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Michigan Youth ArtsPartner Organizations

Michigan Youth Arts recognizes, supports, and celebrates the artistic excellence of young artists in Michigan.

Michigan Youth Arts is a statewide association that serves as an alliance of arts education organizations across artistic disciplines: creative writing, dance, instrumental music, media arts, music composition, theatre, visual arts, and vocal music.

Michigan Youth Arts produces the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, confers arts education awards, advocates for comprehensive arts education, convenes statewide, cross-disciplinary leadership roundtables, and supports programs for youth, schools, and arts education professionals throughout Michigan.

The Michigan Youth Arts Festival offers statewide arts education programming, strengthens arts and culture by facilitating partnerships between arts education organizations, increases the visibility of quality arts education, nurtures the creative talents of Michigan’s youth, and encourages their present and future participation in the arts.

Donations to Michigan Youth Arts provide essential support to maintain artistic excellence at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival – unique in the nation for its scope and diversity – and to continue our work to ensure the future of arts education in Michigan. Your gift is an investment in the artistic development of our youth, and in the future of our Festival.

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Michigan Youth Arts is a leader in arts education advocacy in Michigan. We work to highlight best practices in arts education, serve as a resource for professional development, and recognize excellent arts educators in Michigan with our annual Educator of the Year Awards.

The Michigan Youth Arts Leadership Roundtable convenes around advocacy initiatives relevant to the arts education community as a whole, further enhancing the dialogue between statewide organizations and various disciplines, and brings together top leaders in the arts to greater advocate for best practices within their organizations and throughout Michigan.

Its members include sixteen statewide arts education organizations in consultation with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Michigan Department of Education.

It culminates a nine-month search for the finest artistic talent in Michigan high schools. More than 250,000 students across the state are involved in the adjudication process that results in nearly 1,000 being invited to participate in the annual, three-day event each May in Kalamazoo.

The Festival is:The only state-wide, multidisciplinary, high school arts festival in the nation

A showcase for arts education best practices

A celebration of the artistic excellence of Michigan’s young artists

A gathering of leaders in arts education, and a forum for recognizing superb arts educators

A Michigan tradition celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012

We support a sustainable, comprehensive, equitable, standards-based arts curriculum for all Michigan youth.Our annual Policy Forum addresses issues in arts education throughout the state. Bringing together representatives from statewide arts education associations and government agencies, the strength of our combined efforts is key to giving us a louder voice throughout Michigan and beginning a dialogue that will shape arts education policy for years to come.

We are proud to be a resource for arts education advocacy. Our website offers downloadable tools for local and regional efforts, and our monthly newsletter combines advocacy news with educator opportunities and information.

Visit us online and subscribe to our e-newsletter at michiganyoutharts.org.

The Michigan Youth Arts Festival is a comprehensive arts spectacular.