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…

A middle school student in a gray t-shirt stands on stage smiling and holding drumsticks in a ready position behind large Japanese drums. Another student can be seen in the background.

Arts for Learning Maryland Is Now an Approved Community Schools Vendor for Baltimore County Public Schools

Arts for Learning Maryland announced a new partnership with Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) to enhance the out-of-school time learning and arts experiences for thousands of students. Arts for Learning Maryland is now an approved vendor for BCPS’ 37 community…

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Talbot County fourth and fifth graders-turned-screen-painters thrive with teaching artist John Iampieri

Maryland flags…Black-eyed Susans… blue herons… University of Maryland Terrapin basketballs, and more! In late March at White Marsh Elementary in Talbot County, dozens of students set off on a creative journey with screen painter and Arts for Learning Maryland teaching…

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Introducing: Month of the Young Child

Join Arts for Learning Maryland in partnership with Maryland Association for the Education of Young Children for Month of the Young Child–a fun-filled month (April 10 – May 5) of arts-integrated workshops, lessons, and activities for ages 3-6. With interactive,…

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Blacktastic Was Fantastic!

What a day! Thank you to everyone for joining us for Blacktastic, the Children’s Festival of Maryland Black History & Culture! For the third year in a row, attendees enjoyed six engaging, arts-infused workshops that celebrated and educated viewers about…

Black and white photograph of Baba Bomani in Blacktastic t-shirt.

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…

A middle school-aged student ready his poem at the mic onstage with classmates behind him.

Dear Brown Skin Boy, Dear Brown Skin Girl

Middle school students had the opportunity to work with spoken word poet and teaching artist Femi the Drifish at this year’s Summer Arts for Learning at Goodnow. During the six-week-long program at the recently re-opened community center managed by Arts…

Katherine holding a sign that says,"voice" and standing next to Quynn, seated in a yellow jacket.

Arts for Learning Teaching Artists Engage Educators at UMBC Arts Integration Conference

Earlier this month, two teaching artists went back to school—but they weren’t guiding students through their creative, arts-integrated approach; this time, they were guiding educators! On October 1, the UMBC Arts Integration Conference brought together teachers, principals, district leaders, and…

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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…

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

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…

Artists! Join the Summer Artists Corps to Become a Teaching Artist this Summer

Alert! Alert! We’re hiring practicing artists to transform student learning by using their art form in the classroom! Beginning in February, our paid Summer Artists Corps training program will guide artists through workshops, mentorships, shared experiences and personal reflection to…

Stacie Sanders Evans Selected as a Top 100 Woman

It’s been crystal clear over her 16 years of leading Young Audiences of Maryland, Stacie Sanders Evans rocks! An incredible leader, supporter, mentor, and motivator, Stacie leads us to do more, reach higher, and support more students, families, artists, and…