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News from the Young Audiences Arts for Learning national office

Announcing Review of the National Arts Standards

Feb 19, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

  Image   National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS) Announces Review of National Arts Standards New York, NY—February 19, 2025—Eleven years after the release of the National Arts Standards in 2014, the National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS) will launch a thorough survey to collect data on the National Standards for dance, media arts, music,…

Introducing YA's New Podcast, Artists Teaching Artists: A Conversation Series

Jan 24, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

For over 70 years, Young Audiences Arts for Learning has dedicated itself to engaging young people in innovative arts learning experiences. We intend to foster creativity, self-expression, cultural understanding, and other skills for success in school, work, and beyond. We do this in part by co-creating professional development opportunities for Teaching Artists and program staff who are on the…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning's 2024 National Benefit Gala: Arts & Industry Leaders Champion Arts in Education

Oct 30, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  NEW YORK, NY—October 30, 2024—Khaliah Ali, Jason Flom, and Trevor Noah were among the acclaimed entertainment industry leaders headlining the Young Audiences Arts for Learning 2024 Annual Benefit Gala on October 22. Held at the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan, the event raised critical funds for arts-integrated education nationwide.…

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…

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…

Looking Back on a Fantastic YA National Conference!

Apr 26, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Thank you for joining us earlier this month in Chicago at Young Audiences Arts for Learning's (YA) 2024 National Conference (April 3-5)! It was an exhilarating, inspiring, and action-packed experience, and we are so incredibly grateful to everyone involved. We are especially grateful to our conference co-hosts Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) for welcoming us all to their city and…

Remembering Corinne Greenberg, Chair Emeritus of the National Board of Young Audiences Arts for Learning

Mar 19, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Image Dear Young Audiences Arts for Learning Community, It is with profound sadness that we share the news of Corinne Phyllis Greenberg’s passing. She died in Miami, FL, on March 17, 2024, from natural causes at the age of 95. Corinne was the cherished Chair of the National Board of Young Audiences Arts for Learning and a beacon of philanthropy,…

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…

YA at The NAMM Show

Jan 31, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) was at The NAMM Show, Jan. 25-28, 2024, in Anaheim, California. This marks the sixth year of YA's leading The NAMM Foundation's Nonprofit Management Institute, held annually at The NAMM Show. The Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) provides organizations the resources they need to grow and succeed…

RAISE in Action!

Jan 31, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Responsive Arts in School Education (RAISE), Young Audiences Arts for Learning's (YA) multi-state initiative that centers trauma-informed, healing-centered, and culturally responsive-sustaining arts in education, continues to expand its programming breadth and depth across the national YA Network. Melissa Gawlowski Pratt, YA's Director of Strategic Partnerships &…