What happens if you win YoungArts?
In addition to monetary awards, all winners receive a medallion, a lifetime of creative and professional support, and access to YoungArts Post—a private, online portal for YoungArts artists to connect, share their work and discover new opportunities.
How competitive is YoungArts?
With over 7,000 applications submitted to the program each year, approximately 700 lucky students are selected for admission, making the acceptance rate into the program around a highly coveted 10 percent.
What is a YoungArts Merit winner?
Merit: The YoungArts Merit award level recognizes work that has been recognized as commendable by the panel, strong technically with a clear artistic point of view. Merit winners receive a monetary award of $100. Honorable Mention winners receive a monetary award of $250.
What do YoungArts winners get?
All YoungArts award winners will receive financial awards of up to $10,000, opportunities to work with leading artists and will become eligible for exclusive creative and professional development support throughout their careers.
What is the Presidential Scholars Award?
The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by Executive Order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our Nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The Scholars represent excellence in education and the promise of greatness in young people.
How big is YoungArts?
YoungArts has an endowment of $42 million. Its $6 million annual budget is expected to increase as much as 40 percent as its operating expenses grow.
What is the YoungArts program?
YoungArts identifies the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary and performing arts, and provides them with creative and professional development opportunities throughout their careers.
What is a YoungArts winner?
Winners. YoungArts’ winners consist of the nation’s most promising young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts. Selected from a competitive pool of applications and representing artists from across the country, YoungArts winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for emerging artists in the United States,…
What is YoungArts honorable mention?
Honorable Mention: The YoungArts Honorable Mention award level recognizes work that demonstrates exceptional technique; a strong sense of artistry; and a depth of thinking/performance that exceeds the level of peers at this career stage. Honorable Mention winners receive a monetary award of $250.
Why MagicMagic at young arts?
Magic happens at YoungArts.” Being a part of the YoungArts program made me realize that I could be an artist, that I could have a career in the world of art.” A career in the arts is a hard road to follow. YoungArts gave me the early recognition and validation that is so important for your confidence and trust in yourself.”