Artists Working with Youth at Risk , available from the Commission office. Applicants considering an application with this focus should contact the Arts in Education director for assistance in project planning and artist selection. What We Have Learned 1. Choose professional artists who demonstrate a high level of artistic quality, who have experience teaching their art, and whose skills lend themselves to working with at-risk youth. Choose persons who exhibit warmth, sensitivity, flexibility, and a clear senses of boundaries.
Residencies are more effective, in general, if they last three months or more.
But even for short-term residencies, plan strategies to keep students engages with the art form. Fit the artist to the kids. Choose an artist or artistic discipline that is most likely to be successful worth the particular youth you are going to serve. Make it culturally relevant- something or someone that will appeal to them personally. Promote the program.