The Appell Center for the Performing Arts and Creative Generation announced their new collaboration to produce an actionable plan to create a community hub for arts and cultural education in York County. Together, the organizations have devised a responsive and community-engaged participatory research and evaluation process, which involves numerous pathways for involvement of the myriad stakeholders of the Appell Center.

Over six months, the teams will engage these stakeholders to imagine and forecast the futures of education and community engagement work of the Appell Center for the Performing Arts to inform future organizational planning and strategy. This work will also seek to amplify the voices of York County artists, educators, parents, youths, and organizations to inform broader dialogues about the role of the arts in education and collaborations between cultural and education systems.

Creative Generation was founded in April 2019 as a research initiative and has grown its work throughout the United States and around the world. Through projects in the arts and culture, education, and social change fields - and the support of arts and cultural educators in their work to cultivate the creative capabilities of young people - the organization regularly supports organizations driving systemic change in their communities.

To learn more, visit http://www.appellcenter.org and http://www.creative-generation.org.