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Old Town School of Folk Music
Teaches and celebrates music and cultural expressions rooted in traditions of diverse American and global communities. Based in Chicago, Ill.; founded 1957 by Win Stracke, Frank Hamilton and Dawn Greening. Classes, concerts, field trips, festivals, music store, resource center, gallery.

Mosaic Model for Youth Development through the Arts
Three-year study on Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and its methods, The study identifies and assesses the internationally acclaimed, professional performing arts training program’s goals, practice methods, and expected outcome. Conducted by University of Michigan Department of Psychology, The Detroit Initiative and Detroit-area community-based organizations; published by Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, 2008. Downloadable.

IN:SITE
Resource for temporary public art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, city and county. Locates public and private spaces and resources, links spaces and resources with artists, sponsor sevents to bring people to experience and discuss temporary public art, help with insurance and maintenance of temporary public art.

African American Art & Culture Complex
Community-based cultural organization in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, Calif. Gallery, theater, rentals, after-school program. Residents: African American Historical & Cultural Society (Archive Library), African American Shakespeare Company, AfroSolo Theatre Company, Cultural Odyssey, Go Productions, Juneteenth Celebration Committee, Raising the Standard Youth Program, SFNoir, Take Wings Foundation, United Projects. City-owned facility.

SFAC Community Arts & Education Program
Program of the San Francisco Arts Commission. Community and Neighborhood Festival Grants, seven neighborhood-based cultural centers, Arts Education Funders Collaborative, Arts Provider Alliance of San Francisco, Arts Education Master Plan, WritersCorps. Formerly Neighborhood Arts Program,.

(Out)Laws & Justice
Nonprofit organization that offers an eighth-grade interdisciplinary curriculum of history/social studies, language arts and drama. Students to critically reflect on the values that drove U.S. westward expansion and its legacy in their lives. Project culminates in student–written and –performed plays. Based in Los Angeles, Calif.

Natural World Museum
“Museum without walls” international organization presenting art through innovative programs to inspire and engage the public in environmental awareness and action. Partnering with the United Nations Environment Programme through the Art for the Environment initiative. Traveling exhibition series, site-specific programs, symposia, interactive multimedia experiences, workshops, cultural performances, programs for children and youth and special community events.

Art for the Environment
Initiative of the New World Museum and the U.N. Environment Programme. Creation and installation of visual-art exhibits worldwide in conjunction with major events such as World Environment Day (5 June) and UNEP Champions of the Earth awards. Unlearning Intolerance Seminars, performance festivals, international symposiums, competitions.

Keys To The Studio
Music program in Toronto, Ont., Canada, designed specifically for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Gives emerging musicians the opportunity to collaborate with professional musicians in one-to-one sessions, rehearsals with bands made up of peers, workshops, recordings, public jam sessions and concert performances.

Stone & Water
A South Korean "supplement space ... extending from the realm of art to the scope of life" in An Yang. "Moves towards the new art movement based on social, regional networks, pushing ahead various artistic activities based on local and public interests." Projects: Education, public art, international artists' residencies. + Anyang-River Project, Seoksu-Market Project, Art Education Project. Directed by Chan Eung Park.