Special Issue of "Arts Education Policy Review" Edited by Jeff M. Poulin and Dennie Palmer Wolf is Released
Last year, Arts Education Policy Review, a peer-reviewed journal approved a special issue titled, “Responding to Crisis: Disruption and Innovation in Community-Based Arts Education Programs for Youth” to be co-edited by Jeff M. Poulin and Dennie Palmer Wolf. This special issue has now been released.
Taylor & Francis have made all five articles free to access from Tuesday, February 16th through Friday, April 30th, 2021.
The issues abstract is below:
Defined by lockdowns, face masks, and video conferences, the COVID-19 global pandemic caused the world to shift to an era of physical distancing, at-home and on-line learning, shuttered theaters and museums, and the possibility of stifled creation for young people across the world. From their position on the front lines of sustaining individual and collective well-being through creative learning, community-based and youth-centered arts organizations have long sought to integrate creative skill-building, inquiry, and expression with positive youth development principles, fueling young people’s imaginations and building critical learning and life skills. During the global pandemic shelter-in-place orders, low-ceilinged digital schooling, and increasing unemployment for cultural workers like teaching artists, have challenged programs to continue their support of young creative in new ways. In this special issue, authors highlight new models for programing, youth engagement, research, and the shift in organizational, educational and governmental policies that are emerging from the disruption caused by COVID-19.
The Arts Education Policy Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of arts education. It covers research on K–12 arts education policy. It is published by Routledge and the editor-in-chief is Colleen Conway. Learn more about the publication here.
The articles included are:
“When questions are our best answers: responding to the impact of COVID-19 on community-based arts education organizations: a special issue of Arts Education Policy Review” by Dennie Palmer Wolf and Jeff M. Poulin.
“Responding to crises: constructing a response through organizational change” by Jeff M Poulin.
“Dancing toward the light in the dark: COVID-19 changes and reflections on normal from Australia, Ireland, and Mexico” by Rachael Jacobs, Michael Finneran, and Tere Quintanilla.
“In the face of the unprecedented: creative youth development guides organizations to adapt, support, and thrive” by Rodrigo Guerrero.
“Re-imagining personal and organizational policies as sources of radical change: perspectives from a teaching artist, organization, and city” by Tina LaPadula, James Miles, and Olisa “Spyc-E” Enrico.