preparation for our 2019 Conference for Community Arts Education.
March 21, 2019 Guild News CYD National Partnership Co-Hosts Track at BOOST Conference The BOOST Conference is the largest convening for after school, expanded learning, and out of school time professionals.
February 22, 2019 Field News Online Professional Learning for Teaching Artists: The Basics of Teaching Artistry Three major international arts organizations stepped up to design and deliver The Basics of Teaching Artistry, an introductory Program for new teaching artists.
February 12, 2019 Guild News 2019 Community Arts Education Leadership Institute Applications Now Open Apply for the 2019 Community Arts Education Leadership Institute, a transformative experience for seasoned and emerging leaders in the arts.
January 28, 2019 Member News Philadelphia Music Educators Attend Professional Development Day Hosted by Members Music education teaching artists and school district teachers from across Philadelphia attended a professional development day in January put on by the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth and the School District of Philadelphia.
January 14, 2019 Field News Registration Open for Conference on Creativity & the Arts in Healing UCLArts & Healing in partnership with Expressive Media announced the 3rd Annual Conference on Creativity & the Arts in Healing.
June 14, 2018 Member News Art Expression Featured in New Book for Art Educators A new book in the child development field features Art Expression Inc. in its discussion of the therapeutic benefits of art on traumatized children.