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Youth
Arts and Voices Website Links
Creative Writers 
826
National consists of seven 826 non-profit programs
located in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles,
Seattle, and Ann Arbor. Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring,
field trips, workshops, and in-school programs helping students,
ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. All programs
are offered free of charge.
Poets
and Writers provides information, support, and
guidance to creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's
largest nonprofit literary organization. Their publication,
Poets & Writers Magazine includes essays on literary life,
interviews with writers, practical information for writers,
and a comprehensive listing of literary grants and awards.
The Web site also offers P&W Online with a database of
over 7,000 writers, information on how to publish, links to
over 1,500 Web sites, and the Speakeasy Message Forum. P&W
also sponsors more than 1,700 literary events in New York,
Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Seattle,
and Washington, D.C.
Teachers
and Writers Collaborative promotes the literary
arts and supports writers and teachers in encouraging young
people to learn about and appreciate writing and literature
as a whole. Founded in 1967, T&W’s activities include
writing workshops, an on-line discussion group, publications,
the 2020 Visions event featuring readings, panel discussions,
and book launch parties with both established and emerging
authors; and Everything Goes, a literary radio program broadcast
on WNYE-FM (91.5) in New York City. In addition, T&W operated
a Center for Imaginative Writing, a resource library and meeting
place for teachers, students, writers, and the general public.
The
Asian American Writers Workshop, established
in 1991, is a nonprofit literary arts organization “devoted
to the creating, publishing, developing and disseminating
of creative writing by Asian Americans.” AAWW holds
regular events and publishes a semi-annual Asian Pacific American
Journal as well as numerous poetry anthologies. With more
than 800 members and an audience of more than 11,000, AAWW
has become a unique educational resource for Asian American
literature and awareness across the nation. (Description taken
from the Web site.)
The
Poetry Foundation is a non-profit focused on
raising poetry to a more visible and influential position
in American culture. The Foundation pursues its mission through
seven principal areas of endeavor: Poetry magazine, a poetry
institute, online initiatives, poetry and youth, poetry in
the media, awards and recognitions, and the creation of a
national home for poetry. In partnership with the National
Endowment of the Arts, The Poetry Foundation sponsors a national
recitation contest: Poetry Out Loud. The Web site has on on-line
journal, a weekly audio pod cast, and a blog. There is also
a poetry database with poetry reading guides, articles on
the poet’s creative process, a gallery of a book art,
and an archive of children’s poetry.
The
Young Writers Society is an online community
forum for young creative writers, ages 13 to 25. The Young
Writers Society was created in 1994 with a mission to encourage
creative writing as a past time and to promote confidence
and good writing skills. YWS is very concerned with the safety
of its contributors and the discussion forums are carefully
moderated by the site administrators. The site has a semi-monthly
e-zine called Squills, which includes flash fiction, poetry,
comic strips and writing tips.
WritersCorps, a project of the San
Francisco Arts Commission, places professional writers
in community settings to teach creative writing to youth.
Since its inception in 1994, the program has helped over 14,500
young people from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods
throughout San Francisco improve their literacy and increase
their desire to learn. With its poetry slam league, local
and national events featuring young people, and award-winning
publications, the organization is considered a national model
in arts and literacy. San Francisco WritersCorps is also part
of a national alliance with DC
WritersCorps and the Bronx
WritersCorps, with a shared vision to transform and strengthen
individuals and communities using the written word.
Developing Communication Skills
CommonAction
provides research-driven training, tools and
technical assistance for children, youth and the adults who
seek to engage young people. Areas of focus include: youth
engagement, youth voice, meaningful student involvement, youth/adult
partnerships, adultism, youth action, student engagement,
radical democracy, youth as resources, service learning, intergenerational
equity, adults as allies, school improvement, positive youth
development, students as partners, civic engagement, youth
rights and responsibilities, new roles for youth throughout
society. The Washington Youth Voice Handbook, an introductory
guide to youth voice shares what, why, who, when, where, and
how youth voice happens, can be downloaded for free on the
CommonAction Web site. (Description taken from the
Web site.)
