Arts for Learning Maryland Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Expand Early Childhood Programming

Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation funding will support evidence for arts integration Arts for Learning Maryland (A4L) announced today that it has received a three-year, $1.7 million grant from the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation to significantly expand its arts-integrated early childhood…

Krystle Seit

Pronouns: she/her/hers Krystle Seit is a creative, experienced arts educator, theatre artist, administrator, and program manager. A lifelong learner, she is passionate about arts integration, storytelling, all things theatre and making it, and the arts–accessible to children of all ages…

Summer Arts for Learning Academy Washington DC Jobs

2023 Job Opportunities WASHINGTON DC We are currently accepting applications for our waitlist as all positions have been filled for SALA 2023. We will notify applicants should positions become available.  Teaching Artists The Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) Teaching…

Dan & Claudia Zanes

Grammy award-winning children’s performer Dan Zanes and Haitian-American music therapist/jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes have been making music with each other since the day they met in the fall of 2016. The two decided while sitting at Dan’s kitchen table that…

Blacktastic: Children’s Festival of Maryland Black History & Culture returns this February

This Black History Month, tens of thousands of Maryland students will celebrate the joy of Black history and culture through the arts at Blacktastic: A Children’s Festival of Maryland Black History & Culture—a day-long, arts-integrated, performance-packed virtual experience produced by…

Become an Early Learning Teaching Artist

Become an Early Childhood Teaching Artist with Arts for Learning! Arts for Learning Maryland is looking for Teaching Artists with a focus in dance, music, theater, storytelling, and/or puppetry to join our Early Childhood Teaching Artist Roster! As one of…

Teaching Artist Academy

Join our paid training program—The Teaching Artist Academy (February–May 2024)—for the opportunity to teach in Arts for Learning’s summer, after school, and in-school arts-integrated programs! Full and part-time positions available. Join our paid training program—The Teaching Artist Academy (February–May 2024)—for…

Ti Malik Coleman

Pronouns: he/him Ti Malik Coleman is a brilliant comedian with a passion and history of making space for himself and others on stage. As a former performer with Baltimore Improv Group, he was in several house troupes before co-founding Casually…

Early Learning Week is a Wrap!

Over Early Learning Week’s five days and 20+ hours of residency sessions, we danced, sang, moved, laughed, and learned! In total, more than 3,500 children along with 300 teachers and caregivers from 16 Maryland Counties tuned in to Early Learning…

Blacktastic Breaks Records!

On February 23, students and educators across Baltimore and Maryland turned UP and OUT for our Blacktastic: A Children’s Festival of Black History & Culture! Thanks to all of the love and support from across the state, our second year…

FAQ for Blacktastic Registrants

Back to Blacktastic! How can I register additional teachers? If you have purchased schoolwide access and need to add additional teachers, please use the link that was emailed to the primary registrant. When will I get my registration link? Registrants…

Arts for Learning Maryland Receives $3.9 Million Grant from the U.S. Department of Education

(BALTIMORE, MD) February 09, 2022 – Arts for Learning Maryland (formerly Young Audiences of Maryland) announced that it has been awarded a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to demonstrate arts-integrated school programs that improve academic…