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YoungArts honors some of the nation’s most
distinguished graduating high school seniors in the arts. Over 8,000
students register for youngARTS each year. Up to 150
students are selected as youngARTS Finalists. Other recognition
categories include Merit Awards and Honorable Mentions.
The Finalists are brought to Miami for
youngARTS Week in January, an all-expense-paid week of master classes,
showcase
performances, exhibitions, enrichment programs, and final adjudications.
YoungArts also nominates 50 of the
youngARTS Finalists to the White House Commission on Presidential
Scholars to become Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Twenty of those
nominees are then selected as Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
BTWHSPVA has had a number of students
selected as Finalists each year.
2010 YOUNG ARTS
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS IN THE ARTS:
Austin Goodwin,
Choreography
Ida Saki, Modern Dance
YOUNG ARTS FINALISTS
Victoria Caffey, Jazz
Dance
Mia Antoinette Crowe,
Acting
MERIT AWARD WINNERS:
Joshua Bailey,
DANCE/World Dance Forms/African
Shonjia, DANCE/World
Dance Forms/African
Chloe Wells,
DANCE/World Dance Forms/Spanish
Katy Wood, PHOTOGRAPHY
D'Andre Horn,
VOICE/Popular Voice
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
WINNERS
Katherine Bernet,
DANCE/TAP
L-R: Victoria Caffey, Austin Goodwin, Ida
Saki, Mia Crowe
2009 YOUNG ARTS Finalists
Of the finalists below, seniors Olivia
Harris and Jennifer Criss advanced to
become candidates for Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
BTWHSPVA is proud to announce that six seniors have
qualified as finalists in the Young
Arts
Competition
(NFAA). These students will go to Miami to compete
with other Arts students from around the nation to become candidates
for a 'Presidential Scholar'.
JENIFFER CRISS - African Dance
MEGHAN FLUKER - Jazz Dance
FREDERICK THOMAS - African Dance
VANISHA GOULD - Jazz Vocal
OLIVIA HARRIS - Musical Theater
JAZZMEIA HORN - Jazz Vocal
2008 YOUNG ARTS Finalists
To see a full list of 2008 winners from Texas High
Schools click here
Finalists:
Alysha Deslorieux * Musical Theater
Judge Rucker * Visual Arts, 3-D
Abbey Adkins * Modern Dance
Isoke Brown * West African Dance
Honorable Mention:
Haley Carter * West African Dance
Weaver Rhodes * Modern Dance
Annie Such * Film/Video
Jordan Pettay * Jazz-Saxophone
Alysha Deslouieux * Popular Voice
Kelton Blackshear * Popular Voice
Daryl Meador * Photography
ShaVunda Horsley * Theater
Dilan Walpola * Visual Arts
Ryan Bock * Visual Arts
Merit Awards:
McKenna Birmingham * Modern Dance
Ebony Cunningham * Modern Dance
Alex Halbert * Visual Arts
Tessa Langle * West African Dance
Annie Such * Writing, Play or Script for Film/Video
Brady Wolshansky * Visual Arts
2007 YOUNG ARTS or NFAA Results
Three BTWHS students - Seniors Brittanie
Brown, Asher Frankfurt, and Jay Jackson were chosen for the highest
honor of Presidential Scholar, which is given to only 20 students in
the country. Booker T. had the highest number of Presidential Scholars
from any one school. Presidential Scholars and their teachers will be
honored in June in Washington, D.C.
Presidential Scholar Winners
Brittanie Brown * Modern Dance
Jay Jackson * Dance Choreography
Asher Frankfurt * Writing Play or Script
Finalists
Brittanie Brown * Modern Dance
Jay Jackson * Dance Choreography
Adryan Moorefield * African Dance
Asher Frankfurt * Writing Play or Script
Honorable Mentions
Clarynda Nimmons * Modern Dance
Ebony Rodriguez * World Dance African
Mark Meadows * Jazz Keyboard
Paul Barron * Visual Arts
Merit Awards
Jasmine Flowers * World Dance African
Ellen Hoffman * World Dance Folklorico
Jehbreal Jackson * Modern Dance
Cecil Moore * Modern Dance
Jay Henning * Non-Fiction Writing
Chase Arrington * Film & Video Production
Forrest McClain * Film & Video Production
Also see www.nfaa.org
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