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{{Short description|American high school scholarship program}}
{{Short description|American high school scholarship program}}
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{{Infobox organization
{{independent sources|date=July 2017}}
| established              = 1981
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| founder                  = Lin Arison<br/>Ted Arison
| type                    = Charity
| headquarters            = Miami, Florida
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'''YoungArts''' (previously '''National YoungArts Foundation''' and '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is an American charity established by [[Lin Arison|Lin]] and [[Ted Arison]] to support high-school artists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Arison Will Never Sell a Living Artist |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/sarah-arison-will-never-sell-living-artist |access-date=2026-09-17 |website=www.frieze.com}}</ref> The foundation is based in [[Miami]], Florida and began in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/arts/design/show-us-your-wall-sarah-arison.html|title=A Collector Who Grew Up With Art Now Fosters Its Makers|first=Hilarie M.|last=Sheets|date=December 26, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>


'''YoungArts''' (previously '''National YoungArts Foundation''' and '''National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts''', or '''NFAA''') is an American charity established in 1981 by [[Lin Arison|Lin]] and [[Ted Arison]] to help nurture emerging high-school artists. The foundation is based in [[Miami]], [[Florida]]. In 1981, Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
From 1982 to 2025, YoungArts nominated candidates for consideration as [[Presidential Scholars Program|U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ed.gov/media/document/psp-candidate-press-packet-2026-arts-108876.pdf|title=Presidential Scholars Program Fact Sheet}}</ref>


YoungArts is noted as the most difficult and most prestigious literary, performing, and visual arts competition for high school students. If selected, it is an incredible testament to prodigious talent in the field. Approximately 6% are selected as Winners, with the top 1% selected as Winners with Distinction. Winners with Distinction are invited to compete for the Lin Arison Excellence in Writing Award (a $50,000 writing scholarship, only for writing winners), cash prizes of up to $10,000, and more. They are invited to National YoungArts Week, an all-expenses-paid experience in Miami, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |title=Higher paying Jobs in Australia |url=https://articlesfix.com/higher-paying-jobs-in-australia/ |access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref><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|access-date=April 1, 2017|work=Miami Herald|date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>
== Leadership ==
YoungArts’ board of trustees is chaired by Sarah Arison, granddaughter of founders Lin and Ted Arison.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/list/the-most-influential-people-in-art-2024/|title=The Most Influential People in Art|date=November 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/sarah-arison-reimagines-what-cultural-leadership-can-be|title=Sarah Arison reimagines what cultural leadership can be|website=Art Basel}}</ref>.


YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts week.
Clive Chang has served as President and CEO of YoungArts since 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=From Disney to New York’s Lincoln Center, meet YoungArts’ new president |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article269944067.html}}</ref>
 
==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of the following 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>
*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>
*Film – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinematic Arts |url=http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts |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 - paintings, portraits, landscapes, artworks, drawings, murals, artistic inventions and art projects<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==
==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its award recipients. Most notably, ''[[Rehearsing a Dream]]'', produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject]]. A documentary television series entitled ''[[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>
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this program and its award recipients. In 2007, ''[[Rehearsing a Dream]]'', produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zoller Seitz |first=Matt |title=The 79th Annual Academy Award Nominations |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-79th-annual-academy-award-nominations/ |work=Slant Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/aug/09/girls-offers-a-different-bounty/|title='Girls' offers a different bounty|date=August 9, 2007|website=Spokesman.com}}</ref> An Emmy-winning documentary television series entitled ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|YoungArts MasterClass]]'', in which program alumni were teamed with famous mentors aired for three seasons on [[HBO]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/alan-alda-and-actor-within-you-youngarts-masterclass|title=Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass &#124; Emmy Awards and Nominations|website=Television Academy}}</ref> YoungArts 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>
 
==2026 Winners with Distinction==
These are the ~170 Winners with Distinction selected from over 13,000 applicants in the 2025-2026 cycle.
 
