Visual Arts

Posts about visual arts as an art form in education

Artists Teaching Artists: A Conversation Series

Jan 24, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

For over 70 years, Young Audiences Arts for Learning has dedicated itself to engaging young people in innovative arts learning experiences. We intend to foster creativity, self-expression, cultural understanding, and other skills for success in school, work, and beyond. We do this in part by co-creating professional development opportunities for Teaching Artists and program staff who are on the…

RAISE in Action!

Jan 31, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Responsive Arts in School Education (RAISE), Young Audiences Arts for Learning's (YA) multi-state initiative that centers trauma-informed, healing-centered, and culturally responsive-sustaining arts in education, continues to expand its programming breadth and depth across the national YA Network. Melissa Gawlowski Pratt, YA's Director of Strategic Partnerships &…

Arts for Learning Maryland's Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA): A Unique Space for Learning

Sep 11, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Arts for Learning Maryland (A4L MD), the Baltimore-based affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, was featured in an op-ed piece in the Baltimore Banner. The piece was authored by certified classroom educator Elaina Gomez-Alcala, who took part in A4L MD's 2023 Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA). "The Summer Arts for Learning…

Arts for Learning Virginia Student Work Showcased at Chrysler Museum of Art

Jun 8, 2023 | emily@ya.org

Arts for Learning Virginia just completed the first year of its Intentional Designs of Expression in Artistic Languages (IDEAL) after-school residency program, culminating with a community event at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. IDEAL took place in Title 1 schools across three Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Norfolk school districts. During the first of this three-year…

Young Audiences Charter School in Louisiana Celebrates First Graduating Class at Arts-Filled Commencement Ceremony

Jun 1, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

On May 19, 2023, Young Audiences Charter School (YACS) graduated its first class of high-school seniors. Beaming students gathered inside Metairie’s Jefferson Performing Arts Center to receive their diplomas and celebrate the landmark achievement with over one-thousand friends and loved ones.   Founded by Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), with support from National Young…

Young Audiences Charter Schools Student Chosen as Winner for Louisiana in Doodle for Google Student Contest

May 22, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

A talented Gretna-based student could soon have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see. Google is announcing the 55 State and Territory winners in its 15th annual Doodle for Google competition, a contest where K-12 students across the United States have the opportunity to create their own version of the Google logo inspired by the prompt “I am grateful for....”. Annalise…

US House Resolution Designates April 9-15 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week 2023

Apr 3, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the week of April 9 through 15, 2023, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). The designation of YA Week honors the contributions Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) has made to students and schools nationwide through…

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…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning National Teaching Artist Credential: 2022 Application Now Open

Sep 15, 2021 | emily@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is pleased to announce that the 2022 National Teaching Artist Credential application is now available on Learn.YA.org.  The National Teaching Artist Credential (TAC) articulates what effective, high-quality teaching artistry looks like in K-12 school-based residencies, and formally endorses exceptional teaching…

Arts ARE Education: Resolving to Support Arts Education Funding and Programs in the Post-Pandemic Era

Feb 9, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning is proud to be part of a new national campaign in support of arts education for all students, Arts ARE Education. Led by the national leadership organizations of the National Coalition of Core Arts Standards, Arts ARE Education builds off the momentum of last year’s “Arts Education Is Essential” unified statement, which was signed by 113 national organizations …