arts education

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp campers can choose to take a radio broadcasting class for their eleven day stay. They work together to put together an hour of radio content.

During this heatwave, how do we protect ourselves and loved ones? Also, a new exhibit exploring the interconnected history of African American culture and quilting. Plus, Karen McDonald talks about her work in preventing gun violence and the aftermath of the recent Rochester Hill's shooting.

On today's Stateside, an update on the Oxford community as they grapple with the 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School. Then, a conversation with the author of "Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance," and the mystery of a biofluorescent mammal.

The Next IdeaBudget cuts for school districts are increasingly a way of life. Often, the first things to go when money gets tight are music and art…

The Next Idea Get kids started at an early age with the arts and the payoff could be better math, science and literacy skills, in addition to better…

The Lion King opened on Broadway in November 1997. Nearly 20 years later it’s still going strong. The musical returns to the Detroit Opera House this…

The Next IdeaIn his recent op-ed piece in the Financial Times, “Europe is a continent that has run out of ideas,” Economics Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps…

The Next IdeaIn 2009, the headline of a Time magazine cover story read “The Tragedy of Detroit” with a shadowy photo of a blighted factory in the…

An entire generation of fifth graders is contemplating a big decision as the school year comes to an end: "What instrument should I play next year in…

Recently, industrial designer Jeff DeBoerwrote an essay for The Next Idea raising the idea of making Michigan "the design Mecca of the world."And he…