How to Increase Access to Arts Education in Rural Areas

Dr. Lisa Donovan discusses her work at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) to increase access to arts education equitably in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Donovan talks about the success of the collective impact approach-- working across sectors to create lasting change--, the support of the  Arts Endowment through its Collective Impact Grant Program, the unique assets of Berkshire County, the challenges it shares with other rural areas, and the networks and programs created to meet those challenges and make the arts and arts education easily accessible to all its students across the region.

Links to programs and topics discussed in the podcast:

MCLA Institute for the Arts and Humanities

Berkshire Regional Arts Integration Network

Integrating the Arts Across the Curriculum

The C4 Initiative

Thinking Like a Region