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Arts Partnerships Are Bridging Disparities: Cross-Sector Partnerships Are Giving Disadvantaged Youth Access to Successful Careers in the Arts

Arts Partnerships Are Bridging Disparities: Cross-Sector Partnerships Are Giving Disadvantaged Youth Access to Successful Careers in the Arts
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Author(s): Jennifer DiFiglia (Young Audiences New York, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 13
Source title: Funding Challenges and Successes in Arts Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Siu Challons-Lipton (Queens University of Charlotte, USA)and Richard Emanuel (Alabama State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2581-3.ch007

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Abstract

Government, non-profit and industry partnerships are giving disadvantaged youth access to successful careers in the Arts. Although the trend has been toward an ever growing “opportunity gap” between children from low socio-economic communities and their wealthier peers, cross-sector arts education partnerships are bridging disparities in access to the creative professions. Currently, the lack of opportunity for young people from poverty disproportionately affects their career prospects in the Arts, where consistent exposure to the tools and techniques of the creative disciplines is necessary in order to guide students toward college and/or careers in these growing fields. Despite a burgeoning creative economy, remarkably little progress has been made to diversify the workforce in this sector. Collectively, we've underestimated how creating opportunities for young people is economically valuable to government, non-profit and industry. A fundamentally different framework is needed that puts a proper valuation on the future of our youth.

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