The Alabama Artistic Literacy Consortium and Creative Generation are pleased to announce their new partnership to conduct strategic planning for the statewide collective impact initiative with the goal of increasing student access to arts education across Alabama. This project will focus on team and culture building, leadership development, and visionary planning, including 3-5 year goals, strategies, measurable outcomes, SWOT analysis, and possible revised mission.
Read moreCreative Generation Selects ITAC Advisory Committee
Creative Generation was selected to produce the “Knowledge Sharing and Digital Learning Project.” This project will address the gap in research and resources produced by and for the field of teaching artistry. As part of this project an international Advisory Committee has been assembled. From a tremendous response from practitioners around the globe, the below committee has been selected to contribute to this project.
Read moreCreative Generation Will Produce the 2020 ABLE Assembly
The Berklee Institute for Arts Education and Special Needs (BIAESN) and Creative Generation are pleased to announce their new partnership to produce the 2020 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone Conference, which delivers high-quality professional learning experiences for arts educators working with students with disabilities.
Read moreArts Schools Network and Creative Generation Collaborate to Produce Virtual Conference
Arts Schools Network (ASN) and Creative Generation are pleased to announce their new partnership to produce the ASN annual conference as a component of ASN’s ongoing work supporting arts schools leaders throughout the United States by developing high quality professional learning experiences.
Read moreWorld Alliance for Arts Education and Creative Generation Forge New 3-Year Relationship
Together, the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE) and Creative Generation are pleased to announce their new partnership resulting from a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 13 July 2020, which will commence on 1 September 2020. This partnership will support the development of strategies and operations to advocate for arts education worldwide.
Read moreWe Can’t Go Back, a new video interview series to highlight Anti-Racist Practices in the Arts
Together, the Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie podcast and Creative Generation are pleased to announce We Can’t Go Back, a new video interview series which focuses on the journies of artists, educators, and community activists as they raise their consciousness in anti-racist, liberatory, and intersectional feminist practices through the arts.
Read moreHelp Us Welcome New Team Members!
On July 8, 2020, Creative Generation is pleased to welcome five new team members: Jordan Campbell, Kathleen Hill, Eriel Huang, André Solomon, and Bridget Woodbury.
Read moreArtPlace America and Creative Generation Announce New Initiative
Together, ArtPlace America and Creative Generation are pleased to announce a new research initiative focused on arts, culture, and youth development. This partnership will explore the intersections of creative youth development, creative placemaking, and community development through community based, youth- and practitioner-led research. By the end of the year, a series of new web-based tools and resources will be created by and for practitioners operating in this space.
Read moreInternational Arts Education Week Reaches 7.3+ million Around the World
A total of 1,382 individuals and organizations from 74 nations registered to participate in the activities of the celebration. As a result, an approximated total reach of between 7.34 and 9.17 million people received positive messages about the transformative impact of arts education through the efforts of WAAE, UNESCO and their partners during International Arts Education Week.
Read moreBlack Lives Matter - Standing For and With Black Communities
We kneel with the communities which are mourning, stand with the activist who are acting, and we lift up those young Black creatives who are making their voice heard.
Creative Generation, through its people and its projects, unequivocally denounces systemic racism, white supremacy, policy brutality, and violence against members of the Black community – we are committed to actively working to dismantle these systems and disrupt any inaction from those in positions of power.
Read moreCreative Generation Issues Call to Action for International Arts Education Week
On Sunday, May 24, 2020, Creative Generation’s Managing Director, Jeff M. Poulin delivered the call to action for International Arts Education Week on behalf of the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE). Working alongside the United Nation’s Education, Scientific, Cultural, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), WAAE, brings together the global arts education field to celebration the international week from 25-31 May 2020.
Read moreUNESCO's International Arts Education Week: 25-31 May 2020
In 2020, the World Alliance for Arts Education - comprised of the International Drama Education Association, International Society for Education through Art, International Society for Music Education, and the World Dance Alliance - will work together with Creative Generation to support the global celebration from 25-31 May.
Read more#GetHappyHour Honors Teachers for National Teacher Appreciation Day
Creative Generation is honored to be a partner producing the Get Happy Hour, a celebration for National Teacher Appreciation Day - with a goal to raise $1m for Teachers - and to be working alongside collaborators like Explanation Kids, NAMM Foundation, Crayola, TIME for Kids, and more.
Read moreNew Partnership to Produce Global Virtual Seminar on Arts Education
This virtual seminar will provide an opportunity for the global arts education community to share research and begin to examine the structures, processes, and practices, which may lead our field towards a new reality of arts assessment and program evaluation. This seminar will bring together several invited international experts and host a discussion of evidence-based practices aimed at measuring impact of arts learning and arts programming.
Read moreNew Video Series Promotes #KeepMakingArt
Together, Creative Generation and Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie podcast announce their partnership to produce a video series titled, #KeepMakingArt. The series will explore the work of creatives all around the world as they respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic and will be released regularly on the Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie YouTube channel.
Read moreCreative Generation Celebrates 1 Year!
On April 8, 2020, Creative Generation celebrated one year of inspiring, connecting, and amplifying the work of individuals and organizations dedicated to cultivating the creative capacities of the next generation.
Read more#KeepMakingArt Campaign Grows with Increased Access and New Partnerships
As the campaign has spread, Creative Generation is pleased to produce and release a series of campaign tools in alignment with our principle of radical inclusion. As of now, the campaign has garnered 200+ partners on all six continents. Today, we are pleased to announce two new partnerships to usher the campaign into a fourth phase in late April.
Read moreInternational Teaching Artist Collaborative Names Creative Generation Among Innovators
Through the Gen C Institute, Creative Generation’s Managing Director, Jeff M. Poulin, will be leading an initiative titled, “Knowledge Sharing and Digital Learning Project.”
This project will address the gap in research and resources produced by and for the field of teaching artistry. The project will engage volunteers in the teaching artist field from a cross-section of countries to collect, validate, and disseminate tools, resources, and creative/scholarly research in a number of capacities.
Read more#KeepMakingArt Campaign Spreads Globally
The #KeepMakingArt campaign has seen a tremendous global response in under a week, with over 150+ partners in countries on all six continents. Countries as diverse as Ghana, South Sudan, Ireland, Argentina, Spain, Australia, Egypt, and Kazakhstan are represented. The majority of partner organization (82%) are from North America, primarily the United States. Within the United States, current partners come from 36 states.
Read moreCreative Generation Supports Programs in Response to COVID-19
Creative Generation has been actively monitoring the global pandemic of COVID-19 through resources provided by the World Health Organization and national health agencies. We are actively supporting meaningful discussion within the field - please see this event scheduled for Friday, March 13.
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