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Youth in Arts is a non-profit organization that provides visual and performing arts instruction to public and private school students and enriches the community with cultural events. Youth in Arts has been providing arts education to students in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1970.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Youth In Arts San Rafael )〕 It is based in San Rafael, Ca. The Artists in Schools program brings artists into classrooms to teach visual and performing arts in extended residencies or shorter workshop programs and also provides training for teachers and parents in supporting students' learning and development through the arts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Art for Kids' Sake )〕 Youth in Arts also houses the only children's art gallery in the Northern Bay Area. Youth in Arts reaches over 30,000 youth annually. Youth in Arts creates interactive public art works at the Marin County Fair.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marin Voice: Fair brings world a little closer )〕 During July 2013, Youth in Arts worked with over 600 youth and professional artists to create the world's biggest pop up book spanning 48' long and 6' high.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World's biggest pop-up book displayed at Marin County Fair )〕 An independent evaluation of the Artists in Schools program, funded by a grant from the California Arts Council, found that three-quarters of the students participating showed a more positive attitude toward learning in an arts-inclusive classroom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fade to red / Program that brings arts to schools is running out of cash )〕 Some schools pay Youth in Arts for programming. The agency also fundraises to offset costs and to provide free programs to schools that cannot afford to pay. In addition to the Artists in Schools program, Youth in Arts Presents offers live performances to thousands of local students through Theater Shows and Assemblies; VSA arts and "Arts Unite Us"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special Education and theater students create one-act play )〕 provide tailored programs to special needs students and bring together students of differing abilities through the arts and 'Til Dawn is an award-winning teen a cappella program for advanced young vocalists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Something to Sing About )〕 Youth in Arts founded the Italian Street Painting Festival in downtown San Rafael and ran that event for 17 years, that event is now being continued by a separate organization, Italian Street Painting Marin. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Youth in arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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