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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 help nurture emerging high-school artists. YoungArts is a national arts organization that supports artists across all disciplines and ages from high school onwards<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 when Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the foundation.
'''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 suport 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 when Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the foundation.


The YoungArts Award 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 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331131719/https://articlesfix.com/higher-paying-jobs-in-australia/ |url-status=dead }}</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>
From 1982 to 2025<ref>{{Cite news |title=Presidential Scholars Program Fact Sheet |url=https://www.ed.gov/media/document/psp-candidate-press-packet-2026-arts-108876.pdf}}</ref>, YoungArts nominated candidates for consideration as [[Presidential Scholars Program|U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts]].
 
From 1982 to 2025<ref>{{Cite news |title=Presidential Scholars Program Fact Sheet |url=https://www.ed.gov/media/document/psp-candidate-press-packet-2026-arts-108876.pdf}}</ref>, YoungArts nominated candidates for consideration as [[Presidential Scholars Program|U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts]] following participation in National YoungArts Week.
 
==YoungArts disciplines==
The YoungArts application consists of the following ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts:
*Classical Music – composition, instrumental, and percussion<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 - 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 |access-date=2016-11-18 |archive-date=2016-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121184541/http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts |url-status=dead }}</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>
 
== Cultural partnerships ==
YoungArts maintains a national network of cultural partners, including performing arts centers, museums, and residency programs. These collaborations are designed to support YoungArts artists at various stages of their development by providing holistic development opportunities across the country<ref>{{Cite news |title=Princeton Day School Students Named 2025 YoungArts Award Winners |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/princeton/princeton-day-school-students-named-2025-youngarts-award-winners}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Sarah Arison Will Never Sell a Living Artist |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/sarah-arison-will-never-sell-living-artist}}</ref>.  


== Leadership ==
== Leadership ==
YoungArts’ board of trustees is chaired by Sarah Arison, granddaughter of founders Lin and Ted Arison. Arison also serves as president of the Arison Arts Foundation, a position she has held since 2013, and as president of the board of trustees at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the youngest board president in the museum’s history<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Most Influential People in Art |url=https://observer.com/list/the-most-influential-people-in-art-2024/#sarah-arison}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Arison reimagines what cultural leadership can be |url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/sarah-arison-reimagines-what-cultural-leadership-can-be}}</ref>. She has also served on the boards of several other arts institutions, including the American Ballet Theater, the Brooklyn Museum, the Kitchen, Lincoln Center, and New York Live Arts, among others<ref>{{Cite news |title=Is Sarah Arison Her Generation's Agnes Gund? |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a61688346/sarah-arison-moma-board-president/}}</ref>.  
YoungArts’ board of trustees is chaired by Sarah Arison, granddaughter of founders Lin and Ted Arison.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Most Influential People in Art |url=https://observer.com/list/the-most-influential-people-in-art-2024/#sarah-arison}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Arison reimagines what cultural leadership can be |url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/sarah-arison-reimagines-what-cultural-leadership-can-be}}</ref>.


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>. He previously served as vice president at Lincoln Center, and brings a background as a classically trained pianist<ref>{{Cite news |title=Clive Chang on Innovation and the Rise of the Multi‑Hyphenate Artist |url=https://capacityinteractive.com/podcast/clive-chang-on-innovation-and-the-rise-of-the-multi%E2%80%91hyphenate-artist/}}</ref>.  
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>.


==Other programs and activities==
==Other programs and activities==
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its award recipients. In 2007<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>, ''[[Rehearsing a Dream]]'', produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject]]. An Emmy-winning<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/alan-alda-and-actor-within-you-youngarts-masterclass}}</ref> documentary television series entitled ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|YoungArts MasterClass]]'', in which program alumni were teamed with famous mentors aired for three seasons on [[HBO]]. 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>
Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this program and its award recipients. In 2007<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>, ''[[Rehearsing a Dream]]'', produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject]]. An Emmy-winning<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/alan-alda-and-actor-within-you-youngarts-masterclass}}</ref> documentary television series entitled ''[[Masterclass (TV series)|YoungArts MasterClass]]'', in which program alumni were teamed with famous mentors aired for three seasons on [[HBO]]. 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>


