ERIC Number: EJ1411551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
Arts Learning across a City: How Ecosystem Thinking Helps Shape Understanding of Black-Centered and Eurocentric Arts Programming
Thomas Akiva; Marijke Hecht; Esohe Osai
Urban Education, v59 n3 p631-659 2024
Given historical patterns of unequal access to arts education, we used an ecosystem perspective to investigate Black Centered Arts and Eurocentric Arts in a mid-sized U.S. city, with a focus on youth programs, museums, and other youth arts organizations. We found that practitioner-leaders valued arts quality, equitable access, community embeddedness, and cultural preservation. Programs that provided access to Eurocentric arts tended to be older, larger, and better funded, and network analysis revealed a subnetwork made up largely of Black Centered Arts organizations. Results will inform an ongoing research-practice-philanthropy partnership structured to develop a more equitable city-wide arts ecosystem.
Descriptors: Art Education, Afrocentrism, Community Education, Urban Areas, African Americans, Youth, Extracurricular Activities, Access to Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
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