We are determined to reach students with the arts wherever—and however—their schooling is taking place.
Our mission is to inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts.
You spoke and we're listening...
We know you are all feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in many different ways. We are grateful to you for sharing your struggles, concerns, and needs as you work to keep the arts in the lives and learning of students and teachers at a time when they need it most.

We are determined to support students, teachers, and teaching artists, while finding innovative ways to connect children with arts experiences wherever – and however – their schooling is taking place.

We’ve been working hard so we can provide quality arts experiences for our school partners across the region in the 2020-2021 school year. We are:

  • Developing live and engaging virtual arts experiences in the event that learning happens remotely 
  • Improving our offerings of programs that support social and emotional learning as we help our children navigate through the short and long-term effects of quarantine and social distancing
 
When our artists return to performances spaces and classroom, know that they’ll do so with new best practices that prioritize the school community’s safety. 

We welcome updates on your school needs for arts learning.

Thank you!
LIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
COMING SOON:  Live Virtual Performances and Workshops that will be offered through Google Classroom, Flipboard, and Zoom . Stay tuned to learn more about these new program offerings. In the meantime, join our email list below and tell us what your school needs are so we can continue to bring the arts to students and educators in your community.
ARTS CONNECTION
VIDEO SERIES
Soon after schools transitioned to remote learning, we launched ARTS CONNECTION, a weekly interactive, student-focused video series that allows teaching artists to continue to be a bright spot in every child’s day. Every Monday, we release engaging new assembly program content, free on YouTube, to help children across the region stay connected and inspired by the arts while learning from home. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel to be the first to view each new video.
ARTIST INNOVATION FUND
To further support artists—and innovate—we launched the Artist Innovation Fund. The Fund’s first initiative is an RFP to teaching artists with grants of $500-$2,000 to create online resources to get students, teachers, families, and fellow teaching artists through the period of school closures and beyond. To date we’ve funded 21 programs. Stay tuned - we'll be sharing more about these resources soon!
SUPPORTING OUR TEACHING ARTISTS
Our teaching artists are the center of our work to inspire children and expand their learning through the arts. With teaching art ists facing losses of $400,000 in wages, we've collaborated with funders and donors to offer art ists financial support. Generous individual donors and foundations were flexible in providing unspent grants funds that we allocated to art ist relief.
Thank you for your continued support of Young Audiences during this challenging time. We look forward to finding new ways to work together to bring the arts to children!

Stay healthy and safe.
Young Audiences programs are supported in part by:
Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania
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