The Classrooms Hidden in Mumbai's Seams

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.

For Healthy Aging, a Late Act in the Footlights

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.

Kindergartens Ringing the Bell for Play Inside the Classroom

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.

How Seattle Got Its (Arts) Groove Back

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.

Harnessing art to spur entrepreneurship in Live6

http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/art-entrepreneurship-live6-010617.aspx

Terryn Hall

Model D

6 January 2017

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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.

Americans want fewer prisoners. What's art have to do with it?

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.

Two Old Theaters, One New North Shore

https://www.wnyc.org/story/two-theaters-one-new-north-shore

Sophia Paliza-Carre

WNYC

11 April 2017

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art wins grants to diversify majority white leadership in art museums

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.

High Museum leads way in diversifying museum audience

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.

The ballerina who rescued 100,000 children with hip-hop

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/14/peru-lima-class-divide-dance

Dan Collyns

The Guardian

14 March 2018

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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.”