Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Daniel Arsham (1999 Visual Arts) collaborating with Tiffany & Co. on new Pokémon collection
- Jon Batiste (2005 Jazz) releases new documentary, American Symphony, reviewed by Rolling Stone as the best music documentary of the year
- Camille A. Brown (1997 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) featured in UNCSA
- Ilana Harris-Babau (2009 Visual Arts) featured in The New Yorker
- Billy Porter (1987 Theater) discusses his new album, Black Mona Lisa, on the Today Show
- George Porteus (2023 Theater) featured in Teen Kids News
- Coralina Rodriguez Meyer (2000 Visual Arts) featured in The Washington Post with exhibition, Mother Molds, at the University of Maryland Art Gallery
- Caleb Teicher (2011 Dance) featured in The New York Times as part of a collaboration at Joyce Theater
- Cornelius Tulloch (2016 Design, Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) highlighted in Miami New Times as a local artist to watch during Miami Art Week
- Adrian Zaragoza (2022 Classical Music) selected to perform in Philip Glass’ The Complete Piano Etudes at Lincoln Center
Kudos
- Mason Alexander Park (2013 Theater) nominated for Best Takeover Performance at the WhatsOnStage Awards
- Matt Bomer (1996 Theater) nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television at the Golden Globes
- Danielle Brooks (2007 Theater) nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture at the Golden Globes
- Timothée Chalamet (2013 Theater) nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes
- Margaret Glaspy’s (2007 Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) song, Memories, listed as one of The New York Times Best Songs of 2023
- Mara Jill Herman’s (2003 Theater) production, The Moss Maidens, won Best Play and Best Ensemble at the SheNYC theater festival
- Brooks Landegger (2021 Dance), of Miami City Ballet, will perform the Divertissement in the second act of Balanchine’s full-length production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the New York City Ballet
- Devon Leaver (2011 Film) produced and voice acted in film, Lance (in a Neck Brace), selected for Cards Against Humanity Short Film Festival
- Nicki Minaj (2000 Theater) takes home Top Female Rap Artist at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards
- Destiny Moore (2020 Visual Arts) featured in The Black Joy Project
- Andrea Ramirez Romo (2023 Film) won Best Producer at LACHSA’s Sundown Film Festival 2023
- Gabriel Severn (2021, 2022, 2023 Jazz) released new album, 21: Live at Metropolis, with jazz fusion trio, Teen Town
- Kerry Washington (1994 Theater) received Equity in Entertainment Award at Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Gala
On the Calendar
- Coco Allred (2016 Visual Arts), Anthropologie Leading with Creativity Award winner, candles on sale as part of Anthropologie’s Making Merry 2023 holiday campaign
- Piper Bangs (2020 Visual Arts) exhibiting in group exhibition, Thus Spoke The Rabbit, at Nino Mier Gallery in Los Angeles open through December 16
- Oscar Garay (2020 Visual Arts), Leading with Creativity Award winner, e-gift cards on sale as part of Anthropologie’s Making Merry 2023 holiday campaign
- Mario Layne Fabrizio’s (2014, 2015 Jazz) three month solo exhibition, The Last Magician, opens in January at Axis Pioneer Square in Seattle
- James Allister Sprang’s (2008 Visual Arts) Rest Within the Wake exhibition opens at Maine College of Art & Design on January 12. Also, the Rest Within the Wake vinyl is now available for pre-order
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