National Youngarts Foundation Announces
Public Performances, Exhibition And Screening Schedule
For Youngarts New York
Events To be Held at Baryshnikov Arts Center, MoMA PS1,
and The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monday, March 31 To Monday, April 7, 2014
The National YoungArts Foundation’s 2014 YoungArts New York program will take place March 31 to April 7, 2014 and will offer New York’s brightest young artists life-changing experiences and scholarship opportunities. During the week long intensive, 102 emerging artists will participate in interdisciplinary workshops and master classes renowned Tony Award-winner, dancer, choreographer and YoungArts Artistic Advisor, Bill T. Jones; award winning architect and designer of the World Trade Center Memorial, Michael Arad; distinguished writer, Adina Hoffman; photographer and videographer, Naomi Fisher; and violinist and composer, Daniel Bernard Roumain. These world renowned artists will mentor the YoungArts Winners and offer them support and encouragement to pursue their passions and a career in the arts.
YoungArts New York will feature three multidisciplinary performances at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), including one program curated by Mikhail Baryshnikov (BAC Artistic Director) and Pedja Muzijevic (BAC Artistic Administrator), and two programs directed by Jay Schieb; and a visual arts exhibition at MoMA PS1, all open to the public. YoungArts New York will kick off with a celebratory fundraising event at the Henri Bendel Fifth Avenue flagship featuring a performance by YoungArts alumna, singer songwriter, Kate Davis on Tuesday, April 1 at 5:30pm. Henri Bendel will donate 10% of the event proceeds to YoungArts. The week will culminate with a public (RSVP required) screening of the HBO Family documentary special Anna Deavere Smith: A YoungArts MasterClass with acclaimed actress and playwright, Anna Deavere Smith at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium on Monday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. The April 7 event will also include and cocktail reception and discussion with Smith, YoungArts Alumni and the filmmakers.
YoungArts New York is generously sponsored in part by Aon and Northern Trust Bank.
YoungArts Winners
New York-based Winners participating in the 2014 YoungArts New York include students from Bard High School Early Colleges, George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, and Professional Children’s School, among others.
Special Events
Tuesday, April 1 5:30– 8:00 PM
YoungArts New York Kick Off Fundraising Event Featuring Kate Davis (Invite Only)
Henri Bendel
712 Fifth Avenue at 56th Street
Media RSVP: [email protected]
Monday, April 7 at 6:30 PM
Public Screening of HBO YoungArts Masterclass: Anna Deavere Smith
Followed by Discussion with Anna Deavere Smith, Filmmakers and YoungArts Alumni
Special Performance and Cocktail Reception
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Enter at 1000 Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street
RSVP required
General Admission RSVP: [email protected]
Media RSVP: [email protected]
2014 YoungArts New York Public Performances, Exhibition, Readings and Screenings
Thursday, April 3 at 8:00 PM
YoungArts @ BAC: Multidisciplinary Performance curated by Mikhail Baryshnikov
Pedja Muzijevic
BaryshnikovArtsCenter, Jerome Robbins Theater, 3rd Floor
450 West 37th Street
Admission: $10*
For tickets: www.bacnyc.org or 866-811-4111
Friday, April 4 at 6:00 PM
Visual Arts, Photography, and Design Exhibition, Writers Readings & Cinematic Arts Screenings
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave.
Long Island City, NY 11101
Admission: Free
Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 PM
YoungArts @ BAC: Multidisciplinary Performance Directed by Jay Schieb (Program I)
Baryshnikov Arts Center, Howard Gilman Performance Space, 4th Floor
450 West 37th Street
Admission: $10*
For tickets: www.bacnyc.org or 866-811-4111
Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 PM
YoungArts @ BAC: Multidisciplinary Performance Directed by Jay Schieb (Program II)
BaryshnikovArtsCenter, Howard Gilman Performance Space, 4th Floor
450 West 37th Street
Admission: 10*
For tickets: www.bacnyc.org or 866-811-4111
*Ticket fees apply.
Master Classes and Workshops
There are a limited number of seats available for media to observe YoungArts New York master classes and workshops. For a schedule, please contact Justin Holden, [email protected] or 212-715-1572
ABOUT YOUNGARTS NEW YORK
YoungArts New York is one of the organization’s three regional programs that are also hosted in Los Angeles and Miami and modeled after its signature national program, YoungArts Week, held annually in Miami, where the organization is headquartered. Through these programs, YoungArts engages its hundreds of regional Merit Winners, Honorable Mentions, and Finalists, who were chosen from more than 11,000 applicants from around the country.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION
The National YoungArts Foundation (formerly known as the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts) was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison. To date, YoungArts has honored more than 17,000 young artists with over $6 million in monetary awards; facilitated in excess of $150 million in college scholarship opportunities; and enabled its participants to work with master teachers who are among the most distinguished artists in the world, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d’Amboise, Plácido Domingo, Bill T. Jones, Quincy Jones, Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese. For more information about YoungArts, visit www.youngarts.org.
