College & Career Readiness

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EASE: Learning Through the Arts at ArtsNOW’s Foundational Seminar

Aug 11, 2026 | lauren@ya.org

Earlier this summer, Young Audiences Arts for Learning National Executive Director David A. Dik joined school leaders and affiliate colleagues for the 20th annual Foundational Seminar in Buford, Georgia. Facilitated by our Atlanta-based affiliate, ArtsNOW, the three-day event brought together education professionals from Georgia, South…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning and Four YA Affiliates Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling Nearly $200,000

Aug 4, 2026 | lauren@ya.org

Image In its second major grant announcement of FY2026, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has named the organizations with projects approved for federal funding through the agency. Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) and four affiliates from the national YA network were included in the announcement,…

"Creativity has always been a catalyst for innovation." U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree on the Transformative Power of Arts Learning

Apr 14, 2026 | lauren@ya.org

Last month, Young Audiences Arts for Learning was honored to welcome U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree [ME-1] as a featured speaker at Telling Our Story, YA’s 2026 National Arts in Education Conference in Washington, D.C. As co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Arts Caucus and co-sponsor of the 2026 National Young Audiences Arts for…

Young Audiences Awarded $4.4M from U.S. Department of Education to Launch National ‘ARTISTIC’ Initiative in High-Need Schools

Dec 8, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

DECEMBER 8, 2025  – New York, NY – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA), the nation’s largest arts in education network, has been awarded a $4.4 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education’s Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) program to launch ARTISTIC (America Responds To In-School Teaching with Innovation and Creativity), a five-year…

Announcing Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) Grant Awards for 2025

Sep 19, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

  Young Audiences | Arts for Learning (YA) has awarded three Affiliate Development Fund (ADF) grants for 2025 to support innovative projects across the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network (YA Network). Each year, the ADF program supports initiatives at the affiliate level that can serve as models to build the capacity of the YA Network as a whole. Congrats to the…

CAPE Bringing New Afterschool Arts Classes to Chicago Elementary School

Sep 16, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

Students at a Chicago elementary school are beginning afterschool art programs this week with the help of Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) affiliate Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE). The new programming at Henry H. Nash Elementary School of Fine & Performing Arts, located in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, is funded by a $200,000 grant from…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Launches $6M Educational Advancement through STEM Engagement (EASE) Project to Address Achievement Gaps in Three Southeastern U.S. School Districts

Jun 10, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

Image NEW YORK, NY – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is proud to announce the launch of its Educational Advancement through STEM Engagement (EASE) project, a transformative initiative designed to improve K-5 math and science achievement through arts-integrated STEM learning. EASE is funded by a $6…

US House Resolution Designates April 13-26 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week 2025

Apr 24, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives expressing support for the designation of April 13–26, 2025, 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…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week April 13–26, 2025, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Mar 18, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA), the nation’s largest arts in education network, is proud to announce that National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) 2025 will be held April 13–26. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971…

Arts for Learning Maryland's Out-of-School Time Programs Recognized by US DOE

Jul 16, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

July 16, 2024 – New York, NY – The Baltimore affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, Arts for Learning Maryland (AFL MD), in partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools, has been named a 2024 U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Engage Every Student Recognition Program Champion. AFL MD is one of only 13 organizations across the country honored by…