Youth
Communication offers writing and public speaking
workshops for teenagers to help them develop their reading
and writing skills. YC also publishes magazines, books and
other materials written and illustrated by young people. Publications
include: New Youth Connections, a general interest magazine
written by New York City public high school students; Represent,
written by and for young people in foster care; and Rise,
written by parents with children in foster care. The Web site
offers a selection of downloadable stories and teachers’
resources including curriculum guides and a downloadable monthly
Tips
for Teachers.
Spoken Word
The
Moth, a not-for-profit storytelling organization,
was founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George
Dawes Green. Today, The Moth conducts six programs and has
brought more than 2,000 live stories to over 60,000 audience
members. Launched in 1999, The Moth Outreach Program offers
eight-week storytelling workshops to high school-age students
from underserved communities students and marginalized adults
living in New York City. The workshops teach participants
how to use the key elements of narrative to shape their life
experiences into well-crafted stories. All workshops begin
with a show performed by established Moth storytellers and
conclude with a show performed by the participants for their
local community. Four times per year, Moth Outreach graduates
appear in professional productions for the general public
as part of the Stories on Stage series at The Players Club
and at The Nuyorican Poets Café.
Urban
Word NYC, offers many programs such as New Skool
Journalism, where student can make an ethnographic exploration
of NYC's diverse neighborhoods, use spoken word and alternative
writing forms together with journalistic methods, and be published
in the Brooklyn Rail, an alternative news weekly. Women Reborn
through Music, Media, and Culture uses critical artistic inquiry
to uncover women’s contribution to media and to the
world. Art & Social Justice workshops encourage its participants
to work toward positive social change. Urban Word also holds
open mics monthly at venues around the city, including poetry
clubs, libraries, and museums, hosted by local spoken word
artists. Every fall, Urban Word presents a monthly poetry
slam at the Bowery Poetry Club. Top-scoring poets from these
slams pre-qualify for the semi-final round of the Annual Teen
Poetry Slam held every February. The Annual Teen Poetry Slam
determines which five teens will form that year's NYC Teen
Poetry Slam Team and compete at Brave New Voices, the National
Teen Poetry Slam. Urban Word NYC works in collaboration with
other organizations, such as the Brooklyn Public Library,
the Bowery Poets Club, and the Nuyorican Poets Café,
and brings live spoken word poetry events to audiences of
teenagers in all five boroughs of NYC.
Youth
Speaks, founded in 1996, is a presenter of Spoken
Word performance, education, publications, and youth development
programs. Its mission is to “empower the next generation
of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists
through written and oral literacy.” Youth Speaks offers
literary arts education programs during the school day and
after-school hours. Youth Speaks works with 45,000 teens per
year in the Bay Area alone, and has created partner programs
in 36 cities across the United States. The Living Word Project
(LWP), a resident theater company of Youth Speaks, works closely
with writers and performers, ranging in age from 19-25, who
are committed to producing verse-based literary performance.
The company’s works focus on current social issues and
includes dance, music, and film as well as the spoken word.
Young Reporters
New
America Media is a national collaboration of
ethnic news organizations. Founded by the nonprofit Pacific
News Service in 1996, NAM’s goal is “to promote
the editorial visibility and economic viability of this critical
sector of American journalism as a way to build inclusive
public discourse in our increasingly diverse, global society.”
NAM also conducts multilingual polling and organizes events
for ethnic media. NAM's news wire streams the work of its
own writers and editors, its multiple youth media publications
and broadcasts, and aggregated content from more than 700
ethnic media partners into one subscription-based service.
(Description is taken from the Web site.)
