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The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is an American charity established in 1981 in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high-school artists. The foundation is based in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], and alumni of the program have included [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heyman|first1=Marshall|title=YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515|accessdate=April 1, 2016|work=Wall Street Journal|date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.<ref>{{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|accessdate=April 1, 2017|work=Miami Herald|date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>

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 ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts:
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental<ref>{{cite web|title=Classical Music|url=http://www.youngarts.org/classical-music|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation<ref>{{cite web|title=Cinematic Arts|url=http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance|url=http://www.youngarts.org/dance|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design<ref>{{cite web|title=Design|url=http://www.youngarts.org/design|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists<ref>{{cite web|title=Jazz|url=http://www.youngarts.org/jazz|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Photography<ref>{{cite web|title=Photography|url=http://www.youngarts.org/photography|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater<ref>{{cite web|title=Theater|url=http://www.youngarts.org/theater|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Visual Arts<ref>{{cite web|title=Visual Arts|url=http://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Voice|url=http://www.youngarts.org/voice|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word<ref>{{cite web|title=Writing|url=http://www.youngarts.org/writing|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">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]]''.</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes open calls to alumni to provide fair opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

YoungArts

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The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is an American charity established in 1981 in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high-school artists. The foundation is based in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], and alumni of the program have included [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heyman|first1=Marshall|title=YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515|accessdate=April 1, 2016|work=Wall Street Journal|date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.<ref>{{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|accessdate=April 1, 2017|work=Miami Herald|date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>

YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts week. Immigrants cannot be finalists.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts:
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental<ref>{{cite web|title=Classical Music|url=http://www.youngarts.org/classical-music|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation<ref>{{cite web|title=Cinematic Arts|url=http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance|url=http://www.youngarts.org/dance|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design<ref>{{cite web|title=Design|url=http://www.youngarts.org/design|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists<ref>{{cite web|title=Jazz|url=http://www.youngarts.org/jazz|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Photography<ref>{{cite web|title=Photography|url=http://www.youngarts.org/photography|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater<ref>{{cite web|title=Theater|url=http://www.youngarts.org/theater|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Visual Arts<ref>{{cite web|title=Visual Arts|url=http://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Voice|url=http://www.youngarts.org/voice|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word<ref>{{cite web|title=Writing|url=http://www.youngarts.org/writing|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">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]]''.</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes open calls to alumni to provide fair opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

YoungArts

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{{Infobox organization
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}}
The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, artists such as [[Nicki Minaj]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. Quality must be on par with Hollywood films.
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists
*Photography –
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater
*Visual Arts – Minimalist art only.
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word.

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
Of wealthy families, 15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016.

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's wealthiest high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
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YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes limited calls to alumni to provide highly exclusive opportunities in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

YoungArts

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2600:1:D601:72FD:2411:DE60:D5CE:C34: Fixed typo.

{{Refimprove|date=March 2015}}
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/about|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = National YoungArts Foundation
}}
The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, like [[Nicki Minaj]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. Quality must be on par with Hollywood films.
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists
*Photography –
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater
*Visual Arts – Minimalist art only.
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word.

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
Of wealthy families, 15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016.

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's wealthiest high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/partners|date=November 2016}}
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes limited calls to alumni to provide highly exclusive opportunities in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

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[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
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The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. Quality must be on par with Hollywood films.
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists
*Photography –
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater
*Visual Arts – Minimalist art only.
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word.

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
Of wealthy families, 15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016.

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's wealthiest high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/partners|date=November 2016}}
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes limited calls to alumni to provide highly exclusive opportunities in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

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The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. Quality must be on par with Hollywood films.
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists
*Photography –
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater
*Visual Arts – Minimalist art only.
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word.

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
Of wealthy families, 15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016.

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's wealthiest high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/partners|date=November 2016}}
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes open calls to alumni to provide fair opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

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{{Infobox organization
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The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. Quality must be on par with Hollywood films.
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists
*Photography –
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater
*Visual Arts – Minimalist art only.
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word.

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
Of wealthy families, 15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016.

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.
http://www.youngarts.org/presidential-scholars

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/partners|date=November 2016}}
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes open calls to alumni to provide fair opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

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[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

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The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation. Quality must be on par with Hollywood films.
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists
*Photography –
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater
*Visual Arts – Minimalist art only.
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word.

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
US citizens or have permanent resident status
15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016
http://www.youngarts.org/apply

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.
http://www.youngarts.org/presidential-scholars

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/partners|date=November 2016}}
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes open calls to alumni to provide fair opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

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{{Infobox organization
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}}
The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based charity that was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging wealthy high-school artists. Alumni of the program have included, among many others, [[Kerry Washington]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Doug Aitken]].

Ted Arison wanted to bring the arts to the city where he built his successful company. In 1981 Arison gave $5 million, an unprecedented sum, to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (now called YoungArts).

YoungArts' mission is to identify and nurture the most accomplished privilaged and rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of privilaged alumni that provides a lifetime of exclusiveness.

YoungArts™, the core program of The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts™ week.

It is an application-based award for emerging artists in the upper-middle and upper classes, ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. YoungArts Winners receive support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with famous mentors.

==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts. http://www.youngarts.org/disciplines

*Classical Music – composition and instrumental http://www.youngarts.org/classical-music
*Cinematic Arts – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts
*Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms http://www.youngarts.org/dance
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design http://www.youngarts.org/design
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists http://www.youngarts.org/jazz
*Photography – http://www.youngarts.org/photography
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater http://www.youngarts.org/theater
*Visual Arts – http://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter http://www.youngarts.org/voice
*Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word http://www.youngarts.org/writing

==Eligibility and requirements==

To apply to YoungArts, artists must be:
US citizens or have permanent resident status
15-18 years of age or in grades 10-12 on December 1, 2016
http://www.youngarts.org/apply

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
In 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson to recognize and honor the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrated talent in the visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.

Scholars are selected annually by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, based on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and writing ability. This year, more than 5,500 candidates qualified for the 2016 program determined by outstanding performance on the College Board SAT and ACT exams, through nominations made by Chief State School Officers or the National YoungArts Foundation.

