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Arts Ed Collaborative's Teaching Artists as Substitutes Initiative (TASI)

Aug 2, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

YA Pittsburgh-based affiliate Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) is wrapping up its Teaching Artists as Substitutes Initiative (TASI), which set up teaching artists to work as substitute teachers and bring their artistry and talent into schools. Along the way, AEC found substitute teaching to be a viable path for teaching artists in Southwestern Pennsylvania through the collaboration and…

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 & 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.  …

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…

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…

President Biden Commemorates National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week 2022 

May 5, 2022 | emily@ya.org

Last month, we joined with our network to celebrate National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week, an annual advocacy initiative to spotlight the importance of arts in education for all students. In a letter dated April 19, 2022, President Biden expressed that he and the first lady were "honored to join those celebrating National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week." "The past two years have…

US House Resolution Designates April 10-23 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week

Apr 7, 2022 | emily@ya.org

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 7, 2022) -- Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the weeks of April 10 through 23, 2022, 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…

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 …

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Supports Three Equity-Focused 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) that address issues of racial justice impacting historically marginalized communities. Each year, the ADF…