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Young Audiences Arts for Learning Will Celebrate National YA Week 2026, To Raise Awareness & Support for Arts in Education

Mar 3, 2026 | lauren@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA), the nation’s largest arts in education network, will mark this year's National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) March 29 – April 11, 2026, to raise awareness and support for arts in education. First championed by Conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1971, YA has grown into an annual, two-week…

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…

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…

Artists Teaching Artists: A Conversation Series

Jan 24, 2025 | lauren@ya.org

For over 70 years, Young Audiences Arts for Learning has dedicated itself to engaging young people in innovative arts learning experiences. We intend to foster creativity, self-expression, cultural understanding, and other skills for success in school, work, and beyond. We do this in part by co-creating professional development opportunities for Teaching Artists and program staff who are on the…

Welcoming Affiliate Colleagues to NYC for YA's Transforming Education through the Arts (TEA) Retreat

Aug 1, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

  Last week (July 22-24), the National Office of Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) had the honor of welcoming 16 network colleagues from five YA affiliates to our New York City headquarters for our first Transforming Education through the Arts (TEA) Retreat. Participating affiliates included Arts for Learning Connecticut…

Young Audiences Arts for Learning and Four YA Affiliates Approved for National Endowment for the Arts Grants Totaling $210,000

May 15, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

MAY 15, 2024 – New York, NY – In its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2024, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to name the organizations with projects approved for federal funding through the agency. Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is included in the funding announcement, along with four affiliates from the National…

Looking Back on a Fantastic YA National Conference!

Apr 26, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Thank you for joining us earlier this month in Chicago at Young Audiences Arts for Learning's (YA) 2024 National Conference (April 3-5)! It was an exhilarating, inspiring, and action-packed experience, and we are so incredibly grateful to everyone involved. We are especially grateful to our conference co-hosts Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) for welcoming us all to their city and…

YA at The NAMM Show

Jan 31, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) was at The NAMM Show, Jan. 25-28, 2024, in Anaheim, California. This marks the sixth year of YA's leading The NAMM Foundation's Nonprofit Management Institute, held annually at The NAMM Show. The Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) provides organizations the resources they need to grow and succeed…

RAISE in Action!

Jan 31, 2024 | lauren@ya.org

Responsive Arts in School Education (RAISE), Young Audiences Arts for Learning's (YA) multi-state initiative that centers trauma-informed, healing-centered, and culturally responsive-sustaining arts in education, continues to expand its programming breadth and depth across the national YA Network. Melissa Gawlowski Pratt, YA's Director of Strategic Partnerships &…

Registration Now Open for YA 2024 National Conference

Dec 5, 2023 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) invites you to register for our 2024 National Arts in Education Conference, April 3-5, in Chicago, IL. YA's 2024 National Arts in Education Conference will explore the essential collaborative relationships between teaching artists, community arts groups, teachers, and schools in service of…