Last year, Mica Pollock and her team at the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) teamed up with Teaching Tolerance (TT) to turn #USvsHate into a nationwide anti-bias initiative. TT School-Based Programming and Grants Manager Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Pollock about the program’s beginnings and what she hopes participating students will gain from the experience.
Read more#CreateAustraliasFuture
In early April, two old friends and former arts leadership colleagues put their heads together to invent a campaign that could unite and ignite the passions of Australia’s arts sector. #CreateAustraliasFuture had massive impact, with well over a million people engaged. However, I wondered, what did it achieve for Australia’s creative industries at this perilous time?
Read moreYoung South African Artists Unite to Create “The Ultimate South African Song Medley” to Thank Healthcare and Essential Workers
Young South African artists have joined together, in their individual homes and via technology during #LockDown to record The Ultimate South African Song Medley, as a ’THANK YOU’ to all the healthcare professionals and other essential workers who are putting their lives at risk on a daily basis in order for the rest of us to #BeSafe and to be able to #StayHome.
Read moreStudent Organization Launches ‘Worldwide Day of Gratitude’ to Honor COVID-19 Heroes
First responders and healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic will be honored on April 30 as part of “Worldwide Day of Gratitude,” a global coming together through the arts organized by the student-run organization, YOUnison.
Read moreA National Overview: How U.S. Arts Education Organizations are Navigating COVID-19
Here at the Arts Education Partnership, we understand that these times have shifted priorities of every individual and organization navigating this new and rapidly changing environment. To support our partners and stakeholders – the network over 100 education, arts, cultural, government, research, business and philanthropic organizations—as they navigate these challenging times, we compiled a robust list of resources related to COVID-19. We believe these resources are a demonstration of the innovation and creative leadership inherent in the arts education ecosystem.
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