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 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list as co-founder of Lucid streaming app with Indy Sanders
Kudos
- Callie Chae Pyken (2024, 2025 Voice) won first place in the Schmidt Vocal Arts Competition–Southern California
- Lauren Robie (2010 Visual Arts) opened a state licensed natural burial cemetery in Southwest Florida, Hope Eternal Gardens, planting forests to celebrate loved ones
- Elaina Stuppler’s (2024 Classical Music & Voice, 2025 Voice) orchestral composition was selected and performed by the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra’s “Call for Scores”
On the Calendar
- Juan José Cielo’s (2015 Visual Arts) short film created at a Mars Simulation Program Residency on display at The Leonardo Science Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah through January 31
- Zeke Edmonds (2013 Theater) starring in the role of Dr. Pomatter in Waitress at the San Francisco Playhouse in San Francisco, CA through January 18
- Mason Alexander Park (2013 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) starring in the role of Ariel in The Tempest on the West End in London, UK through February 1
- Angela Watson (2021 Dance) performing in the Nutcracker as a company member with San Francisco Ballet in San Francisco, CA through December 29
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