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Lynn Tuttle on the ESSA and Title IV Funding

While I will be presenting on specific provisions dealing with arts and music education at the Growing up with the Arts, a national arts-in-education conference in Miami, I thought I’d focus this website feature on a new section of the law which creates immediate opportunities to support additional music and arts education in our nation’s schools – Title IV-A, Section 4107.

The Living Library Program Brings James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk to NYC High School Students

This February Young Audiences New York (YANY) celebrated Black History Month with a performance of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk. James Baldwin, a seminal African American author, was born in Harlem in 1924, and many of his works reflect the struggle of the Black community during his lifetime.

Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington Brings The Art of Sound Engineering to Portland Area Students

Growing Up with the Arts!

Young Audiences Week 2016

A Spotlight On the Arts in Social Justice

Social Justice is defined as "the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities". Young Audiences believes that the arts can play a part in fighting against these inequities by shedding light on these problems, helping build a more expansive societal mindset, and inspiring our students to reject the current status quo and strive for more equitable…

Center for Arts-inspired Learning Helps Cleveland Students Find Their Voice

The “Find Your Voice” program is a 2-3 week long digital storytelling residency that gives middle school students the opportunity to study and discuss issues that are important to them through experimentation with digital media, movie making, and the art of storytelling under the direction of professional teaching artists.

Great Programs Start with Listening and Learning: Interview with Ploi Pagdalian from A4L Indiana

When Ploi joined Arts for Learning in 2002, she expected to stay for two years, which was the length of the grant for her position. Her background was in early childhood education, and she was intrigued by the idea of an arts organization devoting resources to bring artists into preschool centers. She planned to spend her short term exploring the impact professional artists can make on early…

Growing Up with the Arts

This April, join arts educators as we head to the sunshine state for the national arts in education conference, Growing Up with the Arts. This conference will take place on April 14-16 at the luxurious Eden Roc Miami Beach Resort.