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VISUAL ARTS + PHOTOGR APHY
EXHIBITION OPENING
C U R AT E D BY J O H N TA I N
8 PM
JAZZ PERFORMANCE +
WRITERS’ READINGS
CO -DIR EC TED BY BILL PIERCE ,
MICHAEL BUCKLEY AND RUTH MCKEE
YOU NGARTS L A SCH E DU LE
F R I D AY, F E B R U A R Y 1 9 | 6 : 3 0 P M
S AT U R D AY, F E B R U A R Y 2 0 | 8 P M
DA N C E , T H E AT E R +
VOICE PE RFOR MANCE
DIR EC TED BY JOH N H EGIN BOTHAM
S U N D AY, F E B R U A R Y 2 1 | 2 P M
CLASSICAL CONCERT +
FILM SCREENINGS
DIR EC TED BY DANIEL BER NAR D ROUMAIN
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ABOUT YOU NGARTS.............................................. 9
ABOUT YOU N GARTS L A ....................................... 11
TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S
W E L C O M E T O Y O U N G A R T S L A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CHANGING A LIFE IS LIFE-CHANGING...................13
YOU N GARTS L A PARTICI PANTS.............................15
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YOU N GARTS L A G U E ST M ASTE R TE ACH E R S........... 24
YOU N GARTS L A M E NTOR S................................... 36
YOU N GARTS L A PAR E NTS.................................... 38
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ANNUAL SUPPORTERS......................................... 42
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YoungArts Los Angeles is one of three regional programs modeled
after our national YoungArts Week. All of our programs provide us
with the opportunity to further showcase and nurture the talents
of our young winners. This year’s program offers close to 100
students with intense master classes and workshops with renowned
artists, and the opportunity to share their creativity with the public
through performances, readings, exhibitions and screenings.
WE LCOM E TO YOU NGARTS L A
The National YoungArts Foundation is celebrating its 35th Anniversary.
That means 35 years of identifying and nurturing the most accomplished
young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts. Two
years ago, we launched YoungArts Los Angeles with great success. In
its third year, the program promises to be a transformative experience
for those who participate in our classes, workshops and performances,
and for audience members as well. We are tremendously proud of
our YoungArts Los Angeles winners. Their hard work, dedication and
talent has inspired us and taught us what it means to be a true artist.
These artists are among the nation’s most talented artists, ages 15-18,
who were selected through a blind adjudication process as the 2016
YoungArts Winners. These artists are already so accomplished that
you will have a hard time remembering that they are just beginning
their careers. By all means, they are the artistic voices of the future.
Thank you for supporting the next generation of artists with your
attendance, applause and contributions. I also want to extend a
special thank you to the parents, teachers and schools who have
nurtured these young talents throughout the years. Without
you, they would not be selected and featured by us today.
Be on the look-out for future YoungArts programs in Los Angeles.
We plan to expand our visibility here with intimate salons featuring
our alumni and master teachers, as well continue to attract the
brightest high schoolers to our national and regional programs.
Sincerely,
Richard Kohan
Chair, Board of Trustees
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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
from a pool of more than an average of 11,000 applications (in 2015, the
organization received a record-breaking number of more than 12,000
applications), 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,
Plácido Domingo, Frank Gehry, Jeff Koons, Wynton Marsalis, Robert Redford,
Rebecca Walker and Bruce Weber—and performance and exhibition
opportunities at some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions, including
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), The
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The Museum of Modern Art (New
York) and New World Center (Miami). 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.
A BO U T T H E N ATI O N A L
YO U N GA RT S FO U N DATI O N
The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was established in 1981 by
Lin and Ted Arison to identify and nurture the most accomplished young
artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts, and assist them at
critical junctures in their educational and professional development. Through
a wide range of annual programs, regular performances, and partnerships
with some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions, YoungArts aspires
to create a strong community of alumni and a platform for a lifetime of
encouragement, opportunity and support.
YoungArts Winners also become part of a thousands-strong alumni
network of artists, which offers them additional professional opportunities
throughout their careers. 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; choreographer 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.
For more information, visit youngarts.org.
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ABOUT YOU NGARTS L A
Modeled after National YoungArts Week, the organization’s signature
program held annually in Miami, YoungArts Los Angeles is one of three
regional programs that offer life-changing experiences, guidance and support
to incoming YoungArts Winners nationwide through interdisciplinary
workshops, seminars and master classes with renowned leaders in their
fields. This year, 819 emerging artists (ages 15-18 or in grades 10-12) from 42
states were selected as YoungArts Winners for their outstanding work and
accomplishments across the literary, visual, design and performing arts from
more than 12,000 applications—the largest number to date.