Since its inception, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program has honored more than 7,000 of the nation's high performing students. During the National Recognition Program, scholars are flown to D.C. to receive a Presidential Medallion, which is given to honorees during the annual ceremony in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Scholars each year are one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from U.S. families living abroad, as well as 15 chosen at-large, 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, and 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education.
http://www.youngarts.org/presidential-scholars

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
The National YoungArts Foundation acquired the landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida in October 2012 and has since converted the buildings into the YoungArts Campus—the organization’s first national headquarters. The YoungArts Campus, located on the corner of Biscayne Boulevard and 21st Street—at the nexus of the Wynwood Arts District, Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater—supports expanded programming in Miami and across the country. Since acquiring the historic Bacardi complex in 2012, YoungArts has been working to transform the Campus into a lively, multidisciplinary cultural center while preserving its beloved structures, which were granted a historic designation by the City of Miami Preservation Board in October 2009. http://www.youngarts.org/national-headquarters

== Previous winners ==
YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support. YoungArts winners at each award level (Merit, Honorable Mention, Finalist) become a part of our alumni family of 20,000+ members.

YoungArts winners represent a dynamic group of artists including actors Viola Davis and Kerry Washington; Academy Award winning screenwriter and director John Ridley; Tony Award winner Billy Porter; president and chief executive officer of the Music Center in Los Angeles Rachel Moore; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; writers Jenny 8 Lee and Sam Lipsyte; internationally acclaimed artists Doug Aitken and Daniel Arsham, and many more.

YoungArts alumni are:

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners and nominees
Dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the New York City Ballet
Musicians in the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras
The New York Times bestselling authors
Artists who exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art
Filmmakers who present at Sundance Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival

http://www.youngarts.org/our-alumni

==Arison and Alumni Award==

The Arison Award is named for the late visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, who sought a comprehensive method to nurture and support young artists in America. In 1981, together with his wife, Lin, Ted created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and the YoungArts program. Since then, more than 16,000 program alumni have been named and even more young people are being encouraged to explore and pursue a career in the arts. The Arison Award, established in 2001, is given annually to an individual (or individuals) who, like the Arison family, has had a considerable influence on the development of young American artists. The award itself is a work of art created by New York City artist Jean Shin, 1990 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

2016: Rosie Perez, director and actress; and Robert Wilson, director; Tony Yazbeck*, 1997 YoungArts Winner in Theater, performer, Tony Award nominee and YoungArts Master Teacher.

2015: Jeff Koons, renowned visual artist; Josh Groban*, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater, Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, YoungArts Master Teacher; and Chris Young*, 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Grammy and Country Music Association Award nominated singer-songwriter.

2014: Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Award Winning architect; Rita Moreno, Academy Award Winning singer, dancer and actress; and Andrew Rannells*, 1997 Winner in Theater, American actor and singer.

2013: Joshua Bell, one of the world’s most celebrated violinists; Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and Adrian Grenier*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actor, musician and director.

2012: Robert Redford, actor, director, activist, and founder of the Sundance Institute & Film Festival; and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts; and Doug Aitken*, 1986 Winner in Visual Arts, American multi-media artist.

2011: Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Adrienne Arsht, Philanthropist; and Kerry Washington*, 1994 Winner in Theater, American actress.

2010: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and Desmond Richardson*, 1986 Winner in Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, American dancer and co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

2009: James Rosenquist, an International award-winning, world-renowned artist; and Raúl Esparza*, 1988 YoungArts Winner in Theater, award-winning Broadway, television and film actor.

2008: Frank Gehry, world renowned architect; and Rachel Moore*, 1982 YoungArts Winner in Dance, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theatre and former member of ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

2007: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer; and Allegra Goodman*, 1985 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer.

2006: Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned musician and conductor; and Vanessa Williams*, 1981 YoungArts Winner in Musical and Spoken Theater, internationally renowned Grammy and Emmy nominated singer/actress.

2005: Mikhail Baryshnikov, celebrated dancer, choreographer and actor.

2004: Plácido Domingo, renowned tenor.

2003: Roberta Guaspari, inspirational violin and strings teacher in the New York City public school system.

2002: Jacques d’Amboise, one of the finest classical dancers of our time.

2001: Quincy Jones, American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian and jazz trumpeter.

*The Arison Alumni Award, which was established in 2006 to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary, is granted to past YoungArts winners in recognition of noteworthy contributions and professional achievements in his/her chosen art form.

http://www.youngarts.org/past-arison-awardees

==Partnering organizations==
{{Copypaste|section|url=http://www.youngarts.org/partners|date=November 2016}}
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], The Gordon Parks Foundation, [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New World Symphony, and Performa.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/partners</ref>

==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts increasingly makes open calls to alumni to provide fair opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

YoungArts

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The '''National YoungArts Foundation ''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is a [[Aptitude|talent]]-based [[scholarship]] program which honors and awards rich and privileged [[high school]] and [[college]] students, mostly [[United States|American]], for their prowess in the [[performing arts|performing]], [[visual arts|visual]] and [[literary arts]]. It is the [[flagship]] program of the National YoungArts Foundation. The program is considered by many to be the most prestigious arts competition for privileged, self-entitled young adults; it is also the exclusive nominating organization for the [[Presidential Scholars Program#Arts|U.S. Presidential Scholars of the Arts]].

YoungArts was founded in 1981 by the late [[Ted Arison]], founder of [[Carnival Cruise Lines]], and his wife [[Lin Arison]], with a mission to identify and nurture the most accomplished rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create an exclusive elitist community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, smugness, miniscule opportunity, and support. The foundation is headquartered in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].

The National YoungArts Foundation's signature program is '''YoungArts Week.'''

==YoungArts disciplines==
YoungArts accepts registrations in ten disciplines:

*[[Film|Cinematic Arts]] – [[Traditional animation|2D traditional animation]], [[flash animation]], [[CGI animation]], [[stop motion|stop-motion aniamtion]], and [[Film|live-action filmmaking]]. Films must be Hollywood-quality.
*[[Dance]] – [[ballet]], [[jazz dance]], [[Tap dance|tap]], [[modern dance]], [[choreography]], [[Hip Hop]], and world dance forms
*[[Design]] Arts - architecture, fashion, gaming, etc.
*[[Jazz]] – [[musical composition|composition]] and instrumental
*[[Music]] – composition and instrumental
*[[Photography]] – color, black & white, digital, silver process, etc.
*[[Theater]] – spoken and musical
*[[Visual Arts]] – [[painting]], [[drawing]], [[sculpture]], multimedia, [[Ceramic art|ceramics]], [[scenic design]], [[costume design]], [[fashion design]], [[jewelry]], among others. This field is exclusive to contemporary and minimalist art.
*[[Voice]] – classical, jazz, singer/song-writer and popular
*[[Writing]] – [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[novel]], [[creative non-fiction]], [[playwriting]]/[[scriptwriting]]

==Eligibility and requirements==

YoungArts is open to high-income American students or students who have citizenship status. As of December 1, you must be between the ages of 15–18 years old OR in high school grades 10-12. Students are permitted to apply for more than one discipline simultaneously.