'''Classical Music'''
Starla Breshears, Valery Breshears, Beckett Ceron, Ellie Choi, Dana Chung, Santiago Del Curto, Anwen Deng, David Gatien, Ethan Hsu, Khaos Kook, Raymond kwon, Charles Lee, Irene Lee, Madison Lee, Ian Lin, Samuel Lu, Sonya Moomaw, Sunjoo Lucas Park, Daniel Qi, Taige Wang, Yoyo Wu, Kyle Yeung, Grace Yon, Stephen Zhang
 
'''Dance'''
Logan Joshua Asuncion, Aaron Chang, Jocelyn Cramer, Nandita Dani, Angelina Elliott, Sam Evans, Sriyuktha Ganipineni, Richie Granese, Jasmyn Gulley, Cameron Kennedy, Saanvi Kondoju, Jordan Lassiter, Yun Xin Lin, Cole Lovelady, Alicia Niwa, Eiana Nova, Jordyn Sarmoen, Payton Stowe, Kiera Sun, Cameron Voorhees, Emanuel Wood, Lekha Wood, Kylan Wright
 
'''Design'''
Cici Zhu, Isabella Cho, Kayleen Cho, Minjun Sean Choi, Nathan Chong, Ryan Chou, Emma Grasso, Mary Hong, Kayla Gyujin Kim, Madeline Lee, Subin Park, Marcel Rosas
 
'''Film'''
Jaxon Zepel, Auset Adams, Tullan Advincula Portock, Isa Bella Althea, Eze Baum, Violet Chin, Kiyomi DallasKidd, Ben DeLaney, Orson Ford, Mariella Gutierrez, Hudson Hillin, Sabrina Simek
 
'''Jazz'''
Matthew Cruz, Jacob Hart, Miri Izenberg, Jazz Johnson, Sofi Longa, Jeremiah Price, Saoirse Sipes, Ryan Smith


'''Photography'''
==Notable alumni==
Jasmine Arreola, Christopher Barker, Isabel Bhatia, Wonwoo Do, Cesar Florencio Cortes, Anise Kim, Ingrid Knap, Marilyn Elisabeth Leal, Julianne Ounsombath, Jericca Taste
 
'''Theater'''
Audrey Chang, Keilah Clarke, Chase Klein, Mehret Laskey, Nyla Nevaeh, Liam Niznik, Josh Prabhakar, Elijah Primas, Jai'Den Pritchett, Giselle Register, Wendell Remy, Ava Rivera, Jack Ryan, Manav Tokala, Hosannah Wellman, Cendall Williams, Natalie Winstead, Maddox Wood
 
'''Visual Arts'''
Nate Barcott, Syanne Blades, Zack Cheuk, Edeline Chung, Sachi Clay, Alejandro Cohen, Lauren Dong, Keara Gabriel, Xinyao Sara Huang, Willa Jaymes, Harper Johnson, Kameirah Johnson, Jane Liou, Ken Longmore, Edie Murawski, Mara Popa, Keshav Subash, Jordyn Williams, Sophia Ye, Jessica Zheng
 
'''Voice'''
Danielle Angrad, Eva Capron, Myles Cherette, Elyana Coriano, Isabella D'Oriano, Elina Ghosh, Jane Hasty, Vibha Krishna, Casey Kuma, Tobi LaCroix, Clare Lee, Gabriel Magallón, Oni Marsalis, Rose Morris, Naima Nascimento, Bhavika Pasuparthi, Lark Perry, Maya Russell, Kai Sanchez-Warner, Casey Schopflocher, Amelia Siller, Sydney Thomas
 
'''Writing'''
Kaitlyn Bai, Niamh Carmichael, Avi Coe-Sullivan, Beatrice Fink, Tristyn Gibson, Yupang Hanna Ham, Lasya Hota, Anuj Jain, Collin Kim, Everette Lang, Giljoon lee, Anika Mangla, Hayden Park, Dev Rai, Yossi Eun-Chong Rosen, Ashley Shim, Kurn Sundaram, Leah Weiser
 
