Programs

Every year, the YoungArts national competition attracts thousands of applicants across 10 disciplines. Award winners benefit from a lifetime of opportunities to help them develop and sustain their artistic careers.

National YoungArts Week is an intensive program for award winners with distinction to collaborate with peers across 10 disciplines, develop their craft with internationally recognized leaders in their fields and create lifelong connections.

The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects 20 YoungArts award winners with distinction to receive one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students in the arts.

A variety of initiatives for emerging and mid-career artists to create, develop and present their work and apply to residencies, exhibitions and performance opportunities.

YoungArts’ professional development programs, skills-building workshops, artist residencies and  cultural partnerships are designed to help artists advance their careers.

YoungArts provides award winners with grants, awards, creative and emergency microgrants, and unrestricted funding during the many critical junctures throughout their artistic careers.

Thanks to generations of award winners, YoungArts continues to grow as an uplifting and regenerative community that helps artists support each other at all stages of their creative and professional development.

Provides award winners with complimentary use of space for rehearsals, performances or meetings at the YoungArts Campus, including the Jewel Box, Ted’s and outdoor areas.