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Thought, formerly Young Audiences
of North Texas, is one of the largest and strongest
non-profit arts education partnerships in the nation. Based
in Dallas, it has been empowering communities through
education, arts and culture since 1987. Big Thought offers
seven innovative arts and culture-based programs,
instruction, performances, workshops, cultural excursions,
artist residencies and teacher training. Its programs
reach a diverse group of youth; helping them to work in
teams, solve problems, and get along better with others.
Big
Thought has been a huge success. It has helped children
do better in school, teachers have learned how to better
integrate the arts in classrooms, and the bonds between children
and families have been strengthened.
Big Thought At-A-Glance:
Population Served:
Over 400,000 students, teachers, parents, caregivers and mentors.
Partners:
More than 70 school districts, libraries, child care and recreation centers, and community organizations.
Languages:
Programs and materials are available in both English and Spanish.
Programs:
Primary Funders:
Learn more about Big Thought by reading and listening to an interview with Giselle Antoni, Big Thought’s Executive Director. You can also click on the links to the left or visit their Web site at www.BigThought.org
Thriving Minds, a new partnership between the City of Dallas, Dallas Independent School District and 70-plus arts, cultural and community organizations and managed by Big Thought, is designed to ensure equal access to neighborhood-based, creative-learning opportunities for every Dallas student and their families. Through its "creative community" model, Thriving Minds empowers neighborhood leaders and residents to identify and coordinate existing creative-learning opportunities, and form new collaborative programs that are available free-of-cost to families through schools, libraries, recreation centers, churches and other community-based organizations. In addition, Thriving Minds partners have implemented a system-wide model to integrate creative learning into core academic subjects in schools, in addition to providing 45 minutes of arts and 45 minutes of music education for every Dallas ISD student each week. Thriving Minds' holistic approach ensures children are surrounded by creative learning opportunities in school, through after-school programming, and out-of-school time during evenings, weekends and summer. For more information, visit: www.thrivingminds.org.
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