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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…

YA Newsletter: Summer 2023

Jun 7, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Welcome to the Summer 2023 Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) Newsletter. In this edition, coming to you from the National YA Office in New York, we are excited to share the latest news and updates from across our network. We also have some important national events on the horizon, which we hope you will mark in your calendars.   Celebrating Young Audiences Charter School's Inaugural…

Announcing Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) Grant Awards for 2023

May 26, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) has awarded three Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) grants for 2023 to support innovative projects across the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network (YA Network). Each year, the ADF program supports initiatives at the affiliate level that can serve as models to build the capacity of the YA Network as a whole. "At the heart of the ADF grant program…

Four Young Audiences Affiliates Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling $160,000

May 24, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

MAY 24, 2023 – New York, NY – In its second major grant announcement of FY 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named four Young Audiences Arts for Learning affiliates as recipients of funding totaling $160,000.    Arts for Learning Connecticut – Hamden, CT  
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Announcing 2024 National Conference Dates!

May 3, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

We look forward to welcoming you to our 2024 Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) National Conference, April 3 – 5 in Chicago, IL. The conference will be held in partnership with local affiliate Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE).  Please Save the Date! Additional details will be posted to our conference website, conference.youngaudiences.org, as…

Four Young Audiences Affiliates Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling $70,000

Jan 11, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

JANUARY 11, 2023 – New York, NY – In its first major grant announcement of fiscal year 2023, 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…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Welcomes New Affiliate in Lubbock, TX

Dec 13, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Image   New York, New York—Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences), the nation’s largest arts in education network, is proud to announce the addition of its newest affiliate, Young Audiences Arts for Learning of Lubbock (YAL), based in Lubbock, TX.   YAL, which operates in partnership with the Lubbock Symphony…

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…

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 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…