Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Bril Barrett (1994 Dance) featured in South Side Weekly for Bronzeville’s M.A.D.D. Rhythms’ 25th Anniversary
- David Aaron Carpenter (2004 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) to serve as Visiting Professor at University of Miami’s Frost School of Music through May 2027
- Raul Esparza (1988 Theater) featured in The New York Times for role as Leontes in The Winter’s Tale at Shakespeare in the Park
- Giveton Gelin (2017 Jazz) joins Recording Academy as voting member, featured in The Nassau Guardian
- Aliya Grace (2018 Voice) lead Boop! The Musical North American Tour, featured in Playbill
- Sam Moyer (Guest Artist) interviewed by The New York Times about “Reasons to Have Faith in the Art World”
Kudos
- Xavier Anderson (2025 Jazz) selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra Jazz 2026 Program
- Annabelle Boak (2025 Writing) named finalist in Hemingway Shorts Competition and published in Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal for short story, Seeds in the Flesh
- Syd Copeland’s (2021 Voice) band, Growing Boys, opened for CMAT at her 2026 Lollapalooza aftershow
- Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (2000 Visual Art) named Laundromat Project Fellow in Brooklyn, NY and Artist in Residence at Sculpture Space in Utica, NY
- Jack Sorokin (2011 in Photography) named a Top 200 finalist in Photolucida’s 2026 Critical Mass
- Taige Wang (2026 Classical music) was featured as a guest soloist performing George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on the New Jersey Youth Symphony’s (NJYS) International Concert Tour across Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, in July
On the Calendar
- Bril Barrett (1994 Dance) presenting the 2026 Chicago Tap Summit with M.A.D.D. Rhythms in Chicago, IL on October 2-4
- King Princess (2015 Voice) performing at The New Yorker Festival in New York, NY on October 23
- Jennifer Koh (1994 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) will perform as featured soloist with New World Symphony in Miami Beach, FL on October 24 and 25
- Coralina Rodriguez Meyer’s (2000 Visual Arts) Camino Umbligo, Tierra Colectiva de los Manos Atabey (Mother Mold fertility effigy) featured in Art of Infertility at MIAD Museum in Milwaukee, WI through November 21
- Asia Stewart (2014 Theater) is featured in an upcoming group exhibition at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, NY, running from September 19-November 22
Share Your News
If you are a YoungArts past winner, guest artist or panelist, fill out this form to be included in an upcoming spotlight.