Jeff M. Poulin and Dennie Palmer Wolf Co-Edit Special Issue of Arts Education Policy Review

Approved by the editorial board, a special issue of Arts Education Policy Review, titled, “Responding to Crisis: Disruption and Innovation in Community-Based Arts Education Programs for Youth” will be co-edited by Jeff M. Poulin and Dennie Palmer Wolf.

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 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 special edition is due to be released in mid-August and will involve a number of youth and adult authors from around the United States.