Media Arts

Posts about media arts as an art form in education

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…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s Leadership in Design Education

Jul 17, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

Images: Indiana’s teaching artist Holly Combs with students (above), Wichita teacher, Dyane Smokorowski, Kansas Teacher of the Year, teaching students in immersive game design (below). Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) was prominently represented at DESIGN-ED FUTURE 2014, a Design Education Conference at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia on June 27 and 28.  Jan Norman,…

Strong Connections Between the new NCCAS and CCSS: An Interview with Nancy Rubino of the College Board

Jun 19, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

  Earlier this month, the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) launched the NEW National Core Arts Standards. The coalition was made up of arts organizations, teaching artists, teachers, and practitioners to create the new arts standards. The Young Audiences Arts for Learning national office played a pivotal role in the writing of the arts standards and we also managed the…

An Interview with Larry Stein

Jul 17, 2013 | marcus@ya.org

  Larry Stein has been an important part of the Young Audiences Arts for Learning network for over 30 years. In his last role, as the lead Residency designer for national YA’s Arts for Learning Lessons program, Larry developed and facilitated professional development for teaching artists. Larry has always been involved in the arts.  After earning degrees from the University of Buffalo and…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Launches a Comprehensive National Web Site

Aug 27, 2012 | marcus@ya.org

New York, NY (August 27, 2012, 11 a.m. EDT) - To celebrate Young Audiences Arts for Learning's 60th anniversary, the national office launched an interactive web site that will foster communication within the Young Audiences (YA) network and beyond. The YA web site (www.youngaudiences.org) is designed to strengthen and serve YA's online audience. It was developed…

Welcome to WhyArts!

Aug 9, 2012 | marcus@ya.org

The Young Audiences National staff and I are very excited about the launch of our new blog where we’ll be posting commentary on news events, sharing different perspectives from the YA network, and engaging in candid discussion about the biggest issues surrounding arts-in-education today. WhyArts is a blog for everyone, not just the Young Audiences affiliate network. I’ll be one of many…