June 25-29, 2012 Think 360 Arts and Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver recently held the Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado (AEIC), an intensive summer professional development training in arts integration. AEIC is designed for school administrators and K-12 teachers in all content areas to discover teaching techniques that equip students with 21st century skills. AEIC was held at Denver School of the Arts on June 25-29.
Think360's Aesthetic Education Institute of Colorado
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Young Audiences New Jersey Merges with YA of Eastern Pennsylvania
Young Audiences New Jersey is merging with its sister organization, Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania. This unity not only attempts to compensate for the budget cuts but to reach out to a much bigger number of students. Larry Capo, the Executive Director stated that the goal of the merger was to “reach every child with a quality arts education every year” through programs offered to schools. Read more at NJ.com
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YA Maryland's SMART PD “The Art of Team Teaching”
Get SMART Resources for Your Students! Featuring Young Audiences of Maryland Teaching Artists Laura Zam & Sue Trainor Experience seasoned Young Audiences of Maryland artists co-teaching with fellow Harford County Title I teachers! All attendees will receive the new SMART lesson guide—full of arts-integrated lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards. Arts elements posters and helpful resources will also be up for grabs. Continue to make your students SMART through ART! • Learn about SMART and arts integration (AI).
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Thank you to our Sponsors!
Young Audiences Arts for Learning thanks the following funders and sponsors for their generous support during our 60th year...
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Young Audiences Arts for Learning Joins National Arts Standards Coalition
Young Audiences Arts for Learning has joined the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) as a leadership governance organization. NCCAS, a coalition of national arts and education organizations and other representatives, is committed to developing a next generation of voluntary, researched-based arts education standards.
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Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education Joins the Young Audiences Arts for Learning National Network
Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) is proud to announce that the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) will be joining the YA National network as its 30th affiliate.
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Teaching Artist Institute Seminar 2013
Transforming Education with STEAM is a seminar offered by the Teaching Artist Institute (TAI), a collaborative project between the Maryland affiliate of Young Audiences, the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS), and the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC). TAI brings artists and teachers together to rethink learning through arts integration. We believe we can create the best circumstances for learning b y combining the educational expertise of teachers with the creativity of artists.
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Woodruff Art Center's Alliance Theatre to Host "Toddler Takeover" Arts Festival
The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, and Young Audiences are thrilled to present the inaugural TODDLER TAKEOVER: an arts festival for the very young, May 31-June 2, 2014, at the Woodruff Arts Center. This one-of-a-kind experience will feature performances of all six original productions of the Alliance Theatre for the Very Young, the debut of the Atlanta Symphony's Music for the Very Young, side by side art making at the High Museum of Art, and an interactive play space hosted by Young Audiences artists.
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Colorado Creative Industries Announces Arts Education Partnership with Think 360 Arts
Colorado Creative Industries will award Think 360 Arts $230,000 during the first year and a total of one million dollars over the four year period. Think 360 Arts is an affiliate of the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network.
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Young Audiences of Western New York Announces the 7th Annual Patricia Cotsen Arts Abilities Conference
Young Audiences of Western New York, in conjunction with Arts Partners for Learning will host the 7th Annual Patricia Cotsen Arts Abilities Conference. Arts and cultural community representatives, educational program leaders, and human service providers are invited to learn about best practices in arts and cultural education through workshops led by community organizations participating in the Arts Partners for Learning Initiative.
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Looking Forward: The Sun is Rising in Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County
"I believe that being situated in Arizona puts our organization at a great advantage. Although located in the poorest County in the State, AZ Arts Standards has been fully supportive and has even created endorsements in the areas of dance, music, theatre and visual arts."
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Young Audiences of Northeast Texas Partners with Kennedy Center to Provide Arts-Integration Training for Teachers
Amy Baskin stated that "the purpose of bringing in Ms. Erickson was to partner with the schools to increase the capacity of the teachers to use art as a teaching strategy," and that "students who have high exposure to the arts are five times less likely to drop out of school and two times more likely to be able to go to college."
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Young Audiences of Virginia ED Participates in SupportMusic Music Education Community Forum
The SupportMusic Music Education Community Forum sponsored by the NAMM Foundation, NAFME, and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus will be rolling into the Hampton Roads Convention Center on October 21, and will focus on the topic of "Music Education in Hampton Roads." This stop is just one on the Community Forum fall tour and will feature a panel of local music education experts, including Michael Kerry Williams , the Executive Director of Young Audiences of Virginia.
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Musician and Arts Advocate Ben Folds Helps Celebrate the Launch of the National Core Arts Standards
Arts as a core subject: Ben Folds is an arts education advocate who is able to make the issues surrounding arts education transparent. He is able to use his position to make sure that educators and policy makers know that people “will not stand for moving the arts out of the way for ‘more important’ things... read more.
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Young Audiences of Northeast Texas Offers Teaching Artist Training Program
Young Audiences of Northeast Texas will be offering a program that will give local artists the opportunity to receive training to cultivate the skills necessary to create arts-integrated residencies to offer at local schools. A residency is a sequential series of classroom visits by one artist, designed to help students gain proficiency in a particular art form by immersing them in a long-term creative experience. Through the training program, artists will create residencies that will pair their artistic discipline with a content area or subject.
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Bringing Arts Equity and Access to CT classrooms: Arts for Learning Connecticut Launches an Arts in Education Initiative
97% of business leaders rate creativity as increasingly important in the U.S. workplace, but 85% of these employers say that can’t find the creative applicants they seek. ( Navigator: Facts & Figures by Americans for the Arts and Vans Custom Culture – from Ready to Innovate by Lichtenberg, J., Wiick, C., & Wright, M. (2008) ). Countless studies show that the arts promote creativity, critical thinking, as well as higher overall achievement.
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Young Audiences of Houston Brings Healing Arts to Local Children's Hospitals
Happy Holidays to all! During this time of giving and holiday cheer, Young Audiences affiliates are in full swing bringing the arts to children across the country. One such program that fully embodies the spirit of the season is the Houston Healing Arts Program organized by Young Audiences of Houston. For the past 13 years, Young Audiences of Houston has been partnering with children’s hospitals in the Houston area to bring the Houston Healing Arts Program to children undergoing treatment year round.
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Learning to Lead in New and Different Ways - Joseph's Story
What does the future of Young Audiences look like? The answer depends on those who lead the organization today - and those who will lead someday soon. T he emphasis on identifying and nurturing the next generation of leaders is best illustrated by the Young Audiences Emerging Leadership Institute funded through a grant from the American Express Foundation. The impact ELI is making is best described by one of its current participants.
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Professional Learning Seminar at the Woodruff Arts Center Kicks Off a National Yearlong Arts Integrated Initiative
The seminar will be attended by over 50 educators, teaching artists, school administrators, and organizational leaders from across the country, making it one of the most significant professional learning seminars ever held for the Arts for Learning curriculum. The Arts for Learning initiative is made possible by JCPenney Cares and its customers who generously donated a portion of their transactions last August to benefit the arts in education.
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Jones Soda Photography Curriculum
Jones Soda and Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) announce their partnership with the launch of the Jones Soda Photography Curriculum, which was created to teach kids about the art of photography. Jones Soda is a leading premium beverage company known for its variety of flavors and innovative labeling technique that incorporates always-changing photos sent in from its consumers.
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