The Institute
for War and Peace Reporting is an international
network for media development supporting training and capacity-building
programs for local journalism, with field programs in more
than two dozen countries. Their media development and training
program is designed to work with journalists (both young reporters
and seasoned professionals) to develop their professional
capacities as part of an overall effort to strengthen local
media. IWPR supports skills development through a mentoring
program, on-the-job training, regular workshops, and formal
seminars. IWPR also supports distance learning through instant
messaging and a discussion list serve, both with input from
IWPR staff.
WireTap
Magazine, founded by AlterNet.org
and a project of the Tides
Center is a “national news and culture magazine
by and for socially conscious youth.” WireTap publishes
journalism primarily written by 16-28 year old youth and young
adults. The Web site offers tips on reporting, writing, interviewing,
editing and grammar as well as links to codes of ethics from
the Society of Professional Journalists, the New York Times,
and National Public Radio. (Description is taken from the
Web site.)
Youth Media Organizations
Educational
Video Center is a non-profit organization, which
teaches documentary video to youth. Their mission is “to
develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills
of young people, while nurturing their idealism and commitment
to social change.” Their programs include a High School
Documentary Workshop, Advanced Documentary Workshops, a Teachers’
Development Program, YO-TV a pre-professional paid internship
program for high school students, and the Youth Media Learning
Network. The Web site offers an EVC video catalog and a section
on tools for teaching youth-directed documentary and video
production. (Description taken from the Web site.)
Global
Action Project provides media arts and leadership
training for young people living in underserved communities
in the United States and abroad. Their stated mission is to
provide youth with the knowledge, tools, and relationships
they need to create powerful, thought-provoking media on local
and international issues that concern them, and to use their
media as a catalyst for dialogue and social change. G.A.P.
has developed two media programs specifically for refugees
and immigrants.
Listen
Up! is a youth media network of over 90 member
organizations across the country. Its mission is to connect
“young video producers and their allies to resources,
support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve
an authentic youth voice in the mass media.” Member
organizations are eligible for technical, organizational and
financial supports including opportunities for scholarships
and grants, unique Web page space to upload youth produced
work, and help with networking and distribution of the youth
work. The Web site has special sections for producers, educators,
and media partners and provides information on film festivals,
job and funding opportunities, calls for entries, events,
and youth media news. (Description is taken from the Web site.)
The
Film and Video Festival, a program of the Council
on Foundations, showcases foundation-funded productions and
the strategies by which grant makers use film, video and television
productions to advance their program goals. The festival is
held in conjunction with the Council on Foundations Annual
Conference, the Fall Conference for Community Foundations,
and the Family Foundation Conference and showcases work funded
by foundations and corporate giving programs. Productions
selected for the festival demonstrate the unique effect media
can have in advancing program goals. The festival is co-sponsored
with Grantmakers
in Film and Electronic Media. (Description adapted from
the Web site.)
Youth Voices for Tolerance and
Peace
Mix it Up! is a program of Tolerance.org,
a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Mix It Up! publishes
stories by and about students, as well as tips and ideas to
support activist efforts. Teenagers are encouraged to submit
stories, poems, or essays about their personal experiences
with social boundaries in schools or communities. The Web
site has published nearly two hundred submissions including
several refugee stories (search under “refugee”).
Sign up on-line for a monthly e-newsletter or find links to
other youth activist groups. Mix it Up! also has a small grants
program for youth-directed programs and projects that address
social boundaries in schools or communities.
The
Youth Empowerment Initiative was founded by the
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in 2000. It is one of the few
nationally sustained peace programs involving high school
and college students in the United States. Youth Empowerment
Initiative’s activities include the Barbara Mandigo
Peace Poetry Contest, the Internship and Volunteer programs,
and over a dozen Peace Leadership trainings. The Swackhamer
Peace Essay Contest was discontinued in 2006, however peace
essays written by past contest winners may be read online.
Documentary Arts
Center
for Documentary Studies at Duke University has
developed the Youth Document Durham, a nationally recognized
program engaging young people from diverse local communities
in documentary training and projects that examine their viewpoints
and amplify their voices. Students in both the after-school
and summer programs share the results of their work through
publications, exhibitions, Web sites, radio and media projects,
public art and community-service projects, and public forums.