Students submit an online application with corresponding materials depending on their chosen discipline. The materials are judged by arts professionals and university educators in mid-November and award levels are announced on December 1.

Using a rigorous and elitist judging process and a standard-of-excellence-based adjudication system, YoungArts selects between 600-800 students for recognition and awards more than $500,000 in cash each year. Colleges, universities, and conservatories offer an additional $3 million in scholarships to students who register for YoungArts.

==Awards==
Students who rank in the Top 5% of the registrants receive a Merit Award. Students who rank in the Top 3% of the registrants receive an Honorable Mention Award of $250.

Students chosen as National Finalists are invited to attend YoungArts Week in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], all expenses paid, usually during the second week of January. YoungArts Week provides the Finalists with a series of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, readings, interviews, interdisciplinary activities, enrichment programs, and final, live auditions which determine their award level. Each National Finalist is placed in one of six levels of excellence with a corresponding cash award.

*Gold Award: $10,000
*Silver Award: $5,000
*Level I Award: $3,000
*Level II Award: $1,500
*Level III Award: $1,000

YoungArts finalists are able to work with notable master teachers as part of both YoungArts Weeks. Past master teachers have included [[Edward Albee]], [[Liv Ullmann]], [[Frank Gehry]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], [[Raul Esparza]], and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]].

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
Since 1982, YoungArts has also been the exclusive nominating organization for the selection of Presidential Scholars in the Arts to the [[U.S. Presidential Scholars Program]], governed by the Commission on Presidential Scholars. Up to sixty YoungArts Week National Finalists are nominated to the Commission after YoungArts Week. These nominees submit additional candidacy materials to the Presidential Scholars Program and the Commission selects twenty YoungArts winners as the Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

The YoungArts Scholars in the Arts join 121 other Scholars chosen for academic excellence and receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC in June. There, they are honored by the [[President of the United States|President]] in a [[White House]] ceremony. The Scholars in the performing arts are featured in the Salute to the Presidential Scholars at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]. The works of the Scholars in the visual and literary arts are exhibited at a national gallery for the month of June.

Only high school seniors are eligible. Finalists in college cannot participate.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
In 2012, YoungArts commissioned [[Frank Gehry]] to design a master plan to convert the 3.5-acre former corporate campus of Bacardi USA on Miami's [[Biscayne Boulevard]] into a multidisciplinary arts complex that will include year-round cultural programming. As part of the plan, Gehry will not change the signature Bacardi buildings themselves - including the eight-story main tower, designed by [[Enrique Gutiérrez]] in 1963, and a smaller annex building, designed by [[Ignacio Carrera-Justiz]] in 1975 -, whose exteriors were landmarked in 2009.<ref name="nytimes" />

== Previous winners ==
In the past 32 years, YoungArts has honored more than 16,000 artists with $6.4 million in cash awards.

Notable YoungArts award winners include:
*[[Doug Aitken]], nationally renowned visual artist
*[[Terence Blanchard]], jazz trumpeter and film composer
*[[Timothee Chalamet]], actor
*[[Viola Davis]], Oscar-nominated and Tony Award-winning actress
*[[Raul Esparza]], Broadway actor and singer
*[[Nancy Falkow]], singer/songwriter
*[[Santino Fontana]], Tony-nominated actor
*[[Allegra Goodman]]. National Book Award nominated writer
*[[Kimiko Glenn]], actress, ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''.
*[[Shalita Grant]], Tony-nominated actress
*[[Denyce Graves]], opera singer
*[[Lauren Greenfield]], independent photographer and filmmaker
*[[Adrian Grenier]], actor and musician
*[[Josh Groban]], musician and singer
*[[Anna Gunn]], actress perhaps best known for playing [[Skyler White]] on the TV series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
*[[Roy Hargrove]], jazz trumpeter
*[[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]], playwright
* Kamal Khan, conductor and pianist
*[[Jennifer Koh]], violinist
*[[Jenji Kohan]], creator of the TV series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
*[[Sarah Lane (dancer)|Sarah Lane]], soloist for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Sam Lipsyte]], author
*[[Alison Lohman]], actress
*[[Tarell Alvin McCraney]], writer and actor
*[[Nicki Minaj]], rapper and singer
*[[Gillian Murphy]], principal ballet dancer for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Eric Owens (bass-baritone)|Eric Owens]], opera singer
*[[Jared Padalecki]], actor currently starring on the television series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''
*[[Sarah Paulson]], film actress
*[[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]], Tony-award winning actor
*[[Andrew Rannells]], stage and television actor
*[[Desmond Richardson]], modern dancer and choreographer
*[[Ida Saki]], dancer in season 7 of ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''
*[[Max Schneider]], actor and model
*[[Ryan McCartan]], actor and singer
*[[Zuzanna Szadkowski]], actress
*[[So You Think You Can Dance (season 6) finalists#Nathan Trasoras|Nathan Trasoras]], finalist on season 6 of ''So You Think You Can Dance''
*[[Conrad Tao]], composer, pianist and violinist
*[[Kerry Washington]], film and television actress
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]], [[Grammy]]- and [[Tony award]]-nominated singer and actress
*[[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]], country music artist
*[http://www.instgram.com/allisonbouganim/ Allison Bouganim]- Feminist artist

==Arison and Alumni Award==

At its annual end-of-YoungArts Week fundraising event, An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, YoungArts bestows the Arison Award on an individual who has a national reputation for helping young artists. The award carries a $10,000 donation to the recipient’s charity of choice. The Arison Award is named for YoungArts’s founders Lin, and the late Ted Arison and has been presented to:
*[[Quincy Jones]] (2001)
*[[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]] (2002)
*[[Roberta Guaspari]] (2003)
*[[Plácido Domingo]] (2004)
*[[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] (2005)
*[[Michael Tilson Thomas]] (2006)
*[[Dave Brubeck]] (2007)
*[[Frank gehry|Frank Gehry]] (2008)
*[[James Rosenquist]] (2009)
*[[Liv Ullmann]] (2010)
*[[Bill T. Jones|Bill T Jones]] (2011)
*[[Robert Redford]] (2012)
*[[Joshua Bell]] (2013)
*[[Rita Moreno]] (2014)
*[[Jeff Koons]] (2015); Arison Alumni Awards to [[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]] and [[Josh Groban]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngarts.org/arison-award | title=Arison Award & Arison Alumni Awards | publisher=National YoungArts Foundation | accessdate=28 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2006 as part of its 25th anniversary celebration, YoungArts created a YoungArts Alumni Award which is given to a former winner in recognition of significant contributions and professional success in her/his chosen art form. The award carries a $5,000 stipend to the charity of the recipient’s choice. The first Alumni Award was presented to [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] followed by best-selling author [[Allegra Goodman]], Executive Director of the American Ballet Theater [[Rachel Moore (executive)|Rachel Moore]], award-winning actor [[Raul Esparza]], dancer and choreographer [[Desmond Richardson]], actress [[Kerry Washington]], multi-media artist [[Doug Aitken]], actor [[Adrian Grenier]] and actor [[Andrew Rannells]].

