Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer)
30 November 2017
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
In order to address the lack of diversity among mid- and senior-level art museum management, the Cleveland Museum of Art received a $750,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Initiatives implemented as part of this grant include a Curatorial Arts Mastery Program, research residencies, apprenticeships for HBCU students, and fellowships to work with high school students.
https://medium.com/bright/the-classrooms-hidden-in-mumbai-s-seams-4166aa8c3b4b#.1g0ypi171
Ankita Rao
Bright Magazine
28 July 2015
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Educators are bringing the classroom to the thousands of Mumbai’s children out of school — in school buses, treehouses, and beyond—enabling them to receive a quality education despite their poverty.
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/for-healthy-aging-a-late-act-in-the-footlights
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
15 August 2012
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Through the Burbank Senior Artists Colony - a community created by EngAGE - low-income seniors learn how to become artists. The recreational classes hosted by the community keep people feeling phsyically and mentally young, allowing them to focus on recreation instead of financial hardship.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/education/out-of-the-books-in-kindergarten-and-into-the-sandbox.html?_r=0
Motoko Rich
The New York Times
9 June 2015
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As American classrooms have focused on raising test scores in math and reading, an outgrowth of the federal No Child Left Behind law and interpretations of the new Common Core standards, even the youngest students have been affected, with more formal lessons and less time in sandboxes. Washington and Minnesota are beginning to train teachers around the state on the importance of so-called purposeful play — when teachers subtly guide children to learning goals through games, art and general fun.
https://medium.com/bright/how-seattle-got-its-arts-groove-back-883392ada1de
Robyn Jordan
Bright Magazine
29 June 2015
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Arts education programs in the United States are subjected to cutting for maintaining tight school budgets. Technology sectors in Seattle seek professionals who have been trained in problem solving skills and innovative idea generation. In response, Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture collaborate to promote equity in students’ access to the arts.
http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/art-entrepreneurship-live6-010617.aspx
Terryn Hall
Model D
6 January 2017
Multi-Media / 800-1500 Words
The Live6 area is home to a robust cultural and creative community. And with an increase in development, there's opportunity for artists and institutions to tap into that energy to spur growth.
http://generocity.org/philly/2017/11/14/americans-fewer-prisoners-arts-songs-key-free-graterford-pennsylvania-music
Julie Zeglen
Generocity
14 November 2017
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"Songs in the Key of Free" is a program in a Pennsylvania prison brings together inmates to play music and write songs that they perform inside, while professional musicians also play the songs in venues outside prison. The program is just a year old and is based on a successful theater program in California that cut recidivism rates and helped decrease prison infractions. The founders of "Songs in the Key of Free" are creating an album of the work, but after that, future funding is unclear.
https://www.wnyc.org/story/two-theaters-one-new-north-shore
Sophia Paliza-Carre
WNYC
11 April 2017
Multi-Media / 5-15 Minutes
To help develop the arts scene and also increase economic development in the North Shore area of Staten Island, one family formed a non-profit organization to renovate the St. George Theatre and build it up as a revitalized performing arts space. Since 2004 when the theatre was reopened, the area has seen economic growth, and data supports the idea that cities with arts and cultural resources make for healthier and happier communities.
http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2017/11/cleveland_museum_of_art_launch_1.html
Steven Litt
Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer)
30 November 2017
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In order to address the lack of diversity among mid- and senior-level art museum management, the Cleveland Museum of Art received a $750,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Initiatives implemented as part of this grant include a Curatorial Arts Mastery Program, research residencies, apprenticeships for HBCU students, and fellowships to work with high school students.
https://www.myajc.com/entertainment/high-museum-leads-way-diversifying-museum-audience/S5oaCDIUR8bg6d7vunQPON
Jill Vejnoska
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
8 February 2018
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Atlanta’s High Museum has taken a multi-faceted approach to diversifying the demographics of museum visitors as well as museum staff. These include internal and external focus groups, curatorial fellowships, a simple price structure, and inclusion and diversity advisement.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/14/peru-lima-class-divide-dance
Dan Collyns
The Guardian
14 March 2018
Multi-Media / Under 800 Words
Vania Masías abandoned her prolific career as a professional ballerina to teach impoverished youth in Peru hip hop. “More than 100,000 children have passed through the programme over the years.”
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