YoungArts Los Angeles engages YoungArts Winners from all award levels—
Finalist, Honorable Mention and Merit—and exposes local audiences to
emerging artists in their community. Along with regional programs in New
York and Miami, YoungArts Los Angeles provides a platform for participants
to connect, collaborate and learn from their peers, distinguished YoungArts
alumni, and luminaries such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vijay Gupta, Joan
Scheckel, and Franklin Sirmans. In addition, participants showcase their
talents during public performances, exhibitions and readings at world-class
arts institutions in each area to further prepare them for the next stage of
their careers.
This year in Los Angeles, the exhibition curated by John Tain; jazz and writers
readings directed by Bill Pierce; and performances directed by celebrated
choreographer John Heginbotham and acclaimed composer and violinist
Daniel Bernard Roumain, take place at The Los Angeles Theatre Center.
More information about our events is available online at youngarts.org.
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We believe in the arts, our youth and their dreams. The encouragement
of our young artists is an investment in a future rich in culture. Your
contribution to the National YoungArts Foundation helps us create
experiences for students that last a lifetime – moving the nation’s
most talented young artists a little closer to their dreams. Over the
last 35 years, more than 20,000 young artists have benefited from the
opportunities that were given to them through YoungArts’ programs.
We are proud of our role as a springboard to vibrant artistic careers. Our
alumni have gone on to distinguished careers in their fields, becoming
principal dancers in major companies, members of prominent orchestras
and recognizable faces on stage and screen. Their books are on The
New York Times Best Seller list, their artwork hangs in the world’s most
distinguished museums and they have received Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,
and Tony award nominations and awards.
CHANGING A LIFE IS LIFE-CHANGING
Supporting YoungArts with a contribution is an investment in the next
generation of artists.
YoungArts programs rely on the contributions of generous corporations,
foundations and individuals like you!
There are many ways to support these artists, but they all start with you
taking action.
Donating to our annual fund is a notable way to make a difference and
get more involved. YoungArts offers access to future masters in the
visual, literary, design and performing arts, and exposure to a passionate
group of people interested in sustaining artistic culture. It’s a way for you
to stay connected to the variety of innovative programs, education and
outreach, interdisciplinary workshops and community happenings that
we offer each season in Miami, New York and Los Angeles.
We invite you to discuss how you can become more involved in
supporting YoungArts, our artists and our programs.
For more information, please contact the Development Department at
(305) 377-1140 or development@youngarts.org.
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M I K E BAO | Music/Piano
Troy High School | Fullerton, CA
M AT I L DA B E R K E | Writing/Spoken Word
Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA
O L I V E R B E R L I N E R | Voice/Baritone
Culver City High School | Culver City, CA
A B I G A I L B E R RY | Voice/Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
YOU NGARTS L A PARTICI PANTS
E VA N A B O U N A S SA R | Jazz/Trumpet
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
K AY L A B R I Ë T | Cinematic Arts
Cypress High School* | Cypress, CA
I SA B E L L A C A S SA N D R A - N E WSA M | Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
A N J U C LO U D | Dance/Tap
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
R AC H E L CO R R E N | Visual Arts
Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
B E N JA M I N C R U Z | Visual Arts
Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
M I C H A E L C U RC I O | Music/Composition
Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego, CA
A L A M A N D I A D H I O U | Dance/Tap
Brentwood School* | Los Angeles, CA
S H E L D O N D O N E N B E R G | Theater
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
C R I S T I N A D O U G H E RT Y | Music/Tuba
Interlochen Arts Academy* | Interlochen, MI
L I N D SAY E M I | Writing/Creative Nonfiction
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
B R E N DA N E VA N S | Dance/Modern
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
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G R I F F I N B L U E FAY | Writing/Poetry & Spoken Word
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
N ATA L I A F E R R A R A | Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
A L E X A N D E R F L AV E L L | Jazz/Keyboard
Valencia High School | Placentia, CA
I SA B E L L A F R A N CO | Dance/Ballet
Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA
A M A N DA G O R M A N | Writing/Selection From Novel
New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
A M A N DA G O R M A N | Writing/Short Story
New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
G A B R I E L L E G O R M A N | Cinematic Arts
New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA
A N A B E L L E G U N D E R S O N | Dance/Ballet
Harbor Springs Charter School | Temecula, CA
J U L I A G U T I E R R E Z D E L BA R R I O | Theater
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