==Partnering organizations==
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], [[The Gordon Parks Foundation]], [[Hirshhorn Museum]], [[Hunter College]], [[The James Royal Palm]], [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami Art Museum]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[National Dance Institute]].

==Alumni Opportunities==
YoungArts winners are known as YoungArts Alumni. YoungArts continues to help them at critical junctures throughout their careers. YoungArts Alumni can continue to participate in the YoungArts program by being selected for YoungArts Alumni performances throughout the nation, internships, fellowships, resident advisor positions, and through partnerships that YoungArts has set up on their behalf (see Partners section above).

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

YoungArts

2016-10-31T12:52:34Z

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{{Refimprove|date=March 2015}}
The '''National YoungArts Foundation ''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is a [[Aptitude|talent]]-based [[scholarship]] program which honors and awards rich and privileged [[high school]] and [[college]] students, mostly [[United States|American]], for their prowess in the [[performing arts|performing]], [[visual arts|visual]] and [[literary arts]]. It is the [[flagship]] program of the National YoungArts Foundation. The program is considered by many to be the most prestigious arts competition for privileged, self-entitled young adults; it is also the exclusive nominating organization for the [[Presidential Scholars Program#Arts|U.S. Presidential Scholars of the Arts]].

YoungArts was founded in 1981 by the late [[Ted Arison]], founder of [[Carnival Cruise Lines]], and his wife [[Lin Arison]], with a mission to identify and nurture the most accomplished rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create an exclusive elitist community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, smugness, miniscule opportunity, and support. The foundation is headquartered in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].

The National YoungArts Foundation's signature program is '''YoungArts Week.'''

==YoungArts disciplines==
YoungArts accepts registrations in ten disciplines:

*[[Film|Cinematic Arts]] – [[Traditional animation|2D traditional animation]], [[flash animation]], [[CGI animation]], [[stop motion|stop-motion aniamtion]], and [[Film|live-action filmmaking]]. Films must be Hollywood-quality.
*[[Dance]] – [[ballet]], [[jazz dance]], [[Tap dance|tap]], [[modern dance]], [[choreography]], [[Hip Hop]], and world dance forms
*[[Design]] Arts - architecture, fashion, gaming, etc.
*[[Jazz]] – [[musical composition|composition]] and instrumental
*[[Music]] – composition and instrumental
*[[Photography]] – color, black & white, digital, silver process, etc.
*[[Theater]] – spoken and musical
*[[Visual Arts]] – [[painting]], [[drawing]], [[sculpture]], multimedia, [[Ceramic art|ceramics]], [[scenic design]], [[costume design]], [[fashion design]], [[jewelry]], among others. This field is exclusive to contemporary and minimalist art.
*[[Voice]] – classical, jazz, singer/song-writer and popular
*[[Writing]] – [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[novel]], [[creative non-fiction]], [[playwriting]]/[[scriptwriting]]

==Eligibility and requirements==

YoungArts is open to high-income American students or students who have citizenship status. As of December 1, you must be between the ages of 15–18 years old OR in high school grades 10-12. Students are permitted to apply for more than one discipline simultaneously. You can apply if you do not meet the income qualifications, but your chances of winning are extremely unlikely.

Students submit an online application with corresponding materials depending on their chosen discipline. The materials are judged by arts professionals and university educators in mid-November and award levels are announced on December 1.

Using a rigorous and elitist judging process and a standard-of-excellence-based adjudication system, YoungArts selects between 600-800 students for recognition and awards more than $500,000 in cash each year. Colleges, universities, and conservatories offer an additional $3 million in scholarships to students who register for YoungArts.

==Awards==
Students who rank in the Top 5% of the registrants receive a Merit Award. Students who rank in the Top 3% of the registrants receive an Honorable Mention Award of $250.

Students chosen as National Finalists are invited to attend YoungArts Week in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], all expenses paid, usually during the second week of January. YoungArts Week provides the Finalists with a series of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, readings, interviews, interdisciplinary activities, enrichment programs, and final, live auditions which determine their award level. Each National Finalist is placed in one of six levels of excellence with a corresponding cash award.

*Gold Award: $10,000
*Silver Award: $5,000
*Level I Award: $3,000
*Level II Award: $1,500
*Level III Award: $1,000

YoungArts finalists are able to work with notable master teachers as part of both YoungArts Weeks. Past master teachers have included [[Edward Albee]], [[Liv Ullmann]], [[Frank Gehry]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], [[Raul Esparza]], and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]].

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
Since 1982, YoungArts has also been the exclusive nominating organization for the selection of Presidential Scholars in the Arts to the [[U.S. Presidential Scholars Program]], governed by the Commission on Presidential Scholars. Up to sixty YoungArts Week National Finalists are nominated to the Commission after YoungArts Week. These nominees submit additional candidacy materials to the Presidential Scholars Program and the Commission selects twenty YoungArts winners as the Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

The YoungArts Scholars in the Arts join 121 other Scholars chosen for academic excellence and receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC in June. There, they are honored by the [[President of the United States|President]] in a [[White House]] ceremony. The Scholars in the performing arts are featured in the Salute to the Presidential Scholars at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]. The works of the Scholars in the visual and literary arts are exhibited at a national gallery for the month of June.

Only high school seniors are eligible. Finalists in college cannot participate.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
In 2012, YoungArts commissioned [[Frank Gehry]] to design a master plan to convert the 3.5-acre former corporate campus of Bacardi USA on Miami's [[Biscayne Boulevard]] into a multidisciplinary arts complex that will include year-round cultural programming. As part of the plan, Gehry will not change the signature Bacardi buildings themselves - including the eight-story main tower, designed by [[Enrique Gutiérrez]] in 1963, and a smaller annex building, designed by [[Ignacio Carrera-Justiz]] in 1975 -, whose exteriors were landmarked in 2009.<ref name="nytimes" />

== Previous winners ==
In the past 32 years, YoungArts has honored more than 16,000 artists with $6.4 million in cash awards.

