January 21, 2019 Field News New Report from the Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development A new report, funded in part by the Wallace Foundation, explores social, emotional, and academic development in young people.
January 18, 2019 Member News Groundbreaking SFCMC Study Explores Impact of Community Choir on Older Adults The San Francisco Community Music Center has completed the Community of Voices Trial. The study aimed to examine whether singing in a community choir is a cost-effective way to promote health and well-being among culturally diverse older adults.
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.
January 10, 2019 Field News 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.
January 07, 2019 Field News 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.
January 04, 2019 Member News 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.
December 31, 2018 Member News 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.
December 04, 2018 Field News 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, education agencies must show evidence that the programs they propose can affect student outcomes.
November 30, 2018 Field News 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 positive youth development principles.