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Arts & Learning Conservatory's Gospel Voices of OC: A Joyous Juneteenth Celebration

Jul 19, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences affiliate Arts & Learning Conservatory (ALC), based in Costa Mesa, CA, presented Gospel Voices of OC (Orange County) last month to celebrate Juneteenth. The staged performance spotlighted African American accomplishments and excellence through the lens and the influence of gospel music as a source of historical impact and resiliency.  …

Celebrate Freedom this Juneteenth Weekend with Arts-filled Programming across the YA Network

Jun 17, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

This Sunday marks Juneteenth, or the anniversary of the emancipation of formerly enslaved Americans in Galveston, TX. The Young Audiences Arts for Learning network is proud to celebrate this national holiday, and shine light on our nation's history, with arts-filled weekend programming for young people and their families.
  Young Audiences of Houston (Houston, TX)
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Arts & Action in New Orleans!

May 11, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

We are so grateful to everyone who helped make this spring’s YA National Conference such an enriching, spirited, arts-filled, and action-packed gathering. Organized in partnership with our co-hosts at Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), Arts & Action: Building Pathways for Partnership and Engagement in Classrooms and Communities was the YA network’s first in-person…

Arts & Action Keynote Address: "A Season for the Audacious and for the Courageous”

Apr 14, 2022 | emily@ya.org

In celebration of YA Week, we're sharing the virtual Keynote Address from Young Audiences Arts for Learning's 2022 National Conference, Arts & Action. In A Season for the Audacious and for the Courageous, Deirdre Johnson Burel of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation explores building partnerships, seizing the moment, re-imagining what is possible, and being the transformative change you want…

Four Young Audiences Affiliates Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling $130,000


Jan 13, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Image   JANUARY 14, 2022 – New York, NY – In its first major grant announcement of fiscal year 2022, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named the recipients of federal funding for arts projects. Included in the NEA’s announcement are four Young Audiences Arts for Learning affiliates that were awarded funding in the …

YA Awarded $9.2 Million US DOE Grant To Support Responsive Arts in School Education

Oct 13, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Image OCTOBER 14, 2021 – New York, NY – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences), the nation’s largest arts in education learning network, has been awarded a $9.2 million federal grant through the US Department of Education’s (DOE) Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) program. The project, Responsive Arts in School Education…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Supports Network Initiatives Through FY22 Affiliate Development Fund

Oct 5, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Image Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) has awarded three Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) grants for FY22 to support initiatives across the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network (YA Network). Each year, the ADF supports innovative projects and initiatives that advance the organizational development of…

Contribute to Hurricane Ida Relief Fund for YA of Louisiana Teaching Artists

Sep 8, 2021 | emily@ya.org

While Hurricane Ida has passed, the storm continues to impact many of the hardest-hit communities. Among them is Jefferson Parish, where our affiliate Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) does the bulk of its work, a community that has suffered major damage to more than one-third of its school system’s 81 campuses. Many of YALA's teaching artists work as independent…

Young Audiences Awarded $65,000 NEA Grant To Support Teaching Artist Training in Trauma-Informed Practice

May 13, 2021 | emily@ya.org

The national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network receives a combined $125,000 in the NEA’s latest major funding announcement   NEW YORK, NY — Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) has been approved for a $65,000 grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the Strengthening Teaching Artist Capacity…

US House Resolution Designates March 28 - April 10, 2021, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week

Mar 24, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

WASHINGTON, DC (March 24, 2021) -- Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the weeks of March 28  through April 10, 2021, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). The designation of YA Week will honor the contributions Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) has made to students and schools…