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to enhance children’s learning with creative resources from the arts community.
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History
Young Audiences of Oregon was founded in 1958 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.
National Young Audiences
Young Audiences, through its chapters and affiliates, has strength in numbers:
| |  | Young Audiences is the nation’s first and largest arts in education organization | | | | Young Audiences reaches 7 million schoolchildren annually | | | | Young Audiences presents 100,000 arts in education programs in music, theater, visual and design arts, dance, and the literary arts. These programs include: performance-demonstrations, workshops, residencies and professional development services for teachers. | | | | Young Audiences works with more than 4,500 professional teaching artists | | | | Young Audiences programs take place in 7,400 schools each year | | | | Young Audiences was the first organization ever to receive the prestigious National Medal of Arts. Awarded in 1994, the White House recognized Young Audiences’ achievements in working with educational systems, the arts community and the private and public sectors to ensure that the arts play a decisive role in the education of young people.
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To learn more about Young Audiences, Inc., please visit their website.
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