A L E XI S H A R R I S | Photography
Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Palisades, CA
B R I D G E R H A RT | Cinematic Arts
Mira Costa High School | Manhattan Beach, CA
Z AC H A RY H E R N A N D E Z | Jazz/Keyboard
El Camino High School* | Ventura, CA
N I K K I H O U S TO N | Cinematic Arts
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
S H A RO N H U RV I T Z | Music/Composition
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
K E I J I I S H I DA | Visual Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
E L I SA B E T H JA H N - M O R R I S S E Y | Writing/Creative Nonfiction
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
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A N N A L I S E K A M E G AWA | Writing/Short Story
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
TAY LO R K U RT Z | Dance/Jazz
Great Oak High School | Temecula, CA
W I L L I A M L A N C A S T E R | Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
N AT H A N L E | Music/Violoncello
Sierra Canyon School | Chatsworth, CA
YOU NGARTS L A PARTICI PANTS
M A R K D U V I T K A K U N E G O DA | Photography
Loyola High School | Los Angeles, CA
JA S M I N E L E E | Voice/Popular Voice
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
Y U C H E N L I | Visual Arts
Temple City High School | Temple City, CA
E M I LY L I N -W U | Visual Arts
Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
N I KO M A N C E R A | Voice/Bass
Santa Margarita Catholic High School | Santa Margarita, CA
L I LY M A S S E E | Photography
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
R H I A N N O N M CG AV I N | Writing/Spoken Word
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
PAU L M E K A I L I A N | Music/Composition
Arcadia High School | Arcadia, CA
L U C A M E N D OZ A | Jazz/Composition & Keyboard
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
C H E S T E R M I LTO N | Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
T I R Z A O C H R AC H - KO N R A D I | Visual Arts
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology* | Baltimore, MD
A N E L A O H | Visual Arts
Interlochen Arts Academy* | Interlochen, MI
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G R AC E O L I N S K I | Theater
Westridge School For Girls | Pasadena, CA
AU B R E E O L I V E R S O N | Music/Violin
Mountain Heights Academy | West Jordan, UT
J O S H OVA L L E | Cinematic Arts
Halstrom Academy New Port Beach | Irvine, CA
A L I SA P E T RO S OVA | Photography
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
W H I T N E Y P I E P E R | Photography
Palos Verdes High School | Palos Verdes Estates, CA
A L E X A N D R A P R AT | Voice/Mezzo Soprano
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts* | San Diego, CA
J O R DA N R E I F K I N D | Jazz/Guitar
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
K AT YA R I C H A R D S O N | Music/Composition
Orange County School of the Arts* | Santa Ana, CA
A N D R E W R I M | Music/Violoncello
Torrey Pines High School | San Diego, CA
A L E XI S RO S E N S T R AU C H | Dance/Tap
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
CO N N O R ROW E | Music/Trombone
Cabrillo High School | Lompoc, CA
JAC K SA M S O N | Theater
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
E M M A S C H E I N BAU M | Photography
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
DY L A N S C H I F R I N | Writing/Play or Script
Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA
J O S E P H S I LVA | Voice/Popular
Notre Dame High School | Sherman Oaks, CA
S O P H I A S I LV E R I A | Dance/Ballet
Huntington Beach High School | Huntington Beach, CA
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A L E X A N D E R S M I T H | Jazz/Percussion
Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
M I G U E L S OTO | Voice/Singer-Songwriter
Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA
I SA AC S P E C TO R | Dance/Choreography
Beverly Hills High School | Beverly Hills, CA
E R I N S TO O D L E Y | Writing/Poetry
El Camino High School | Ventura, CA
YOU NGARTS L A PARTICI PANTS
N OA H S I M O N | Music/Piano
Crossroads School | Santa Monica, CA
J O S H UA S T RO B L | Theater
John Burroughs High School | Burbank, CA
A M A N DA S U N | Dance/Modern
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA
M E G A N T R AC H | Music/Piccolo
Westlake High School | Westlake Village, CA
M AG G I E VA L D M A N | Voice/Popular
Malibu High School | Malibu, CA
S H AY N A W E I N T R AU B | Dance/Jazz
Viewpoint School | Calabasas, CA
L I LY W I L K I N S | Photography
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
WA D E W I N S LOW | Visual Arts
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles, CA
E VA N W R I G H T | Jazz/Composition
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA
H A N A E YO S H I DA | Music/Trombone
Northwood High School | Irvine, CA
DA N I E L ZO LG H A D R I | Theater
Orange County School of the Arts | Santa Ana, CA*
*Previously attended
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M I C H A E L B U C K L E Y | Writing Co-Director | National Reviewer | Michael
Buckley is a fiction writer and author of the short story collection Miniature
Men. His work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Best American
Non-Required Reading 2003, The Southern California Review, Rip Rap,
Watermark and Spot Literary Magazine, among others. Michael has been
nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice, and earned his MFA at California State
University, Long Beach.
