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A Question & Answer Preview: Growing up with the Arts National Conference Keynote Speaker – Alberto Carvalho

Mar 15, 2016 | jarred@ya.org

  Young Audiences Arts for Learning was pleased to welcome Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) as one of our key speakers for Growing up with the Arts. Mr. Carvalho has served as the superintendent of the M-DCPS District since September 2008. He is a nationally recognized and critically acclaimed expert on education transformation and finance who has…

Great Programs Start with Listening and Learning: Interview with Ploi Pagdalian from A4L Indiana

Jan 7, 2016 | jarred@ya.org

  At Arts for Learning Indiana, some programming begins with great fanfare. Such is the case with Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child, in which the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has chosen Indianapolis as a partner city. The program will create a long-range arts education plan suited to the needs of local students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Ploi Pagdalian was part…

Arts In Education In Action: Active Learning Raises Levels of Achievement

Dec 2, 2015 | asmith@ya.org

                                         Sheena Jeffers, Arts Integration Director, Young Audiences Arts for Learning Virginia   Who doesn’t know the story “The Three Little Pigs”? Houses built of straw, sticks, and bricks. A big bad wolf huffs and puffs. Only the brick house stands. The wolf is defeated. In a traditional classroom, this might have been a reading lesson. Kids sitting…

The 25th Annual Young Audiences Leadership Forum

Sep 16, 2015 | marcus@ya.org

    This year, our annual November meeting has a new name and a new format.  As the name suggests—the day will be a medium for open discussion on how to maximize the all-important partnership of the Young Audiences Arts for Learning network's board members and affiliate executive directors. The Leadership forum sessions will be held on November 19-20 at the Princeton Club of New York, 15 West…

YA National Staff Co-Present at the AEP 2015 National Forum: The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success

Sep 1, 2015 | marcus@ya.org

  This week in Arlington, Virginia, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) 2015 National Forum: The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success is in full swing. Some of the nation’s most influential arts and education leaders will convene to explore arts-centered solutions as states across the country implement higher learning expectations aimed at ensuring America’s young people leave high school…

Young Audiences of Western New York Hosts Buffalo Emerging Leaders Institute

Jul 29, 2015 | jarred@ya.org

Young Audiences of Western New York hosted their Buffalo Emerging Leaders Institute this past week, July 27-29, 2015. Building on the success of Young Audiences’ national Emerging Leaders Institute model, the Buffalo Institute served approximately 25 emerging leaders in the arts from organizations and schools across New York State. The Institute served artists, non-profit administrators, service…

Teams From Districts Around the Country Meet in Houston to Discover A4L

Jul 28, 2015 | jarred@ya.org

The Arts for Learning Initiative is a year-long program designed to bring teachers, artists and administrators together to gain an understanding of the pedagogy and arts integration methods that serve as the foundation for the Arts for Learning (A4L) curriculum while also learning strategies for implementing these practices in new and innovative ways in their own classrooms. The Arts for…

What Do You Advocate For?

Jul 22, 2015 | sarah@ya.org

Next week Young Audiences of Western New York, in collaboration with Arts Partners for Learning, will host What Do You Advocate For, an arts advocacy event featuring short presentations by dynamic leaders in the arts throughout New York State. This free event will be held at the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center on Monday, July 27th, from 6 to 8pm. The event is a part of the second…

Announcing Young Audiences of Northern California's New Executive Director Emily Garvie

Jul 2, 2015 | jarred@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning is very pleased to announce that effective July 1, Emily Garvie will assume the position of Executive Director of Young Audiences of Northern California. Emily has been a staff member of Young Audiences of Northern California for the past four years, serving in fundraising and development and, most recently, as Interim Executive Director.  Emily brings…

Southwest Opens its Heart to Young Audiences

Feb 10, 2015 | marcus@ya.org

    Jill Simonson Luciano, Community  Affairs & Grassroots Team Southwest Airlines   It’s rare to find one of the world’s most admired companies using love to measure success. Yet the stated vision of Southwest Airlines is to become the world’s most loved, most flown, and most profitable airline. Southwest, which even uses “LUV” as its trading symbol on the New York Stock Exchange, is…