Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Terence Blanchard’s (1980 Classical Music) Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts reviewed in The New York Times
- Camille A. Brown (1997 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) choreographing new Alicia Keys musical, Hell’s Kitchen
- Juan José Cielo (2015 Visual Arts) interviewed in Shoutout Miami
- Vanessa Garcia (Writing National Selection Panelist) premieres new play, 1000 Miles, featured in South Florida Theater Magazine
- Mi-Eun Kim (2006 Classical Music) highlighted in the Arts at MIT newsletter for her role as a piano instructor and hosting a residency with Spirio technology at MIT
- Hunter Schafer’s (2017 Design) performance in new film, Cuckoo, reviewed in Mashable
- Justice Smith (2013 Theater) in conversation with Variety Magazine
- Vanessa Williams (1981 Theater, Guest Artist) will join The Devil Wears Prada musical as Miranda Priestly in the West End
Kudos
- Kayla L. Harley (2009 Dance) selected as as a Top Pick Practitioner for Integrative Health and Wellness/Movement Therapy by the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
- Victoria Newton Ford (2011 Writing & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) selected as an inaugural fellow for Haymarket Books’ Writing Freedom Fellowship
- Jaz Sinclair (2012 Theater) nominated for Best Actress in a Superhero Series at the Critics Choice Super Awards
- Asia Stewart (2014 Theater) selected as a recipient of The Bronx Museum’s 2024 AIM Fellowship
- Daniel J. Watts (2000 Dance) joining the cast of The Chi television series
On the Calendar
- Eric B. Anthony (1997 Theater) starring in the Playwrights’ Arena world premiere production of THRE3 by Nick Salamone, a queer meditation on Chekhov’s Three Sisters, through March 18
- Henry Auxenfans (2023, 2024 Classical Music) performing as a soloist with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra on March 17
- Kyreeana Breelin Alexander (2013 Dance) presenting Crayons & Cookies We Cool at UCLA Kaufman Hall on April 12 and 13
- Bill Charlap (1984 Jazz) performing with the Bill Charlap Trio at Pincrest Gardens in Miami on March 16
- Juan José Cielo (2015 Visual Arts) featured in Fountainhead’s The Yearbook: 2023 releasing on April 2
- Claire Dickson (2013, 2014 Jazz & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) releasing new album, The Beholder, on March 22
- Cipher Divine (2019 Dance) performing at SoulOut Showcase in Seattle on March 16
- Queen Esther (1983 Theater) releasing new jazz album Things Are Looking Up on April 9
- Denyce Graves (1981 Voice, Guest Artist) narrating concert featuring student artists of The Denyce Graves Foundation Shared Voices program at Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington D.C. on March 23
- Michael McElroy (1985 Theater, Guest Artist, Board Trustee) performing in concert featuring songs by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen at 54 Below in New York City on April 7
- Ambrose Murray (2014 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) showing in group exhibition at Swivel Gallery in Brooklyn, on view through March 23
- Luke Steinhauer (2012 Theater) speaking at TEDxCUNY on April 12
- Talia Suskauer (2015 Theater) performing with The Skivvies at Joe’s Pub in New York City on March 25
- Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (2024 Classical Music) performing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with Lakeview Symphony Orchestra on April 14
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