C AT H E R I N E CO P P L E S TO N E | Music Discipline Coordinator | Catherine
Copplestone is an LA-based actress and visual artist originally from the
East Coast. She holds a BA in Theater and Studio Art from Goucher College
(Baltimore) and an MFA in Acting from Columbia University (NYC) where she
was blessed to study voice and Shakespeare under the guidance of Kristin
Linklater. Her recent performance projects include the original play love.
abz in NYC and Berlin, an appearance on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, voiceover
work for Naturemade, a national Angie’s List spot about gutters, and her
YouTube channel Wife Hacks where she plays Narcissa, a Southern Belle who
gives marriage “advice.” Catherine is also the owner/operator of Etsy shop
sensationery, and loves spending time in her Hollywood Hills home studio
creating art with her hands. She also loves her husband, Jordan, and her
Boston Terrier, Archer.
C A R LO CO R B E L L I N I | Cinematic Arts Discipline Coordinator | Carlo
Corbellini, a native of Italy, is a Northwestern University Engineering
graduate whose love for technology and storytelling led him to a career in
directing and producing digital video content for publications and brands
alike. His boutique creative agency, Corbellini Creative, has helped garner
over a billion impressions for clients including Mattel, Google, Architectural
Digest, Spinmaster and Airbus, through the creation of unique web
experiences, artist documentaries and comedic viral videos.
R I C H A R D G UAY | Cinematic Arts Co-Director | Richard Guay has worked
in the film industry for 25 years as a producer, writer, studio executive,
and in many other roles. Now with more than 15 feature-length film and
documentary credits, Guay began his career as a production auditor for
filmmakers like John Sayles, Woody Allen and Jonathan Demme. Guay has
been nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards and a WGA Award,
and has served as a production executive for Orion Pictures, Film Finances,
United Artists and New Regency.
J O H N H E G I N B OT H A M | Director, Dance/Theatre/Voice Performance |
Brooklyn-based choreographer, performer and teacher John Heginbotham
graduated from The Juilliard School in 1993 with a BFA in Dance. John
was a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) from 19982012, performing lead roles in L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Mod­erato; The
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M A R I K A H U G H E S | Music Director, Dance/Theater/Voice Performance
Marika Hughes is a cellist who has played with Mary J. Blige and recorded
for many artists, including Lou Reed, Ani DiFranco, Jolie Holland and Toshi
Reagon. In addition to working with these musicians, Hughes is also a
member of the band 2 Foot Yard and Charming Hostess and founded the
band Red Pocket with Jewlia Eisenberg. She has toured extensively and
released two solo albums, Afterlife Music Radio: 11 New Pieces for Solo Cello
and The Simplest Thing. Prior to working with musicians, Marika was a cellist
for the Grammy-nominated Quartet San Francisco. She is a graduate of
Barnard College and the Juilliard School.
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Hard Nut; Four Saints in Three Acts and Romeo and Juliet: On Motifs of
Shakespeare. During his time with MMDG, he toured across the United
States and abroad alongside artists including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Yo-Yo
Ma, Emanuel Ax, The Bad Plus and Zakir Hussain, and performed with opera
companies including The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera and
the English National Opera. He is the recipient of the Martha Hill Prize for
Sustained Achievement in Dance.
C AT J I M E N E Z | Photography Director | Cat Jimenez is a photographer who
serves as Co-Founder of the Month of Photography Los Angeles and Executive
Director of the Lucie Foundation. She studied photography at the Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena, California and was featured in the Smithsonian
Institute and The Los Angeles Filipino American Centennial Commemoration
Committee Project, I am Today’s Filipino, which recognizes and preserves the
stories of individuals making a contribution to American Life.
R U T H M C K E E | Writing Co-Director | National Reviewer | Regional
Anthology Editor | Ruth McKee is a playwright whose work has been
produced and developed by Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre,
Black Dahlia Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Cherry Lane Theatre, Ensemble
Studio Theatre, HB Playwrights Foundation, The Road Theatre and SPFNYC,
among others. She has taught creative writing at Idyllwild Arts Academy,
the California State Summer School of the Arts, UC San Diego, Cypress
College, and most recently helmed the MFA playwriting program at Indiana
University. Ruth is currently working as Co-Artistic Producing Director of
Chalk Repertory Theatre, an LA-based site-specific theatre company of
which she is a founding member.
