YALA Announces Applications for Teaching Artist Institute and Residency Program, March 6-7
Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) will hold a Teaching Artist institute and residency program on March 6-7, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Bell Artspace Apartments Dance & Music Studio, 2100 Ursuline Ave.
Open to professional artists of all teaching experience levels, the workshop will provide strategies to employ the artistic talents of participants in the instruction of core academic content alongside classroom teachers.
Artists will use their expertise to engage students in the creative process and meet objectives in both the art form and the connecting content area. After successfully completing an intensive two-day seminar conducted by arts integration and child development experts, each teaching artist will be placed in a classroom to conduct a five-day residency.
YALA is cultivating the next generation of highly-qualified teaching artists to support arts integrated education in local elementary schools. Arts integration connects learning in an art form to learning in other content areas.
Registration for artists interested in participating is currently open through an application process at Application for TAI Residency . Generously funded by a grant from a local foundation and Young Audiences National, the training institute is free for artists, who will receive a stipend at the successful conclusion of their residencies.
Institute participants will learn:
● Classroom Management
● Child Development
● Diversity and Access
● Connecting Your Art Form to Learning and Life Skills
● Lesson Planning and assessment
Working at YALA for many years, performance artist Dana Leon encourages artists to explore teaching. “Experiencing the arts with children is a breath of fresh air. To see their faces light up when they are able to integrate arts concepts, and knowing they are having fun while they are learning something new at the same time, is rewarding to me. I feel like I’m enriching the youth and instilling in them a love of art that they will never forget,” said Leon, who works with pre-school and elementary school students, as well as adults through Young Audiences of Louisiana’s various programs.
“Working as a teaching artist gives me more experience as a professional artist. Also, it makes me a better artist, because it sharpens my skills by forcing me to constantly articulate what I’m doing.”
YALA was founded in 1962 to bring chamber musicians into local classrooms. Over the past 60 years, YALA has become the leading resource for arts education in the state by “inspiring, empowering and uniting children and communities through education, arts and culture.” YALA’s Teaching Artist Institute will provide innovative tools, knowledge, and experiences to address the needs of our schools and communities.
To learn more about YALA’s Teaching Artist Institute visit: www.ya4la.org. Questions about the program and registration can be directed to Ja'nese Brooks-Galathe, Professional Development Coordinator, Young Audiences of Louisiana, 504.523.3525 or janese@ya4la.org.