The Neighborhoods Project works with teachers and students
in two Durham elementary schools, using an innovative experiential
learning model to engage young students in the communities
surrounding their schools and to document individual lives
and stories through photographs, narrative writing, and oral
history. (Description adapted from the Web site.)
Global Action Project’s Documentary
Project for Refugee Youth was
a three-year program, where participants attended workshops
and produced documentaries, narratives, and PSAs about the
experiences and issues young refugees face in their new communities.
The project has its own Web site with a collective scrapbook,
photo essays, interviews and a curriculum available for free
download. The youth made three documentaries: “Moving
On”, “One Family”, and “Picture a
Story”.
The
Leonardo is a hands-on art, culture, and science
center for young people and adults being developed in the
heart of Utah’s capital city. The Leonardo on Wheels—Documentary
Arts is operated by the Center for Documentary Arts (CDA).
The program designs special exhibits for display in schools,
libraries, rural museums, and community centers. One of these
exhibits is Faces
and Voices of Refugee Youth, an award-winning display
of 30 portraits and interviews with refugee youth. Originally
developed for 2002 Cultural Olympiad, Faces and Voices
of Refugee Youth focuses on refugee youth who attended
the Salt Lake City schools between 2000 and 2002. The exhibit
is organized into three sections—“Flight,”
“Haven,” and “Heartache and Hope”—to
reflect the fact that refugee youth have experienced three
interrelated phases in their journey from their countries
of origin to the United States. The Web site includes curricula
for elementary and secondary school teachers to use to education
students about refugee youth. (Description summarized from
the Web site.)
Photography
National
Geographic Photo Camp is a series of photography
workshops for youth from underserved communities both in and
outside the United States. In partnership with local newspapers
and community organizations, Photo Camp inspires young people
to explore their communities through the camera's lens, and
to share their vision through public presentations and exhibitions
across the United States and throughout the world. In 2007,
National Geographic photographer Sam Abell gave a group of
Erie, Pennsylvania teenagers, all recent immigrants to the
United States from four continents, a unique opportunity to
document their lives and surroundings. During a four-day workshop,
students created photographs reflecting the current state
of their lives.
Refugee and Immigrant Artists Web
Sites
African
Refugee Artists Club and Youth Development is
an organization of young African refugee artists, founded
by Atem Aleu, a Sudanese artist living in Salt Lake City,
UT. ARACYD was founded to provide mutual support to the young
artists, to further their skills as artists, and to enhance
their abilities to tell their stories. In addition, ARAC hosts
a 30-day workshop at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
Awer
Bul, is a young Sudanese artist currently completing
a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and Communication at Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. His Web site displays
his paintings, photographs, and a short documentary titled
“Living in Exile,” which the artist states “deals
with transformation, not only in mind and body, but also in
location and spirit.”
Leave
the Bones and Catch the Land is a Web-based exhibition
that was developed for a course at Brandeis Universityby Professor
Mark Auslander of Brandeis University, along with the Sudanese
Education Fund, African
Refugee Artists Club and Youth Development, and South
Sudan Youth Association of Massachusetts. The artists featured
in this exhibition, known as the "Lost Boys and Girls
of Sudan", are living in refugee camps in Kenya and Uganda.
The artist and former refugee Atem Aleu, currently based in
Utah, returned to the Kakuma refugee camp to give a series
of art lessons to the young refugees allowing them to capture
their memories of home and to express their hopes for the
future.
Sierra
Leone's Refugee All Stars are musicians who
fled Sierra Leone during the country's decade-long civil war
and formed the band while living in refugee camps in Guinea.
American documentary filmmakers Banker White and Zach Niles,
along with Canadian singer-songwriter Chris Velan, met Sierra
Leone's Refugee All Stars while they were living in refugee
camps and filmed them over the course of three years as they
moved from camp to camp and then returned home after the war
to reunite with many of their family, friends and fellow musicians.
