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US House Resolution Designates April 13-26 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week 2025

Apr 24, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives expressing support for the designation of April 13–26, 2025, 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…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week April 13–26, 2025, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Mar 18, 2025 | 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) 2025 will be held April 13–26. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971…

Welcoming Affiliate Colleagues to NYC for YA's Transforming Education through the Arts (TEA) Retreat

Aug 1, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

  Last week (July 22-24), the National Office of Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) had the honor of welcoming 16 network colleagues from five YA affiliates to our New York City headquarters for our first Transforming Education through the Arts (TEA) Retreat. Participating affiliates included Arts for Learning Connecticut…

Celebrate Freedom: Juneteenth 2024

Jun 18, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of formerly enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas. The Young Audiences Arts for Learning network is proud to celebrate this national holiday with arts-integrated programs and events for young people and their families. Read on for some of this year's highlights. We'll continue to update this page with events and activities. Arts & Learning…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning and Four YA Affiliates Approved for National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling $210,000

May 15, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

MAY 15, 2024 – New York, NY – In its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2024, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to name the organizations with projects approved for federal funding through the agency. Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is included in the funding announcement, along with four affiliates from the National…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week March 24 - April 6, 2024, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Mar 7, 2024 | 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) 2024 will be held March 24 - April 6. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA Week…

Young Audiences Joins NAMM's National Day of Advocacy in Support of Funding Music Education for All Students

Nov 15, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

On Wednesday, November 15, Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) National Executive Director David. A. Dik joined a delegation of 85 music and arts advocates, music industry leaders, music teachers and faculty, and business leaders to speak directly to Members of Congress and their staff in support of full funding for quality, comprehensive school music education…

Now Accepting Workshop Proposals: YA 2024 National Conference

Oct 23, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Image       We look forward to welcoming guests to Chicago, IL for Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s 2024 National Conference! Held in partnership with local affiliate Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE), this conference will explore the essential collaborative relationship between…

Arts for Learning Indiana Awarded Grant of Nearly $1 Million Toward Strengthening Artist Residencies and Other Capacity-Building Efforts

Oct 10, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Arts for Learning Indiana, Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s Indianapolis-based affiliate, has received a grant of $999,500 from Lilly Endowment Inc. About a third of the grant will be used to strengthen and expand Arts for Learning Indiana’s Artist Building Community long-term residency fellowship.  The fellowship and other capacity-building efforts are being funded…

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…