Items: Youth
How-To-Guide | Youth Design Camp
By Mercedes Fraser, CEDIK Senior Extension Associate and Community Design
Published on May. 1, 2024
In the summer of 2023, R.L. Brown Foundation director, Alice Hilton, and CEDIK Senior Extension Associate, Mercedes Fraser collaborated to host the Sharpsburg Youth Design Camp in Sharpsburg, Kentucky.
Project | Kentucky 4-H Camp Murals
By Community Arts
Published on Jul. 24, 2023
Following the devastation of the tornados that wreaked havoc on western Kentucky in December 2021, 4-H Expressive Art Specialist approached UK Community Arts Extension about ways to collaborate that would boost morale for youth in the western region of the state.
SPARK! Extension Toolkit for Creative Placemaking
By Dr. Jayoung Koo, CEDIK Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Melissa Bond, Community Arts Extension Program Leader
Published on Nov. 9, 2021
This publication, SPARK! Extension Creative Placemaking Toolkit, provides thirteen activities that Extension professionals can use to integrate creative placemaking efforts in extension programming.
Activity Guide | Community Mural
By Community Design
Published on Aug. 6, 2021
Across the state, there are murals that capture countless aspects of each community. Some murals portray a piece of history that had a great impact on the city. Others are fun and artistic, an expression of the community in a more abstract way.
Activity Guide | Where Your Sidewalk Begins
By Community Design
Published on Jul. 6, 2021
In the poem, "Where the Sidewalk Ends, the author Shel Silverstein encourages readers to think in a “childlike way”. He contrasts the imaginative world of children with the grey and unchanging world of adults. In the activity below, you will imagine a sidewalk in your community that is unlike anything we have seen before.
Activity Guide | Community Collage
By Community Design
Published on May. 6, 2021
This activity is intended to get youth thinking about ways they can be actively involved in transforming their community. Students will participate in a photo walking tour, complete a think sheet, and create a collage. Before the meeting, determine a walking route that students can complete in 30 minutes or less.
