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

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

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