"The enthusiasm of mentors, teachers, adult students, but especially that of the young students and their parents, was overwhelmingly tangible. Once again, music proves to be a cohesive element that promotes teamwork, sensitizes people, and creates unforgettable moments of wonder."—Manuel Matarrita of the Global Leaders Program writes about Querido Arte, an organization that fosters a love of opera and music in young people in their blog, "Little Red Cap Visits Central America"
Read moreMarketing Strategies and The Midsummer Music Dream Festival
Working with Midsummer Music Dream Festival (MMD) helped me realize just how important social media platforms are for any business or artist. As a teaching artist, my focus is typically geared towards performance or education, not the management of virtual content. Social media previously only played a role adjacent with my online courses as a student or via my own personal accounts. However, my fieldwork internship reshaped the way I leverage my social media and marketing skills.
Read moreA Missing Narrative: An Ethnographic Analysis of Black Teaching Artists
After exploring and archiving existing, documented knowledge related to teaching artists and Black arts-based teaching and learning, Creative Generation and the Black Teaching Artist Lab crafted a research question: What are the current attitudes and perceptions of Black-identifying teaching artists about their work in the United States? A survey instrument was created in response to the identified gaps from the documented knowledge and this blog contains our findings.
Read moreCOMMUNITY POST: The Mutual Benefits of Arts Partnerships Ignites Post-Pandemic Community Engagement in Cultural Life
As a music educator during COVID, I reached out to the community and forged partnerships with local museums and organizations.The area museums were viable partners as they were not open to the public and in need of programming. Our school musicians performed lawn concerts at the local museums and recorded performances in their facilities to couple with museum online events.
Read moreNAVIGATING: Disasters Upon Crises
At this end of the world, we are currently battling devastating floods and COVID outbreaks, all in the shadow of international conflict. These seem dark times, and our only normal is change. The change is rapid and chaotic. It feels hard to get a handle on stability. And with that, the arts and creative sectors seem to again be on the edge of precarity.
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