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2020 Booker T. Young Arts Winners
CONGRATULATIONS
to the following Booker T. Students
who have been named
2020 YoungArts Award Winners!
Joziah German
Dance - Modern/Contemporary
FINALIST
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Jacqueline Jankovsky
Dance - Modern/Contemporary
FINALIST
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Georgia Starnes
Music - Voice/Popular (Theatre Student)
Honorable Mention
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Samuel Wood
Music - Voice/Singer-Songwriter
Honorable Mention
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Julian Jordan
Film (Theatre Student)
Merit
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Joshua Bowman
Theater
Merit
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Madison Meadows
Theater Graduate
Merit
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Hailey Winn
Visual Arts
Merit
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Xyzca Pagaduan
Music - Singer-Songwriter
Merit
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Laurel Mora
Writing - Play or Script (Theatre Student)
Merit
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YoungArts' signature program is an application-based award for emerging artists ages 15-18 or in grades 10-12 from across the United States. Selected through a blind adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of highly accomplished artists, YoungArts Winners receive valuable support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with renowned mentors-such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sarah Brightman, Plácido Domingo, Frank Gehry, Jeff Koons, Wynton Marsalis, Rebecca Walker and Carrie Mae Weems-and performance and exhibition opportunities at some of the nation's leading cultural institutions.
Additionally, YoungArts Winners are eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students who exemplify academic and artistic excellence. U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts receive a Presidential Medal at the White House and perform and exhibit at the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian.
YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leaders in their fields include actresses Viola Davis, Anna Gunn, Zuzanna Szadkowski and Kerry Washington; Broadway stars Raúl Esparza, Billy Porter, Andrew Rannells and Tony Yazbeck; recording artists Josh Groban, Judith Hill and Chris Young; Metropolitan Opera star Eric Owens; musicians Terence Blanchard, Gerald Clayton and Jennifer Koh; choreographers Camille A. Brown and Desmond Richardson; visual artists Daniel Arsham and Hernan Bas; internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Doug Aitken; television writer, producer, and director Jenji Kohan; New York Times bestselling author Sam Lipsyte; and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Doug Blush.
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