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Announcing Professional Learning Travel Award Recipients

Jun 13, 2019 | lauren@ya.org

We are pleased to congratulate the recipients of Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s Professional Learning Travel Award – Harlan Brownlee, Matt Barinholtz, Rovion Reed, and Tara Graviss – who will be traveling to YA Network affiliate locations in support of their professional learning. Travel will be provided by…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

May 15, 2019 | emily@ya.org

MAY 15, 2019 — NEW YORK, NY — National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $15,000 to Young Audiences…

Young Audiences to Provide Project Management, Communications Support to SEADAE as Part of New Agreement

Apr 24, 2019 | lauren@ya.org

New York, NY – April 25, 2019 – State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) and Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Young Audiences will provide communications, data collection, technology, daily…

Recent Studies Affirm the Positive Impacts of Arts-in-Education

Apr 19, 2019 | lauren@ya.org

  In celebration of YA Week, a congressionally designated arts advocacy initiative, we are pleased to spotlight two new studies, which affirm that access and exposure to the arts not only boost students’ academic performance, but also strengthen their social and emotional development. According to research carried out in Houston-area and Baltimore City schools, and involving…

US House Resolution Designates April 14 - 27, 2019, as Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week

Apr 10, 2019 | emily@ya.org

New York, NY (April 12, 2019) -- Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the weeks of April 14 through 27, 2019, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). The designation of YA Week will honor the contributions Young Audiences Arts for…

Young Audiences Announces Four New Recipients of National Residency Teaching Artist Credential for 2019

Mar 25, 2019 | lauren@ya.org

Credential recognizes skills and experience of
exemplary school-based residency teaching artists
L to R: Quynn Johnson, Carrie Sue Ayvar, Harlan Brownlee, Brittany Roger Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its National Residency…

YA's Chicago Affiliate Awarded $2.3 Million Grant to STEAM Ahead

Feb 26, 2019 | emily@ya.org

Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE), Young Audiences Arts for Learning's Chicago-based affiliate, was recently awarded US$2.3 million by the US Department of Education, in the form of an Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) grant. The award will fund a four-year program called STEAM Ahead. CAPE will partner with the Park Forest-Chicago…

YA of Louisiana Awarded US$2.3 Million Grant to Boost Arts Education at Six Jefferson Parish Schools

Nov 30, 2018 | emily@ya.org

New Orleans, LA -- November 29, 2018 -- Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS) Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley and Young Audiences National Executive Director David Dik announced that six JPPSS schools are taking part in a new 4-year, $2.3 million grant awarded to Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA…

USDOE Awards Over US$6.85M to Young Audiences Affiliates Through AAEDD Grants Competition

Oct 12, 2018 | emily@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – October 12, 2018 – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences, Inc.) is pleased to announce that three affiliates from the Young Audiences Network (YA Network) have been selected to receive funding through the United States Department of Education’s (DOE) Assistance for Arts Education Development and…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Launches National Residency Teaching Artist Credential Program

Sep 17, 2018 | emily@ya.org

-Credential recognizes skills and experience of exemplary school-based residency teaching artists -Inaugural cohort of eight teaching artists awarded credential during pilot program -2018-19 application cycle now open   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – Young Audiences Arts for…