Teaching Artists

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Teaching Grit through the Arts

Mar 14, 2014 | marcus@ya.org

    In January, Young Audiences Arts for Learning, along with twelve other leading arts and educational advocacy organizations throughout the nation released A Shared Endeavor: Arts Education for America’s Students. One of the main ideas of this advocacy document is that teaching artists are a vital part of arts education. Katie Keddell, a colleague at our Maryland affiliate, Young…

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 of Maryland Teaching Artist Institute

Aug 9, 2013 | marcus@ya.org

  The Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) is a comprehensive professional development program for teaching artists that builds artists’ capacity to contribute to student learning in and through the arts. The program trains teaching artists in the use and understanding of the state curriculum and the Common Core Standards, as well as arts integration strategies to assist the artist in engaging…

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - YA Charter School at Kate Middleton

Jul 31, 2013 | marcus@ya.org

The Young Audiences Charter School is opening its doors on Friday, August 9. Young Audiences of Louisiana is celebrating this milestone event with a ribbon cutting ceremony and reception. Founded by Young Audiences of Louisiana, the state's leading provider of arts education programs for over 50 years, this new arts-integrated public school is opening in Gretna and will be the only open-…

A Passion for Dance: An Interview with Sarah Haykel

May 10, 2013 | marcus@ya.org

                Sarah Haykel has been a professional dance instructor since 2003 and a teaching artist at Young Audiences of Western New York for more than four years. She specializes in salsa dancing and Latin music and dance, focusing not only on timing, technique, rhythm, footwork, and styling, but on the historical and cultural aspects of Latin music and dance. This past April, she…

YA Week Interview with Victoria Spangler - Abilene Reporter-News

Mar 27, 2013 | marcus@ya.org

The Executive Director of Young Audiences of Abilene, Victoria Spangler was interviewed by the Abilene Reporter-News. For the National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week she chose to highlight one of her star Teaching Artists Terrence Bennett. Bennett integrates his tap dance performances into geography, history and math lessons. Read more!  

My First Visit to a Young Audiences Program

Feb 21, 2013 | intern@ya.org

  Last Tuesday, February 12, I went on a field trip to watch some 3rd graders perform Mexican dance at P.S. 163 on the Upper West Side. This Young Audiences New York (YANY) Residency, led by a YANY Teaching Artist, offered students the chance to learn about narration, movement and dance. Tied with the school’s Social Studies curriculum, the YANY residency program offered every 3rd-grade student…

Evaluation and Assessment: The Tail that Wags the Dog?

Aug 9, 2012 | marcus@ya.org

By Dr. Carol Fineberg, Evaluation & Assessment Consultant As the pressure to prove the worth and utility of the arts -- music, visual  art and design, dance, theater, media --  in the education of children and youth in this country and others continues, it is clear that issues regarding evaluation in general and assessment practices in specific will persist.    This…

On Arts and Enlightenment: An Interview with Richard Stoltzman

Jul 30, 2012 | marcus@ya.org

Richard Stoltzman is a world-renowned clarinetist who has played with more than 100 orchestras, as well as with many chamber groups and solo recitals. Stoltzman has received numerous awards and has produced an extensive discography. In addition to classical repertoire, Stoltzman also plays jazz. He has been a member of the YA Advisory Committee for over 25 years and was elected to the National…