== Notable alumni ==
 
* [[Doug Aitken]]
* [[Abigail Barlow]]<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=S_OVNk0pTEQdAZ1_&v=9O8bI5scQwo&feature=youtu.be |title=Abigail Barlow {{!}} Popular Voice {{!}} 2016 National YoungArts Week |date=2016-01-21 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* [[Abigail Barlow]]<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=S_OVNk0pTEQdAZ1_&v=9O8bI5scQwo&feature=youtu.be |title=Abigail Barlow {{!}} Popular Voice {{!}} 2016 National YoungArts Week |date=2016-01-21 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* [[Matt Bomer]]
* [[Amanda Gorman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://youngarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2016-YoungArts-Winners-List.pdf|title=Youngarts Winners 2016}}</ref>
* [[Timothée Chalamet]]
* [[Talia Suskauer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind the green {{!}}  Segerstrom Center for the Arts |url=https://www.scfta.org/discover-watch-listen/articles/_/behind-the-green |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608222704/https://www.scfta.org/discover-watch-listen/articles/_/behind-the-green |archive-date=2023-06-08 |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.scfta.org |language=en-us |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jessica Darrow]]
* [[Jason Vieaux]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our History {{!}} 40 years for artists |url=https://youngarts.org/history/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=YoungArts |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Viola Davis]]
* [[Hynden Walch]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Neal Dodson]]
* [[Kerry Washington]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vazquez |first=Ashley |date=2015-09-26 |title=YoungArts’ Second Annual Awareness Day Is a Drag (in a Good Way) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/laganja-estranja-performs-at-youngarts-827333/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Kimiko Glenn]]
* [[Michael Benjamin Washington]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Amanda Gorman]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Youngarts Winners 2016 |url=https://youngarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2016-YoungArts-Winners-List.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Grace Weber]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-08 |title=Chance the Rapper Collaborator Grace Weber Began Her Career in Miami's YoungArts' Program |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/uncategorized/youngarts-alum-grace-weber-collaborated-with-chance-the-rapper-and-won-a-grammy-9965380/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=Miami New Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Anna Gunn]]  
* [[Kehinde Wiley]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=YoungArts Information Session {{!}} Oct. 15 and 19 {{!}} TU Dance |url=https://www.tudance.org/youngarts-information-session-oct-15-and-19/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Sam Lipsyte]]
* [[Vanessa Williams]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Ryan McCartan]]
* [[Anthony Wilson (musician)|Anthony Wilson]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fall 2020 Performance Season - The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/metlivearts-fall-2020-2020-news |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.metmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Nicki Minaj]]
* [[Finn Wittrock]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[King Princess]]<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybOHOYYa8o4 |title=Mikaela Straus {{!}} Mikaela Rock Song {{!}} 2015 YoungArts New York |date=2015-05-06 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* [[Tony Yazbeck]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Yazbeck, from YoungArts Alum to Broadway Powerhouse |url=http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/the-dance-enthusiast-asks/view/Yasbeck-15 |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.dance-enthusiast.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]]
* [[Andrew Rannells]]  
* [[Ben Levi Ross]]
* [[Max Schneider]]
* [[Hunter Schafer|Hunter Schaefer]]<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZLKrEL5OJ8 |title=Hunter Schafer Design Arts Showcase {{!}} 2017 National YoungArts Week |date=2022-10-04 |last=YoungArts |access-date=2024-09-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
* [[Justice Smith]]
* [[Kerry Washington]]
* [[Chris Young (singer)|Chris Young]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heyman |first1=Marshall |date=April 8, 2016 |title=YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleinman |first1=Rebecca |date=January 14, 2019 |title=L.A. Artist Duo Haas Brothers Honored by Miami's YoungArts Foundation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/la-artist-duo-haas-brothers-honored-by-miamis-youngarts-foundation-1175735 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Samuel |date=April 21, 2017 |title=Salman Rushdie, Debbie Allen, and Christian Slater Spend a Night at the Museum |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/young-arts-new-york-gala-2017-salman-rushdie-andrew-rannells |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Vogue}}</ref>
* [[Chris Young (singer)|Chris Young]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heyman |first1=Marshall |date=April 8, 2016 |title=YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleinman |first1=Rebecca |date=January 14, 2019 |title=L.A. Artist Duo Haas Brothers Honored by Miami's YoungArts Foundation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/la-artist-duo-haas-brothers-honored-by-miamis-youngarts-foundation-1175735 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Samuel |date=April 21, 2017 |title=Salman Rushdie, Debbie Allen, and Christian Slater Spend a Night at the Museum |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/young-arts-new-york-gala-2017-salman-rushdie-andrew-rannells |access-date=April 1, 2016 |work=Vogue}}</ref>
==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts makes open calls to alumni to provide opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngarts.org/alumni | title=Our Community of Literary, Visual + Performing Artists }}</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==
==References==
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox organization YoungArts (previously National YoungArts Foundation and National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, or NFAA) is an American charity established by Lin and Ted Arison to support high-school artists.[1] The foundation is based in Miami, Florida and began in 1981.[2]

From 1982 to 2025, YoungArts nominated candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts.[3]

Leadership

YoungArts’ board of trustees is chaired by Sarah Arison, granddaughter of founders Lin and Ted Arison.[4][5].

