IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1046 
Expressing support for the designation of the weeks of April 10, 2022, 
through April 23, 2022, as ‘‘National Young Audiences Arts for Learning 
Weeks’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2022 
Ms. PINGREE (for herself and Ms. BONAMICI) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of the weeks of April 
10, 2022, through April 23, 2022, as ‘‘National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks’’. 
Whereas arts education, comprising a rich array of disciplines 
including dance, music, theater, media arts, literature, 
design, and visual arts, is an essential element of a com-
plete and well-rounded education for all students; 
Whereas arts education enables students to develop critical 
thinking and problem-solving skills, imagination and cre-
ativity, discipline, alternative ways to communicate and 
express feelings and ideas, and cross-cultural under-
standing, which supports academic success nationwide as 
well as personal growth outside the classroom; 
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•HRES 1046 IH 
Whereas the nonprofit arts sector is an economic engine and 
plays a significant role in the economic health of commu-
nities large and small with direct expenditures of wages 
and benefits as well as goods and services; 
Whereas, to succeed in today’s economy, students must mas-
terfully use words, images, sounds, and movement to 
communicate; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning impacts over 
2,345,783 participants annually with valuable arts-in- 
education programs; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning presents more 
than 39,288 arts-in-education programs to students and 
teachers; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning works with over 
29,277 school educators and teaching artists; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning produces pro-
grams in more than 2,920 schools and community cen-
ters annually; 
Whereas Young Audiences Arts for Learning encompasses 29 
affiliates across the country, and the entire network of 
such affiliates is participating in the 2022 ‘‘National 
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks’’; 
Whereas Arkansas Learning through the Arts delivered 82 
arts-integrated programs to more than 6,742 students 
across the State of Arkansas; 
Whereas the Arts & Learning Conservatory joined the na-
tional Young Audiences Arts for Learning network last 
year; 
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•HRES 1046 IH 
Whereas the Arts Education Collaborative in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, delivered professional learning programs to 
17 partnering institutions; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 134,781 
students in the State of Connecticut last year; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana engaged 101 teaching 
artists to deliver arts-integrated programs to nearly 
10,705 students in the region; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Maryland partnered with nearly 
163 schools and community organizations in all 24 Mary-
land school districts to provide arts learning programs to 
70,119 participants from pre-kindergarten through grade 
12; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided more than 357 
programs reaching youth from infancy through high 
school graduation, in collaboration with 49 partnering in-
stitutions; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Santa Cruz County, Arizona, pro-
vided arts-based learning programs to students through-
out Santa Cruz County; 
Whereas Arts for Learning Virginia served nearly 86,000 stu-
dents across the State of Virginia last year; 
Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, provided over 130 
programs to 11,468 local students; 
Whereas ArtsNow Learning in Atlanta, Georgia, partnered 
with 67 institutions throughout the Southeast United 
States involving over 22,760 participants; 
Whereas the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning in Cleveland, 
Ohio, provided nearly 6,228 programs for more than 
69,332 participants; 
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Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 
with nearly 9,950 students in 50 Chicago public schools; 
Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the larg-
est nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 
over 13,953 students; 
Whereas Springboard to Learning in St. Louis, Missouri, de-
livered 523 programs to students in schools and commu-
nity venues; 
Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning in Denver, Colorado, 
worked with more than 6,120 students across the State; 
Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsyl-
vania provided programming to students throughout the 
region in collaboration with 286 schools and partnering 
organizations; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York served 25 partnering 
schools and institutions throughout New York City; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached approximately 
1,704 students last year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston provided over 871 pro-
grams to more than 130,922 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana served more than 
37,588 learners last year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts reached approxi-
mately 63,834 students in the State of Massachusetts; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas brought qual-
ity arts in education experiences to nearly 31,781 learn-
ers in northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California impacted 
over 8,893 students in the Bay Area this past year; 
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•HRES 1046 IH 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington 
partnered with 171 institutions to engage over 279,328 
program participants across the region; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Southeast Texas partnered with 
schools throughout the region to deliver programming 
that integrates arts into all traditional areas of academic 
study to students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Western New York partnered 
with schools and institutions to bring assembly, work-
shop, and long-term residency programs to the 9 counties 
of western New York State; and 
Whereas the weeks of April 10 through April 23, 2022, would 
be appropriate weeks to designate as ‘‘National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks’’: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National 
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks’’; 
(2) honors and recognizes the contributions 
which Young Audiences Arts for Learning programs 
have made in enriching the lives of students, teach-
ers, volunteers, families, and communities, and pays 
tribute to arts in education and its contribution to 
society; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe ‘‘National Young Audiences Arts for 
Learning Weeks’’ with appropriate ceremonies and 
activities that promote awareness of the role that 
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•HRES 1046 IH 
arts in education plays in enriching the education of 
young people and enriching United States society as 
a whole. 
Æ 
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