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Young Audiences of Louisiana to host Arts-Integrated Instruction for Jefferson Parish Schools!

Jan 28, 2015 | jarred@ya.org

More than 50 teachers at five Jefferson Parish Schools will participate in Arts-Integrated training sessions hosted by Young Audiences of Louisiana. The professional development is being made possible by a $347,000 federal grant received by the Jefferson Parish School District. The training program starts with a four day session this week, January 26-29 at the New Orleans Museum of Art, and will…

Learning to Lead in New and Different Ways - Joseph's Story

Dec 17, 2014 | jarred@ya.org

What does the future of Young Audiences look like? The answer depends on those who lead the organization today - and those who will lead someday soon.     The emphasis on identifying and nurturing the next generation of leaders is best illustrated by the Young Audiences Emerging Leadership Institute funded through a grant from the American Express Foundation. The impact ELI is making is best…

Bringing Arts Equity and Access to CT classrooms: A4L Connecticut Launches Arts in Education Initiative

Nov 6, 2014 | jarred@ya.org

97% of business leaders rate creativity as increasingly important in the U.S. workplace, but 85% of these employers say that can’t find the creative applicants they seek. (Navigator: Facts & Figures by Americans for the Arts and Vans Custom Culture – from Ready to Innovate by Lichtenberg, J., Wiick, C., & Wright, M. (2008) ). Countless studies show that the arts promote…

An Inspiring Experience: The Young Audiences Emerging Leadership Institute

Aug 15, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

                                                      The Emerging Leadership Institute Participants in Chicago with Lori Roth I have been following the Emerging Leadership Institute (ELI) since I started working at Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) two years ago. It is an exciting program that promotes leadership in the field of arts in education through a year-long professional…

SEADAE National Arts Assessment Institute

Aug 12, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

    Through a project grant from the NEA, the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) and YA partnered on a summer National Arts Assessment Institute held in Chevy Chase, Maryland on Monday, July 28 through Wednesday, July 30. The seventy-five attendees were immersed in learning about the current status of arts assessment across the nation including work from Colorado,…

Aspiring Leaders Come Together in Buffalo to Inspire Great Success

Jul 25, 2014 | jarred@ya.org

Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo Board Members (ELAB)   Last week, July 13-16, Young Audiences Arts for Learning and Young Audiences of Western New York kicked off their Buffalo Emerging Leadership Institute to great success. The institute was a three day event tasked with bringing artists, non-profit administrators, teachers and other arts education professionals together in a more…

Announcing the Buffalo Emerging Leadership Institute!

May 5, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

  Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) and Young Audiences of Western New York (YA-WNY) are excited to announce the launch of the first ever Buffalo Emerging Leaders Institute, to take place July 13-16, 2014. Building on the success of YA’s national Emerging Leaders Institute model, the Buffalo Institute will serve approximately 25 emerging leaders in the arts in Western New…

Teaching Artist Institute Seminar 2013

Sep 11, 2013 | Meaghan@yamd.org

Transforming Education with STEAM is a seminar offered by the Teaching Artist Institute (TAI), a collaborative project between the Maryland affiliate of Young Audiences, the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS), and the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC). TAI brings artists and teachers together to rethink learning through arts integration. We believe we can create the best…

Houston Arts Partners Conference

Sep 4, 2013 | emily@ya.org

The Houston Arts Partners Conference, now in its third year, combines inspiring arguments for the power of the arts from national arts-in-education leaders with dynamic, innovative, interactive, evidence-based, and fun presentations on how the fine arts can supply tools to teachers of core foundation subjects. The conference and the Houston Arts Partners mission have galvanized…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Presents 3rd Annual Arts in Education Leadership Institute in Houston

Aug 29, 2013 | marcus@ya.org

Presented in partnership with Young Audiences of Houston, the Young Audiences Arts in Education Leadership Institute is an intensive, year-long professional learning opportunity for aspiring leaders that is designed to advance their leadership skills and increase their effectiveness within their local organizations. The Institute - now in its third year - will serve emerging leaders from Young…