YoungArts
{{Short description|American high school scholarship program}}
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YoungArts (previously National YoungArts Foundation and National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, or NFAA) is an American charity established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high-school artists. The foundation is based in Miami, Florida. In 1981, Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.{{cite news |title=Higher paying Jobs in Australia |url=https://articlesfix.com/higher-paying-jobs-in-australia/ |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite news|title=Roots of Miami's vibrant arts scene were planted in the 1980s|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jordan-levin/article34705572.html|access-date=April 1, 2017|work=Miami Herald|date=September 10, 2015}}
YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts week.
YoungArts disciplines
The YoungArts application consists of the following ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts:
- Classical Music – composition and instrumental{{cite web|title=Classical Music|url=http://www.youngarts.org/classical-music|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms{{cite web|title=Dance|url=http://www.youngarts.org/dance|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design{{cite web|title=Design|url=http://www.youngarts.org/design|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Film – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation{{cite web |title=Cinematic Arts |url=http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts |publisher=YoungArts}}
- Jazz – composers and instrumentalists{{cite web|title=Jazz|url=http://www.youngarts.org/jazz|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Photography{{cite web|title=Photography|url=http://www.youngarts.org/photography|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater{{cite web|title=Theater|url=http://www.youngarts.org/theater|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Visual Arts{{cite web|title=Visual Arts|url=http://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter{{cite web|title=Voice|url=http://www.youngarts.org/voice|publisher=YoungArts}}
- Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word{{cite web|title=Writing|url=http://www.youngarts.org/writing|publisher=YoungArts}}
Other programs and activities
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its award recipients. Most notably, Rehearsing a Dream, produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. A documentary television series entitled YoungArts MasterClass, in which program alumni are teamed with famous mentors, is in its second season on HBO. YoungArts has developed a study guide, based on the HBO series, for high school teachers with Teachers College, Columbia University.Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/arts/design/national-youngarts-to-take-over-bacardi-complex-in-miami.html Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus] New York Times.
Notable Alumni
- Doug Aitken
- Abigail Barlow{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=S_OVNk0pTEQdAZ1_&v=9O8bI5scQwo&feature=youtu.be |title=Abigail Barlow {{!}} Popular Voice {{!}} 2016 National YoungArts Week |date=2016-01-21 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}
- Matt Bomer
- Timothée Chalamet
- Jessica Darrow
- Viola Davis
- Neal Dodson
- Kimiko Glenn
- Amanda Gorman{{Cite web |title=Youngarts Winners 2016 |url=https://youngarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2016-YoungArts-Winners-List.pdf}}
- Anna Gunn
- Sam Lipsyte
- Ryan McCartan
- Nicki Minaj
- King Princess{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybOHOYYa8o4 |title=Mikaela Straus {{!}} Mikaela Rock Song {{!}} 2015 YoungArts New York |date=2015-05-06 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}
- Billy Porter
- Andrew Rannells
- Ben Levi Ross
- Max Schneider
- Hunter Schaefer{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZLKrEL5OJ8 |title=Hunter Schafer Design Arts Showcase {{!}} 2017 National YoungArts Week |date=2022-10-04 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}
- Justice Smith
- Kerry Washington
- Chris Young{{cite news |last1=Heyman |first1=Marshall |date=April 8, 2016 |title=YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Wall Street Journal}}{{cite news |last1=Kleinman |first1=Rebecca |date=January 14, 2019 |title=L.A. Artist Duo Haas Brothers Honored by Miami's YoungArts Foundation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/la-artist-duo-haas-brothers-honored-by-miamis-youngarts-foundation-1175735 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Samuel |date=April 21, 2017 |title=Salman Rushdie, Debbie Allen, and Christian Slater Spend a Night at the Museum |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/young-arts-new-york-gala-2017-salman-rushdie-andrew-rannells |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Vogue}}
Alumni opportunities
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts makes open calls to alumni to provide opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.{{cite web | url=http://www.youngarts.org/alumni | title=Our Community of Literary, Visual + Performing Artists }}
Budget
References
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External links
- [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
- [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]
Category:Arts foundations based in the United States