This case study focuses on the community and family engagement work at the Barnes Foundation, a museum in Philadelphia, PA, specifically, the museum’s partnership with Puentes de Salud, a health clinic serving the growing LatinX immigrant population in South Philadelphia and the ways in which the arts have become a source of healing and well-being for both young children and their families.
Read moreThe Exploratorium: A Case Study of Arts-Integrated, Informal Learning at Work in Museums
The Exploratorium, a San Francisco museum of science, art, and human perception, uses the power of informal learning through performances, public art, events, and open-air exhibitions in shared public spaces to awaken its visitors. The case study focuses on the museum’s “Middle Ground” exhibition.
Read moreA+ Schools of North Carolina: A Case Study About Professional Development as a Lever of Implementation
This case study focuses on A+ Schools of North Carolina, a network of schools within the National A+ Schools Consortium. This portrait of A+ Schools of North Carolina provides insight into the overall design, evolution, and impact of the A+ Schools model, the longest-running, arts-based whole-school reform model in the nation.
Read moreSPARK! Arts Ignite Learning: A Case Study about Coalition Building as a Lever of Implementation and a Key to Scaling.
This case study focuses on SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning (SPARK!), a community partner of the John F. Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child initiative. Founded in 2014, SPARK! works as a collaboration of local artists, arts organizations, business and community leaders, the city of Missoula, Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS), parents, philanthropists, and the University of Montana to ensure equity and access to a comprehensive arts education ecosystem for all K-8 MCPS students.
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