Recently, I’ve described different times in my life as pre-pandemic, during the pandemic, and “post-pandemic.” For me, it brings a sense of clarity to describe the way I was participating in various activities during that point in time. Was it in-person, virtual, or maybe a combination of the two?
Read moreHow can we encourage college students to use their Radical Imagination?
On June 10, 2022, Jeff and I moderated and participated on a panel entitled “Learning in Liminal Spaces: Arts Integration from the Student Perspective,” at the A2RU@10 Symposium What’s Next for Arts Integration? hosted by the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. We were joined by two panelists, both of whom have interacted with higher education arts-related programs in various capacities, shared their ideas and reflections about a carving space for unique scholastic journeys in the higher education ecosystem.
Read moreFinding Our Values in UNESCO's Third Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity Global Report
In 2021, our annual campaign, Creativity for Good, focused on the reasons why young people are choosing to develop their creativity and apply it for the social good during the multiple pandemics communities faced and continue to face. We consistently saw young creatives at the forefront of problem solving, activism, and community resilience.
The headings for the third edition of the Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity Global Report hew closely to the theme of Creativity for Good, but on closer inspection, the report effectively combines all three of our most recent campaign themes.
Read moreA New Chapter
We aim, always, to walk the talk, so we went through this process ourselves and came out of it with a new mission and vision, a bunch of goals, and a long list of values. I worked to refine them, the collective approved them, and now we’re sharing them all with you in a shiny new brochure!
Read moreArts Education Included in UNESCO’s Futures of Education Report
If you’ve been around for a while, you may recall the UNESCO’s International Commission on the Futures of Education’s paper outlining nine ideas for public action in education in a post-COVID world with great interest. We sought out thoughts and opinions from our community and there was consensus, among our respondents, that an arts and cultural education is an invaluable tool for the academic and social development of young people.
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