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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 by [[Lin Arison|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 [[Timothée Chalamet]], [[Kerry Washington]], [[Matt Bomer]], [[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]], [[Anna Gunn]], [[Andrew Rannells]], [[Kimiko Glenn]], [[Ben Levi Ross]], [[Sam Lipsyte]], [[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]], [[Neal Dodson]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Doug Aitken]], and [[Max Schneider]].<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><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kleinman|first1=Rebecca|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|accessdate=April 1, 2016|work=Hollywood Reporter|date=January 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Samuel|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|accessdate=April 1, 2016|work=Vogue|date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>
The '''National YoungArts Foundation''' or '''YoungArts''' (previously the '''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]] at the YoungArts Campus (formerly known as the [[Bacardi Complex]]), and alumni of the program have included [[Timothée Chalamet]], [[Kerry Washington]], [[Matt Bomer]], [[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]], [[Anna Gunn]], [[Andrew Rannells]], [[Kimiko Glenn]], [[Ben Levi Ross]], [[Sam Lipsyte]], [[Chris Young (musician)|Chris Young]], [[Neal Dodson]], [[Viola Davis]], [[Doug Aitken]], and [[Max Schneider]].<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><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kleinman|first1=Rebecca|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|accessdate=April 1, 2016|work=Hollywood Reporter|date=January 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Samuel|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|accessdate=April 1, 2016|work=Vogue|date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>


In 1981, Ted Arison gave $5 million,  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 winners are eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students who exemplify academic and artistic excellence. YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in National YoungArts Week. Then, the Commission on Presidential Scholars selects 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts based on artistic achievement, personal characteristics and leadership and service activities. <ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts|url=https://www.youngarts.org/presidential-scholars|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>  


YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts week.
==Mission==
National YoungArts Foundation identifies the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary and performing arts, and provides them with creative and professional development opportunities throughout their careers. <ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.youngarts.org/about|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>


==YoungArts disciplines==
==Competition==
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts:
YoungArts’ signature program is an application-based award for emerging artists ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12. Selected through a blind adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of highly accomplished artists, YoungArts winners receive financial awards, creative and professional development experiences working with renowned mentors, and become eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Joining a 20,000-strong alumni community, YoungArts award winners form a rich network of peers that provides support and opportunities throughout artists’ careers. <ref>{{cite web|title=Competition|url=https://www.youngarts.org/competition|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>  
*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==
==YoungArts Disciplines==
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>
The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary and performing arts:
*Classical Music – composition and instrumental<ref>{{cite web|title=Classical Music|url=https://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=https://www.youngarts.org/dance|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design<ref>{{cite web|title=Design|url=https://www.youngarts.org/design|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Film – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation<ref>{{cite web|title=Film|url=https://www.youngarts.org/film|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Jazz – composers and instrumentalists<ref>{{cite web|title=Jazz|url=https://www.youngarts.org/jazz|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Photography<ref>{{cite web|title=Photography|url=https://www.youngarts.org/photography|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater<ref>{{cite web|title=Theater|url=https://www.youngarts.org/theater|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Visual Arts<ref>{{cite web|title=Visual Arts|url=https://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>
*Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Voice|url=https://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=https://www.youngarts.org/writing|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>


==Alumni opportunities==
==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>http://www.youngarts.org/alumni</ref>
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts provides alumni with creative and professional opportunities throughout their careers. Created exclusively for YoungArts alumni, YoungArts Post is a free, private, online platform designed to encourage alumni to re-connect, share their work and discover new opportunities. Access to applications for residencies, grants, performance and exhibition opportunities, temporary work with core programs and targeted offerings from YoungArts’ cultural partners are all available on YoungArts Post. <ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni|url=https://www.youngarts.org/alumni|publisher=YoungArts}}</ref>


==Budget==
==Other Programs and Activities==
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" />
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 YoungArts alumni are teamed with famous mentors. 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>


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


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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 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high school artists. The foundation is based in Miami, Florida at the YoungArts Campus (formerly known as the Bacardi Complex), and alumni of the program have included Timothée Chalamet, Kerry Washington, Matt Bomer, Billy Porter, Anna Gunn, Andrew Rannells, Kimiko Glenn, Ben Levi Ross, Sam Lipsyte, Chris Young, Neal Dodson, Viola Davis, Doug Aitken, and Max Schneider.[1][2][3]

YoungArts winners are eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students who exemplify academic and artistic excellence. YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in National YoungArts Week. Then, the Commission on Presidential Scholars selects 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts based on artistic achievement, personal characteristics and leadership and service activities. [4]

Mission

National YoungArts Foundation identifies the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary and performing arts, and provides them with creative and professional development opportunities throughout their careers. [5]

Competition

YoungArts’ signature program is an application-based award for emerging artists ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12. Selected through a blind adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of highly accomplished artists, YoungArts winners receive financial awards, creative and professional development experiences working with renowned mentors, and become eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Joining a 20,000-strong alumni community, YoungArts award winners form a rich network of peers that provides support and opportunities throughout artists’ careers. [6]

YoungArts Disciplines

The YoungArts application consists of ten disciplines across the visual, literary and performing arts:

  • Classical Music – composition and instrumental[7]
  • Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms[8]
  • Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design[9]
  • Film – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation[10]
  • Jazz – composers and instrumentalists[11]
  • Photography[12]
  • Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater[13]
  • Visual Arts[14]
  • Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter[15]
  • Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word[16]

Alumni Opportunities

Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts provides alumni with creative and professional opportunities throughout their careers. Created exclusively for YoungArts alumni, YoungArts Post is a free, private, online platform designed to encourage alumni to re-connect, share their work and discover new opportunities. Access to applications for residencies, grants, performance and exhibition opportunities, temporary work with core programs and targeted offerings from YoungArts’ cultural partners are all available on YoungArts Post. [17]

Other Programs and Activities

Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its award recipients. Most notably, Rehearsing a Dream, produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. A documentary television series entitled YoungArts MasterClass, in which YoungArts alumni are teamed with famous mentors. YoungArts has developed a study guide, based on the HBO series, for high school teachers with Teachers College, Columbia University.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Heyman, Marshall (April 8, 2016). "YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515. Retrieved on April 1, 2016. 
  2. ↑ 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. Retrieved on April 1, 2016. 
  3. ↑ 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. Retrieved on April 1, 2016. 
  4. ↑ "U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/presidential-scholars. 
  5. ↑ "About Us". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/about. 
  6. ↑ "Competition". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/competition. 
  7. ↑ "Classical Music". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/classical-music. 
  8. ↑ "Dance". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/dance. 
  9. ↑ "Design". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/design. 
  10. ↑ "Film". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/film. 
  11. ↑ "Jazz". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/jazz. 
  12. ↑ "Photography". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/photography. 
  13. ↑ "Theater". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/theater. 
  14. ↑ "Visual Arts". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts. 
  15. ↑ "Voice". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/voice. 
  16. ↑ "Writing". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/writing. 
  17. ↑ "Alumni". YoungArts. https://www.youngarts.org/alumni. 
  18. ↑ Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus New York Times.
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