National YoungArts Week
National YoungArts Week is an intensive program for award winners with distinction to collaborate with peers across 10 disciplines, develop their craft with internationally recognized leaders in their fields and create lifelong connections.
Artists participate in classes and interdisciplinary workshops with acclaimed artists and are eligible for financial awards of up to $10,000, as well as nomination as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
During the week-long intensive, audiences are invited to meet the most accomplished young artists in five nights of performances, writers’ readings and an exhibition, and through the publication of the Anthology + Catalogue.
2024 National YoungArts Week
From January 7-14, 2024, YoungArts winners with distinction convened in Miami to collaborate with peers across 10 disciplines and develop their craft with internationally recognized leaders in their field during National YoungArts Week.
151 YoungArts winners with distinction presented their work to the public over the course of five nights of performances, writers’ readings and an exhibition, and learned from notable artists such as dancer and choreographer Dianne McIntyre, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, photographer and filmmaker Laurie Simmons, opera singer Denyce Graves and actor Billy Porter, who led the annual AON Artist Talk.
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YoungArts’ mantra is that this experience will change your life. When I first saw this, I doubted that one week would have such an impact. Boy, was I wrong!“
Support for YoungArts programs is provided by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the Miami Downtown Development Authority; and the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts.