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
Portland City Council just voted yes on updates to the Arts Education and Access Tax – and Portland’s kids are the winners. Portland City Council just voted yes on updates to the Arts Education and Access […]
Young Audiences of Oregon Inc receives support from the Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the State of Oregon.
