Washington Youth Arts Leadership
(WAYAL) Program
September 2022 – June 2023
Are you an arts leader in your community between the age of 16-19? Apply to join the WAYAL Program!
Are you an arts leader in your community between the age of 16-19? Apply to join the WAYAL Program!
The Washington Youth Arts Leadership (WAYAL) Program is a yearly cohort of youth and young adults (ages 16-19) from across Washington State. WAYAL leaders work with the Arts in Education (AIE) team at ArtsWA to communicate the important role of arts education in their communities. Young artists in the program explore arts and arts administration careers with mentors in the field.
Youth leaders receive a stipend for their time and input.
In their monthly meetings, WAYAL members from across the state learn from experts in Arts career fields. They investigate how arts leadership can impact their schools, towns, regions, and their state. WAYAL members will design and implement a WAYAL project with ongoing mentorship along the way. Possible projects include: Hosting a workshop for educators, serving on a grant panel, creating social media material, research and writing, public speaking, and more!
WA Youth Arts Leaders:
Applicants to the WAYAL Program must be:
Screening for Eligibility
WA Youth Arts Leadership Program applications submitted by the deadline are reviewed by ArtsWA staff for completion and eligibility. Complete and eligible applications are sent to a scoring panel for evaluation. If ArtsWA receives many applications to the program, ArtsWA staff will conduct a preliminary scoring round using the evaluation criteria below. Top scoring applications from the preliminary round will then be sent to the scoring panel for final evaluation.
Evaluation and Scoring Panel
A panel of arts education professionals, ArtsWA Commissioners, and ArtsWA staff evaluate eligible applications to the WA Youth Arts Leadership (WAYAL) Program. Panelists use scoring criteria to give a numerical score to each application. An application’s final score is the combined average of all panelists’ scores. Top scoring applications from each ArtsWA-defined region are selected for the WAYAL program.
Panelists will assign each application a score between 0-24 using the evaluation and point system below. 24 points is the highest possible score for this application.
The applicant demonstrates:
The applicant demonstrates:
Applications to the WA Youth Arts Leadership (WAYAL) Program must be submitted through the online application platform, Submittable. ArtsWA will accept applications in Submittable starting April 26, 2022, through May 31, 2022, at 5:00 pm.
Contact Us! Austin Sargent, WAYAL Program Coordinator, at 360-485-1277 or austin.sargent@arts.wa.gov