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About Our National Conferences
Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s National Arts in Education Conference brings together arts education professionals and practitioners from around the country. Presented every other spring by Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) in partnership with a local YA affiliate, each conference explores a themed related to arts education through breakout sessions, keynote addresses, site visits, and other activities.
Our National Conferences aim to serve diverse constituents who are interested in the arts in education field the local, state, and national levels. Conference participants include nonprofit administrators and executive leadership, teaching artists, teachers, higher education faculty, and others from the field engaged in improving student access to the arts and arts learning.
Past National Conferences:
Telling Our Story: 2026 YA National Conference, March 25-27
The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center2024 YA National Conference, April 3 - 5
theWit Hotel, Chicago, IllinoisArts & Action: Building Pathways for Partnership and Engagement in Classrooms and Communities, March 30 - April 1, 2022
NOPSI Hotel, New Orleans, LouisianaNo Limits: Supporting Children with Learning Differences, April 3-5, 2019
Le Méridien Houston Downtown, Houston, TexasThe Company We Keep: A Professional Learning Gathering of the Young Audiences Network, April 5-7, 2018
Le Meridian Denver Downton, Denver, ColoradoDigital Transformation: A National Arts-in-Education Conference, April 20-22, 2017
Metropolitan at The 9 Hotel, Cleveland, OhioGrowing Up with the Arts, April 14-16, 2016
At the Eden Roc Resort Miami Beach, Miami, FloridaBuilding Partnerships through Community Connections, April 23-25, 2015
Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MissouriWhere Art Lives, April 24-26, 2014
US Grant Hotel, San Diego, CaliforniaMoving Forward: Arts and Education in the Age of Globalization, April 25-27, 2013
The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New YorkBuilding Creative Connections: The Science of Learning and the Arts, April 19-21, 2012
Four Seasons, Baltimore, Maryland
