YoungArts is truly for life. From the moment someone is named a YoungArts award winner, they become part of an intergenerational, interdisciplinary community that supports their creative journey at every stage. For many artists, YoungArts is where lifelong collaborations begin. Connections sparked during National YoungArts Week and other programs often…
In the News 20 YoungArts award winners named 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts Lorna Courtney (2016 Voice) featured on the Today Show and USA Today as Veronica in Heathers the Musical Kingston Ho (2017, 2018, 2019…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Daniel Colaner (2021, 2023 Classical Music) named a winner of the Regional Competition for Young Organists sponsored by the American Guild of Organists (AGO)…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Micaela Diamond (2017 Theater) to star in the world premiere of The Seat of Our Pants at The Public Theater, featured in Broadway World…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Lorna Courtney (2016 Voice) to star in Heathers the Musical Off-Broadway in New York City, featured in People Magazine Mara Jill Herman (2003 Theater)…
The first time I heard about YoungArts, I thought—Is this real? Could a program truly be this life-changing? It was. And it still is. My name is Katerina McCrimmon, and I am a 2016 YoungArts winner in Theater. Growing up as a performing arts student in Miami, being named a…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Desmond Diehl (2024, 2025 Jazz) featured in TAPinto Basking Ridge Jennifer Kim (2025 Design) named 2025 Orange County Artist of…
Each year, the Gordon Parks Foundation grants a $7,500 unrestricted cash award to one recent YoungArts award winner who represents the depth, breadth and integrity of Gordon Parks’s work. This year’s scholarship recipient is Naliyah Salahuddin (2025 Visual Arts). Salahuddin was awarded at the…
This year, we’re excited to present two new awards to YoungArts artists in Dance and Film. Both awards offer artists unrestricted grants to grow their practice and can be used towards a combination of experiences that advance the artist’s goals, such as residencies, mentorship, studio rental, continuation of projects, experimentation…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Brandon Goldberg (2022, 2023, 2024 Jazz) profiled in The Miami Herald ahead of South-Florida concert Nadege Green (2005 Writing) featured on the cover page…
In March, Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (2000 Visual Arts) presented her solo exhibition, Sueños Senos Exhumadas del Cenote Yemaya, as the culmination of her 2025 YoungArts at Baxter St Residency. Engaging sculpture, documentary photography and video installation, the exhibition space is transformed into an immersive psychic interior womb, tracing the survival…
We’re back with new YoungArts Presents episodes! This series tells an artist’s story through an artist’s lens. We’re introducing you to artists across the country, all YoungArts award winners, in films created by fellow YoungArts winners. Every artist has a different approach to artmaking,…
