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Arts for Learning Maryland's Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA): A Unique Space for Learning

Sep 11, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Arts for Learning Maryland (A4L MD), the Baltimore-based affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, was featured in an op-ed piece in the Baltimore Banner. The piece was authored by certified classroom educator Elaina Gomez-Alcala, who took part in A4L MD's 2023 Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA). "The Summer Arts for Learning…

YA Newsletter: Summer 2023

Jun 7, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Welcome to the Summer 2023 Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) Newsletter. In this edition, coming to you from the National YA Office in New York, we are excited to share the latest news and updates from across our network. We also have some important national events on the horizon, which we hope you will mark in your calendars.   Celebrating Young Audiences Charter School's Inaugural…

Young Audiences Charter School in Louisiana Celebrates First Graduating Class at Arts-Filled Commencement Ceremony

Jun 1, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

On May 19, 2023, Young Audiences Charter School (YACS) graduated its first class of high-school seniors. Beaming students gathered inside Metairie’s Jefferson Performing Arts Center to receive their diplomas and celebrate the landmark achievement with over one-thousand friends and loved ones.   Founded by Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), with support from National Young…

Four Young Audiences Affiliates Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling $160,000

May 24, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

MAY 24, 2023 – New York, NY – In its second major grant announcement of FY 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named four Young Audiences Arts for Learning affiliates as recipients of funding totaling $160,000.    Arts for Learning Connecticut – Hamden, CT  
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US House Resolution Designates April 9-15 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week 2023

Apr 3, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the week of April 9 through 15, 2023, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). The designation of YA Week honors the contributions Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) has made to students and schools nationwide through…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week April 2-15, 2023, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Feb 28, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA), the nation’s largest arts in education network, is proud to announce that National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) 2023 will be held April 2-15. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA Week has grown…

Announcing Seven New Recipients of the Young Audiences National Teaching Artist Credential

Sep 23, 2022 | emily@ya.org

  Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) is thrilled to announce seven new recipients of the Young Audiences National teaching Artist Credential (TAC): Joseph Dixon, Janet Erlick, Ali Hoefnagel, Sarah Grace Jackson, Barry Stewart Mann, Melissa Kate Miller, and Karim Nagi. The TAC initiative was conceived by a working…

Arts for Learning/Miami Celebrates Ten Years of its ArtWorks Summer Internship Program from New Space in Little Havana

Jul 25, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

  Now in its 10th year, the ArtWorks Internship in the Arts program at Arts for Learning/Miami provides paid summer learning opportunities to students in grades 9 through 12. ArtWorks participants spend six weeks making and producing works of art in the creative cohort of their choice while also building valuable skills for college and career readiness. To kick…

Arts for Learning Maryland's New, Historic Home at Odell’s in Baltimore  

Jun 23, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Arts for Learning Maryland, the Maryland affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA), has a new, historic home in downtown Baltimore’s Station North neighborhood.   In March of last year, a group of attendees gathered in front of a Tudor-style building to break ground on a $6.6-million renovation project that revived a local landmark into a thriving…

Young Audiences Charter School (YACS) Shares Updates from its New State-of-the-Art Campus in New Orleans

Mar 11, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

When we spoke with our friends at Young Audiences Charter School (YACS) back in October 2019, they were busy breaking ground on a new state-of-the-art YACS campus. Now that the building project is nearly complete, we are delighted to share some exciting updates!  YACS is the school division of Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s New…