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Young Audiences Announces New Chairman of the Board
Thursday, September 10, 2009
ATLANTA, Ga. – Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is announcing today that Beth Schiavo, an assurance partner at Ernst & Young LLP and an active Atlanta resident for more than 17 years, has been elected chairman of the organization’s 2009-2010 Board of Directors.
Schiavo joined the Young Audiences Board of Directors in 2005 and served as its treasurer through May 2009. As chairman, Schiavo plans to focus the board’s efforts on working collaboratively with Young Audiences staff to expand the organization’s programming options and increase its visibility throughout Georgia. She will also sit on the Woodruff Arts Center Board of Trustees.
"As the state’s leading provider of arts-in-education programming, Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center has already become a household name for some and is positioned to become an even more essential resource in the coming years for making sure vital arts experiences are made available to children throughout the state. It’s critical that our educators, parents and community leaders – both individually and collectively – advocate for keeping arts in schools despite decreasing budgets, and Young Audiences is an important part of that equation,” said Schiavo.
Having also served on the Board of Directors for the Fulton Education Foundation, the Artemis Board at Fernbank and Techbridge, Schiavo brings to her elected position – which officially began on June 1 – numerous years of leadership, innovation and strategic counsel.
“Young Audiences is thrilled to have Beth Schiavo as the new chairman of the Board of Directors. Her leadership, ambition and true passion for arts education in Georgia makes her a great fit for this position and we look forward to seeing the great things accomplished through her guidance over the next year,” said Tony Kimbrell, executive director of Young Audiences.
About Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center
Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is Georgia’s leading provider of arts-in-education programming. Part of the prestigious 31 chapter national Young Audiences organization, YAWAC brings the power of live arts experiences to Georgia students from pre-school to high school. From a small organization of nine artists in 1983, YAWAC is celebrating 25 years of service and has grown into a force in arts education, comprising more than 65 professional artists and ensembles that reach nearly 700,000 students each year in over 50 counties statewide. We fulfill our mission – to improve and enrich the lives and learning of children through high quality arts experiences – by providing a dazzling and culturally diverse array of curriculum-based assemblies, workshops and residencies in music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts. For more information, please visit www.yawac.org.
About Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center is the largest arts center in the Southeast as well as one of the four largest in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines five visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opening in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse.
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