Giving the arts a social jolt - an extra-curricular arts programme for youths from low-income families.

• Main Author: Chen, Iris Lixin.
• Other Authors: Lim Khek Gee, Francis
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51702
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

My study is based on how a holistic arts education in a non-profit arts organization, The Little Arts Academy (LAA), provide pathways and opportunities for youth in low-income families to interact with the arts and the social impact on these youth participants. I have conducted interviews with 15 y...