Founded in 1952, we are the nation’s largest arts-in-education learning network. Our mission is to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts.
Founded in 1952, Young Audiences Arts for Learning is the nation’s leading provider of arts in education programs and services. From music to media arts and storytelling to sound engineering, we believe the arts are vital to the education and social emotional development of all students. By providing advocacy, communications, professional learning, program development, fundraising, technology, and other support, the National Office of Young Audiences Arts for Learning operates the headquarters of the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network and strives to advance quality and equity in arts education for all students. A core value of Young Audiences Arts for Learning is that all young people, regardless of their race, background, ability, or zip code, deserve access to a well-rounded and arts-rich education.
Young Audiences Arts for Learning is the nation’s largest arts in education network (YA Network). Comprised of affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, the YA Network collectively impacts over 5 million children and youth across the country each year. Learn More >>
For 70 years, Young Audiences Arts for Learning has been engaging young people in innovative arts learning experiences that foster creativity, self-expression, cultural understanding, and other skills for success in school, work, and life. Learn More >>
RAISE is a five-year, multi-state project designed to address the current, urgent needs of young learners through forging a new model of development and partnership for teaching artists and school support teams, who work together on in-depth, customized, trauma-informed and culturally responsive-sustaining arts in education residencies. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
EASE is an initiative designed to improve K-5 math and science achievement through arts-integrated STEM learning. A collaborative effort between the YA National Office and network affiliates ArtsNOW (Atlanta, GA) and Young Audiences of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA), the program delivers arts-integrated STEM units aligned with state standards in math, science, and the arts.
ARTISTIC is a five-year national initiative to expand arts-integrated learning in high-need public schools serving students from low-income communities and students with disabilities across the country. The initiative supports classroom teachers and teaching artists in co-developing custom arts-integrated residencies anchored in American artworks across visual and performing disciplines.
“I am forever indebted to you and your amazing attention to our growth as teaching artists and facilitators. This is groundbreaking stuff and we are the early adapters on the leading edge of a paradigm shift.”
— YA Teaching Artist / RAISE Participant
