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Implementation of The Good Project Lesson Plans

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Next.cc website

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NEXT.cc is an eco web that develops ethical imagination and environmental stewardship. NEXT.cc introduces what design is, what design does and why design is important through over 100 journeys.

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Art events and happenings in Youngstown

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Power of the Arts is an initiative dedicated to promoting and advocating for

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The Art Career Project wants you to be successful doing what you love. Explore hundreds of career profiles and learn more about what it takes to build long-term careers within today's top creative industries.

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Art is a broad field with a wide array of disciplines, ranging from painting to music, performing arts to industrial design. Here, prospective artists can explore a list of distinct career paths within various categories of art to find the information they need to get started on the right foot. Designers, performers, fine artists, and musicians alike can search for options that help them unlock their creativity.

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The Art Career Project wants you to be successful doing what you love. Explore hundreds of career profiles and learn more about what it takes to build long-term careers within today's top creative industries. Art is a broad field with a wide array of disciplines, ranging from painting to music, performing arts to industrial design.

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The Butler offers a wide array of visual arts programs for people of all ages. Tours of the museum's permanent collection and temporary shows offer visitors assistance interpreting exhibitions. A variety of free programs serve the community's schools, service groups, libraries and nursing homes. Butler docent volunteers bring slide and computer presentations to area groups, and introduce them to this valuable cultural resource. Butler lectures include the Symposia on American Art series which brings art world celebrities to the Institute.

The Butler's free Film on Art series features art history documentaries, which are shown on Tuesdays at noon in the museum's state-of-the-art Beecher Center Zona Auditorium.
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Art classes for children and adults are offered quarterly and are conducted by highly skilled and qualified instructors. The Al Parella Scholarship fund makes Butler classes available to talented, financially challenged school-age students.

The Butler offers free family programs each month to introduce families to the Institute's collection and temporary shows. Butler instructors lead children and their parents in an art activity based upon works on view within the museum's galleries.

Each year since 1989, the Butler hosts its annual Summer Visual Arts Day Camp for children. This year, the SVADC will be held at The Butler in Youngstown, OH. Children from the region between the ages of eight and twelve are eligible for the camp. Summer Camp for 2018 will be held Tuesday through Friday, July 17-20 and July 24-27, 2018. To register, download, print, fill out the forms below, and mail them to:

Attn: Education Department/SVADC, Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44502.
SVADC Registration Form 2018 SVADC Medical Form SVADC Free Enrollment Form
For registration assistance or for more information call the Butler Art Education Department at 330-743-1107, Ext. 1103 or email Alison Begala.

SVADC is sponsored in part by: Sponsored in part by: The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley Young Philanthropist Fund, The Kiwanis Club of Youngstown, Home Savings Foundation, Abe and Leona M. Adler Charitable Trust & The Ohio Arts Council.

The Sweeney Gallery, an interactive space for families, offers temporary exhibitions designed for children. In this gallery, hands-on stations allow youngsters to create art.

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Education - The Butler Institute of American Art

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The Butler offers a wide array of visual arts programs for people of all ages. Tours of the museum's permanent collection and temporary shows offer visitors assistance interpreting exhibitions. A variety of free programs serve the community's schools, service groups, libraries and nursing homes.

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Social Impact Explorer | Americans for the Arts

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In 2001, the National Endowment for the Arts developed a cooperative agreement with The George Washington University to conduct a multisite national study with the aim of measuring the impact of professionally conducted community based cultural programs on the general health, mental health, and social activities of older persons, age 65 and older.

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Encourage Creativity: Teach the Arts (documentary)

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Facts & Figures: data on the benefits and decline of arts education. Download this publication. Datos & Diagramas: En Español.

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Americans for the Arts today released Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2018, one of the largest national public opinion surveys of American perceptions and attitudes towards the arts and arts funding. The new research demonstrates that Americans continue to be highly engaged in the arts and believe more strongly than ever that the arts promote personal well-being, help us understand other cultures, are essential to a well-rounded education, and that government has an important role in funding the arts.

A national sample of 3,023 adults were polled online by Ipsos in May 2018 on topics such as the importance of arts education, support for government arts funding, personal engagement in the arts, and personal and community benefits that come from engaging in the arts. The last public opinion poll by Americans for the Arts was conducted in 2015.

Key findings from Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2018 include:

Americans show overwhelming support for arts education.

91 percent believe the arts are part of a well-rounded education for K-12 students.

Nine in ten believe it is important for students to receive an education in the arts, including dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts. This remains true whether asked about elementary school (94 percent), middle school (94 percent), or high school (93 percent) education.

The arts give the nation's communities identity and unity.

73 percent agree the arts help them understand other cultures better, an 11 percent increase compared to 2015.

72 percent believe the arts unify communities regardless of age, race, and ethnicity, up from 67 percent during the past two years. These quality-of-life and well-being benefits are not limited to the wealthy, educated, or a racial or ethnic group; they cut across all demographics.

Americans are highly engaged in the arts and experience them in unexpected places.

72 percent report attending an arts or cultural event during the previous year, such as the theater, museum, zoo, or a musical performance. Consistent with previous studies, higher attendance rates are found with higher education and income.

70 percent say they enjoyed the arts in a "non-traditional" venue, such as a performance in the park, exhibitions in a hospital or shopping mall, or an art installation in an airport.

The arts improve personal well-being and provide meaning to citizens' lives.

69 percent of the population believe the arts "lift me up beyond everyday experiences"; 73 percent feel the arts give them "pure pleasure to experience and participate in"; and 81 percent say the arts are a "positive experience in a troubled world."

Government funding for the arts is viewed favorably.

64 percent of Americans approve arts funding by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additionally, 60 percent of Americans approve of arts funding by local government; 58 percent by state government; and 54 percent by federal government.

The majority of Americans would approve of increasing federal government spending on nonprofit arts organizations from 45 cents to $1 per person (53 percent approve versus 22 percent who disapprove).

"We are better people with the arts in our lives. We are healthier, more creative, and actively engaged citizens who feel better about today and more optimistic about tomorrow," said Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. "In a society struggling to find equity and social justice, the American public understands that, even in challenging times, the arts make our communities healthier, stronger, and more vibrant. The survey also makes clear that positive attitudes and opinions toward the arts have intensified in recent years when compared to results from 2015."

The last public opinion poll for Americans for the Arts was conducted by Ipsos in December 2015 and published in 2016. Those results can be viewed here.

Americans for the Arts is the leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education in America. With offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City, it has a record of more than 55 years of service. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Additional information is available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org.

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Americans Speak Out About the Arts in New Public Opinion Poll

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The new research demonstrates that Americans continue to be highly engaged in the arts and believe more strongly than ever that the arts promote personal well-being, help us understand other cultures, are essential to a well-rounded education, and that government has an important role in funding the arts.