Young Audiences Arts for Learning, founded in 1952, is the nation's leading source of arts-in-education services. Our mission and goal is to help make the arts an essential part of young people's education. We advance the artistic and educational development of children and youth by bringing them together with professional artists of all disciplines to learn, create and participate in the arts. This year, our network of 30 affiliates and 4, 600 artists reached 7 million children in nearly 7, 000 schools with 16, 300 performance demonstrations, 67, 000 workshops and 3, 240 teacher services. To see a brief video example of what happens when Young Audiences Arts for Learning teaching artists work with kids, click the Media Stream button under the photo. To see another, click again.