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…

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

Study shows measurable impact of ASALA participation Huge news! Arts for Learning Maryland, in partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools, has been recognized by the US Department of Education (DOE) for the Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) and After…

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

The Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) is making a splash in Baltimore City this summer—and the community is taking notice! Earlier this month, Arts for Learning Maryland President & CEO Stacie Sanders Evans joined WBFF-TV’s Straight Talk with Mike…

A selfie of Alexandra Miller, 2023 Bloomberg Arts Internship Social Media Manager. She has a bright smile and is wearing glasses and has an arm full of multi-colored beaded bracelets.

Bloomberg Arts Internship: A Homecoming

Every year, alumni of the Bloomberg Arts Internship–an Arts for Learning Maryland-managed program for rising seniors in Baltimore City Public Schools that connects young people with Baltimore’s arts and cultural organizations and supports their college and career readiness–step into roles…

Dr. Mark King Joins Arts for Learning Maryland as Chief Education Officer

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Mark King, a career public school educator and leader, has joined Arts for Learning Maryland as our first Chief Education Officer. Most recently, Dr. King was an Instructional Lead Education Director (ILED) with…

A teacher and students gather around a whiteboard and write out details of scenes for a student-created play.

Summer Fun is Fuel for Fall!

It’s not just new school supplies that students carried with them into class for the first day of school this fall! Thanks to Arts for Learning Maryland’s engaging summer programs, thousands of students across Baltimore City and DC have new…

Students mimic movements of teaching artist standing at the back of the classroom.

Summer Arts for Learning Academy Expands to DC

SALA has expanded! Starting this summer, more than 400 students in DC Public Schools are having the Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) experience. The free, five-week program in partnership with the DC Public Schools System brings arts-integrated learning and…

Students dancing in gymnasium

Summer with Arts for Learning Maryland – A Recap

Another A4L amazing summer is in the books… and on easels, and on stage, and in lyrics…! Over the last three months, 2,265 students engaged in Arts for Learning Maryland summer programs. They got creative, explored new art forms, enhanced…

The Bloomberg Arts Internship: A Perfect Match

“Do you know what a stage manager is? You might be a stage manager.” CJ Philip would know. The award-winning choreographer and artistic director of Dance and Bmore has spent more than enough time on, in front of, and behind…

Lessons from Summer: Preparing for a Virtual Fall

By now, Maryland students will have started their new school year. We know they have been missed terribly by their teachers and by their friends. And while they might not be reuniting in the ways that they had hoped, we…

BAI 2020: Internship Reimagined

Reimagining and delivering an intense and multifaceted program for rising high school seniors in the midst of a pandemic is a worthwhile challenge.

Voices for a Relevant Future: 2019 Bloomberg Arts Internship

This week, 35 Bloomberg Arts Interns—all rising seniors in Baltimore high schools—will be winding down their travels in and out and through our city’s marvelous historic and contemporary art-filled spaces. We are lucky, here in Baltimore, to have such esteemed…