In the News
- 20 YoungArts award winners named 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts
- Lorna Courtney (2016 Voice) featured on the Today Show and USA Today as Veronica in Heathers the Musical
- Kingston Ho (2017, 2018, 2019 Classical Music) joins San Francisco Symphony Roster
- Charlie Kogen (2019 Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) Blends Storytelling and Yacht Rock on New Track “Not Wastin’ Time”
- Mackie Mallison (2018 Film) selected for the inaugural 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund
- Tarell Alvin McCraney (1999 Theater) featured in The New Yorker
- James Sprang (2008 Visual Arts) named a Lincoln Center Collider Fellow
Kudos
- Triniti Fong (2023 Voice) playing a recurring role, a student named Tina, on Season 2 of FX’s English Teacher
- Emma Hendrick (2017, 2018 Voice) released debut album, Newcomer, funded in part by a YoungArts Microgrant
- Emma Kerkman (2021 Writing) published two short stories– “Black Gold” appears in Apex Magazine and “Lolo’s Last Run” appears in the September/October edition of Asimov’s
- Danielle Llevada (2019 Theater) co-wrote new musical, Last Song on Earth, selected to be featured at SheATL and The Tank NYC
- Leia Perez (2024, 2025 Voice) released her first EP, one man’s trash
- Evan Sagadencky (2017 Dance) launched “The Corner,” a first of its kind digital archive for dance
- Zoe Schweiger (2018 Visual Arts) named a Finalist for the Hopper Prize
- Elaina Stuppler (2024 Classical Music, 2024, 2025 Voice) received the 2025 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant and Commission
- Malaika Temba (2014 Visual Arts) opened her first museum installation, “She Weaves White Gold,” commissioned by the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC
On the Calendar
- Victoria Canal (2015 Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) releasing new song “Body Behave” on October 3
- Braxton Cook (2010 Jazz) performing at the Blue Note in New York, NY on November 11-12
- Kathryn McCarthy’s (2015 Film) film, With Her Own Hands, premieres on October 23. The film was supported by a YoungArts microgrant
- Katerina McCrimmon (2016 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) makes Lincoln Center debut in New York, NY with solo show, Naked, on December 11
- Jordan Rice (2020 Theater) starring in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at Center Theatre Group, Music Center Annex in Los Angeles, CA on October 1-9
- Abigail Hing Wen (Guest Artist) on THE VALE tour through October
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