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Why Do the Arts Matter? with Melani Douglass
[youtube https://youtu.be/4nrXYzjINZ0] From a curator’s perspective, hear Melani Douglass, founder of The Family Arts Museum, share her #WhyArts response by focusing upon the importance of family as fine art, home as curated space, and community as gallery. You can join…
Why Do the Arts Matter? with Lisa Mathews
[youtube https://youtu.be/ShmRroV0dso] Lisa Mathews, a singer with Young Audiences ensemble Milkshake and a Maryland Wolf Trap teaching artist, joined our #WhyArts campaign by sharing her perspective on why the arts matter to her and to all Maryland children. You can…
Why Do the Arts Matter? with Senator Bill Ferguson
[youtube https://youtu.be/zWQg6tMzN7o] We’re continuing our social media campaign asking community members “Why Do the Arts Matter?” to celebrate National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). Maryland State Senator Bill Ferguson shared his perspective in a #WhyArts video. You can join…
Why Do the Arts Matter? with Stacie Sanders Evans
[youtube https://youtu.be/2hte9mBOtrU] During National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) we’re leading a social media campaign to ask community members “Why Do the Arts Matter?” Young Audiences Executive Director Stacie Sanders Evans shared her perspective in a #WhyArts video.…
Happy YA Week!
[youtube https://youtu.be/0VQlYtL4604] National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) is a time to celebrate the national YA network of affiliates and show support for arts-in-education! For 65 years, Young Audiences/Arts for Learning Maryland has worked to transform the…
Mark your calendar for YA Week 2015!
National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) is a time to celebrate the national YA network of affiliates and show support for arts-in-education! We hope you will join us in our celebration of the power of the arts…
Donor Spotlight: Barbara and Mitch Krebs
Barbara and Mitch Krebs are both firm believers in the importance of the arts, even though their backgrounds are very different. Barbara holds a BFA in Theater and utilizes drama techniques to get into character when approaching her work as a…
Donor Spotlight: Wright Family Foundation
Since 2000, the Wright Family Foundation has supported diverse educational initiatives that provide intervention, support, and enrichment programs for at-risk children to realize their full potential. Young Audiences/Arts for Learning is extremely grateful for the partnership of the Wright Family…
NRG Creatively Green festival coming to local schools
Young Audiences has announced two winning schools in the NRG Energy Creatively Green Award competition, sponsored by NRG Energy, Inc.: Chesapeake Public Charter School and Port Towns Elementary School! Each winning school will host its own NRG Creatively Green Family…
Meet Our Artists: NRITYA
Young Audiences’ roster of artists continues to grow to encompass new artists, ensembles, and art forms, from slam poets to improvisers to Capoeira masters. We’ll be regularly posting interviews with our artists, giving them a chance to share more about…
Teach fractions with beatboxing in February’s smART Tip
In February’s smART Tip, Young Audiences beatboxer Max Bent shares the basics of vocal percussion and how it can connect to other subjects, such as fraction units in math. Press play below! [youtube http://youtu.be/5WEcbnQWcAM] smART Tips is a monthly video series sharing…
A Piece of the Bay
By Lori Mellendick, fifth-grade art teacher at Ducketts Lane Elementary This December, my fifth-grade students gathered around a table functioning as young archaeologists, researchers, and artists. Their collaborative clay mural sat before them covered in grout waiting to be exposed.…