“10 minutes until showtime! Finish up with dinner and let’s circle up in the back,” we holler to the teen poets who are sprawled around the DreamYard Design…
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When the Transition from School to Work Breaks Down For people in my generation — those born in the mid-1970s — our late teens and early twenties felt…
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Creative Youth Development (CYD) is described broadly in terms of skill-building in a creative endeavor, relationships, and civic engagement. These are all essential components. Yet beneath them lies…
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Forest of Imagination in Bath, United Kingdom, is a long-term public engagement and research project that reimagines familiar places as imaginative environments celebrating creativity, nature, and the arts.…
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The room goes quiet when Bonnie steps forward. Stage lights warm her face. Her hands rest calmly at her sides. She scans the crowd, finds her whānau (family),…
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Imagine walking into a room full of young students deeply focused on creating the ultimate sports beverage. They aren’t just mixing solutions together, they’re real-world flavor scientists! At…
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What Is a Teaching Artist? My own practical and reflective knowledge of teaching artistry stems from working on various art programs in kindergarten and public schools in Norway,…
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If we had a magic wand and could flicker into existence a world in which creative youth development was a common value and practice, what would we know…
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Welcome to this creative youth development-themed double issue of Extensions. In these pages, I am excited to bring together a global cross-section of expertise, presenting the insights of…
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We are excited to publish the third issue of Extensions Magazine, devoted to the topic of Creative Youth Development. This is also our first double issue, allowing us…
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