The current members of the band came together during this
trip and they realized their lifelong dream of recording in
the studio. Now Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have toured
the world and become an inspiration and a symbol of the healing
power of music.
The
Somali Project is a traveling photography exhibition
by Somali photographer, Abdi Roble. The mission of the project
is “to use photography to produce an archival record
of the members of the Somali Diaspora while they are still
engaging in the cultural practices of their homeland.”
The Web site has thirty-three of Abdi Roble’s photographs
on display.
Television
Art:21–Art
in the Twenty-First Century focuses on contemporary
visual art and artists in the United States. The show captures
how the creative process works following the transformation
of the artist’s inner vision into a physical work of
art. Currently in its fourth season, a number of the featured
artists originally came to the United States as refugees and
immigrants. The Web site includes the artists’ biographies,
interviews, clips, images of art, and links to resources on
the Web. There is also a discussion board and and free downloadable
educators’ guides. Educators can also contribute their
art projects ideas, inspired by the artists featured in the
series.
In
the Mix is a national award-winning TV series
for teens and by teens on PBS. In the Mix has covered a wide
range of topics, including three episodes on the arts and
self expression and three episodes on teen immigrants. In
the Mix Discussion Guides are available for most episodes
and can be downloaded for free. Of special note is the discussion
guide on Teen
Immigrants: Five American Stories Program.
Arts Service Organizations
After
School Resources provides a one-stop site for
federal resources that support children and youth during the
out-of-school hours. It includes information about how to
run a program (collaborating, using volunteers, and evaluating
programs); activity ideas (including after school art programs);
access to government guides and research; information about
state regulations; and a database of more than 100 grant and
loan programs and links to private non-profit organizations
and publications.
Americans
for the Arts was created in 1996 as a result
of the merger between the National Assembly of Local Arts
Agencies and the American Council for the Arts. Their Web
site provides information on funding programs, research, and
publications. It also includes a National Arts Policy Database,
a job bank, and an arts education section. The YouthARTS section
of the Web site is designed to give arts agencies, juvenile
justice agencies, social service organizations, and other
community-based organizations information about how to plan,
run, provide training, and evaluate arts programs for at-risk
youth.
Arts
Education Partnership (AEP) is a national coalition
of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government
organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role
of the arts in the learning and development of every child
and in the improvement of America's schools. AEP was founded
and is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and
U.S. Department of Education in cooperation with the Council
of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of
State Arts Agencies. The Partnership includes over 140 organizations
that are national in scope and impact as well as state and
local partnerships focused on influencing educational policies
and practices to promote quality arts education. (Description
adapted from the Web site.)
Arts
Edge supports the arts as a core subject area
in the K-12 curriculum. This site was established by the Kennedy
Center and the National Endowment for the Arts and provides
teachers with hundreds of lesson plans, interesting Web links,
and teaching “how-to” ideas.
The
Center for Arts and Culture was founded in 1994
and though it ended as a stand alone center in 2005, a plan
was put in place to maintain its listserv and database. The
National Arts Policy Database (NAPD) contains over 8,700 records
in seven core areas: access and equity, culture in communities,
education and the creative work force, globalization, investment
in culture and creativity, creativity and the law, and heritage
and preservation. A weekly listserv provides a listing of
articles on arts and culture from newspapers and magazines
around the country.
The
National Art Education Association is a non-profit,
membership organization, founded in 1947, which “promotes
art education through professional development, service, advancement
of knowledge, and leadership.” NAEA publishes books
and other resources useful to art teachers in curriculum planning,
classroom applications, research, and assessment. In addition,
NAEA publishes periodicals such as: Art Education, Studies
in Art Education and NAEA News. Services include the National
Art Honor Society, an annual convention, professional development
institutes, and an awards program for outstanding art educators
and exemplary art programs in states, regions, and the nation.
