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There are many ways you can help:
from volunteering your time or becoming an event host to participating in a committee or working with us to bring the arts to your school and community.

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Learn more about our mission, methods, and future plans during a Meet Arts for Learning event.

The single most important way you can volunteer to help Arts for Learning is by introducing people to the organization and to our mission by hosting a Meet Arts for Learning event.

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Join Our K-12 Artist Roster

We are always looking to partner with dynamic artists who are passionate and experienced in sharing their art forms with students.

Join our Early Childhood Teaching Artist Roster

We are currently looking for Teaching Artists with a focus in dance, puppetry, and/or storytelling to join our Early Childhood Teaching Artist Roster!

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Our New Name and Brand Story

Young Audiences of Maryland is now Arts for Learning Maryland! Read about our organizational evolution, why we decided to change our name, and why we chose the name Arts for Learning Maryland.

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About This Artist

Arts for Learning Artists > Caroline Ferrante

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Caroline Ferrante

Art Form(s)

Artist Credentials

A4L Resident Teaching Artist

Maryland Wolf Trap Teaching Artist

MSAC Teaching Artist Roster

About this Artist

Pronouns: she/her

Caroline Bagesaanaatig Ferrante, MAEd/CI (Anishinaabe/MÉTIS) is a Maryland Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts teaching artist who provides early learning residencies. Learn more about the Maryland Wolf Trap program.

Musician and educator Caroline Ferrante brings 20 years of classroom experience to her arts-integrated classes, workshops, and performances. Ferrante is an award-winning songwriter for film, television, and theatre, and holds semi-annual writing workshops on college campuses. Also an actor, Ferrante played the lead in “Rain Follows the Plow” at the Atlas Theatre to national acclaim. All of these artistic threads are woven into the fabric of Caroline’s curriculum and classroom strategies.

Artist Statement

Fundamentally all teachers are artists—using strategies from our ever-growing toolkits, expanding the colors on our palettes. We create educational experiences that shape minds and hearts.

Testimonials

"We are grateful that, during the pandemic and these uncertain times, the classes provide a wonderful way to channel and process emotions, share stories and build resilience. A special thanks to Mx. Caroline for creating a haven of brilliant imagination, and pure joy—so hard to do virtually as well as through these arduous days."