Now available — the Creative Youth Development double issue of Extensions magazine, guest edited by Denise Montgomery → Extensions magazine — guest edited by Denise Montgomery →
Community

A network built around the people doing the work.

Practitioners, researchers, funders, and young people — connected across borders.

Young musicians and mentors together at a Totem Star showcase — a creative youth development community
Who We Serve

Whoever is shaping young people's creative lives.

Practitioners

Teaching artists, program leaders, and educators delivering creative youth development on the ground.

Researchers

Scholars studying the field — and looking to put findings into the hands of those who can use them.

Funders

Foundations and supporters seeking to invest where it matters most for young people.

Young People

The creators at the center of everything — whose voice and agency guide the work.

Policy Makers

Leaders shaping the systems and resources that make this work possible at scale.

Partners

Allied organizations advancing the arts, education, and youth development worldwide.

Voices from the Field

In their words

"For the first time, I feel connected to people doing this work in other parts of the world — and less alone in it."

Program Director

Community Arts Organization

"GCCYD helped us turn research we'd never have found into changes our young people can feel."

Teaching Artist

Youth Media Program

"Exactly the kind of field-level infrastructure creative youth development has been missing."

Foundation Officer

Arts & Education Funder