Each month, the YoungArts Community Spotlight highlights upcoming events, projects and press from YoungArts past winners, guest artists and panelists.
In the News
- Timo Andres (2003 Classical Music & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), Camille A. Brown (1997 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), Brandon Victor Dixon (1999 Theater), Sarah Paulson (1993 Theater), Corey Stoll (1994 Theater) and Shaina Taub (2005 Theater) nominated for the Tony Awards
- Judith Hill (2002 Voice)featured in The New York Times
- Jazzmeia Horn (2009 Voice) and Elena Pinderhughes (2013 Jazz, Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) highlighted in uDiscover Music
- Shamel Pitts (2003 Dance) received the 2024 Doris Duke Artist Award in Dance
- Jean Shin (1990 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Board Member) featured in Hyperallergic
Kudos
- Alina Grabowski (2012 Writing) released her debut novel, Women and Children First
- Thurmon Green (2008 Film) released new single, “Boys Like That,” with album cover art by Maya Ragazzo (2013 Film)
- Caroline Kim (2023 Design) named Orange County Artist of the Year for Fine Arts
- Marshall W. Mabry IV (2020, 2021 Theater) nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Large by the Boston Theatre Critics Association’s Elliot Norton Awards for their role as Juicy in the regional premiere of Fat Ham
- Marie Claire Macadar (2013 Visual Arts) released new single, “September December”
- Becca McCoy’s (1996 Theater) solo show, THE YEAR OF EXTRAORDINARY TRAVEL, received Atlanta premiere and feature in ArtsATL
- Jan Vargas Nedvetsky (2024 Classical Music) selected to be one of five cellists worldwide to participate in 2024 Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
On the Calendar
- Panteha Abareshi (2017 Visual Arts) showing in group exhibition in Germany through July 14
- Priscilla Aleman (2009 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), Catherine Camargo (2017 Visual Arts) and Cornelius Tulloch (2016 Design, Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) showing in group exhibition, curated by Heike Dempster, YoungArts Director of Engagement and Outreach, at Baker Hall in Miami through June 8
- Daveed Buzaglo (2012 Voice), Violetta Maria Norrie (2014 Classical Music), JeanCarlo Ramirez (2012 Film), Shosana Sklar (2017, 2018, 2019 Dance) and Madeline Whitesell (2012 Voice) participating in a multidisciplinary performance of The Five Canticles of Benjamin Britten in New York on May 18
- Amy C. Evans (1990 Visual Arts) presenting exhibition of new paintings, “Meals I’ve Loved,” at Koelsch Gallery in Houston, Texas through June 1
- Timothy Hyunsoo Lee’s (2008 Visual Arts) project, “Our Family Portrait,” on view at the MFA Boston through October 27
- Christian McGhee (2016, 2017 Jazz) debut album premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club in New York on May 20
- Ambrose Rhapsody Murray (2014 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) presenting solo exhibition, “My Memory is a Machine,” at ALMA|LEWIS in Pittsburg through September 27
- Mason Alexander Park (2013 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) presents An Evening with Mason Alexander Park at The Green Room 42 in New York on June 14
- Lee Pivnik (2014 Visual Arts) facilitating AIRIE Asks talk with Venus Jasper at Greenspace Miami on May 23
- Julius Rodriguez (2014 Jazz) Evergreen album release shows at Blue Note Jazz Club in New York, June 17-20 and Zebulon in Los Angeles on June 25
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