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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Sarah Arison (Board Chair) and Michi Jigarjian (Trustee) highlighted in Whitewall as Women in the Business of Culture Michi Jigarjian (Trustee), founder of…
This week, 2025 YoungArts winners will come together in Los Angeles, CA for YoungArts Lab: Los Angeles. In April, they will gather in New York City for YoungArts Lab: New York. These immersive programs, led by a diverse team of professional artists, are designed to encourage experimentation through collaborative…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Jon Batiste (2005 Jazz) won two Grammy Awards for Best Song Written for Visual Media for “It Never Went Away” (From American Symphony)…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Timo Andres’ (2003 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) album, “The Blind Banister,” selected as one of the Best Classical Music Albums of 2024…
Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists. In the News Jon Batiste (2005 Jazz) profiled in The New York Times, spotlighting new album Beethoven Blues Asia Stewart (2014 Theater) featured in…
