Baltimore City Public Schools
Maryland Wolf Trap Residency with Katherine Lyons
Unique and innovative arts-based strategies are captivating young audiences in Maryland classrooms. At Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore City, the very youngest students are excited to connect to literature with actress and master teaching artist Katherine Lyons through movement…
Bloomberg Arts Internship: Designed to Challenge and Inspire
Young Audiences of Maryland and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance are searching for 25 rising Baltimore City public high school seniors for a six-week paid summer internship! In 2012, Bloomberg Philanthropies created the Bloomberg Arts Internship program in New York…
A Sense of Belonging: Ssuuna at Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Young Audiences teaching artist Ssuuna, a dancer, musician, and storyteller from Uganda, brought his incredible stage presence to Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School recently. There, he taught over 100 high school students African dance and drumming using the…
Honoring Black Women in Science
At the oldest public all-girls high school in the United States, students recently had the opportunity to work with fiber artist Pam Negrin to stitch the likenesses of important, black, female scientists onto one collaborative work of art. Along with…
Young Audiences Summer Arts Programming Improves Academic Performance
Baltimore students in Young Audiences Summer & Learning Arts Academy Outperform Peers Baltimore City Public Schools students who participated in a new arts-related summer academic program from Young Audiences avoided summer learning loss and, in many cases, gained ground on…
Getting Involved: Volunteering to Support Artists and Arts Integration in the Classroom
By Barbara Kesler, an active Young Audiences board member and volunteer and a retired Baltimore
Moving out of Our Comfort Zone
A reflection from Valerie Branch, professional dancer, master teaching artist, and YA roster artist
Summer Arts and Learning Academy: Parents Reflect on their Child’s Transformation
We spoke with several parents to get their take on the Summer…
Alden Phelps’ New Assembly Offers Hands-on Writing Experience for Entire School Grade
Singing, Reading & Writing Songs: an Interactive Assembly.
YA’s Expanded Summer Arts and Learning Academy Kicks Off Today!
This morning, we kicked off our expanded Summer Arts and Learning Academy – a free, five week program immersing 900 City students in a variety of art forms…
Model the Way
If you were a school teacher and had just spent the last ten months in the classroom, where would you be on the 7th morning of your vacation? In bed? In your PJs…
I Am Baltimore
by Ken’Niya Baltimore, Young Audiences Summer Arts Academy student | My name is Ken’Niya Baltimore. I am 13 years old and in the 8th grade at Henderson Hopkins. During the summer, my mother told me that I was accepted into Young Audiences’ Summer Arts Academy.