Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Bindu Bansinath’s (2013, 2014, 2015 Writing) darkly comic debut novel, Men Like Ours, was published by Bloomsbury in May and featured in The New York Times
- Alaman Diadhiou (2016 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) and Billy Porter (1987 Theater) featured in The New York Times’ La Cage aux Folles’ review
- AJ Prager (2013 Film) featured in Variety for producing comedy TV Pilot, To Life
- Jordan Rice (2020 Theater) featured in Playbill for upcoming role in School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club
Kudos
- Doug Blush (1984 Film, Trustee) co-directed and produced Los Lobos Native Sons, a feature documentary on the legendary band, premiering at SXSW 2026 and winning Best Music Film at Boulder International Film Festival
- Christian Burse (2021 Dance) performing in Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Tour
- Jasmine Cui (2018 Writing) joining The New York Times as a reporter with The Athletic
- Kameirah Johnson (2026 Visual Arts) won the 2026 Doodle for Google competition
- Remy Le Boeuf (2004 Jazz) and Pascal Le Boeuf (2004 Jazz, Classical Music National Selection Panel) released new jazz album, Off Center.
- Lance Oppenheim (2014 Film & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) and Pablo Rochat (2007 Visual Arts) directed Phoebe Bridgers’ latest music video, “Lost Boys”
- Asia Stewart (2014 Theater) named a 2026-2027 Smack Mellon Studio Artist
On the Calendar
- Grace Elliott (2021 Voice) will be performing in the Sweet Jazz Concert Series at Sweetwater Center for the Arts in Sewickley, PA on July 17
- Shay Lari-Hosain (2016 Photography) showing new work in group exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA, on view through August 16
- Yejin Suh (2021 Writing) hosting launch party for debut novel, The Last Soldier of Nava, in conversation with author Yume Kitasei at Yu & Me Books in New York, NY on July 7
- Daniel J. Watts (2000 Dance) presenting Pelé and the Beautiful Game at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City in New York, NY on July 18
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