Resources

In November 2022, California voters overwhelmingly supported increased arts education funding with the passage of Proposition 28, also known as the Arts and Music K-12 Education Funding Initiative. Here is a round-up of resources that can support planning and implementation of expanded arts education in our schools.

The Creative Wellbeing learning community on the Wellbeing for LA Learning Center platform is a collaborative and generative space for adults who support youth and families from Los Angeles County to be present together, nurture community care, and uplift collective wisdom to explore strategies, tools, and resources relating to healing-centered arts engagement and mental health promotion. Join virtual quarterly gatherings and engage through our virtual hub for ongoing asynchronous networking.

This hands-on, how-to planning process for schools, districts, counties, and communities will enable teams to assess, envision, and implement the arts within the context of developing skills and creativity.

As Arts and Culture continues learning from and engaging with the field around healing-centered practices, we will share resources on this page. If there are other resources that you have and would like to include, please fill out this form to let us know.

In spring 2022, the LA County Youth Commission approached the Arts Ed Collective with an interest in incorporating artwork produced by youth into the Helping Centering Youth Voices in Mental Health report to the Board of Supervisors, to make the report more accessible to youth and other members of the general public.

Creative Wellbeing Curriculum Guide outlines the foundational concepts that inform the approach and offers resources and strategies for practitioners for how arts and mental health can support youth and adults.

Teaching Artist Eddie Ruiz demonstrates how you can use poetry for social-emotional learning in this guided practice. Part of the LA County Office of Education's All In: Safe and Welcoming Schools Webinar Series.

Laena Myers-Ionita and Jason Heath from Jail Guitar Doors walk you through a writing exercise showing you how to use your words and personal story to write a song. Part of the LA County Office of Education's All In: Safe and Welcoming Schools Webinar Series.

An interactive video that demonstrates how to implement freestyle, hip hop, and the two steps dance moves in the classroom. Part of the LA County Office of Education's All In: Safe and Welcoming Schools Webinar Series.

A a journey of self-discovery through poetry hosted by Director of Street Poets Inc. Matthew "Cuban" Hernandez. Part of the LA County Office of Education's All In: Safe and Welcoming Schools Webinar Series.