YoungArts (previously National YoungArts Foundation and National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts , or NFAA ) is an American charity established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to help nurture emerging high-school artists. The foundation is based in Miami , Florida . In 1981, Ted Arison gave $ 5 million to launch the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
5-506: YoungArts nominates up to 60 candidates for consideration as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts following participation in YoungArts week. The YoungArts application consists of the following ten disciplines across the visual, literary, design and performing arts: Several documentaries have been produced highlighting this unique program and its award recipients. Most notably, Rehearsing
10-619: A Dream , produced by the Simon and Goodman Picture Company, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject . A documentary television series entitled YoungArts MasterClass , in which program alumni are teamed with famous mentors, is in its second season on HBO . YoungArts has developed a study guide, based on the HBO series, for high school teachers with Teachers College, Columbia University . Every YoungArts winner becomes
15-399: A part of the YoungArts alumni community, an artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni. YoungArts makes open calls to alumni to provide opportunities and inclusion in its programming and events. 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. Rehearsing a Dream Rehearsing a Dream
20-487: Is a short documentary directed and produced by four time Oscar nominees Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon . Cinematography by Buddy Squires and Steve McCarthy, edited by Nancy Baker and a Production of Simon & Goodman Picture Company. The film premiered on HBO in August 2007 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short . The film follows a group of gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists at
25-626: The YoungArts program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts in Miami. The young artists as spend a week learning from mentors like Mikhail Baryshnikov , Vanessa L. Williams , Jacques d'Amboise and Michael Tilson Thomas . The NFAA has for the past 27 years been helping the country's best high-school senior art students with their annual YoungArts Week in Miami and by scholarships. Over 7500 students apply for about 150 spots in all arts disciplines. This article about
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