Categories and dilemmas of youth arts programmes in Denmark and England

Howard, F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-5721 and Nielsen, AMW, 2025. Categories and dilemmas of youth arts programmes in Denmark and England. International Journal of Art and Design Education. ISSN 1476-8062

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Abstract

Youth arts programmes give young people access to different kinds of art skills, social networks and professional standard opportunities. This article explores a typology of youth arts from across five programmes in Denmark and England, examining through observations and interviews with staff and young people what kind of arts practices are centered within the programmes. Our categories incorporate programmes that are art skills focused, event-oriented, entrepreneurial, and open access. We recognize that the intentions and outcomes of youth arts programmes are not always as clearly defined as these categories. Yet we argue that there are dilemmas inherited with each category that can cause youth arts programmes to become diluted, fail to achieve stated aims and negatively affect the young person’s experience. We offer a typology that characterizes the motivations and approaches of youth arts programmes, as well as the core potentials and dilemmas they involve, thereby sharing useful insights to the on-going development of current programmes as well as the formation of future programmes.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Art and Design Education
Creators:	Howard, F. and Nielsen, A.M.W.
Publisher:	Wiley
Date:	14 March 2025
ISSN:	1476-8062
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1111/jade.12571 DOI 2414558 Other
Rights:	© 2025 the author(s). International Journal of Art & Design Education published by National Society for Education in Art and Design and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	24 Mar 2025 17:02
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2025 17:02
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53292

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