Reports

Since its inception in 2002, the LA County Arts Ed Collective has sought to foster collaboration among the regional arts education community. For the first time, we now have data, visualizations, and findings about the social network of people and organizations the Arts Ed Collective gathers through social and collaborative spaces. Drawing Connections: A Social Network Analysis of the LA County Arts Education Collective reveals the connective power of the network formed through the Collective’s convenings and events.

End of year report covering the activities of the LA County Arts Education Collective.

In 2024-25, teaching artists provided Creative Wellbeing for youth and adults through in person and virtual direct services, professional development sessions, and arts-based workshops. Youth and adults receiving direct services and participating at some special events were surveyed about their experiences. These end of year reports summarize the data from those surveys and elaborate on learnings about Creative Wellbeing affecting their mental health and protective factors including social-emotional competencies and social support. Explore Dashboards

This report summarizes the work of our network of school districts, nonprofit partners, County service providers, and arts advocates from the 2023-24 fiscal year.

In 2023-24, teaching artists provided Creative Wellbeing for youth and adults through in-person and virtual direct services, professional development sessions, and arts-based workshops. Youth and adults receiving direct services and participating at some special events were surveyed about their experiences. These end-of-year reports summarize the data from those surveys and elaborate on learnings about Creative Wellbeing affecting their mental health and protective factors including social-emotional competencies and social support.

In its second evaluation of the Creative Wellbeing approach, Harder+Company Community Research found that young people who participated experienced positive social-emotional benefits while also exploring their interests, building technical art skills, and increasing their access to the arts. Adults who participated in the program are experiencing and embodying Creative Wellbeing values and healing themselves through this work. They further found that

The 2023 Arts Education End of Year Report summarizes the Arts Ed Collective’s activities and events from the July 2022 through June 2023 fiscal year.

In celebration of 20 years of service to the young people of LA County, we acknowledge the hundreds of new and longstanding partners who have come together to accomplish more than any of us could have achieved alone. As we reflect on our progress to date, we also look to what’s ahead—and invite you to join us in this effort. Together we can ensure our next generation has access to personally meaningful arts education, in schools and in communities, that allows every young person to develop the skills and self-awareness to reach their full potential.

This report, summarizing activities and events from the 2021-22 fiscal year, attests to the enduring importance and longevity of the Arts Ed Collective. Read more about how culturally sustaining and healing-centered approaches to arts education are working to transform public education and County systems.

Creative Wellbeing is an approach for fostering communities of wellness, especially for systems-impacted youth, those who are vulnerable to becoming systems- impacted, and the adults who support them. This approach provides culturally relevant, healing-centered, arts-based workshops for young people under 25 and professional development coaching for youth-serving adults—educators, service providers, and community based organizations.