Global Perspectives on Youth Arts Programs

Frances Howard is Senior Lecturer of Youth Studies in the Department of Social Work, Care and Community at Nottingham Trent University. Her research interests include youth work, arts programs, music-making and wellbeing. Frances is Co-Convenor of the BERA Youth Studies and Informal Education SIG group and is active in practice, as a volunteer for Nottingham Community Artists’ Network.

• Part I1: Introduction2: Current and future trends in Youth Arts Programs3: Knowing Young PeoplePart II4: Researching the Arts Award in Youth Work Settings5: Youth Arts Practices6: Youth Arts PedagogiesPart III7: Accommodating Common Culture8: Celebrating Cultural Democracy9: Cultivating Cultural Citizenship10: Enabling Youth Arts Programs to Flourish

"Howard’s work in this book certainly marks a significant milestone within the discourse of youth work and arts and contributes to larger debates on development and social change through arts. Her templates provide a valuable direction to nudge the practitioners as well as the field to be responsive to the needs of context, thus emphasizing creativity, criticality, and sensitivity." Journal of Applied Youth Studies