THE FUTURE OF ARTS LEARNING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
This Green
Paper, submitted by Young Audiences, Inc., quickly examines
the history of arts learning for children and youth and puts forward
a new ‘to do’ list that is informed by past experiences but
also looks ahead in the future of this vital field.
Green Paper Authoring Organizations: Young Audiences,
Inc.
THE FUTURE OF ARTS LEARNING FOR CHILDREN
AND YOUTH AMBASSADOR
Sheila Womble
Executive Director
Arts for Learning/Miami
Miami, FL
Ms. Womble currently leads Arts for Learning/Miami, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to advancing teaching and learning through the arts. As a founding
staff member, she contributed to the rapid growth and success of the entire
organization helping to leverage an initial $150,000 investment to develop
Arts for Learning into a $1.7 million dollar community resource reaching
more than 10,000 children and youth each year. She has designed and produced
arts programs at 47 after-school and summer camp locations, launched pioneering
early childhood initiatives, and created a community of more than 85 professional
teaching artists. Young Audiences, Inc recognized Ms. Womble’s
passion, leadership, and accomplishments in 2005, honoring her as the National
Staff Member of the Year.
Prior to joining Arts for Learning, she worked closely with Miami art
collectors Ruth and Richard Shack managing their contemporary art collection
and handling artist services and public relations at ArtCenter/South Florida.
Ms. Womble holds a B.A. in Art History & Anthropology from the University
of Miami. |
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Critical Question: Could arts organizations become willing to study how they can best SERVE their communities? There’s a lot of noise about wanting the community to serve the arts, but our communities today [by and large] don’t know how to do that. Artists have the inalienable responsibility to give, to serve, to comfort, to inform, to find where the need is and feed it. There’s that mystical equation: Give and you shall receive. It’s worth a try!
and…… Critical Sub-Question: Where is the dialogue about how arts can serve their community in a crisis?