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Igniting Learning Through the Arts
Arts for Learning Maryland engages the arts to ignite learning and transform education. Through partnerships with artists, schools, and communities, we create opportunities for students to imagine, create, and realize their full potential through the arts.
Access for All Grants
Schools and centers in every Maryland county can now apply for Access for All grants—funding that subsidizes up to 80% of the cost of A4L programs.
Introducing Dream Academy
Dream Academy Charter School opened in August 2026, founded on the Arts for Learning model of arts integrated instruction.
In Focus
Access for All Funding for Early Childhood Programs
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Grant Funding
Access for All funding is available in every Maryland county to help schools and early childhood providers bring arts experiences to our youngest learners. Funding can support residencies, assemblies, family engagement, and professional development. Next application deadline: December 1.
New Arts Program Guide
Explore our in-school arts programming for students, families, and educators.
Employment Opportunities
Interested in joining our team? Explore current career opportunities at Arts for Learning.
Discover our Programs
Creative learning takes many forms.
From early childhood through high school and beyond, explore the programs and partnerships that connect students, educators, and communities with the arts.
Nurture young children's learning through movement, music, storytelling, and play. Our early childhood programs equip educators, caregivers, and childcare providers with arts-integrated strategies they can use every day.
Bring dance, music, storytelling, and more into the school day through interactive assemblies, hands-on workshops, and artist residencies. Students explore diverse art forms and cultural traditions while making creative connections to what they're learning in class.
Find creative opportunities beyond the school day for Baltimore City students, from arts-integrated summer learning at the Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) and after school programs to paid summer internships for high school students through the Bloomberg Arts Internship.
Build on what you're already teaching with practical arts integration strategies you can use right away. Through hands-on workshops and classroom partnerships, discover new ways to engage students across the curriculum while supporting their learning, confidence, and growth.
Bring families into the learning through joyful, hands-on arts experiences that span academic learning, cultural exploration, and social-emotional growth. Families discover creative ways to support learning at home while building community at school.
Partner with us to create arts-integrated learning experiences that engage students, support academic achievement, and reflect the goals of your school or district.
Inside the Classroom
The arts change how we learn.
Express
Students bring their stories, ideas, and ways of seeing the world into the classroom. Through dance, music, storytelling, and visual arts, they give shape to what they know, imagine, and feel. A quiet student takes the lead. Another finds a way to be heard without saying a word.
Engage
Fractions become movement. Stories become scenes students can step inside. Classrooms come alive with curiosity, discovery, and hands-on learning as students question, create, and make connections with one another.
Transform
When students, educators, and teaching artists learn and create together, they recognize strengths in themselves and one another. They discover new ways to teach and learn, and expand what's possible for everyone in the classroom.
Our 2025 Impact
140,910
students engaged
9,569
educators impacted
628,858
student learning hours
$3,078,725
paid to artists
21
counties reached
395
schools + community partners
