Announcements

In 2023-24, teaching artists provided Creative Wellbeing for youth and adults through in-person and virtual direct services, professional development sessions, and arts-based workshops. Youth and adults receiving direct services and participating at some special events were surveyed about their experiences. These end-of-year reports summarize the data from those surveys and elaborate on learnings about Creative Wellbeing affecting their mental health and protective factors including social-emotional competencies and social support.

Stitch was created by a coalition of nonprofits all working in the expanded learning, out-of-school time space. Together, we’ve created an indispensable resource that fills a much-needed gap for visibility and accessibility to K-12 learning opportunities across Greater Los Angeles. Our mission is to ensure that all students have access to transformational enrichment opportunities.

  The Advancement Grant offers financial support to Los Angeles County school districts working to provide quality arts education to all students. Districts may apply for matching funds of up to $25,000. Los Angeles County school districts that are in partnership with the Arts Ed Collective and will be implementing board approved strategic plans for arts education in 2024-25 are eligible to apply. Application Deadline: March 13, 2024 | 6PM (PDT)

Staff and artists from the Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN) and member organizations. Image by Sylvanus Leone. Courtesy of AHJN.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the School District Arts Coordinator convening on November 5! If you weren't able to attend, please find the agenda and resources that were discussed here on our website. We hope to see you at the next convening on January 28, 2022, 2:00PM-4:00PM. Registration information is on the resources page. Resources and Opportunities

The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) has announced that grants totaling $867,700 will be awarded to 41 Los Angeles County school districts. The Advancement Grant Program is administered through the LA County Arts Education Collective, the countywide initiative dedicated to making the arts a core part of every child’s growth and development. Advancement Grants, underwritten by the Arts Ed Collective Funders Council, offer flexible funding to school districts to advance arts education in LA County.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the School District Arts Coordinator convening on September 17! If you weren't able to attend, please find the resources that were discussed here on our website. We hope to see you next time. Resources and Opportunities

To learn more about the emerging field of Healing Centered Engagement, especially as it relates to arts based youth development, please download our zine Healing-Centered Engagement—Reflections and Insights from the Field.

The Los Angeles County Arts Education Collective, coordinated by the Department of Arts and Culture and KCET have joined forces to create a new documentary that explores the value of arts education for the youth, communities, and creative economy of LA County.

The New Regional Blueprint for Arts Education contains strategies for increasing arts education in school, after school, and in communities, including juvenile justice, foster youth, and workforce development systems.