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Youth in Arts is proud to be participating in What About Age?, which features panels exploring ageism that were originally displayed in NYU’s Kimmel Windows. The show is on display at the Marin Civic Center galleries through May 6. At Youth in Arts, we assembled teams of younger artists (13 to 17) and older artists […]

In 2022, while in third grade, nine girls participated in the architecture residency at Laurel Dell Elementary School in San Rafael. Working with mentors from UC Berkeley’s Y-PLAN and Youth in Arts, their class learned about design, scale, and structure while taking on challenges posed to them by community leaders. Over three years the children […]

YIA Launches Inclusive Summer Camp Author: Cathy Bowman Youth in Arts is thrilled to be piloting a summer camp program for children with disabilities! We are offering two sessions: Performing Arts (music and creative movement) this week and Visual Arts next week. “We’re thrilled to continue Youth in Arts’ long-standing commitment to inclusive arts education […]

Creators, Innovators, and Civic Leaders —Now and in the Future Author: Shirl Buss Each year—in collaboration with Dominican University’s Center for Community Engagement our Youth in Arts / Y-PLAN team co-creates an imaginative curriculum designed to encourage fourth graders at Laurel Dell Elementary to explore pathways to higher education while cultivating their creativity and capacity […]

Collaborative artwork by students participating in YIA’s Arts Unite Us program. For more than 25 years, Youth in Arts has been the only consistent arts education provider in Marin County’s Special Day Classrooms (SDCs). Through our Arts Unite Us program, we provide Teaching Artists in visual arts, music and dance to nearly 30 self-contained classrooms. […]

    Mentor artists in our Visual Arts programs met at the Youth in Arts office recently to explore the incredible art materials donated by Pierre and Maureen Guidetti. We engaged in “plork,” a word invented by the artist Corita Kent who believed play and work belonged together. Experimenting as a group produced fresh ideas […]

In the art room and on the dance floor, young artists are craving sensory rich experiences more than ever before. Youth in Arts is supporting students with programming that allows them to express themselves and share their voices through music, movement, and visual art. “We’ve known all along that students use art to process what […]

SING OUT RAISES MONEY FOR `TIL DAWN YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS  SAN RAFAEL, CA –  `Til Dawn, Youth In Arts’ award-winning a cappella youth ensemble, is back with its annual SING OUT! to raise money for its scholarship fund. The longest running, year-round teen ensemble in the Bay Area has been going strong for 26 years. This […]

    Looking for ways to engage your children? Visit the free Youth in Arts Mobile Art Lab on Thursday evenings near the San Rafael Farmers Market. The Mobile Art Lab will be open from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Look for the red and white stand on 4th street between A and B streets. The […]

Are you a teen who is passionate about equity and raising awareness in your community? Join Youth in Arts’ summer mentorship program for emerging high school artists!  Participants will work with Mentor Artist Orin Carpenter to create a collaborative public artwork to be placed in San Rafael’s Terra Linda community. The five-week project will center […]

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Laurel Dell Elementary School students successfully used YIArts.COR (our digital learning platform) to create self portraits, build bridges, design library entrances and make other art from their homes and classrooms. Laurel Dell Imagines Friendship and Community runs June 10 to Sept. 10. It can be viewed at the YIA […]

What can a pair of headphones do with a bottle of hand sanitizer? How can a pencil help a math test? Why is that classroom light so lonely? These were some of the questions explored by second graders at Rancho Elementary School in Novato as part of Feelings, Friends and My World Through Visual Arts. […]