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

Mar 25, 2019 | lauren@ya.org

Credential recognizes skills and experience of
exemplary school-based residency teaching artists
L to R: Quynn Johnson, Carrie Sue Ayvar, Harlan Brownlee, Brittany Roger Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of its National Residency…

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

Feb 26, 2019 | emily@ya.org

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. The award will fund a four-year program called STEAM Ahead. CAPE will partner with the Park Forest-Chicago…

YA of Louisiana Awarded US$2.3 Million Grant to Boost Arts Education at Six Jefferson Parish Schools

Nov 30, 2018 | emily@ya.org

New Orleans, LA -- November 29, 2018 -- Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS) Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley and Young Audiences National Executive Director David Dik announced that six JPPSS schools are taking part in a new 4-year, $2.3 million grant awarded to Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA…

USDOE Awards Over US$6.85M to Young Audiences Affiliates Through AAEDD Grants Competition

Oct 12, 2018 | emily@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – October 12, 2018 – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences, Inc.) is pleased to announce that three affiliates from the Young Audiences Network (YA Network) have been selected to receive funding through the United States Department of Education’s (DOE) Assistance for Arts Education Development and…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Launches National Residency Teaching Artist Credential Program

Sep 17, 2018 | emily@ya.org

-Credential recognizes skills and experience of exemplary school-based residency teaching artists -Inaugural cohort of eight teaching artists awarded credential during pilot program -2018-19 application cycle now open   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – Young Audiences Arts for…

Affili-Nation: Young Audiences New York’s Sarah Frazier on the Arts in Schools, Family, and Community

Mar 8, 2018 | erin@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s Affili-Nation column spotlights the hardworking individuals across the YA Network who make it possible for our affiliates to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts. Our latest publication features Sarah Frazier from Young Audiences New York. Young Audiences New York (YANY), one of the YA Network’s longest-standing affiliates,…

Affili-Nation: ArtsNow’s Pam Walker on Joining YA and Integrating the Arts

Feb 8, 2018 | erin@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s Affili-Nation column spotlights the hardworking individuals across the YA network who make it possible for our affiliates to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts. Our latest publication features Pam Walker from ArtsNow. In November 2017, Young Audiences Arts for Learning announced the addition of its newest Affiliate:…

YA of Oregon & SW Washington Awarded NEA Grant for Teaching Artist Studio Program

Feb 7, 2018 | emily@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning is pleased to congratulate YA Affiliate Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington on its selection to receive an Art Works grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the organization’s Teaching Artist Studio (TA Studio) program. Founded in 2013, the TA Studio is a professional development initiative serving teaching artists in Oregon and…

Arts for Learning/Miami Honored with Two Prestigious Funding Awards for Wall (In) Project

Dec 8, 2017 | emily@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning, Inc. congratulates its south Florida affiliate Arts for Learning/Miami on its recent selection for two prestigious grant awards to support its groundbreaking Wall (In) project. The program, in which young artists from the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami study the remains of a segregation wall and create a community-based activation of the site, will receive…

Arts in Ed Spotlight: Is Your Classroom Ready?

Aug 15, 2017 | sara@ya.org

The demographics and functionality of a standard classroom today are ever changing. I would think it’s safe to say that there is no longer one “right” way to go about teaching the ever-developing young minds that fill the room. So, the question on every educators’ mind should be this: How do I teach and prepare my students in the best way possible? While the answer to that question might not be…