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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…

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/Miami Celebrates Ten Years of its ArtWorks Summer Internship Program from New Space in Little Havana

Jul 25, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

  Now in its 10th year, the ArtWorks Internship in the Arts program at Arts for Learning/Miami provides paid summer learning opportunities to students in grades 9 through 12. ArtWorks participants spend six weeks making and producing works of art in the creative cohort of their choice while also building valuable skills for college and career readiness. To kick…

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…

Celebrate Freedom this Juneteenth Weekend with Arts-filled Programming across the YA Network

Jun 17, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

This Sunday marks Juneteenth, or the anniversary of the emancipation of formerly enslaved Americans in Galveston, TX. The Young Audiences Arts for Learning network is proud to celebrate this national holiday, and shine light on our nation's history, with arts-filled weekend programming for young people and their families.
  Young Audiences of Houston (Houston, TX)
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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…

The Spring 2022 Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) Newsletter!

May 9, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Image   Welcome to the Spring 2022 Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) Newsletter! As we continue strong into our 70th year, we’re sharing highlights from YA Week, looking back on our National Conference in New Orleans, delivering network-wide professional learning, and — as we are thrilled to formally announce — …

Arts & Action Keynote Address: "A Season for the Audacious and for the Courageous”

Apr 14, 2022 | emily@ya.org

In celebration of YA Week, we're sharing the virtual Keynote Address from Young Audiences Arts for Learning's 2022 National Conference, Arts & Action. In A Season for the Audacious and for the Courageous, Deirdre Johnson Burel of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation explores building partnerships, seizing the moment, re-imagining what is possible, and being the transformative change you want…

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…