In this video chat, the National Guild's Collegiate Divisional Network hosts an exploration and enlivening discussion about how collegiate divisional schools form an identity within their overall organization. For some schools, there is only one parent institution in the hierarchical structure, but for others there may be two, three, or four levels of upper administration affecting important decisions.
The National Guild’s ALAANA Network—which seeks to raise the profile of work being led by people of color (POC) in the arts, increase access to sustained resources, and invest in the growth and leadership of people of color in the field of community arts education—held an event in 2017 that was designed to give Guild members new tools for promoting racial justice in their organizations and communities. In this article, we highlight the diverse tools and strategies that were shared by presenters during the recent ALAANA event. The sessions focused on vocabulary for discussing racial justice, policies for protecting immigrant communities, and strategies for convening and supporting teaching artists of color.
In this dynamic “TED Talk-style” webinar, representatives of five exemplary creative youth development organizations shared how their programs are sparking young people’s creativity and building critical learning and life skills that carry into adulthood. Through short-form, energetic presentations by A Reason to Survive, Community MusicWorks, DAVA, Destiny Arts Center, and Harmony Project, you’ll learn about several, interrelated CYD practices.
Organizational change can be difficult to navigate as an emerging leader. In this presentation, Sabrina Malik used established research to break down frameworks for understanding the distinct cycles of organizational growth and renewal. Beyond that, the resource provides ways for emerging leaders to better understand their own strengths within particular organizational phases, and how to employ them to make a positive impact.
In this event, produced by the National Guild's ALAANA Network, representatives of the network shared tools and strategies to both reimagine and realize justice in these times. Recognizing that there are diverse strategies for supporting social and racial justice, the three presentations give insight on establishing vocabulary for discussing race and inequality, using your arts community to advocate for immigrant rights, and collaborating with community partners to support artists and teaching artists of color.
In this webinar, we examine the theoretical bases and practical applications of storytelling, reminiscence and life review techniques in a variety of artistic disciplines. We also investigate how role playing, sense memory, and collective composition enable older adults to enhance self-worth, stimulate memory and create supportive peer communities. Watch the recording to deepen your understanding of life stages theory, become better able to engage older adults in life review work, and harness reminiscence to drive artistic creation.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) ushered in a new chapter in the American educational system. Though primarily focused on K-12 in-school education, the bill considers many provisions for out-of-school time and community based arts education. Additionally, there are over a dozen arts-friendly provisions that will affect all of our work moving forward. Join us for this webinar with Jeff M. Poulin from Americans for the Arts to learn about the bill and its impact on the field of community-based arts education.
For the first time, publicly-available consumer research has been conducted to learn what tweens and teens think about the arts and what influences their decisions about where and how to spend their free time. This presentation highlights the Wallace Foundation-commissioned report, Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from Urban Youth and Other Experts. The report suggests 10 principles that afterschool arts education providers can follow to attract and retain urban tweens.
Where do you stand in terms of an ability to effectively engage adolescents? This concise self-assessment, developed as a supplement to Engaging Adolescents: Building Youth Participation in the Arts, will help you better understand your own strengths and growth opportunities.
Creative Youth Development (CYD) intentionally integrates learning in the arts, humanities, and sciences with youth development principles. In CYD programs, young people create work and apply their creative skills to solve problems, shape their lives and build the world in which they want to live. The 2014 National Summit for CYD generated new focus and energy in CYD, catalyzing collective action (e.g., CYD National Partnership, Alliance for Creative Youth Development). In this webinar, we explore what it means to create and sustain programs for youth through this framework through case study examples, discussion, and student work.