Arts, Creativity & Design Thinking

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Below you will see a list of organizations that provide arts, creativity and design thinking education programs.

According to UNESCO's document, Road Map for Arts Education, written based on the 2006 World Conference on Arts Education: Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century, arts and creativity education plays an essential role in improving the overall quality of education and building a creative and culturally aware society.  

You can read more about how arts education cultivates 21st century competencies in this 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts created by P21 with arts educators in the United States.

For lessons from five schools about how an expanded school day can advance arts education, please see this document from the Wallace Foundation and the National Center on Time and Learning.

Organizations

Creativity, Culture and Education
Creative Partnerships Program / Lead Creative Schools Website creativitycultureeducation.org Countr(ies) UK based, programs in Norway, Hungary, Netherland, Lithuania, Korea, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Pakistan, among others. Grade Level of Students...

Design for Change
Website http://www.dfcworld.com/ Countr(ies) Global, founded in India Grade Level of Students Participating K-8 Number of Students Participating per Year Approximately 286,000 Year Organization Began 2009 Relationship to the public education system When...

Educación para Compartir (Education for Sharing)
Sports for Sharing Program Website educacionparacompartir.org Countr(ies) Mexico, USA, Guatemala, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Colombia Grade Level of Students Participating Grades 1 to 6 in the US Grades 1 to 9 in Mexico Number of Students...

MASK School for Creativity and Innovation
Website mobileartschoolinkenya.org Countr(ies) Programs offered primarily in Kenya, with some impact in Tanzania, and South Africa Grade Level of Students Participating Pre-K to Adult Number of Students Participating per Year Up to 250 students directly...

Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre (SHCAT)
Website en.shcat.com.cn Countr(ies) China Grade Level of Students Participating Children aged 16 and under, with their families Number of Students Participating per Year 100,000 children and their families Year Organization Began 2013 Relationship to...

Sonidos de la Tierra
Conservatory on Wheels Project Website sonidosdelatierra.org.py Countr(ies) Paraguay Grade Level of Students Participating Grade 1 to Adults, but mostly adolescents Number of Students Participating per Year 1,285 students have participated per year since...

The Theater Offensive
True Colors: Out Youth Theatre Program Website thetheateroffensive.org thetheateroffensive.org/true-colors/youth-programming Countr(ies) US Grade Level of Students Participating Grade 9 to adult Number of Students Participating per Year 180 students per...