Foundation names 2021 Young Arts winners
Updated 2/1/2021 11:35 AM
The National YoungArts Foundation recently announced its 2021 YoungArts Winners.
YoungArts winners are the nation s most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
Selected from a competitive pool of applications and representing artists from across the country, YoungArts winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for emerging artists in the United States, offering financial, professional and artistic development opportunities over the course of their careers.
Winners are chosen for their caliber of artistic achievement by esteemed discipline-specific panels of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process and are awarded in three categories: Finalist, Honorable Mention and Merit.
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“Three Hotels”
Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale star in a reading of Jon Robin Baitz’s two-hander about the disintegration of a marriage. Available through Saturday. Free; donations accepted for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. broadwaycares.org
“Holocaust Remembrance”
Musicians from New West Symphony are joined by pianist Daniel Vnukowski and Jerusalem String Quartet for works by Brahms, John Williams and others. 3 p.m. Sunday. $25; season pass, $160. newwestsymphony.org
“L.A. Omnibus: Lost in Translation”
Syrian American spoken-word artist Omar Offendum takes the stage at Royce Hall in the fourth entry of this showcase for local artists presented by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free. cap.ucla.edu
Updated on January 25, 2021 at 9:59 am
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Discovering your creative fire early on in life can be a true gift.
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The butterfly is the inspiration for artist Jessica Jing McCann. McCann sees the creature as both fragile and strong.
“The butterfly has always been my favorite insect,” said McCann, of O’Hara. She recalled a trip to a butterfly garden at Niagara Falls when she was 14. “I love the elegance and grace of a butterfly. I also love its strength and its fragility.”
The essence of the insect comes through in the art McCann fashions out of nickel.
She said making jewelry is a process. It begins with a design she creates through a sketch, which she builds into a paper model. She takes those pieces of paper and places them on the nickel. McCann cuts the material with a coping saw into the desired shapes. She files the edges and sands the metal before polishing the jewelry.
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami celebrates the Ground Floor Reader Series latest publication,
Agustín Fernández: Armaduras, on Thursday with a livestreamed panel discussion focusing on the Cuban artist. The publication, which acts as a monograph on a specific artist exhibiting on the museum s ground floor, is available for purchase via the ICA s website. The panel will feature three experts: historian Jonathan D. Katz, curator Susanna Temkin, and Gean Moreno, director of the Knight Foundation Art and Research Center at ICA. The panel will discuss the life, work, and impact of the postwar modernist s practice and take questions from the audience.