Notable YoungArts award winners include:
*[[Doug Aitken]], nationally renowned visual artist
*[[Terence Blanchard]], jazz trumpeter and film composer
*[[Timothee Chalamet]], actor
*[[Viola Davis]], Oscar-nominated and Tony Award-winning actress
*[[Raul Esparza]], Broadway actor and singer
*[[Nancy Falkow]], singer/songwriter
*[[Santino Fontana]], Tony-nominated actor
*[[Allegra Goodman]]. National Book Award nominated writer
*[[Kimiko Glenn]], actress, ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''.
*[[Shalita Grant]], Tony-nominated actress
*[[Denyce Graves]], opera singer
*[[Lauren Greenfield]], independent photographer and filmmaker
*[[Adrian Grenier]], actor and musician
*[[Josh Groban]], musician and singer
*[[Anna Gunn]], actress perhaps best known for playing [[Skyler White]] on the TV series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
*[[Roy Hargrove]], jazz trumpeter
*[[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]], playwright
* Kamal Khan, conductor and pianist
*[[Jennifer Koh]], violinist
*[[Jenji Kohan]], creator of the TV series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
*[[Sarah Lane (dancer)|Sarah Lane]], soloist for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Sam Lipsyte]], author
*[[Alison Lohman]], actress
*[[Tarell Alvin McCraney]], writer and actor
*[[Nicki Minaj]], rapper and singer
*[[Gillian Murphy]], principal ballet dancer for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Eric Owens (bass-baritone)|Eric Owens]], opera singer
*[[Jared Padalecki]], actor currently starring on the television series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''
*[[Sarah Paulson]], film actress
*[[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]], Tony-award winning actor
*[[Andrew Rannells]], stage and television actor
*[[Desmond Richardson]], modern dancer and choreographer
*[[Ida Saki]], dancer in season 7 of ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''
*[[Max Schneider]], actor and model
*[[Ryan McCartan]], actor and singer
*[[Zuzanna Szadkowski]], actress
*[[So You Think You Can Dance (season 6) finalists#Nathan Trasoras|Nathan Trasoras]], finalist on season 6 of ''So You Think You Can Dance''
*[[Conrad Tao]], composer, pianist and violinist
*[[Kerry Washington]], film and television actress
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]], [[Grammy]]- and [[Tony award]]-nominated singer and actress
*[[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]], country music artist
*[http://www.instgram.com/allisonbouganim/ Allison Bouganim]- Feminist artist

==Arison and Alumni Award==

At its annual end-of-YoungArts Week fundraising event, An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, YoungArts bestows the Arison Award on an individual who has a national reputation for helping young artists. The award carries a $10,000 donation to the recipient’s charity of choice. The Arison Award is named for YoungArts’s founders Lin, and the late Ted Arison and has been presented to:
*[[Quincy Jones]] (2001)
*[[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]] (2002)
*[[Roberta Guaspari]] (2003)
*[[Plácido Domingo]] (2004)
*[[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] (2005)
*[[Michael Tilson Thomas]] (2006)
*[[Dave Brubeck]] (2007)
*[[Frank gehry|Frank Gehry]] (2008)
*[[James Rosenquist]] (2009)
*[[Liv Ullmann]] (2010)
*[[Bill T. Jones|Bill T Jones]] (2011)
*[[Robert Redford]] (2012)
*[[Joshua Bell]] (2013)
*[[Rita Moreno]] (2014)
*[[Jeff Koons]] (2015); Arison Alumni Awards to [[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]] and [[Josh Groban]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngarts.org/arison-award | title=Arison Award & Arison Alumni Awards | publisher=National YoungArts Foundation | accessdate=28 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2006 as part of its 25th anniversary celebration, YoungArts created a YoungArts Alumni Award which is given to a former winner in recognition of significant contributions and professional success in her/his chosen art form. The award carries a $5,000 stipend to the charity of the recipient’s choice. The first Alumni Award was presented to [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] followed by best-selling author [[Allegra Goodman]], Executive Director of the American Ballet Theater [[Rachel Moore (executive)|Rachel Moore]], award-winning actor [[Raul Esparza]], dancer and choreographer [[Desmond Richardson]], actress [[Kerry Washington]], multi-media artist [[Doug Aitken]], actor [[Adrian Grenier]] and actor [[Andrew Rannells]].

==Partnering organizations==
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], [[The Gordon Parks Foundation]], [[Hirshhorn Museum]], [[Hunter College]], [[The James Royal Palm]], [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami Art Museum]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[National Dance Institute]].

==Alumni Opportunities==
YoungArts winners are known as YoungArts Alumni. YoungArts continues to help them at critical junctures throughout their careers. YoungArts Alumni can continue to participate in the YoungArts program by being selected for YoungArts Alumni performances throughout the nation, internships, fellowships, resident advisor positions, and through partnerships that YoungArts has set up on their behalf (see Partners section above).

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

[[Category:Arts foundations]]
[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]

YoungArts

2016-10-31T12:49:39Z

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{{Refimprove|date=March 2015}}
The '''National YoungArts Foundation ''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is a [[Aptitude|talent]]-based [[scholarship]] program which honors and awards rich and privileged [[high school]] and [[college]] students, mostly [[United States|American]], for their prowess in the [[performing arts|performing]], [[visual arts|visual]] and [[literary arts]]. It is the [[flagship]] program of the National YoungArts Foundation. The program is considered by many to be the most prestigious arts competition for privileged, self-entitled young adults; it is also the exclusive nominating organization for the [[Presidential Scholars Program#Arts|U.S. Presidential Scholars of the Arts]].

YoungArts was founded in 1981 by the late [[Ted Arison]], founder of [[Carnival Cruise Lines]], and his wife [[Lin Arison]], with a mission to identify and nurture the most accomplished rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create an exclusive elitist community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, smugness, miniscule opportunity, and support. The foundation is headquartered in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].

The National YoungArts Foundation's signature program is '''YoungArts Week.'''

