Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Selena Hamilton (2021, 2022 Dance) highlighted on AOL as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro
- Patrick Jang (2024 Film) is on production on short film starring breakout actor Izaac Wang, featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Joseph Markey (2017 Dance) promoted to Soloist at American Ballet Theatre
- Lance Oppenheim’s (2014 Film & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) new film, Primetime, premieres at La Biennale Di Venezia
- Nicholas Polonio (2015, 2016 Theater) directing international production of The Notebook The Musical
- Alecsys Proctor-Turner (2015 Voice, 2016 Theater) featured in The Miami Herald for her role in Netflix’s comedy-drama Survival of the Thickest
- Ariel Rose (2008 Dance) recently produced a full evening of his choreography at the Florence Gould Theater, featured in Fjord Review
- Conrad Tao (2011 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) and Caleb Teicher’s (2011 Dance) show, COUNTERPOINT, reviewed on The Dance Enthusiast
Kudos
- Eesha Ande (2025, 2026 Writing) won second place in the 62nd Annual Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest
- Diego Aviles-Martinez (2026 Jazz) received the Essentially Ellington Outstanding Drummer Award
- Eunha Basu (2025, 2026 Classical Music) awarded Silver Medal at the 2026 Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition
- Nicole Emelie (2022, 2023 Voice) released new single, “On My Mind”
- Vince Gilligan (1985 Visual Arts) received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series, and Outstanding Drama Series for series Pluribus
- Khadijah Rolle (2009 Theater) released Eden’s Garden, a new children’s musical series on YouTube, with a live theatrical adaptation, Eden’s Garden Live, currently in development
- Kevin Sherwin (2012 Classical Music) was interviewed on Species Unite for the online release of his musical short film, “How Do You Milk an Almond?”
- Roxie Sparling (2025 Voice) was named a Sony Music Global Scholar Winner and participated in the Sony Music Publication Conference in New York City
- Joy Sunday (2014 Film) received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her performance in DTF St. Louis
- Jordan Tiberio (2011 Photography) photographed all of the floral elements for Ariana Grande’s upcoming album, Petal, and single “hate that i made you love me”
- Michael Urie (1998 Theater) received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in Shrinking
On the Calendar
- Nathanael Barlow’s (2025 Voice) concert “One of a Kind” premieres at The Fallser Club in Philadelphia, PA on August 15
- Ryan Casey (2009 Dance) performing in the percussive dance concert “Feet Keep the Beat” at The Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA on July 31
- Tracy Jones (2004 Photography) showing work in a group exhibition at Scout Gallery in Milwaukee, WI, on view through August 21
- Katerina McCrimmon (2016 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) performing in Meet Me In St. Louis as Esther Smith, at the Muny in St. Louis, MO, August 6-13
- Samora Pinderhughes (2009, 2010 Jazz) created the music for a performance of a new work with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Company at River To River Festival in New York, NY on September 10 and 12-13
- Brian Richburg Jr. (2016 Jazz) performing with group New Legaxy at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, in partnership with YoungArts, in New York, NY on August 7
- Elliot Skinner (2013 Voice) releasing first solo EP, How Far We’ve Come, on September 18
- Lianah Sta. Ana (2016 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) releasing new song “White Academia,” from her musical PERFORMING FILIPINA on August 8
- Maya Sta. Ana (2021 Theater) will be playing Portia in MUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 7-31
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