Aaron Stern, Academy Founder and President, joined The Big Show with Honey Harris on KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe to discuss our 20th anniversary and Leonard Bernstein centennial birthday celebration, Lenny’s Living Legacy: A Concert Celebration, as well as the beginnings of the Academy. Hear a live recording of the interview here.
Academy for the Love of Learning Founder and President Aaron Stern shared this letter with participants after our second 20th anniversary offering held on May 20th, “Don’t We Never Learn?” Part II: Learning and Transformation. I continue to be heartened by the generative and deep conversations into which you, our friends and supporters, are willing…
Academy for the Love of Learning Founder and President Aaron Stern shared this letter with participants prior to the second of our anniversary offerings held on May 20th. We hope that you will join us on August 25th for Lenny’s Living Legacy: A Concert Celebration. “Don’t We Never Learn?” Part II: Learning and Transformation A dialogue…
Academy for the Love of Learning Founder and President Aaron Stern shared this letter with participants after the first of our 20th anniversary offerings held on April 29th, “Don’t We Never Learn?” Part I: Trouble in Tahiti. It was a great joy to be with you this past Sunday night at “Don’t We Never Learn?” Part…
2018 marks two special anniversaries for the Academy for the Love of Learning, leading us to both reflect on our history and look to the emerging future. This year is the 20th anniversary of the formal establishment of the Academy as an organization. We are also celebrating the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth. Lenny, as…
As the El Otro Lado in the Schools program enters spring semester, our teaching artists, teachers, and students are preparing for our 4th annual community celebration. Here is a glimpse into what is unfolding in the 5th grade at Atalaya Elementary. We hope you will join us to witness the artwork and stories on Friday,…
Nava Elementary School in Santa Fe, New Mexico has been part of the El Otro Lado in the Schools program for seven years, with the teachers making it part of Nava’s school identity. Throughout the year, multiple classrooms experience the El Otro Lado program, using the power of art and creative expression to explore and…
Academy for the Love of Learning Founder and President Aaron Stern shared this letter with participants prior to the first of our anniversary offerings held on April 29th. We hope that you will join us on May 20th for “Don’t We Never Learn?” Part II: Learning and Transformation. Trouble in Tahiti In Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble…
From March 12-16, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will engage in an in-depth dialogue with leading scientists, humanities scholars, education researchers, and practitioners on the topic of education and how to best prepare young people for their roles in a rapidly-changing world. New models for integrating the teaching of compassion and ethics in schools…
The third annual Creative Facilitation Gathering was held January 19-22, 2018 at the Academy for the Love of Learning, with the intention of bringing together a group of inspired change-makers to cultivate peer-to-peer community learning. This year’s gathering was focused on developing constructive feedback processes to deepen individual creative facilitation practices. Twenty-five deeply-rooted New Mexicans…