==YoungArts disciplines==
YoungArts accepts registrations in ten disciplines:

*[[Film|Cinematic Arts]] – [[Traditional animation|2D traditional animation]], [[flash animation]], [[CGI animation]], [[stop motion|stop-motion aniamtion]], and [[Film|live-action filmmaking]]. Films must be Hollywood-quality.
*[[Dance]] – [[ballet]], [[jazz dance]], [[Tap dance|tap]], [[modern dance]], [[choreography]], [[Hip Hop]], and world dance forms
*[[Design]] Arts - architecture, fashion, gaming, etc.
*[[Jazz]] – [[musical composition|composition]] and instrumental
*[[Music]] – composition and instrumental
*[[Photography]] – color, black & white, digital, silver process, etc.
*[[Theater]] – spoken and musical
*[[Visual Arts]] – [[painting]], [[drawing]], [[sculpture]], multimedia, [[Ceramic art|ceramics]], [[scenic design]], [[costume design]], [[fashion design]], [[jewelry]], among others. This field is exclusive to contemporary and minimalist art.
*[[Voice]] – classical, jazz, singer/song-writer and popular
*[[Writing]] – [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[novel]], [[creative non-fiction]], [[playwriting]]/[[scriptwriting]]

==Eligibility and requirements==

YoungArts is open to American students or students who have residency status. As of December 1, you must be between the ages of 15–18 years old OR in high school grades 10-12. Students are permitted to apply for more than one discipline simultaneously.

Students submit an online application with corresponding materials depending on their chosen discipline. The materials are judged by arts professionals and university educators in mid-November and award levels are announced on December 1.

Using a completely blind judging process and a standard-of-excellence-based adjudication system, YoungArts selects between 600-800 students for recognition and awards more than $500,000 in cash each year. Colleges, universities, and conservatories offer an additional $3 million in scholarships to students who register for YoungArts.

==Awards==
Students who rank in the Top 5% of the registrants receive a Merit Award. Students who rank in the Top 3% of the registrants receive an Honorable Mention Award of $250.

Students chosen as National Finalists are invited to attend YoungArts Week in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], all expenses paid, usually during the second week of January. YoungArts Week provides the Finalists with a series of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, readings, interviews, interdisciplinary activities, enrichment programs, and final, live auditions which determine their award level. Each National Finalist is placed in one of six levels of excellence with a corresponding cash award.

*Gold Award: $10,000
*Silver Award: $5,000
*Level I Award: $3,000
*Level II Award: $1,500
*Level III Award: $1,000

YoungArts finalists are able to work with notable master teachers as part of both YoungArts Weeks. Past master teachers have included [[Edward Albee]], [[Liv Ullmann]], [[Frank Gehry]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], [[Raul Esparza]], and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]].

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
Since 1982, YoungArts has also been the exclusive nominating organization for the selection of Presidential Scholars in the Arts to the [[U.S. Presidential Scholars Program]], governed by the Commission on Presidential Scholars. Up to sixty YoungArts Week National Finalists are nominated to the Commission after YoungArts Week. These nominees submit additional candidacy materials to the Presidential Scholars Program and the Commission selects twenty YoungArts winners as the Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

The YoungArts Scholars in the Arts join 121 other Scholars chosen for academic excellence and receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC in June. There, they are honored by the [[President of the United States|President]] in a [[White House]] ceremony. The Scholars in the performing arts are featured in the Salute to the Presidential Scholars at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]. The works of the Scholars in the visual and literary arts are exhibited at a national gallery for the month of June.

Only high school seniors are eligible. Finalists in college cannot participate.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
In 2012, YoungArts commissioned [[Frank Gehry]] to design a master plan to convert the 3.5-acre former corporate campus of Bacardi USA on Miami's [[Biscayne Boulevard]] into a multidisciplinary arts complex that will include year-round cultural programming. As part of the plan, Gehry will not change the signature Bacardi buildings themselves - including the eight-story main tower, designed by [[Enrique Gutiérrez]] in 1963, and a smaller annex building, designed by [[Ignacio Carrera-Justiz]] in 1975 -, whose exteriors were landmarked in 2009.<ref name="nytimes" />

== Previous winners ==
In the past 32 years, YoungArts has honored more than 16,000 artists with $6.4 million in cash awards.

Notable YoungArts award winners include:
*[[Doug Aitken]], nationally renowned visual artist
*[[Terence Blanchard]], jazz trumpeter and film composer
*[[Timothee Chalamet]], actor
*[[Viola Davis]], Oscar-nominated and Tony Award-winning actress
*[[Raul Esparza]], Broadway actor and singer
*[[Nancy Falkow]], singer/songwriter
*[[Santino Fontana]], Tony-nominated actor
*[[Allegra Goodman]]. National Book Award nominated writer
*[[Kimiko Glenn]], actress, ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''.
*[[Shalita Grant]], Tony-nominated actress
*[[Denyce Graves]], opera singer
*[[Lauren Greenfield]], independent photographer and filmmaker
*[[Adrian Grenier]], actor and musician
*[[Josh Groban]], musician and singer
*[[Anna Gunn]], actress perhaps best known for playing [[Skyler White]] on the TV series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
*[[Roy Hargrove]], jazz trumpeter
*[[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]], playwright
* Kamal Khan, conductor and pianist
*[[Jennifer Koh]], violinist
*[[Jenji Kohan]], creator of the TV series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
*[[Sarah Lane (dancer)|Sarah Lane]], soloist for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Sam Lipsyte]], author
*[[Alison Lohman]], actress
*[[Tarell Alvin McCraney]], writer and actor
*[[Nicki Minaj]], rapper and singer
*[[Gillian Murphy]], principal ballet dancer for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Eric Owens (bass-baritone)|Eric Owens]], opera singer
*[[Jared Padalecki]], actor currently starring on the television series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''
*[[Sarah Paulson]], film actress
*[[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]], Tony-award winning actor
*[[Andrew Rannells]], stage and television actor
*[[Desmond Richardson]], modern dancer and choreographer
*[[Ida Saki]], dancer in season 7 of ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''
*[[Max Schneider]], actor and model
*[[Ryan McCartan]], actor and singer
*[[Zuzanna Szadkowski]], actress
*[[So You Think You Can Dance (season 6) finalists#Nathan Trasoras|Nathan Trasoras]], finalist on season 6 of ''So You Think You Can Dance''
*[[Conrad Tao]], composer, pianist and violinist
*[[Kerry Washington]], film and television actress
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]], [[Grammy]]- and [[Tony award]]-nominated singer and actress
*[[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]], country music artist
*[http://www.instgram.com/allisonbouganim/ Allison Bouganim]- Feminist artist

