At the request of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, which is appointed by the President of the United States, YoungArts Serves as the exclusive nominating agency for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, the country's highest honor for high school seniors. Each year, 20 YoungArts winners are chosen as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts and showcase their work at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC and are awarded as U.S. Presidential Scholars at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. 

Watch the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in "A Salute to the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars".

Meet the 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts

Past Presidential Scholars in the Arts Winners

2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts

2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts 

2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts