At Youth in Arts, we believe students benefit most from arts learning when they are challenged to approach the arts from many different perspectives—as artists, viewers, audience members, critics, historians and philosophers. This approach to arts education is supported by decades of research and reflected in California’s state Visual and Performing Arts Standards, which call upon schools to provide arts experiences across multiple “strands” of learning.

Youth in Arts can provide you with the tools to create a comprehensive arts learning experience for your students. Students can see a master artist onstage, work with the same artist in class and then conclude with their own student performance for parents and friends. Teachers can study arts integration methods with a Mentor Artist before bringing them into the classroom.

You may choose to layer arts experiences around a specific art form, choose workshops and performances linked to a distinct world culture, or link selections to grade-level curriculum. However you choose to create your program, students will benefit most from a multi-leveled approach that combines hands-on learning and exposure to high-quality professional work.