Affiliated with the national Young Audiences Arts for Learning network
Connecting young people with diverse arts and creative experiences, and making the arts abundantly accessible in schools and communities.
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Portland Metro
Offering educational arts programming in multiple disciplines to Portland area schools
Arts for Learning Northwest was founded in 1958 under the name Young Audiences of Oregon as a local chapter of the nation’s largest arts-in-education organization. In 1989, the Portland-based organization merged with a smaller chapter in Vancouver to become Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington. We have steadily grown in scope and programming, evolving from presenting only classical music performances in our early years to currently offering a full range of educational arts programming in multiple disciplines and cultures—the only arts organization in the region to do so. READ MORE
This year, children’s access to a full, creative education faced real pressure. Across our region – and across the country – the arts were being asked to justify their place. And yet, something remarkable happened.Educators, teaching […]
Young Audiences of Oregon Inc receives support from the Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the State of Oregon.
