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Two Reports Advocate for the Arts’ Impact on People of All Ages

01-19-2022

Given the ongoing mental health crisis during the pandemic, you may be looking to strengthen your arts advocacy. Two reports can help.

New Artist Grants and Opportunities in 2022

01-19-2022

From the Artwork Archive, here is an excellent collection of the best arts opportunities, grants, and calls-for-entry for the upcoming year. Many come from around the world.

Free Webinars: Embedding SEL in Our Music Education

01-19-2022

Music educators can attend a free monthly webinar series designed to help them embed social and emotional learning in their teaching.

U.S.-Based Grants Available to Out-of-School Programs for Middle School Students

01-19-2022

The Aim High grant program (funded by the New York Life Foundation and administered by the Afterschool Alliance) supports out-of-school programs serving middle-schoolers in the U.S. Aim High helps prepare economically disadvantaged eighth-graders to succeed in high school by supporting after-school, summer, and expanded learning programs.

Suggested Reading: Teacher as Artist-in-Residence

01-19-2022

Here is an unusual book that presents teaching as an art practice: Teacher as Artist-in-Residence: The most radical form of expression to ever exist.

The Field is Growing

01-19-2022

Across the world, the music for social change field keeps growing.

The Ensemble is Hiring a Content Editor—Come Work with Us!

12-15-2021

We’re hiring a Content Editor! If you’re knowledgeable about the music for social change field, passionate about its growth and impact, and eager to join a collaborative editorial team working to help build a better world for the next generation—we want to hear from you.

“Gratitude Grants” Available to Arts Education Programs in Certain Countries

12-15-2021

The MONAT Gratitude Grants Program supports education programs in the areas of the arts, music, entrepreneurship, and athletics in communities around the world where MONAT does business, which include the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K., Ireland, Spain, Poland, and Lithuania.

Pollination Project Offering Daily Seed Grants

12-15-2021

The Pollination Project supports initiatives that support social change agents who seek to spread compassion in their communities and in the world for the benefit of all.

Short Documentary on Sweden’s Dream Orchestra Premieres

12-15-2021

We often share updates from Gothenburg, Sweden’s Dream Orchestra, founded and led by Ron Davis Álvarez. The orchestra has been recognized many times for its work with young people who have fled their home countries. In this eight-minute documentary, To Those Who Believe in Dreams, Director Erik Eger shares the orchestra’s history and growth as an integrating multicultural orchestra community that now represents all of Swedish society.

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