The necessary program skills

Findings from the end-of-program participant skills assessment show that most participants demonstrated program-related skills throughout the program, and youth who did not demonstrate the necessary program skills at the start of the program mastered these skills by the end. As shown in figure 4, the greatest changes were reported in two skill areas, working on tasks from start to finish and demonstrating art skills necessary to produce quality artwork (i.e., skills identified by artists as essential, given the art form being taught). Many artists reported that most participants showed marked improvement in their overall social and art skills.