NEW REPORT FROM THE HEWLETT FOUNDATION ON YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARTS
A new report, the second in the series, examines youth involvement in the arts.
Two years ago we commissioned and presented a report on “Involving Youth in Non Profit Arts Organization” that illustrated how the recruitment and retention of the next generation’s “best and brightest” was critical to the future of all nonprofit arts organizations. Although the political and economic landscape has changed dramatically since then, the thesis that the future vitality of arts organizations requires the engagement of exceptionally talented and motivated young people is no less true today.
In this follow-up report, “Involving Youth in the Arts Project Phase II – Focus Groups on Next Generation Leadership,” we convened 50 emerging, mid-career and established administrators from a wide range of arts organizations to put forward their ideas about how that engagement can work better.