==Arison and Alumni Award==

At its annual end-of-YoungArts Week fundraising event, An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, YoungArts bestows the Arison Award on an individual who has a national reputation for helping young artists. The award carries a $10,000 donation to the recipient’s charity of choice. The Arison Award is named for YoungArts’s founders Lin, and the late Ted Arison and has been presented to:
*[[Quincy Jones]] (2001)
*[[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]] (2002)
*[[Roberta Guaspari]] (2003)
*[[Plácido Domingo]] (2004)
*[[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] (2005)
*[[Michael Tilson Thomas]] (2006)
*[[Dave Brubeck]] (2007)
*[[Frank gehry|Frank Gehry]] (2008)
*[[James Rosenquist]] (2009)
*[[Liv Ullmann]] (2010)
*[[Bill T. Jones|Bill T Jones]] (2011)
*[[Robert Redford]] (2012)
*[[Joshua Bell]] (2013)
*[[Rita Moreno]] (2014)
*[[Jeff Koons]] (2015); Arison Alumni Awards to [[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]] and [[Josh Groban]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngarts.org/arison-award | title=Arison Award & Arison Alumni Awards | publisher=National YoungArts Foundation | accessdate=28 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2006 as part of its 25th anniversary celebration, YoungArts created a YoungArts Alumni Award which is given to a former winner in recognition of significant contributions and professional success in her/his chosen art form. The award carries a $5,000 stipend to the charity of the recipient’s choice. The first Alumni Award was presented to [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] followed by best-selling author [[Allegra Goodman]], Executive Director of the American Ballet Theater [[Rachel Moore (executive)|Rachel Moore]], award-winning actor [[Raul Esparza]], dancer and choreographer [[Desmond Richardson]], actress [[Kerry Washington]], multi-media artist [[Doug Aitken]], actor [[Adrian Grenier]] and actor [[Andrew Rannells]].

==Partnering organizations==
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], [[The Gordon Parks Foundation]], [[Hirshhorn Museum]], [[Hunter College]], [[The James Royal Palm]], [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami Art Museum]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[National Dance Institute]].

==Alumni Opportunities==
YoungArts winners are known as YoungArts Alumni. YoungArts continues to help them at critical junctures throughout their careers. YoungArts Alumni can continue to participate in the YoungArts program by being selected for YoungArts Alumni performances throughout the nation, internships, fellowships, resident advisor positions, and through partnerships that YoungArts has set up on their behalf (see Partners section above).

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

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The '''National YoungArts Foundation ''' (previously the '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is a [[Aptitude|talent]]-based [[scholarship]] program which honors and awards rich and privileged [[high school]] and [[college]] students, mostly [[United States|American]], for their prowess in the [[performing arts|performing]], [[visual arts|visual]] and [[literary arts]]. It is the [[flagship]] program of the National YoungArts Foundation. The program is considered by many to be the most prestigious arts competition for privileged, self-entitled young adults; it is also the exclusive nominating organization for the [[Presidential Scholars Program#Arts|U.S. Presidential Scholars of the Arts]].

YoungArts was founded in 1981 by the late [[Ted Arison]], founder of [[Carnival Cruise Lines]], and his wife [[Lin Arison]], with a mission to identify and nurture the most accomplished rich young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create an exclusive elitist community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, smugness, miniscule opportunity, and support. The foundation is headquartered in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].

The National YoungArts Foundation's signature program is '''YoungArts Week.'''

==YoungArts disciplines==
YoungArts accepts registrations in ten disciplines:

*[[Film|Cinematic Arts]] – [[Traditional animation|2D traditional animation]], [[flash animation]], [[CGI animation]], [[stop motion|stop-motion aniamtion]], and [[Film|live-action filmmaking]]
*[[Dance]] – [[ballet]], [[jazz dance]], [[Tap dance|tap]], [[modern dance]], [[choreography]], [[Hip Hop]], and world dance forms
*[[Design]] Arts - architecture, fashion, gaming, etc.
*[[Jazz]] – [[musical composition|composition]] and instrumental
*[[Music]] – composition and instrumental
*[[Photography]] – color, black & white, digital, silver process, etc.
*[[Theater]] – spoken and musical
*[[Visual Arts]] – [[painting]], [[drawing]], [[sculpture]], multimedia, [[Ceramic art|ceramics]], [[scenic design]], [[costume design]], [[fashion design]], [[jewelry]], among others
*[[Voice]] – classical, jazz, singer/song-writer and popular
*[[Writing]] – [[poetry]], [[short story]], [[novel]], [[creative non-fiction]], [[playwriting]]/[[scriptwriting]]

==Eligibility and requirements==

YoungArts is open to American students or students who have residency status. As of December 1, you must be between the ages of 15–18 years old OR in high school grades 10-12. Students are permitted to apply for more than one discipline simultaneously.

Students submit an online application with corresponding materials depending on their chosen discipline. The materials are judged by arts professionals and university educators in mid-November and award levels are announced on December 1.

Using a completely blind judging process and a standard-of-excellence-based adjudication system, YoungArts selects between 600-800 students for recognition and awards more than $500,000 in cash each year. Colleges, universities, and conservatories offer an additional $3 million in scholarships to students who register for YoungArts.

==Awards==
Students who rank in the Top 5% of the registrants receive a Merit Award. Students who rank in the Top 3% of the registrants receive an Honorable Mention Award of $250.

Students chosen as National Finalists are invited to attend YoungArts Week in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], all expenses paid, usually during the second week of January. YoungArts Week provides the Finalists with a series of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, readings, interviews, interdisciplinary activities, enrichment programs, and final, live auditions which determine their award level. Each National Finalist is placed in one of six levels of excellence with a corresponding cash award.

*Gold Award: $10,000
*Silver Award: $5,000
*Level I Award: $3,000
*Level II Award: $1,500
*Level III Award: $1,000

YoungArts finalists are able to work with notable master teachers as part of both YoungArts Weeks. Past master teachers have included [[Edward Albee]], [[Liv Ullmann]], [[Frank Gehry]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]], [[Raul Esparza]], and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]].

==U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts==
Since 1982, YoungArts has also been the exclusive nominating organization for the selection of Presidential Scholars in the Arts to the [[U.S. Presidential Scholars Program]], governed by the Commission on Presidential Scholars. Up to sixty YoungArts Week National Finalists are nominated to the Commission after YoungArts Week. These nominees submit additional candidacy materials to the Presidential Scholars Program and the Commission selects twenty YoungArts winners as the Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

The YoungArts Scholars in the Arts join 121 other Scholars chosen for academic excellence and receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC in June. There, they are honored by the [[President of the United States|President]] in a [[White House]] ceremony. The Scholars in the performing arts are featured in the Salute to the Presidential Scholars at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]. The works of the Scholars in the visual and literary arts are exhibited at a national gallery for the month of June.

