Social & Emotional Learning

Posts about social and emotional learning

Young Audiences Responds to Recent Tragic Events

May 25, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning grieves the heartbreaking loss of life this month. We grieve for the ten Black elders and community members lost in the racist attack in Buffalo, and we grieve for the children and teachers massacred in Uvalde. We grieve that another town has been burned into our collective memory of mass shooting tragedies. We grieve to hear the same politicians' calls to action…

National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Network Awarded a Combined $175,000 in NEA’s Latest Major Funding Announcement

May 19, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

NEW YORK, NY — Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) has been approved for a $40,000 grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the Trauma-informed and Responsive Practices (TARP) TA Program. Additionally, five Young Audiences affiliates — Arts for Learning Connecticut, Arts Partners Wichita, Chicago Arts…

YA Awarded $9.2 Million US DOE Grant To Support Responsive Arts in School Education

Oct 13, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Image OCTOBER 14, 2021 – New York, NY – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences), the nation’s largest arts in education learning network, has been awarded a $9.2 million federal grant through the US Department of Education’s (DOE) Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) program. The project, Responsive Arts in School Education…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Welcomes Arts & Learning Conservatory as New Southern California Affiliate

Jun 30, 2021 | emily@ya.org

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, Arts & Learning Conservatory (ALC). Based in Cosa Mesa, CA, ALC is dedicated to bringing high-quality, accessible, and equitable performing arts to children throughout Southern California. Each year…

Young Audiences Awarded $65,000 NEA Grant To Support Teaching Artist Training in Trauma-Informed Practice

May 13, 2021 | emily@ya.org

The national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network receives a combined $125,000 in the NEA’s latest major funding announcement   NEW YORK, NY — Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) has been approved for a $65,000 grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the Strengthening Teaching Artist Capacity…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning To Celebrate YA Week, March 28 – April 10, 2021

Mar 10, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning, the nation’s largest art in education network, is proud to announce that National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) will be held March 28 – April 10, 2021. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA Week has grown into a two-week celebration of arts in education observed each…

Engaging NYC’s Youngest Learners - and Those Who Teach Them - Through The Arts

Feb 16, 2021 | Helen Barahal and Susan Barahal

Guest Authors: Helen Barahal  @helenbarahal
Executive Director of Teaching and Learning, NYC Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Education Susan Barahal, Ph.D.
Director, Art Education Program, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Tufts University and The…

Working Toward a Brighter Future: Our Commitment to Racial Equity

Jan 19, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

At Young Audiences Arts for Learning, we are taking an opportunity for reflection as we begin the new year. 2020 was incomparably difficult and painful, yet it has also issued a call to action and brought forth the beginnings of necessary change. While systemic racism and inequity are a daily lived experience for many of us, they can no longer be denied by those of us who have benefited from an…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Supports Five Equity-Focused Initiatives Through FY21 Affiliate Development Fund

Jan 8, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) has awarded five Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) grants for FY21 to support initiatives across the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network (YA Network) that address issues of racial justice impacting historically marginalized communities.   Each year, the ADF supports innovative projects and initiatives that advance the…

Meet Talan Cobb, YA of Abilene's Executive Director

Nov 16, 2020 | lauren@ya.org

This summer, Young Audiences of Abilene welcomed Talan Cobb as its new Executive Director. Operating as part of the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council (ACAC), Young Audiences of Abilene brings together schools, communities, and professional teaching artists, creating programs that help make the arts an integral part of education for students in the community. We spoke with Talan…