The
National Association for Music Education (MENC)
is a non-profit membership organization with a mission to
“advance music education by encouraging the study and
making of music by all.” MENC develops National Standards
for Music Education, publishes magazines and journals on music
education, funds music education programs, and raises public
awareness through press releases, interviews, and radio public
service announcements.
NYFA
Interactive, supported by the New York Foundation
for the Arts, is a national information resource clearinghouse
for artists and arts organizations. The Web site has extensive
listings for funding, jobs, and other resources, such as state
arts agencies, museums, presenters, arts centers. Weekly features
and news listings are also updated regularly.
Teacher
Art Exchange is an online discussion group for
art education teachers and learners, who can share lesson
plans, teacher resources, and network with colleagues in the
US and internationally. An archive of past discussion can
also be accessed.
Arts and Health
American
Art Therapy Association (AATA) is a national,
non-profit association, with a mission to serve its members
and the general public by providing standards of professional
competence, and developing and promoting knowledge in, and
of, the field of art therapy. The AATA Web site has a wide
selection of resources and links both for art therapists and
art therapy students. These include ethical standards for
art therapists, links to other art therapy associations, information
on careers in the art therapy field and a number of discussion
and e-groups. AATA’s Multicultural Committee has also
developed a comprehensive bibliography and resource listing
which is can be downloaded for free on the Web site.
International
Expressive Arts Therapy Association serves as
a non-profit professional organization to inspire stimulate
and support the creative and artistic spirit of its community
and provides an on-going local and global information exchange
within the Expressive Arts field for Artists, Educators, Therapists
and Other Creative-Minded Individuals. (Description taken
from the Web site.)
The
Healing Power of Arts was developed by the Colorado
Council on the Arts as a response to the Columbine High School
tragedy. This Web portal includes resources on the impact
of the arts on communities, individuals, and economies. Recommended
Web links are annotated, organized and cross-linked by topic
such as promoting tolerance and strengthening communities
and also by arts discipline.
Folk, Ethnic, and Traditional
Arts Organizations
American
Folklife Center, created by Congress in 1976,
sponsors concerts, conferences, publications and other activities.
This Web site provides online access to several of the Archives'
collections as well as links to other Library collections
and provides many links to scholarly programs, societies,
archives and organizations within the United States and also
internationally.
American
Folklore Society is a national scholarly society
devoted to folklore. The Web site includes information on
events and conferences, a membership directory, a listing
of University-based graduate programs in Folklore, and links
to other relevant sites. Their Opportunities in Folklore page
is a comprehensive listing of employment opportunities, conference
listings and fellowship announcements.
Center
for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is part of
the Smithsonian Institution. The Web site provides information
on the Center's activities, including the Smithsonian Folklife
Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings with a searchable
database of the entire Folkways catalog, educational materials
developed for teachers, symposia, films and recent issues
of their newsletter, Talk Story. In their archives and other
resources section, there are many links to other folklife
archives, databases, organizations and music-related online
resources.
Cultural
Arts Resources for Teachers and Students, sponsored
by City Lore's Center for Folk Arts in Education at Bank Street
College of Education & The National Task Force on Folk
Arts and Education, provides online information on national
and local folklife and education resources, national listings
for teacher workshops, and on-line discussion boards for National
Task Force members.
National
Council for the Traditional Arts is the oldest
private non-profit that deals with folk, ethnic and tribal
arts. Their site provides information on festivals, tours,
concerts, recordings and other media programs. Their links
list includes several independent record labels that specialize
in various forms of traditional music.
Society
for Ethnomusicology contains information on
the scholarly Society's conferences, events, and publications
as well as links to University-based graduate programs in
Ethnomusicology and other related organizations.
Traditional
Arts Programs Network (TAPNET) is supported by
the National Endowment for the Arts and is an online one-stop
information site for links to folk arts-related activity at
NEA, state and local programs, media-related programs, museums,
archives, etc. Their page, American Folklorist Public Directory,
contains an address listing for folklorists engaged in folk
life public programming nationwide.
