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Presentations: Access, Equity and Quality in Arts Learning: Conference Highlights
Presentations: Access, Equity and Quality in Arts Learning: Conference Highlights
(June 2009) Slideshows from the AEQ: Access, Equity and Quality in Arts Learning conference
From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare: Dallas Blazes “Coordinated” Trail in Arts Education for City Young People
From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare: Dallas Blazes “Coordinated” Trail in Arts Education for City Young People
(July 2008) This “Story from the Field” explores how Dallas’s Thriving Minds initiative is expanding and improving arts learning opportunities both inside and outside of school for that city’s children.
State Arts Agencies at a Crossroads: The Search for Public Benefit
(June 2004) State arts agencies are developing innovative ways to refocus their efforts from supporting arts providers through grant-giving to the larger public benefits of their work.
Redefining the Asia Society
(March 2004) Through innovative programming and extensive outreach efforts, the Asia Society has successfully attracted a new, young, culturally aware, Asian and Asian American audience.
AS220: The Art Community in Providence Where All Are Welcome By Christopher Connell
(January 2004) AS220 is an "open unjuried forum for the arts" where all are welcome. Unique opportunities are provided to musicians and performers to present their work.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater: New Work, New Audiences, New Expectations
(September 2003) Pittsburgh Ballet Theater's innovative production, Indigo in Motion, attracts new audiences with a blend of Pittsburgh's jazz heritage and classical ballet.
The Loft Literary Center: Developing Audiences for Literature
(June 2003) The mission of the Loft is to foster a writing community, the artistic community, the artistic development of individual writers, and an audience for literature.
Going Toward the Light: Philadelphia's Village of Arts and Humanities
(March 2003) Kujenga Pamoja! Together We Build! The Village of Arts and Humanities offers a unique blend of neighborhood development, creative arts, festivals and more to help rebuild a North Philadelphia community.
A Place of Their Own: Teens Make Programs Come Alive at the Walker Art Center
(December 2002) "Bucking the Notion of Elitism," providing area teens with creative opportunities through an outreach program that now serves as a model for America's cultural institutions.
Something Old, Something New: In Galleries Filled with Masterpieces and Parks Brightened By Children's Murals, Houston's Museum of Fine Arts Brings Art to the People - and People to the Arts
(October 2002) "A Place for All People," working directly with targeted neighborhoods to involve broader, more diverse audiences in the life and work of the museum, with profound immediate and long-term benefits.
Bringing Life Back to the Lady, Artists Create New Work at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston

(August 2002) Since opening its doors almost 100 years ago, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum presented its curators, staff and leaders with a unique challenge: how to keep new life flowing through a world-renowned, historic collection and specially designed building that are the result of one individual's creative vision, but with a unique legacy.

From Bethlehem Steelworkers to LA's Finest, Involving the Community Takes a Dramatic Turn: Cornerstone Theater Company
(February 2002) Picture a group of former steelworkers — hard hats and all — performing in a modern adaptation of an ancient Greek play. Now imagine similar events taking place in diverse communities from East Los Angeles to a fishing village in Maine.
"Kickin' It with the Old Masters" at the Baltimore Museum of Art
(October 2001) A multi-layered project showcasing the work of local African American artist Joyce Scott and how it profoundly transformed The Baltimore Museum of Art's (BMA) way of presenting exhibitions.
The Cleveland Museum Of Art: Mummies, Knights and a Cleveland Indian
(July 2001) The Cleveland Museum of Art hit a home run when it asked former Cleveland Indians Manager Mike Hargrove to host an "All-Star" video tour of its permanent collection. The popular video even ran on the Jumbotron at Jacobs Field!
Rethinking Participation: A Framework for Change
(July 2001) "While arts organizations are skilled at devising creative ways to pursue audience engagement, choosing the right strategy for the right circumstances can be guesswork," writes Michael Moore, director of the The Wallace Foundation's arts program.
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