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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* [[Lamman Rucker]]
* [[Lamman Rucker]]
* [[Max Schneider]]
* [[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>
* [[Amanda Seales]]
* [[Amanda Seales]]
* [[Joe Serafini]]
* [[Joe Serafini]]
* [[Jean Shin]]
* [[Sarah Shun-lien Bynum|Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum]]
* [[Jaz Sinclair]]
* [[Jaz Sinclair]]
* [[Justice Smith]]
* [[Corey Stoll]]
* [[Corey Stoll]]
* [[Rebecca Sugar]]
* [[Rebecca Sugar]]
* [[Quinn Sullivan (musician)|Quinn Sullivan]]
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[Zuzanna Szadkowski]]
* [[Zuzanna Szadkowski]]
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* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[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>
* [[Mario Alberto Zambrano]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DQpE7SjEb3f/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
* [[Mario Alberto Zambrano]]
 
==Alumni opportunities==
Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 24,000 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==
As of 2026, YoungArts has an endowment of $57 million and an annual budget of $19 million. <ref name="nytimes" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:44, 18 September 2026

Template:Short description Template:Multiple issuesTemplate: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 suport high-school artists.[1]. The foundation is based in Miami, Florida and began in 1981 when Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the foundation.

From 1982 to 2025[2], YoungArts nominated candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

Leadership

YoungArts’ board of trustees is chaired by Sarah Arison, granddaughter of founders Lin and Ted Arison.[3][4].

Clive Chang has served as President and CEO of YoungArts since 2023[5].

Other programs and activities

Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this program and its award recipients. In 2007[6], Rehearsing a Dream, produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. An Emmy-winning[7] documentary television series entitled YoungArts MasterClass, in which program alumni were teamed with famous mentors aired for three seasons on HBO. YoungArts developed a study guide, based on the HBO series, for high school teachers with Teachers College, Columbia University.[8]

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. ↑ "Presidential Scholars Program Fact Sheet". https://www.ed.gov/media/document/psp-candidate-press-packet-2026-arts-108876.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "The Most Influential People in Art". https://observer.com/list/the-most-influential-people-in-art-2024/#sarah-arison. 
  4. ↑ "Sarah Arison reimagines what cultural leadership can be". https://www.artbasel.com/stories/sarah-arison-reimagines-what-cultural-leadership-can-be. 
  5. ↑ "From Disney to New York’s Lincoln Center, meet YoungArts’ new president". https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article269944067.html. 
  6. ↑ Zoller Seitz, Matt. "The 79th Annual Academy Award Nominations". Slant Magazine. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-79th-annual-academy-award-nominations/. 
  7. ↑ "Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass". https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/alan-alda-and-actor-within-you-youngarts-masterclass. 
  8. ↑ Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus New York Times.
  9. ↑ Template:Cite AV media
  10. ↑ "Youngarts Winners 2016". https://youngarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2016-YoungArts-Winners-List.pdf. 
  11. ↑ Template:Cite AV media
  12. ↑ "Behind the green | Segerstrom Center for the Arts" (in en-us). https://www.scfta.org/discover-watch-listen/articles/_/behind-the-green. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "Our History | 40 years for artists" (in en-US). https://youngarts.org/history/. 
  14. ↑ 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/. 
  15. ↑ "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/. 
  16. ↑ "YoungArts Information Session | Oct. 15 and 19 | TU Dance" (in en-US). https://www.tudance.org/youngarts-information-session-oct-15-and-19/. 
  17. ↑ "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. 
  18. ↑ "Tony Yazbeck, from YoungArts Alum to Broadway Powerhouse" (in en). http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/the-dance-enthusiast-asks/view/Yasbeck-15. 
  19. ↑ Heyman, Marshall (April 8, 2016). "YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515. 
  20. ↑ 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. 
  21. ↑ 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. 
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