Join the 2024-25 Principal Fellowship

The Principal Fellowship supports school leaders in developing an action plan that utilizes the arts for school-wide improvement. We are accepting applications from principals in Baltimore City and Baltimore, Charles, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties. Apply by July 31.

Arts for Learning Honored by U.S. Department of Education

Arts for Learning and Baltimore City Public Schools received national recognition from the U.S. Department of Education for our impactful community partnership.

2023 Annual Report

Last year, Arts for Learning Maryland reached over 157,240 students, provided 584,500+ hours of learning through the arts, and impacted 10,230+ educators. Discover more in our annual report.

Latest News

Arts for Learning Maryland Awarded Grant to Expand Bloomberg Arts Internship Program for Baltimore’s Public High School Students

Arts for Learning Maryland’s Bloomberg Arts Internship Program (BAI) is expanding to reach more students in Baltimore City thanks to a generous grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Bloomberg Arts Internship Program offers Baltimore City Public Schools rising seniors full-time, paid…

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Two ASALA students — one in a green shirt and one in a black hijab — smile and make peace signs at the camera.

US Department of Education Honors A4L and City Schools’ SALA and ASALA Partnership

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Screenshot of Mike Gimbel and Stacie Sanders Evans speaking on Straight Talk about the Summer Arts for Learning Academy.

Straight Talk with Mike Gimbel Spotlights SALA

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Schroeder Cherry, dressed in all black and wearing a blaseball hat, stands behind a large folded cardboard scene with one of his handmade puppets. In the scene, a preacher in a blue suit, arms outstretched above the word, "colored," faces rows of seated individuals in a full church above the words, "whites only."

Teaching Artist Profile: Schroeder Cherry

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INSPIRING

Students

When teaching artists step inside Maryland classrooms, they open doors to joy, creativity, and discovery.

ENGAGING

Classrooms

Here, students connect to academic content through dance, music, storytelling, visual arts, and drama.

TRANSFORMING

Education

And through the arts, educators and school districts unlock the greatness within each child, advancing achievement and supporting authentic social emotional growth.

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