Clive Chang has served as President and CEO of YoungArts since 2023.[6]

Other programs and activities

Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this program and its award recipients. In 2007, Rehearsing a Dream, produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.[7][8] An Emmy-winning documentary television series entitled YoungArts MasterClass, in which program alumni were teamed with famous mentors aired for three seasons on HBO.[9] YoungArts developed a study guide, based on the HBO series, for high school teachers with Teachers College, Columbia University.[10]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Arison Will Never Sell a Living Artist". https://www.frieze.com/article/sarah-arison-will-never-sell-living-artist. 
  2. ↑ Sheets, Hilarie M. (December 26, 2018). "A Collector Who Grew Up With Art Now Fosters Its Makers". https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/arts/design/show-us-your-wall-sarah-arison.html. 
  3. ↑ "Presidential Scholars Program Fact Sheet". https://www.ed.gov/media/document/psp-candidate-press-packet-2026-arts-108876.pdf. 
  4. ↑ "The Most Influential People in Art". November 18, 2024. https://observer.com/list/the-most-influential-people-in-art-2024/. 
  5. ↑ "Sarah Arison reimagines what cultural leadership can be". https://www.artbasel.com/stories/sarah-arison-reimagines-what-cultural-leadership-can-be. 
  6. ↑ "From Disney to New York’s Lincoln Center, meet YoungArts’ new president". https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article269944067.html. 
  7. ↑ Zoller Seitz, Matt. "The 79th Annual Academy Award Nominations". Slant Magazine. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-79th-annual-academy-award-nominations/. 
  8. ↑ "'Girls' offers a different bounty". August 9, 2007. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/aug/09/girls-offers-a-different-bounty/. 
  9. ↑ "Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass | Emmy Awards and Nominations". https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/alan-alda-and-actor-within-you-youngarts-masterclass. 
  10. ↑ Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus New York Times
  11. ↑ Template:Cite AV media
  12. ↑ "Youngarts Winners 2016". https://youngarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2016-YoungArts-Winners-List.pdf. 
  13. ↑ "Behind the green | Segerstrom Center for the Arts" (in en-us). https://www.scfta.org/discover-watch-listen/articles/_/behind-the-green. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "Our History | 40 years for artists" (in en-US). https://youngarts.org/history/. 
  15. ↑ Vazquez, Ashley (2015-09-26). "YoungArts’ Second Annual Awareness Day Is a Drag (in a Good Way)" (in en-US). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/laganja-estranja-performs-at-youngarts-827333/. 
  16. ↑ "Chance the Rapper Collaborator Grace Weber Began Her Career in Miami's YoungArts' Program" (in en-US). 2018-01-08. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/uncategorized/youngarts-alum-grace-weber-collaborated-with-chance-the-rapper-and-won-a-grammy-9965380/. 
  17. ↑ "YoungArts Information Session | Oct. 15 and 19 | TU Dance" (in en-US). https://www.tudance.org/youngarts-information-session-oct-15-and-19/. 
  18. ↑ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fall 2020 Performance Season - The Metropolitan Museum of Art" (in en). https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/metlivearts-fall-2020-2020-news. 
  19. ↑ "Tony Yazbeck, from YoungArts Alum to Broadway Powerhouse" (in en). http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/the-dance-enthusiast-asks/view/Yasbeck-15. 
  20. ↑ Heyman, Marshall (April 8, 2016). "YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515. 
  21. ↑ Kleinman, Rebecca (January 14, 2019). "L.A. Artist Duo Haas Brothers Honored by Miami's YoungArts Foundation". Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/la-artist-duo-haas-brothers-honored-by-miamis-youngarts-foundation-1175735. 
  22. ↑ Anderson, Samuel (April 21, 2017). "Salman Rushdie, Debbie Allen, and Christian Slater Spend a Night at the Museum". Vogue. https://www.vogue.com/article/young-arts-new-york-gala-2017-salman-rushdie-andrew-rannells.