YouCreate: Youth-led arts-based participatory action research for wellbeing and social change

This series of 6 module videos are a basic introduction of an innovative youth-led arts-based Participatory Action Research Project (PAR), YouCreate, and consists of five cyclical phases: Map: Youth leaders and their Adult Allies use arts-based activities to map out a baseline for their project, to set our roles and to create a vision. Explore: Youth leaders lead their peers through a series of art-based activities to explore their wellbeing and involvement in their communities and the arts. Plan: Youth leaders guide their peers to confirm and adjust the findings. They select a specific challenge to address, analyze root causes, and develop an arts-based project to address it. Art-Action: Youth implement, monitor and evaluate their arts-based project with the support of youth leaders and adult allies. Reflect & Share: Youth leaders guide youth to reflect on any changes that have occurred as a result of YouCreate.