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Announcing 2024 National Conference Dates!

May 3, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

We look forward to welcoming you to our 2024 Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) National Conference, April 3 – 5 in Chicago, IL. The conference will be held in partnership with local affiliate Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE).  Please Save the Date! Additional details will be posted to our conference website, conference.youngaudiences.org, as…

Save the Date for 2023's YA Gala!

May 3, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

We are pleased to announce that a date has been set for this year's annual Young Audiences Arts for Learning Gala. Join us October 24, 2023, for what is sure to be a very special evening in celebration of arts in education and in support of our mission to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts.  2023 Young Audiences Arts for…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week April 2-15, 2023, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Feb 28, 2023 | 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) 2023 will be held April 2-15. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA Week has grown…

Porter Carroll, Jr. To Perform at Young Audiences 70th Anniversary Gala on November 9

Oct 5, 2022 | emily@ya.org

We’re thrilled that Porter Carroll, Jr. will be performing at Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s 70th Anniversary Gala on November 9 at the Mandarin Oriental New York. The event will bring together dedicated supporters of arts in education for a memorable evening in celebration and support of Young Audiences’ seven-decade history and ongoing missing to inspire young people and expand their…

Arts & Learning Conservatory's Gospel Voices of OC: A Joyous Juneteenth Celebration

Jul 19, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences affiliate Arts & Learning Conservatory (ALC), based in Costa Mesa, CA, presented Gospel Voices of OC (Orange County) last month to celebrate Juneteenth. The staged performance spotlighted African American accomplishments and excellence through the lens and the influence of gospel music as a source of historical impact and resiliency.  …

Arts & Action in New Orleans!

May 11, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

We are so grateful to everyone who helped make this spring’s YA National Conference such an enriching, spirited, arts-filled, and action-packed gathering. Organized in partnership with our co-hosts at Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), Arts & Action: Building Pathways for Partnership and Engagement in Classrooms and Communities was the YA network’s first in-person…

President Biden Commemorates National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week 2022 

May 5, 2022 | emily@ya.org

Last month, we joined with our network to celebrate National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week, an annual advocacy initiative to spotlight the importance of arts in education for all students. In a letter dated April 19, 2022, President Biden expressed that he and the first lady were "honored to join those celebrating National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week." "The past two years have…

US House Resolution Designates April 10-23 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week

Apr 7, 2022 | emily@ya.org

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 7, 2022) -- Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the weeks of April 10 through 23, 2022, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). The designation of YA Week will honor the contributions Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) has made to students…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week April 10-23, 2022, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Feb 2, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Young Audiences Arts for Learning, the nation’s largest arts in education network, is proud to announce that National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) 2022 will be held April 10-23. An annual advocacy and awareness initiative first championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA…

Looking Back at YA Week 1971

Jan 6, 2022 | lauren@ya.org

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, we'll be spotlighting YA history all year long! Below is a look back at the very first Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). Image Image First championed by conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA Week has grown into a two-…