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YAYA Alumni in the News
Rontherin Ratliff: Music Box Village unveils Mbongi Spirit House
Disney Parks Partners with Sharika Mahdi for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Jourdan Barnes: I Know a Place at Antenna Gallery
Laila James: M.S. Rau Celebrates the Next Generation of NOLA Artists
Various Alumni: St Charles Avenue - Just Say YAYA: Art is Essential to Benefitting YAYA
Various Alumni: Gambit - Better Together NOLA
Rontherin Ratliff: Level Artist Collective exhibits at Octavia Gallery
2021
Nik Richard: National Performance Network Take Notice Fund Award
Gerard Caliste: Culture Map Houston
Rondell Crier, Rontherin Ratliff & Monica Tyran: Duality at Stove Works
Sharika Mahdi: 4WWL - St. Charles art teacher gives inspiration to new 'The Princess and the Frog' Disney ride
Sharika Mahdi in The Disney Blog
Paul Michael Wright: Arts Thread
Joseph Brandon Thomas: Fummer Sun at Rorey Divine Fine Art
Rontherin Ratliff: #3DMISSISSIPPI Sculpture Exhibit
Rondell Crier: The Champion - Murals tell stories, reflect pride in Chatanooga
Rontherin Ratliff & LEVEL Artist Collective: Public Artwork unveiled at Juneteenth Celebration
Rondell Crier: The Chatanoogan - EPB Unveils 10th Street Mural Artists Project
Paul Michael Wright: Scholarship Announcement
Paul Michael Wright: The One Club
Nik Richard: A new mural project highlights arts, community, Black voices in New Orleans
Jourdan Barnes: Joan Mitchell Foundation - In the Studio
Jourdan Barnes & Kara Crowley: Deep South by Suroeste at Stella Jones Gallery
Various Alumni: New Orleans - Just Say YAYA at Home
Jourdan Barnes: The Bakery Atlanta - Something's Missing
Kara Crowley: NOLA Has Wings
2020
Jourdan Barnes: The Fence Comes to New Orleans
Rontherin Ratliff: Radical Freedom Dream at Studio Be
Kara Crowley & Jourdan Barnes: Join Joan Mitchell Center Residency
Jourdan Barnes: Joan Mitchell Center Residency
Kara Crowley: Joan Mitchell Center Residency
Lionel Milton in Very Local
Rontherin Ratliff: Stove Works Studio Visit (watch the video)
Rontherin Ratliff: Arts New Orleans - Meet the Artists
Nik Richard & collaborator Monica Rose Kelly: The Spirit of Lower Mid-City
2019
Rondell Crier, Jourdan Barnes, Kawayne Powell, Paul Michael Wright: Peter & the Wolf at the CAC
Rontherin Ratliff: LEVEL Exhibit
Derroles Taylor on Fox 8 News
Rontherin Ratliff: Finding Way Exhibit
Gerard Caliste: The Houston Chronicle
Paul Michael Wright: Scholarship Announcement
Jourdan Barnes, Kara Crowley, Paul Michael Wright & Rontherin Ratliff: Luna Fine Art Gallery
Rontherin Ratliff: Grant Announcement
Gerard Caliste & Rontherin Ratliff: Historic New Orleans Collection
Gerard Caliste: Houston Independent School District Blog
2018
YAYA's 30th Anniversary on Nola.com
Timeka Junius & Jana Napoli in St. Charles Avenue Magazine
Gerard Caliste: Fresh Milk Barbados Podcast
Rondell Crier in the New York Times
2017
Kara Crowley: Group Exhibit in the New Orleans Advocate
Rondell Crier: WDEF - Meet August “Do the Right Thing” Winner
Gerard Caliste in Sugarcane Magazine
Rondell Crier: Chattanooga Maker Faire
2016
2015
Kayla Curley: White Honors Ogden Museum Docent Program
Kayla Curley: Michelle Obama awards 13 youth arts programs
YAYA & Timeka Junius in The Advocate
YAYA & Timeka Junius in Tulane News
Rontherin Ratliff: National Performance Network
YAYA, Julia Irons & Lester Bloom in My New Orleans
NOLA.com - Alumni of YAYA design program get grants
2014
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