Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Camille A. Brown (1997 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) choreographing the revival of Gypsy on Broadway
- Timothy Hyunsoo Lee (2008 Visual Arts) featured in the Boston Globe with Our Family Portrait project
- Oliviana Marie (2021 Voice) interviewed by USC’s Thorton School of Music News
- Julius Rodriguez (2014 Jazz) highlighted in The New York Times
Kudos
- Juan José Cielo (2015 Visual Arts) selected as an Artist in Residence at Smack Mellon in New York City
- Queen Esther (1983 Theater) selected as a 2024 New Music USA Creator Fund Grantee
- Andrew Nemr’s (1997 Dance) documentary short film, IDENTITY: The Andrew Nemr Story, now available to stream
- Braxton Offor (2023 Theater) named a Finalist in BroadwayWorld’s Next on Stage Competition and awarded a full four-year scholarship to AMDA College
- Sarah Paulson (1993 Theater), Billy Porter (1987 Theater) and Shaina Taub (2005 Theater) named Tony Award winners
- Isaiah J. Thompson (2014 Jazz) named Jazz Journalists Association’s 2024 Up and Coming Musician of the Year
On the Calendar
- Panteha Abareshi (2017 Visual Arts) presenting solo exhibition, Impaired Erotics, at O—Overgaden in Denmark, on view through August 3
- Eric B. Anthony (1997 Theater) featured as Three Finger Jake in Jelly’s Last Jam at the Pasadena Playhouse, running through June 23
- Mara Jill Herman (2003 Theater) and Courtney Jones (1999 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) featured in A.D. Players’ production of Fiddler on the Roof at The George Theater in Houston, Texas, running through August 4
- Carlos Hernandez (2019 Photography) and Nina Osoria Ahmadi (2019 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) exhibiting in group show, Queer Continuum, at Brooklyn Art Haus, on view through July 27
- Yashua Klos (Visual Arts National Selection Panelist), Kathia St. Hilaire (2013 Visual Arts) and Mickalene Thomas (Guest Artist) exhibiting in group show, Collage Culture, at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago, on view through July 27
- Carole Silverstein (1984 Visual Arts) presenting solo exhibition, this ache in your heart is holy,at Nancy Toomey Fine Art at Minnesota Street Projects in San Francisco, on view through August 10
- Kathia St. Hilaire’s (2013 Visual Arts) solo exhibition, Invisible Empires, presented by The Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts, on view through September 22
- Yara Travieso (2005 Dance) presenting work-in-process showing of ANTOLOGÍA: Una Teta Novela at Chelsea Factory in New York City, June 21-22
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