Alumni Community

Every YoungArts winner becomes a part of the ever-growing YoungArts alumni community. We welcome you to our artistic family of more than 20,000 alumni and hope you will stay engaged and involved with YoungArts through one or more of the opportunities listed below.

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Connect

YoungArts alumni are encouraged to join YoungArts Post, a free, private, online platform to reconnect, collaborate and find out about new alumni opportunities. Created exclusively for YoungArts alumni, YoungArts Post allows you to share your work, access exclusive resources, connect with fellow alumni and find opportunities for funding, collaboration and more. Sign up, create your profile and gain access to weekly open calls, exclusive funding opportunities and learning resources.

We also invite you to sign up for alumni email updates and follow YoungArts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn to receive general updates about the YoungArts community.

Don’t forget to share what you’ve been up to with us by writing to [email protected].

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In Process

In Process is an artist residency program dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration between two alumni at seminal stages of their careers. Provided with the time, space and resources to experiment, this program takes places three times a year and invites two YoungArts alumni of different disciplines to create new work.


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Up Next

Presented in New York and Los Angeles each year, Up Next is a daylong symposium featuring leaders from multiple areas of the arts, from practice to administration. Designed for up to 50 alumni to participate in active panel discussions, Up Next aims to provide honest perspective from the field, as well as the tools and knowledge necessary for a successful career in the arts.

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Exhibitions and Performance Opportunities

Since 2013, the two-story YoungArts Gallery has hosted exhibitions by YoungArts master artists, winners and alumni, including Olafur Eliasson, Daniel Arsham (1999 Winner in Visual Arts) and Hernan Bas (1994 Winner in Visual Arts). We are proud to offer alumni the opportunity to show work through an open call for two exhibitions annually in the YoungArts Gallery.

YoungArts alumni are also provided with performance, residency and collaboration opportunities through partnerships with institutions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection, Baxter Street at the Camera Club of New York, Miami Film Festival, Fountainhead Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Watermill Center, New York Live Arts and others.

 

Residencies
The YoungArts residency programs provide alumni with the time, space and resources to create or develop new work. Each year, YoungArts hosts two, three-week residencies: one focused on dance and another focused on performance that is open to multiple disciplines. Artists will receive an honorarium, travel and housing, and are provided with studio space in the iconic Jewel Box on the YoungArts campus in this unique opportunity to work in Miami and engage with its vibrant community. We also work with partners to provide residency opportunities for alumni outside of the YoungArts campus, including Bay Parc Residences.

Fellowships

Daniel Arsham Fellowship, presented by the Ridinger-Mclaughlin Family

A major granting program for aspiring visual artists up to three years out of receiving their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Named in honor of acclaimed contemporary artist Daniel Arsham (1999 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts) and supported by SHOP.COM and DNA Atelier Co-Founders Duane McLaughlin and Amber Ridinger-McLaughlin, the Fellowship further expands the organization’s support of YoungArts alumni as they pursue careers in the arts. 

One YoungArts alumnus/a a year will receive an unrestricted prize of $25,000 and year-long mentorship opportunities with Arsham. Paloma Izquierdo, a 2014 YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, has been named the 2019 Daniel Arsham Fellow by a jury of internationally renowned artists and YoungArts Master Teachers, including Naomi Fisher, José Parlá and Daniel Arsham.

Work with YoungArts

Twenty four percent of artistic positions were filled by alumni during core program weeks in 2018.

Resident advisors, discipline coordinators, national reviewers and master teachers play an integral role in the quality of YoungArts programming and the mentorship of our YoungArts winners. It takes exceptional people to fulfill these roles and therefore, we take special care in selecting individuals with potential to develop leadership skills and grow within the YoungArts community.

Applications and open calls for the above opportunities and positions can be found on YoungArts Post. If you have any questions about alumni opportunities, write to Alumni Community Manager Kelley Kessell at [email protected].