We just hit our 100th blog post. Our team decided that we need to pay tribute to the amazing contributors from over 40 countries on all six continents! In skimming — and categorizing — 99 blog posts, the thing that struck me was the diversity of experiences. There are posts in the form of interviews, reflections, and distillations of research. There are posts about visual arts, dance, theatre, and music. There are stories from the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Oceania and the Pacific Islands — and stories that span the entire globe.
Read moreContribute Your Ideas to the Futures of Education
This month, UNESCO’s International Commission on the Futures of Education released a paper outlining nine ideas for public action in education in a post-COVID world. The paper acknowledges that the global pandemic has the potential to both demonstrate our connectedness, and negatively impact the most marginalized students. Its emphasis on contextualizing each student’s role in a global community suggests a commitment to arts, culture, and social change in education and youth development. We’d like to hear from you about this! How have you seen the arts and culture impact your communities? How do arts and culture facilitate youth leadership to social change within educational contexts? How do they enhance community understanding?
Read moreWe Have a New Look! What Does it Mean?
Over the last few months, we took the time to meet with our partners, constituents, team members and more to refine what we are doing and refocus on what matters. This blog post shares our new look and refined purpose. As we are updating, there will be some changes to our digital presence on the web and social media. Our team worked closely to create a suite of logos for Creative Generation and each of programs that reflects our organizational values - Check out our new logo, programs, and ways of describing our work.
Read moreGlobal Arts and Cultural Education Community Unite: International Arts Education Week 2020
Beginning in 2012, International Arts Education Week aims at increasing the international community’s awareness on the importance of arts education and at reinforcing its co-operation by promoting cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue, and social cohesion. This year, it is being celebrated 25-31 May 2020.
Read moreCanadian Arts and Education Community Calls for Government Support, Releases "The Winnipeg Vision"
The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning calls on governments, artists, educators, professional organizations, researchers, universities, communities, and all advocates of arts and learning to endorse the principles in this document to ensure that the arts are positioned to make an increased and sustainable contribution to learning both at school and throughout our communities.
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