Two high school interns playing Rock, Paper, Scissors on the sidewalk outside of Motor House on North Ave. in Baltimore. A larger group of high school students are gathered in the background.

Internships โ€“ A Crucial Stepping Stone for Success

Written by Barbara Krebs, Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member Classes may be just about to wrap up, but for 33 Baltimore students who have accepted positions in the Bloomberg Arts Internship this summer, a different kind of learningโ€ฆ

2019 Bloomberg Arts Internship Worksites Announced!

This summer, rising high school seniors in Baltimore City Public Schools will have the opportunity to work and learn in one of Marylandโ€™s stellar and well-respected arts and cultural organizations through the Bloomberg Arts Internship, a program designed to challenge and inspire students. Theโ€ฆ

Study Shows YAโ€™s Summer Arts & Learning Academy Exceeds Expectations in Supporting Academic and Social-Emotional Growth

Students in free arts-integrated program for City Schools realize growth in math, reading, writing, and social-emotional learning โ€“ especially for those behind academically. BALTIMORE, (February 18, 2019) โ€“ A new study shows that students who participate in Baltimore City Publicโ€ฆ

Young Audiences Art Crawl

Inspire, Imagine, Improve!

Written by Barbara Krebs, Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member A few weeks ago, I was happy to attend Young Audiencesโ€™ third Art Crawl, held this year at the Single Carrot Theatre adjacent to YAโ€™s offices. For those ofโ€ฆ

Jason Baker

smARTbeats with Jason Baker of Fractal Cat

smARTbeats returns to WTMD on Saturday, November 10 during the weekly childrenโ€™s program Young At Heart! On this monthโ€™s segment, host Lisa Mathews talks with Jason Baker, one of our talented teaching artists from Summer Arts & Learning Academy (SALA). Jason is a board-certified music therapist and teaching artistโ€ฆ

Arts Integration

Arts Integration: 1 + 2 = Fun!

Written by Barbara Krebs, Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member When I was studying for exams in college, I would often create a strong visual image to help me remember test items. For example โ€“ the 6 Cโ€™s ofโ€ฆ

It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

Written by Barbara Krebs, Young Audiences volunteer and Sunburst Society member Field trip! Remember the excitement you felt as a kid when you got to explore the world outside your classroom for the day, file on the bus, and leaveโ€ฆ

Building a Network of Support in the Arts

The school year may only have just ended, but this yearโ€™s cohort of Bloomberg Arts Interns have already been hard at work for three weeks now. They attended a week of rigorous orientation and participated in behind-the-scenes tours and presentations atโ€ฆ

Summer All Year

 Written by Jaime Clough The 2nd grade Baltimore City Public Schools teacher spoke about how the tools she learned at Summer Arts & Learning Academy have informed her teaching and transformed her classroom at Young Audiencesโ€™ annual Impact Breakfast earlier thisโ€ฆ

Future So Bright

Written by Jahsol Drummond The 2017 Bloomberg Arts Intern and Filmmaker delivered the following speech at Young Audiencesโ€™ annual Impact Breakfast earlier this month. My name is Jahsol Drummond. I am eighteen and currently a senior at Bard High Schoolโ€ฆ

Summer Arts & Learning Academy

Repping Baltimore: Young Poets Take the Stage

Children have a lot to say. Slam Poet and YA teaching artist Femi the Drifish worked with students in last yearโ€™s Summer Arts & Learning Academy to help them get their poem to the stage for all of Artscape toโ€ฆ

Bloomberg Arts Internship Baltimore

Realizing Possibility: Announcing the 2018 Bloomberg Arts Internship Partners

Young Audiences is excited to announce the arts and culture worksite partners for the 2018 Bloomberg Arts Internship in Baltimore. This yearโ€™s expansion of the program meant that we needed to partner with even more of Baltimoreโ€™s high-quality, renown institutionsโ€ฆ