Funding at Federal Level
National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was established
by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal
government. The NEA is the nation's largest annual funder
of the arts, bringing art to all 50 states, including rural
areas, inner cities, and military bases. Their Web site includes
a list of State
and Regional partners.
National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent
federal agency created in 1965. It is the largest funder of
humanities programs in the United States. According to the
1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act,
one of the areas of particular interest to the NEH is: “the
study and application of the humanities to the human environment
with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage,
traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities
to the current conditions of national life.”
The
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH)
was established in 1982 and plays a key role in identifying
issues and developing initiatives in the arts and the humanities
of critical importance to the nation. The President’s
Committee plays a role in four key areas: exercising leadership
in international cultural cooperation; addressing the needs
of youth; recognizing the nation’s creative talent;
and preserving the nation’s cultural and historic treasures.
In partnership with the National
Endowment for the Arts, the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute
of Museum and Library Services, the PCAH serves as a bridge
between the public and the private sector in supporting arts
and humanities by stimulating private investment in these
and other efforts.
The
Coming Up Taller Awards is a project of the President's
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in partnership
with Institute
of Museum and Library Services, the National
Endowment for the Arts, and the National
Endowment for the Humanities. This Award program started
in 1998 and each year 15 awards of $10,000 each are presented
to the Coming Up Taller Award Finalists. These awards recognize
and support outstanding community arts and humanities programs
that celebrate the creativity of America's young people, provide
them learning opportunities and chances to contribute to their
communities. They also focus national attention on exemplary
programs currently fostering the creative and intellectual
development of America's children and youth through education
and practical experience in the arts and the humanities.
Private Funding
The
Foundation Center is an information clearinghouse
for grant seekers and grant makers and provides background
information on hundreds of foundations. The Foundation Center
is headquartered in New York City and has four field offices
in Atlanta, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.
In addition, grant seekers may visit a network of Cooperating
Collections, free funding information centers in libraries,
community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers
that provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications
and a variety of supplementary materials and services. The
Web site offers an on-line subscription directory and numerous
fundraising and grant writing resources.
The
Open Society Institute has a Youth
Initiative that works to integrate low-income youth into
the democratic process by supporting strategies that develop
self-expression and critical-thinking skills. The program’s
key strategies are youth-generated media and formal debate.
The Web site features news, announcements, and articles about
OSI Youth Initiative grantees as well as information about
how to apply for program funding.
The
Ford Foundation annually publishes specific areas
they are interested in funding. Some years, they fund programs
and projects related to media, arts, and culture. For example,
in 2006, funds could be used to support the development of
media, information and technology resources to advance human
achievement and understanding. Funds could also be used to
support infrastructural and access issues as well as independent
production in print, film, radio and Web-based media. Visit
their Guidelines
for Grant Seekers for more information. (Description summarized
from the Web site.)
The
Pew Charitable Trusts supports a broad spectrum
of institutions, artists, projects and cultural marketing
initiatives. Their objectives in supporting arts and culture
are twofold: to nurture artistic excellence and to expand
public participation. Visit the section of the site on Arts
and Culture for more information. (Description taken from
the Web site.)
The
Rockefeller Foundation nourishes artistic endeavor
through support for a variety of groups and organizations
committed to enriching the creative environment and furthering
opportunities for creative artists. Visit the section of the
site on Support
for the Arts for more information.
The
Wallace Foundation works with exemplary arts
organizations to identify, develop, and share effective practices
to reach more people and to help those providers sustain their
work beyond initial funding support. They also help selected
cities to expand arts-learning opportunities in ways that
many communities can use to give young people a lifelong appreciation
of the arts. Visit the section of the site on Building
Appreciation and Demand for the Arts for more information.
(Description summarized from the Web site.) |
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