YoungArts

YoungArts
Established1981
FounderLin Arison
Ted Arison
TypeCharity
HeadquartersMiami, Florida

YoungArts (previously National YoungArts Foundation and National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, or NFAA) is an American charity established by Lin and Ted Arison to support high-school artists. The foundation is based in Miami, Florida and began in 1981.

From 1982 to 2025, YoungArts nominated candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

Leadership

YoungArts’ board of trustees is chaired by Sarah Arison, granddaughter of founders Lin and Ted Arison..

Clive Chang, previously a vice president at Lincoln Center, has served as President and CEO of YoungArts since 2023.

Other programs and activities

Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this program and its award recipients. In 2007, Rehearsing a Dream, produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. An Emmy-winning documentary television series entitled YoungArts MasterClass, in which program alumni were teamed with famous mentors aired for three seasons on HBO. YoungArts developed a study guide, based on the HBO series, for high school teachers with Teachers College, Columbia University.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Arison Will Never Sell a Living Artist". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
  2. ↑ Sheets, Hilarie M. (December 26, 2018). "A Collector Who Grew Up With Art Now Fosters Its Makers" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ "Presidential Scholars Program Fact Sheet" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "The Most Influential People in Art". November 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sarah Arison reimagines what cultural leadership can be". Art Basel.
  6. ↑ "From Disney to New York's Lincoln Center, meet YoungArts' new president".
  7. ↑ Zoller Seitz, Matt. "The 79th Annual Academy Award Nominations". Slant Magazine.
  8. ↑ "'Girls' offers a different bounty". Spokesman.com. August 9, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass | Emmy Awards and Nominations". Television Academy.
  10. ↑ Robin Pogrebin (October 2, 2012), Gehry to Turn Bacardi Complex Into Arts Campus New York Times
  11. ↑ YoungArts (2016-01-21). Abigail Barlow | Popular Voice | 2016 National YoungArts Week. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Youngarts Winners 2016" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Behind the green | Segerstrom Center for the Arts". www.scfta.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Our History | 40 years for artists". YoungArts. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  15. ↑ Vazquez, Ashley (2015-09-26). "YoungArts' Second Annual Awareness Day Is a Drag (in a Good Way)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  16. ↑ "Chance the Rapper Collaborator Grace Weber Began Her Career in Miami's YoungArts' Program". Miami New Times. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  17. ↑ "YoungArts Information Session | Oct. 15 and 19 | TU Dance". Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  18. ↑ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fall 2020 Performance Season - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  19. ↑ "Tony Yazbeck, from YoungArts Alum to Broadway Powerhouse". www.dance-enthusiast.com. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  20. ↑ Heyman, Marshall (April 8, 2016). "YoungArts Steps Into the Spotlight". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  21. ↑ Kleinman, Rebecca (January 14, 2019). "L.A. Artist Duo Haas Brothers Honored by Miami's YoungArts Foundation". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  22. ↑ Anderson, Samuel (April 21, 2017). "Salman Rushdie, Debbie Allen, and Christian Slater Spend a Night at the Museum". Vogue. Retrieved April 1, 2016.