Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Danielle Brooks (2007 Theater) in conversation with The New York Times about her Oscar nomination
- James Allister Sprang’s (2008 Visual Arts) audio-visual experience Rest Within the Wake featured in Portland Press Herald
- Kehinde Wiley’s (1995 Visual Arts) painting, The Portrait of Charles I, featured in The Museum Plays presented by Miami New Drama and Rubell Museum
- Nicole Zuraitis (2003 Voice) in conversation with CT Insider about her Grammy win for “Best Jazz Vocal Album”
Kudos
- Kelsie Bennett’s (2020 Writing) short story, “The Dissection of Joan Giles,” published in Kaleidoscope Magazine: Exploring the Experience of Disability Through Literature and the Fine Arts
- Claire Chase (1996 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) performed Selections from Density 2036 recital at Flute Center
- Olivia Cosio (2014 Voice) led a panel at Chamber Music America’s Annual Conference about the role of Creative Placemaking in communities
- Sam Dhobhany (2019 Voice) and Elizabeth Hanje (2021 Voice) announced as finalists of Houston Grand Opera’s 2024 Concert of Arias, the 36th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers
- Nile Harris (2013 Theater) selected as a recipient of the 2024 Grants to Artists Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Eli Hill (2013 Visual Arts), Diana Sinclair (2021 Photography), and Malaika Temba (2014 Visual Arts) selected for the 2024 Silver Arts Projects Residency Cohort
- Crystal Huang (2024 Dance) named a Prix De Lausanne 2024 Prize Winner
- Brooks Landegger (2021 Dance) promoted to Soloist at Miami City Ballet
- Molly Smith (2020 Film) selected as a Her Campus e.l.f.ing amazing 22 Under 22 winner
- Shaina Taub’s (2005 Theater) musical, Suffs, opening on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in March
- Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (2024 Classical Music) received a scholarship to study at Liechtenstein Music Academy
On the Calendar
- Sarah Arison (Board Chair) moderating Fireside Chat with Inspiring Women Leaders in Music at New World Center in Miami on February 21
- Elijah Boothe (2014 Theater) co-produced and starred in new movie, The Private Eye, now playing in theaters nationwide
- Alberto Checa (2017 Visual Arts) in conversation with Chad Goodman, IlluminArts’ Artistic Director, before performance of Nice Work If You Can Get It, at Miami Theater Center on March 10
- Aisha Jemila Daniels (2014 Photography) releasing new EP, Aisha Jemila, on March 4
- Santino Fontana (2000 Theater, Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) teaching a free class at the Brick Box presented by Broadway in Worcester on March 1
- Vanessa Garcia (Writing National Selection Panelist) premiering new play, 1000 Miles, at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors, March 8-24
- Remy Le Boeuf (2004 Jazz) on tour through June
- Alaman Diadhiou (2016 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), Ramone Nelson (2019 Theater), Nicholas Polonio (2015, 2016 Theater), Billy Porter (1987 Theater), and Funmi Sofola (2018 Dance) are cast and crew in Jelly’s Last Jam in New York, February 21-March 3
- Moises Salazar Tlatenchi’s (2015 Visual Arts) works on view at The Apartment at Latchkey Gallery in New York through March 3
- Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (2024 Classical Music) performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with Central Oregon Symphony Orchestra on February 24 and 25
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