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YoungArts (previously National YoungArts Foundation and 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. In 1981, Ted Arison gave $5 million to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. YoungArts is often noted as the most difficult arts competition for high school students. 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), cash prizes of up to $10,000, and more. They are invited to National YoungArts Week, an all-expenses-paid experience in Miami, Florida. [1][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 the following ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts:

  • Classical Music – composition and instrumental[3]
  • Dance – ballet, choreography, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, and world dance forms[4]
  • Design Arts - architecture, interior, product, graphic, fashion and theater design[5]
  • Film – narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation[6]
  • Jazz – composers and instrumentalists[7]
  • Photography[8]
  • Theater – musical, classical and contemporary spoken theater[9]
  • Visual Arts[10]
  • Voice – classical, jazz, popular and singer/songwriter[11]
  • Writing – creative non-fiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, spoken word[12]

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 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.[13]

Notable alumni

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.[21]

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.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Higher paying Jobs in Australia". https://articlesfix.com/higher-paying-jobs-in-australia/. 
  2. ↑ "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. 
  3. ↑ "Classical Music". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/classical-music. 
  4. ↑ "Dance". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/dance. 
  5. ↑ "Design". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/design. 
  6. ↑ "Cinematic Arts". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/cinematic-arts. 
  7. ↑ "Jazz". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/jazz. 
  8. ↑ "Photography". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/photography. 
  9. ↑ "Theater". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/theater. 
  10. ↑ "Visual Arts". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/visual-arts. 
  11. ↑ "Voice". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/voice. 
  12. ↑ "Writing". YoungArts. http://www.youngarts.org/writing. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus New York Times.
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  15. ↑ "Youngarts Winners 2016". https://youngarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2016-YoungArts-Winners-List.pdf. 
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  18. ↑ Heyman, Marshall (April 8, 2016). "YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/youngarts-steps-into-the-spotlight-1460065515. 
  19. ↑ 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. 
  20. ↑ 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. 
  21. ↑ "Our Community of Literary, Visual + Performing Artists". http://www.youngarts.org/alumni. 
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