
Teachers and Administrators from Holley Central School District joined together with Young Audience of Western New York staff in early November for a professional development retreat that highlilghted the key aspects of the Empire State Partnership they share...

Last week our Arts & Education Director, Sunnylee Mowery, attended a reading event at the Charter School for Applied Technologies. This career-prep Buffalo school hosted its annual Celebration of Reading over four days, inviting 150 Erie County professionals to read to students...

Today, as Business First recognizes one of our newest Board Members, Jill Sessa, with its esteemed "40 Under Forty" Award, it seems like a fitting day to officially welcome the new leadership on our Board of Directors...

Young Audiences of Western New York Teaching artist Miriam Minkoff in today's Gusto for her new book "Return to Who You Are." She'll be reading from it Sunday at the Jewish Community Center at 2:30.
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TODAY, NOV. 6 • Green Jelly with Muddfoot, Low Road Revival, Sixpin and Wolf Tickets. 8 p. m. today and Saturday. Club Diablo, 517 Washington St. SATURDAY, NOV. 7 • Michael Ian Black. 8 p. m. Wick Center, Daemen College, 4380 Main St., Amherst.

President Obama has appointed 25 new members to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. These include Yo-Yo Ma, a longtime member of Young Audiences National Board of Directors. ...

New Residency in Development Young Audiences is developing an Underground Railroad in Western New York Residency, with generous support from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo...

Our annual Arts Abilities Conference brings teaching artists and educators together every spring to explore methods of engaging learners with special needs. When will the 2010 conference take place? That's what we'd like to hear from you! Vote for your preferred dates on our free Doodle survey.

Families from around Buffalo joined Young Audiences at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on October 9 for a free event based on our residency program, Journeys and Journals: A Trip Down the Erie Canal...

Buffalo mirthmaster Nels Cremean has brought laughter to the schools of Western New York for many years. We're pleased to announce that "In Jest" is now available at more accessible rates for this economically challenged school year...

On October 15, three Young Audiences teaching artists joined a group of grade school students, parents and teachers at H.O. Brumsted Elementary in Holland, NY to live it up 1950's style...

Young Audiences of Western New York Hey folks... help us win $250 by letting us know what you've learned about YA-WNY through Facebook.

The Center for Arts Education (CAE) has recently published "Staying in School: Arts Education and New York City High School Graduation Rates." The report presents strong statistical support of quality arts education in public schools...

The deadline for Arts-2-gether applications is now only two weeks away- don't miss this amazing professional development opportunity...

Sounds reverberated from downtown Buffalo's Alleyway Theater last Monday as local educators and art education professionals attended a workshop hosted by the Western New York Regional Leadership Network that demonstrated how the ancient ryhthms of Taiko drumming may be integrated into the classroom...
















