Tablet Technology brings A4L Resources to Teachers’ Fingertips

Director of Education and Programs, Young Audiences of Louisiana, implementing a Professional Development for Arts Educators (PDAE) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train teachers in arts-integrated instruction within five Title 1 Jefferson Parish schools. Approximately 50 second-, third-, and fourth-grade teachers received full-day training sessions and in-school support based on a…

A Match Made in Heaven – An Interview with Mary-Vance Duggan

Mary-Vance Duggan is an arts advocate and longtime Young Audiences Arts for Learning supporter. She is currently the Executive Director of one of our newest affiliates - Young Audiences of Southwest Florida...

Announcing the Recipients of the 2016 Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) Grant

Roadmaps, Test Drives and Media Arts!

  Contributed by Cory Wilkerson, Project Manager, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards  

Spectacular Students Deserve “Spectacular Saturdays”

Area students learned how reading and writing are the keys to success through dance, theater and music composition. Young Audiences-Arts for Learning-Virginia partnered with Newport News Public Schools’ extended learning program, WE LEAP, to bring interactive, arts-infused education opportunities to students through their Spectacular Saturdays programs.

Stories to Songs: Bringing Communities Together

Kansas City Young Audiences Announces Purchase of Main Street Building

The 18,000 square foot property in the heart of Midtown Kansas City will be renovated to be KCYA’s first permanent home in its 55 years in operation. Main Street is perfectly suited for KCYA’s new home with its high visibility, central location for youth across the metro, and its current renaissance of arts and education with 12 schools and more than 13 arts organizations located within 20 blocks…

Opportunity for Arts Educators: NCCAS Seeking Adjudicators to Score High School Student Work

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) is issuing an invitation for arts educators interested in serving as adjudicators of the high school student work collected from diverse school settings across the nation as part of the 2015-16 Model Cornerstone Assessment (MCA) Pilot Project.

JONES Soda & Young Audiences Announce Cleveland Residency Photo Winner

JONES Soda Co and the Young Audiences Arts for Learning are proud to announce the Cleveland photo curriculum winner - Hunter A. See his stunning photo above. Congrats to Hunter, and every student who participated in this 10-week photography residency!

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Announces Two New Affiliate Organizations