Getting to Know You: Join our next series of YALA Baby Artsplay! at Home

Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) will continue to provide live online workshops to families via Zoom. YALA’s latest Baby Artsplay! at Home series, “Getting to Know You”, begins on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Each workshop experience will be led by Young Audiences of Louisiana and Louisiana Wolf Trap Teaching Artist Nanette Ledet. "Getting to Know You" allows for a playful introduction to key areas of childhood development, including motor skills, language and motor skills. While workshops are designed to promote childhood development and expand caregiver knowledge through the use of the performing arts, YALA’s Baby Artsplay! workshop will also give families the opportunity to explore visual art with their children.

In this series, YALA has partnered with the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.  Ogden Museum’s mission is to broaden the knowledge, understanding, interpretation and appreciation of the visual arts and culture of the American South through its events, permanent collections, changing exhibitions, educational programs, publications and research; they have contributed one piece of southern artwork to share with each lesson. Thanks to the generous contribution of The Helis Foundation, workshops are free to the public.

In order to keep families safe, all sessions will take place virtually via Zoom. Participate from any location, whether on a laptop, tablet or a cell phone. Register today to receive a workshop link for all six workshops: www.ya4la.org/register

  • April 15 - Workshop 1 - My Five Senses (Sensory Play)

  • April 22 - Workshop 2 - Baby Says... (Language)

  • April 29 - Workshop 3 - My Body (Self Awareness)

  • May 6 - Workshop 4 - Let's Move! (Movement)

  • May 13 - Workshop 5 - Up, Down, & All Around (Spatial Awareness)

  • May 20 - Workshop 6 - Get Your Motor Running (Motor Skills)

For more information on Young Audiences of Louisiana’s early learning programs and workshops, please contact Eddie Lanieri at eddie@ya4la.org.

About Young Audiences of Louisiana: Young Audiences of Louisiana was founded in 1962 to bring chamber musicians into local classrooms. For nearly 60 years, Young Audiences has adapted and evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of youth throughout the state through our mission of “inspiring, empowering, and uniting children and communities through education, arts, and culture.” Follow us on social media: Facebook (@youngaudiences), Instagram and YouTube (@youngaudiencesla).

Young Audiences of Louisiana is part of a national network of 30 affiliates throughout the country under Young Audiences Arts for Learning. As the nation's first and largest arts-in-education network, Young Audiences Arts for Learning ensures the highest standards in arts education programs for over five million school children annually.

About Wolf Trap 

Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is a recognized leader in early childhood arts-integrated learning and instruction. Wolf Trap Institute is scaled nationally, with 17 affiliated organizations and numerous partners in 30 states that deliver arts-integrated education experiences to 60,000 teachers, parents/caregivers, and students annually.

About The Helis Foundation 

The Helis Foundation is a Louisiana private foundation, established and funded by the William Helis Family. The Art Funds of The Helis Foundation advance access to the arts for the community through contributions that sustain operations for, provide free admission to, acquire works of art, and underwrite major exhibitions and projects of institutions within the Greater New Orleans area.