Raising the Barre & Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization
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| Title: | Raising the Barre & Stretching the Canvas: Implementing High-Quality Arts Programming in a National Youth Serving Organization |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | McClanahan, Wendy, Hartmann, Tracey A., Research for Action, McClanahan Associates, Inc. (MAI) |
| Source: | Research for Action. 2017. |
| Availability: | Research for Action. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Tel: 215-823-2500; Fax: 215-823-2510; e-mail: info@researchforaction.org; Web site: http://www.researchforaction.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 152 |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Wallace Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Reports - Research-practitioner Partnerships |
| Descriptors: | Art Education, Youth Programs, National Organizations, Youth Clubs, Low Income Groups, Urban Programs, After School Programs, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Pilot Projects |
| Geographic Terms: | Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Wisconsin, Minnesota |
| Abstract: | As part of an ongoing, multi-million dollar Wallace Foundation initiative to improve and expand arts learning opportunities for young people, the Wallace Foundation, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), developed the Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) to deliver otherwise inaccessible high-quality arts programs to low-income urban tweens in an after-school setting. With funding from the Wallace Foundation, BGCA launched a YAI pilot in February 2014 to see if a multidisciplinary Youth Serving Organization (YSO), working with a small number of its affiliates, could implement a high-quality art skill-development program modeled after out-of-school time programs focused primarily on the arts. This first report from RFA's multi-year evaluation examines early implementation of YAI and found that, while the clubs did create high-quality programming that attracted and retained low-income youth, implementation challenged club culture in a variety of ways. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2017 |
| Access URL: | https://www.researchforaction.org/publications/raising-barre-stretching-canvas-implementing-high-quality-arts-programming-national-youth-serving-organization/ |
| Accession Number: | ED581104 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | As part of an ongoing, multi-million dollar Wallace Foundation initiative to improve and expand arts learning opportunities for young people, the Wallace Foundation, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), developed the Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) to deliver otherwise inaccessible high-quality arts programs to low-income urban tweens in an after-school setting. With funding from the Wallace Foundation, BGCA launched a YAI pilot in February 2014 to see if a multidisciplinary Youth Serving Organization (YSO), working with a small number of its affiliates, could implement a high-quality art skill-development program modeled after out-of-school time programs focused primarily on the arts. This first report from RFA's multi-year evaluation examines early implementation of YAI and found that, while the clubs did create high-quality programming that attracted and retained low-income youth, implementation challenged club culture in a variety of ways. |
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