The arts have been linked with numerous academic benefits that help to rectify the disparity of achievement that traditionally exists between students in high poverty areas and their more financially able peers. In a 2012 study, The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth, by Catterall, J.S., Dumais, S.A. & Hampden-Thompson, it was found that students with low socioeconomic status but high arts participation had an average school dropout rate five times less than students with low amounts of access to the arts.
Think 360 Arts for Learning (YA affiliate) works with Turnaround: Arts Initiative to Bring Arts Integration to Schools
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Southwest Opens its Heart to Young Audiences
“Southwest is often singled out for the innovation and creativity displayed through many aspects of our business. The work of Young Audiences... mirrors so many of our own attributes: bold, new thinking; fun in the workplace; teamwork; and discovery. We are always learning and growing...
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Announcing Keynote Speaker Jane Chu at National Arts in Education Conference in Kansas City
Attended by arts organization staff from around the country, Building Partnerships through Community Connections, a three day national arts-in-education conference, will take place April 23-25, 2015 in Kansas City, MO. Building Partnerships is hosted by Kansas City Young Audiences and Arts Partners, Wichita, affiliates of the Young Audiences Arts for Learning network.
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pARTnerships in Action - Looking forward to Kansas City!
The inclusion of the arts in K-12 education offers students opportunities to learn and succeed in ways necessary for the 21st century. Young Audiences Arts for Learning Affiliates provide schools with programming in the form of performances, workshops and residencies that engage students in arts-integrated curriculum.
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Building Partnerships Breakout Sessions
Building Partnerships through Community Connections addresses pertinent issues in the arts-in-education field, such as developing sustainable community partnerships, strengthening advocacy efforts, and creating large-scale programs that demonstrate the power of collective impact.
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Arts Advocacy Day: A Great Success, but There is Still Work to be Done!
On Tuesday, March 24, thousands of arts supporters took to the hill to advocate for the arts during this year’s Arts Advocacy Day . Hosted by Americans for the Arts, this annual event brings hundreds of non-profits and civic organizations together to receive expert advice and to then take action by visiting their state congressional offices. Arts Advocacy Day was a big first step, but it only set the foundation for advocacy efforts and there is still more work to be done.
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Building pARTnerships Through Community Connections: The Right Brain Initiative and the Art of Collaboration
Through Right Brain, “students develop the skills of 21st century learners that can help them become the imaginative thinkers and innovators of the next generation” (Palmer Wolf, 2014). Integrating the arts into daily classroom experience accommodates multiple learning styles, facilitates cross-cultural understanding, and has shown to increase motivation, perseverance, and engagement among at-risk youth.
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STEAM - Rolling at the YA National Conference
By Jay Cady, Teaching Artist at Kansas City Young Audiences STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Science) was a hot topic at the 2015 Young Audiences National Conference in Kansas City. It was mentioned at nearly every event I attended, including the keynote address from Jane Chu, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. (My favorite statistic she cited was that Nobel Laureates are 17 times more likely to be involved in the arts than other scientists.) The popular idea is to expand STEM to STEAM with the “A” standing for Arts. There is some pushback from both sides.
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Young Audiences of Houston Strives to Bridge Gap in Arts Access in HISD
The vision of the Arts Access Initiative is that all children should be able to have the opportunity to benefit cognitively, creatively, emotionally, and academically through the arts. To fulfill this vision, the Arts Access Initiative will focus on four main areas of involvement - Strategy, Partnerships, Data Collection, and Advocacy.
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YA National Staff Co-Present at the AEP 2015 National Forum: The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success
This week in Arlington, Virginia, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) 2015 National Forum: The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success is in full swing. Some of the nation’s most influential arts and education leaders will convene to explore arts-centered solutions as states across the country implement higher learning expectations aimed at ensuring America’s young people leave high school ready for college, careers, and citizenship.
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Young Audiences New York partners with Charleston County School District to bring a Social Justice Professional Development Workshop to Charleston
YANY's Literature to Life program has been asked by the Gaillard Center of Charleston, SC to present a performance and professional development workshop based on Zora - the work of Zora Neale Hurston. This PD workshop is focused on social justice and will be led by YANY staff members and teaching artists at the Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School.
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2015-16 High School Model Cornerstone Assessment Pilot Project Launches
The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) has issued a call for high school arts educators to pilot the National Core Arts Standards Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs) in dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts during the 2015-2016 school year. MCAs are curriculum-embedded performance-based assessment examples that are designed to model standards-based arts assessment and student achievement. The pilot follows a similar project that was conducted during 2014-15, in which 75 arts educators piloted the MCAs at grades 2, 5, and 8.
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Social Justice Professional Development Event Inspires 100 Teachers in Charleston, South Carolina
Young Audiences NY’s Literature to Life program presented a performance and professional development workshop for 100 Charleston County Public School Teachers, in Charleston, South Carolina. YANY has designed this professional development workshop to support teachers to integrate the arts and social justice into their classrooms, as they learn to facilitate student discussions on issues of social justice and civic action- in the past, present and future.
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Access for All: The Way YAMD Nourishes My Students
Thanks to generous donors and support from Baltimore City Public Schools and the Baltimore Office of Promotions and The Arts, Young Audiences/Arts for Learning Maryland - the Maryland affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning - artists and programs are available to high-need Baltimore City Public Schools at up to 80 percent off of the cost (a $400 assembly could cost you only $80!). This opportunity helps principals with limited resources provide hands-on learning in the arts that supplements and enriches the curriculum.
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The 2015 Young Audiences Gala After Party with a Special Appearance by Actor Joel Marsh Garland
Press Release: Featuring a Live Raffle with Great Prizes Donated by Young Audiences’ Official Airline Partner, Southwest Airlines®
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Giving Tuesday 2015
Young Audiences has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities, and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Occurring this year on December 1, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday to kick off the holiday giving season and inspire people to collaborate in improving their local communities and to give back in impactful ways to the charities and causes they support.
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Dance for Life: Tapping Up Math, Dance, and Fitness Skills in Virginian Schools
The goal of this Young Audiences of Virginia program is to use dance as a creative way for students to understand math concepts while learning how to be healthy and fit.
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YA Spotlight: Fashion Photographer and #YAAfterparty Co-chair Sophie Elgort Talks YA, Photography & Artistic Inspiration
Sophie Elgort is a fashion photographer born and raised in New York City. She began snapping photos from a young age, inspired by her father, photographer Arthur Elgort. She studied at Brown University and spent summers experiencing all angles of the fashion industry, learning from the best including Azzedine Alaïa and Vogue.
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Stronger than ever after Katrina: A Spotlight on Young Audiences of Louisiana
It was August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, from central Florida to Texas. Flooding in New Orleans destroyed homes, lives, and livelihoods. But the people of the city proved resilient, reclaiming their city and their culture. Prior to Katrina, Young Audiences of Louisiana was a mid-size affiliate.
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Call for Proposals SEADAE Arts Assessment Symposium Advances in Arts Assessment
Examining changes in policy and advances in practice. Gaylord Texan Resort and Conference Center Grapevine, Texas. Call for Proposals Open Until May 1, 2016! Education is gearing up for change. Driven by the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now known as Every Student Succeeds (ESSA), this legislative shift at the federal level marks a significant opportunity for arts education with assessment being a key issue.
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