Media Arts

Posts about media arts as an art form in education

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…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning National Teaching Artist Credential: 2022 Application Now Open

Sep 15, 2021 | emily@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is pleased to announce that the 2022 National Teaching Artist Credential application is now available on Learn.YA.org.  The National Teaching Artist Credential (TAC) articulates what effective, high-quality teaching artistry looks like in K-12 school-based residencies, and formally endorses exceptional teaching…

Arts ARE Education: Resolving to Support Arts Education Funding and Programs in the Post-Pandemic Era

Feb 9, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning is proud to be part of a new national campaign in support of arts education for all students, Arts ARE Education. Led by the national leadership organizations of the National Coalition of Core Arts Standards, Arts ARE Education builds off the momentum of last year’s “Arts Education Is Essential” unified statement, which was signed by 113 national organizations …

Jones Soda and YA: Inspiring Students Through Photography - An interview with Teaching Artist Ryan Upp

Sep 2, 2016 | jarred@ya.org

  Jones Soda Co. and Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) began their partnership in early 2014 with the Launch of the Jones Soda Photography Program. This partnership highlights the emphasis that both organizations place on the importance of the arts and arts education to our students. From the start, Jones Soda established the importance of the arts to both its corporate culture and visual…

Young Audiences New York Celebrates LINK NYC After-School Program

Jun 10, 2016 | marcus@ya.org

                                                                                              LINK NYC student participants   On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Young Audiences New York, our affiliate in NYC, showcased the outstanding work created by students through its LINK NYC after-school program. Students were paired with corporate mentors from industry-leading companies such as AMC,…

Roadmaps, Test Drives and Media Arts!

May 12, 2016 | jarred@ya.org

  Contributed by Cory Wilkerson, Project Manager, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards   Ms. Cory Wilkerson is the Project Manager for the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards and serves on the Media Arts Committee. Ms. Wilkerson has taught Theatre Arts and film K-12 as a teaching artist and classroom teachers…

YA Spotlight: Fashion Photographer and #YAAfterparty Co-chair Sophie Elgort Talks YA, Photography & Artistic Inspiration

Nov 18, 2015 | jarred@ya.org

Photos courtesy of Sophie Elgort Sophie Elgort is a fashion photographer born and raised in New York City. She began snapping photos from a young age, inspired by her father, photographer Arthur Elgort. She studied at Brown University and spent summers experiencing all angles of the fashion industry, learning from the best including Azzedine Alaïa and Vogue. Sophie's photography has been…

Musician and Arts Advocate Ben Folds Helps Celebrate the Launch of the National Core Arts Standards

Oct 22, 2014 | jarred@ya.org

    The new National Core Arts Standards website has been officially launched! The launch event began at 9am on Monday, October 20th at the Microsoft New York Metro District Offices in Times Square with an introduction from Antuan Santana, the Business Operations and Citizenship Manager at Microsoft.   Santana began his welcome with a brief overview of Microsoft’s Youth Sparks program and…

Developing 21st Century Skills in Middle School Students: YA's MetLife Program

Oct 9, 2014 | jarred@ya.org

Research has shown that middle school is a critical development point for young people, and a time where the foundation for future learning and success is built. In order to help establish this solid foundation, the MetLife Learning for Life program was created. The MetLife Learning for Life program focuses on creating specially designed residencies for middle school students, led by Young…

Young Audiences Affiliate Opens Cleveland High School for the Digital Arts

Jul 31, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

  If you could imagine a high school where ninth-grade students can arrive at 9 am to create videogames, film movies, and record digital sound projects, you are sharing that same dream with Marsha Dobrzynski, Executive Director of the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (Young Audiences Arts for Learning affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio). After years of researching the benefits of a design integrated…