Only high school seniors are eligible. Finalists in college cannot participate.

==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its extremely talented 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 ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|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]].<ref name="nytimes">Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), [http://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]]''.</ref>

==YoungArts campus==
In 2012, YoungArts commissioned [[Frank Gehry]] to design a master plan to convert the 3.5-acre former corporate campus of Bacardi USA on Miami's [[Biscayne Boulevard]] into a multidisciplinary arts complex that will include year-round cultural programming. As part of the plan, Gehry will not change the signature Bacardi buildings themselves - including the eight-story main tower, designed by [[Enrique Gutiérrez]] in 1963, and a smaller annex building, designed by [[Ignacio Carrera-Justiz]] in 1975 -, whose exteriors were landmarked in 2009.<ref name="nytimes" />

== Previous winners ==
In the past 32 years, YoungArts has honored more than 16,000 artists with $6.4 million in cash awards.

Notable YoungArts award winners include:
*[[Doug Aitken]], nationally renowned visual artist
*[[Terence Blanchard]], jazz trumpeter and film composer
*[[Timothee Chalamet]], actor
*[[Viola Davis]], Oscar-nominated and Tony Award-winning actress
*[[Raul Esparza]], Broadway actor and singer
*[[Nancy Falkow]], singer/songwriter
*[[Santino Fontana]], Tony-nominated actor
*[[Allegra Goodman]]. National Book Award nominated writer
*[[Kimiko Glenn]], actress, ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''.
*[[Shalita Grant]], Tony-nominated actress
*[[Denyce Graves]], opera singer
*[[Lauren Greenfield]], independent photographer and filmmaker
*[[Adrian Grenier]], actor and musician
*[[Josh Groban]], musician and singer
*[[Anna Gunn]], actress perhaps best known for playing [[Skyler White]] on the TV series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
*[[Roy Hargrove]], jazz trumpeter
*[[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]], playwright
* Kamal Khan, conductor and pianist
*[[Jennifer Koh]], violinist
*[[Jenji Kohan]], creator of the TV series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
*[[Sarah Lane (dancer)|Sarah Lane]], soloist for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Sam Lipsyte]], author
*[[Alison Lohman]], actress
*[[Tarell Alvin McCraney]], writer and actor
*[[Nicki Minaj]], rapper and singer
*[[Gillian Murphy]], principal ballet dancer for the [[American Ballet Theatre]]
*[[Eric Owens (bass-baritone)|Eric Owens]], opera singer
*[[Jared Padalecki]], actor currently starring on the television series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''
*[[Sarah Paulson]], film actress
*[[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]], Tony-award winning actor
*[[Andrew Rannells]], stage and television actor
*[[Desmond Richardson]], modern dancer and choreographer
*[[Ida Saki]], dancer in season 7 of ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''
*[[Max Schneider]], actor and model
*[[Ryan McCartan]], actor and singer
*[[Zuzanna Szadkowski]], actress
*[[So You Think You Can Dance (season 6) finalists#Nathan Trasoras|Nathan Trasoras]], finalist on season 6 of ''So You Think You Can Dance''
*[[Conrad Tao]], composer, pianist and violinist
*[[Kerry Washington]], film and television actress
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]], [[Grammy]]- and [[Tony award]]-nominated singer and actress
*[[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]], country music artist
*[http://www.instgram.com/allisonbouganim/ Allison Bouganim]- Feminist artist

==Arison and Alumni Award==

At its annual end-of-YoungArts Week fundraising event, An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, YoungArts bestows the Arison Award on an individual who has a national reputation for helping young artists. The award carries a $10,000 donation to the recipient’s charity of choice. The Arison Award is named for YoungArts’s founders Lin, and the late Ted Arison and has been presented to:
*[[Quincy Jones]] (2001)
*[[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]] (2002)
*[[Roberta Guaspari]] (2003)
*[[Plácido Domingo]] (2004)
*[[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] (2005)
*[[Michael Tilson Thomas]] (2006)
*[[Dave Brubeck]] (2007)
*[[Frank gehry|Frank Gehry]] (2008)
*[[James Rosenquist]] (2009)
*[[Liv Ullmann]] (2010)
*[[Bill T. Jones|Bill T Jones]] (2011)
*[[Robert Redford]] (2012)
*[[Joshua Bell]] (2013)
*[[Rita Moreno]] (2014)
*[[Jeff Koons]] (2015); Arison Alumni Awards to [[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]] and [[Josh Groban]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngarts.org/arison-award | title=Arison Award & Arison Alumni Awards | publisher=National YoungArts Foundation | accessdate=28 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2006 as part of its 25th anniversary celebration, YoungArts created a YoungArts Alumni Award which is given to a former winner in recognition of significant contributions and professional success in her/his chosen art form. The award carries a $5,000 stipend to the charity of the recipient’s choice. The first Alumni Award was presented to [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] followed by best-selling author [[Allegra Goodman]], Executive Director of the American Ballet Theater [[Rachel Moore (executive)|Rachel Moore]], award-winning actor [[Raul Esparza]], dancer and choreographer [[Desmond Richardson]], actress [[Kerry Washington]], multi-media artist [[Doug Aitken]], actor [[Adrian Grenier]] and actor [[Andrew Rannells]].

==Partnering organizations==
YoungArts has partnerships with numerous organizations including [[American Ballet Theatre]], [[Baryshnikov Arts Center]], [[The Gordon Parks Foundation]], [[Hirshhorn Museum]], [[Hunter College]], [[The James Royal Palm]], [[The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Miami Art Museum]], [[Miami City Ballet]], [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[National Dance Institute]].

==Alumni Opportunities==
YoungArts winners are known as YoungArts Alumni. YoungArts continues to help them at critical junctures throughout their careers. YoungArts Alumni can continue to participate in the YoungArts program by being selected for YoungArts Alumni performances throughout the nation, internships, fellowships, resident advisor positions, and through partnerships that YoungArts has set up on their behalf (see Partners section above).

==Budget==
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.<ref name="nytimes" />

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.YoungArts.org YoungArts website]
* [http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html Presidential Scholars Program]

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[[Category:Educational foundations]]
[[Category:Foundations based in the United States]]
[[Category:Scholarships in the United States]]