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Arts-in-education

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Michael Kerry WilliamsArtistic Director

YAV Staff and Board consists of education leaders, artistic experts, program developers, classroom teachers and Business professionals that believe the arts are an essential teaching tool.

My personal backgroundWhy I’m here.

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What Do We Do?

Young Audiences provides arts-in-education programming to the entire state of Virginia.

State-wide, non-profit, arts-in-education

We serve schools, museums, libraries, parks and recreation centers and anyone invested in education through the arts.

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Why Are We Here?

Performances Workshops Residencies

YAV Artists, through custom designs, can reach students in a meaningful way. Hands on learning is the best model for developing memory connections.

National Young Audiences, Inc. 1923, the early days 1980, the change to add education New trends in education Partnerships Teacher Training to use the arts To build a school community Long term effects on arts and

education.

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Books/Resources

Jonathan Kozol “A Whole New Mind” Daniel Pink “The Tipping Point” Gladwell Eric Booth “The Teaching Artist Journal” Kennedy Center Wolftrap www.arts4learning.org

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The Performance!

Participation: What it says to students.

Educational connections: What 3 ideas do you leave with the students?

Quality Art: Children deserve to see and experience the strongest artistic quality available.

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Energy-Action maintains attention and interest!

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Audience Participation!

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Individual Participation!

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SOL-Based material…EDUCATION!

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TALK TO CHILDREN LIKE THEY HAVE A BRAIN! TODAYS STUDENTS ARE SOPHISTICATED, STREET SMART, AND QUITE WORLDLY. WE MUST BE REAL WITH THEM. THEY WON’T BELIEVE MR. ROGERS!

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Designing Programs! This model works but is NOT the only model!

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State-wide Programming

The Main office is in Norfolk, VA with additional staff and offices in both Roanoke and Richmond.

Young Audiences is a network of 37 chapters across the country and the National Office in New York.

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Music, Dance, Theatre, Literature, Visual, Cultural

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Over 50 Years of YAV!

2005 marked our 50th year of education through the arts. Today we are providing programming in every county in Virginia.

The arts can be an essential learning tool.

Multiple intelligences, Brain-based learning, character development.

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All the Arts for All the Children The Arts

DANCE

DRAMA

MUSIC

ART

POETRY

STORYTELLING

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Using the arts to teach skills

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Using the arts to teach Character Education!

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Using Arts to teach diversity and acceptance

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Portsmouth, Virginia

Hunt Mapp Middle School

Act Out Project!

Craddock Middle School

Act Out Project!

Westhaven Elementary School The Impact Strings Project!

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Petersburg, Virginia

The Viewpoint Project Children take the bus to the Parks

and Recreation Center after school, where YAV artists teach photography to students.

Students exhibit their work in a gallery format.

Selected photos are displayed on Petersburg city busses.

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Roanoke, VirginiaCenter In The Square, August 15-16

Arts 4 Learning Project

The YMCA Magic Place, Young Audiences of Virginia and The Roanoke Ballet; students received modern dance and ballet instruction .

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Norfolk, Virginia

Met Life sponsored a dance program at Willard Model Elementary school and Dream Keepers Academy.

Teachers and students at both schools received ballroom dance training and prepared for a competition between the 2 sites.

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Artists, Students, Educators, Administrators, and Parents

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Artists breaking down cultural barriers

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Act Out! Is just one of our Programs

Act Out!Students have the opportunity to begin the very basics of theatrical training.

Theatre games and activities encourage critical thinking, team work and discipline.

The children become motivated and inspired to create and it gives them a safe environment to develop traits that will carry them through life.

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In Their Own Words

“Nobody ever believed in me before. I didn't know I could do it”

“This was fun, I want to take acting in high school”

“It was really scary (to get on stage), but I think I’m a better person for doing it”

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Over 200

ARTISTS

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What This Means

Young Audiences is providing a critical artistic and educational element to schools and facilities throughout Virginia.

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Funding? Affordable Programming

Funding sources can be a challenge. YAV must compensate the artists and maintain overhead costs in order to fulfill our mission.

Residencies can be one of the more expensive ways to provide the arts, but the impact is stronger with a small group. YAV will help with grant writing and identifying funding sources.

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Other Programming Across The State

Journal Writing

Multicultural Dance

Radio Waves Project

Custom Designed Projects for teachers and principals

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So That The Children “Get it”

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Who Makes It Happen!

YAV Artists YAV Program Observers YAV Staff Teachers/Educators Individual Donors and Companies Contact YAV at 1-800-314-2787 or

visit us at www.yav.org Michael Williams at

Artisticdirector@yav.org

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This is what we’re all about!

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Thank You!

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Young Audiences Arts for Learning Virginia