Creative Australia’s Next Generation Now gathers research on how arts participation can shape children’s and young people’s lives. The report covers health and wellbeing, learning, community, and the development of civic capacity and cultural citizenship.
For Res Creativa, its account of arts participation as a way to build self-expression, connection, resilience, and engagement with different perspectives is especially relevant. These capacities help young people take part in civic life and imagine a future amid social and political uncertainty.
Publication credit: Dr. Jennifer Andersen, Next Generation Now: Benefits of the Arts for Children and Young People: A Discussion of Selected Research, Creative Australia, May 2025.
