Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio is accepting nominations for its 2013 Arts, Education, and Entrepreneurship Awards. Applications (found here: www.yaneo.org/awards) are due April 12, 2013. One winner will be chosen in each award category.

A diverse group of 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students from across NE Ohio, spending the past semester working as arts apprentices through Young Audiences’ ArtWorks Afterschool Internship Program perform and/or exhibit original work.

Young Audiences' ArtWorks youth development program trains teens in 21st Century job skills and college readiness through the arts.

Teaching artists and arts education correlate with improved student behavior, attendance, critical thinking and test scores, says a new study from Nick Rabkin and NORC. The data show arts education should be a core of ed reform, not a funding fix.