Global Youth Arts Portal

The Global Youth Arts Portal (GYAP) is a country-by-country youth arts database of performing arts companies, festivals, organisations and funding bodies. It will become a key tool for youth arts practitioners wanting to engage with another country, but don’t know where to begin.

 

Tony Mack partnered with YPAA on research, in particular, to develop the Global Youth Arts Portal, with the assistance of an Australia Council Fellowship. Through GYAP, YPAA seeks to support members by creating new knowledge, benchmarking best practice and providing members with the latest research on youth arts, both here and overseas.

 

Currently under development, the Global Youth Arts Portal will eventually grow into a country-by-country youth arts database of performing arts companies, festivals, organisations and funding bodies. While the website is developed, preview access to GYAP listings are available through a pdf and hard copy formats.

 

 

So far, USA and Canada have been covered:

 

This 104 page document not only lists US TYA (Theatre for Young Audience) and Youth Theatre companies, but also professional associations, peak bodies, festivals, publications, agents, government and philanthropic bodies, and universities that offer youth arts specialisations. There is a sector overview by Tony Mack and a historical timeline by Jeanne Klein from the University of Kansas which charts the development of TYA from 1930 to the present day.

 

 

This 55 page document lists TYA (Theatre for Young Audience) and Youth Theatre companies, professional associations, peak bodies, festivals, publications and agents, as well as government and philanthropic bodies. Both French and English speaking organisations are listed, along First Nations performing arts organisations. Includes a sector overview by Tony Mack.