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Celebrate the Magic of Mali

06-15-2022

Google Arts and Culture, a free educational platform partnering with cultural institutions around the world, has published Mali Magic, a digital exhibition of Mali’s rich cultural and musical heritage and the efforts to preserve it.

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

05-18-2022

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we want to share some educational resources for your classroom or community group.

From Carnegie Hall, Online Resources for Summer Exploration

05-18-2022

Your students’ music education doesn’t have to end with the school year. Carnegie Hall’s Resources for Young Musicians offers young people the chance to freely explore their creativity and musicianship over the summer.

Agrigento: Advancing Music as Social Action 

Maria Lara, Founder and Trustee, Agrigento

05-04-2022

Music for social change is a field with enormous potential, yet one that has not been fully realized because of a central paradox: a common reliance on musical and educational practices that have little to do with social change.

‘Aesthetic Perspectives in Evaluation’ Webinar

04-20-2022

For all our efforts to quantify and report the results of our arts programs, many of us struggle with zooming out to evaluate our organizations. An upcoming free webinar hosted by Americans for the Arts might help: “Aesthetic Perspectives in Evaluation” will take place online on May 10 (15:00–16:15 EST).

Timeline of African American Music

04-20-2022

Carnegie Hall’s “Timeline of African American Music,” created by Portia K. Maultsby, Ph.D., is an educational resource showcasing the evolution of African American music over the past 400 years.

Arts & Cultural Sector Reports Center Voices of BIPOC Communities

03-16-2022

A national research initiative, Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation, has released two reports on the impact of the pandemic on equity and access within the arts and cultural sector, highlighting perspectives from BIPOC-serving organizations.

‘Women in the Mix’ Study Promotes Gender Equity in the Music Industry

03-16-2022

The results are in: The Recording Academy, Arizona State University, and Berklee College of Music Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship shared their recommendations for a more inclusive music industry on March 8, International Women’s Day.

Online Platform Supports Youth Mental Health with Music

02-16-2022

The Glenn Gould Foundation in Canada wants to help teenagers use music to find their way through these mentally challenging times. To do so, they have created Instrumental, a free online platform designed to help young people process and engage their feelings through music.

UNESCO Publishes Report on Creativity as a Public Good

02-16-2022

This new report from UNESCO—”Re|Shaping policies for creativity: addressing culture as a global public good”—took four years to prepare, reporting how to advance the understanding that creativity is a public good.

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