Young Audiences Celebrates National #SummerLearningWeek

YA of Louisiana's Christopher Sheard Receives Distinguished Teaching Artist Award from Yale School of Music

Announcing Professional Learning Travel Award Recipients

Young Audiences Arts for Learning to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Included in the NEA's second major funding announcement for FY19 is an Art Works grant of $15,000 to Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) to support the National Professional Learning Series, a year-long professional development program for teaching artists, staff, and executive leaders in the field of arts in education.

Young Audiences Applauds FY2020 Funding Increases Proposed by House LHHS-Education Subcommittee

As a member of the Title IV-A Coalition, we offer the following response to the House’s FY 2020 LHHS-Ed appropriations bill, which includes $1.32 billion for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant program, authorized under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Young Audiences to Provide Project Management, Communications Support to SEADAE as Part of New Agreement

SEADAE and Young Audiences announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Young Audiences will provide communications, data collection, technology, daily operations, and project management support services to SEADAE.

Recent Studies Affirm the Positive Impacts of Arts-in-Education

  In celebration of YA Week, a congressionally designated arts advocacy initiative, we are pleased to spotlight two new studies, which affirm that access and exposure to the arts not only boost students’ academic performance, but also strengthen their social and emotional development.

US House Resolution Designates April 14 - 27, 2019, as Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week

Young Audiences Announces Four New Recipients of National Residency Teaching Artist Credential for 2019

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its National Residency Teaching Artist Credential (TAC), a new initiative that articulates what high-quality arts-based instruction looks like in K-12 school-based residencies and formally endorses teaching artists who embody excellence in four competency areas: Artistry, Instruction, Preparation…

YA's Chicago Affiliate Awarded $2.3 Million Grant to STEAM Ahead

Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE), Young Audiences Arts for Learning's Chicago-based affiliate, was recently awarded US$2.3 million by the US Department of Education, in the form of an Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) grant.