YoungArts
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.[1]
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.[2]
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. 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 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.[3]
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
Partnering organizations
Template:Copypaste 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Roots of Miami’s vibrant arts scene were planted in the 1980s". Miami Herald. September 10, 2015. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jordan-levin/article34705572.html. Retrieved on April 1, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus New York Times.
- ↑ http://www.youngarts.org/partners
- ↑ http://www.youngarts.org/alumni