A N D R E A M U R I L LO | Dance/Theater/Voice Discipline Coordinator | 2006
YoungArts Winner in Dance | Andrea Murillo is a dancer, choreographer and
actress from Miami, FL. After graduating from New World School of the
Arts, she began touring with the Martha Graham Dance Company. During her
time there, Andrea performed solo roles such as “Lamentation,” “Serenata
Morisca” and lead roles in Embattled Garden, Steps in the Street and Snow
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in the Mesa. In 2012, she transitioned to Sleep No More NYC where she
played several leading roles. Andrea has worked with artists such as Troy
Ogilvie, Rosie Herrera, Daniel Yankiver and has choreographed for Dos Equis,
Espolon, Samsung and The Knickerbocker Hotel. Currently, Andrea is in the
creative process of writing, directing, and producing dance on film.
DA N I E L P E T T ROW | Drama Director, Dance/Theater/Voice Performance
Daniel Pettrow is an associate actor with The Wooster Group and
has performed in Hamlet, Vieux Carre and Who’s Your Dada?!. He is
an instructor at The Wooster Group’s Summer Institute. A frequent
collaborator with multi-disciplinary theater company Bluemouth Inc., he has
performed in Dance Marathon, How Soon Is Now? and Death By Water.
Other lead theatre roles include Jean Genet’s Splendid’s, Bernard Marie
Koltes’ Black Battles With Dogs and Roberto Zucco, and Mark Antony in
Julius Caesar. Daniel has performed in over 50 plays at International and
Regional theaters, and directs the NY sketch group “Skinny Bitch Jesus
Meeting.” Daniel is a guest teacher at NYU and is the communications
coordinator and drama teacher at Heifetz International Music Institute.
B I L L P I E RC E | Director, Jazz & Writers’ Performance | Bill Pierce is a
saxophonist, music educator, composer and performer. He has been a
Berklee faculty member for two decades and departmental chair for 15
years. He has performed with some of the indisputable masters of jazz
including Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Art Farmer, Hank Jones, James
Williams, Kevin Eubanks, Branford Marsalis and Wynton Marsalis. Pierce
spent almost three years playing with Art Blakey, and later teamed up with
the late drummer Tony Williams and made five recordings with him. Over the
years, Bill Pierce has been a featured saxophonist at major international jazz
festivals. His sinewy tenor and soprano saxophone lines can be heard on 80
albums on which he was a sideman and 11 of his own recordings. Samplings of
his music can also be heard in soundtracks of a number of films.
DA N I E L B E R N A R D RO U M A I N | Director, Classical Music & Cinematic
Arts Performance | Daniel Bernard Roumain is a classically trained composer,
performer, violinist and band-leader noted for blending funk, rock, hip-hop
and classical music into an energetic and experiential sonic form. Daniel’s
acclaimed work as a composer and a performer has spanned more than
two decades. His collaborations span the worlds of Philip Glass, Cassandra
Wilson, Bill T. Jones, Savion Glover and Lady Gaga. Daniel has performed or
shown works at Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the
Olympics and the Sydney Opera House, among many others. He has released
four albums.
N A N C Y SAVO C A | Cinematic Arts Co-Director | Nancy Savoca is a
director/writer whose first feature film, True Love, won the Grand Jury Prize
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A N N A S E W H OY | Visual Arts Co-Director | National Reviewer | Anna
Sew Hoy lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions of Anna’s work
have been mounted at the Hammer Museum; Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New
York; LAXART; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles; the San Jose Museum of
Art and the California Biennial 2008. Her work can also be found in the
collections of the Hammer Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, and the Museum
of Contemporary Art in San Diego. Anna was awarded a Creative Capital
Grant for Visual Art in 2015 to support her project Psychic Body Grotto. She
received the California Community Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists in
2013 and the United States Artists Broad Fellowship in 2006. Anna received
her MFA from Bard College in 2008.
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at the Sundance Film Festival. She has been nominated for a Spirit Award for
her directorial work and for a Best Director prize at the Los Angeles Latino
Film Festival. Retrospectives of Nancy’s work have been featured in The
Museum of the Moving Image.
J O H N TA I N | Visual Arts Co-Director | National Reviewer | Curator | John
Tain is the Curator for Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty
Research Institute. Prior to joining the institute, John lived in Paris where
he researched his dissertation project on Matisse and the Avant-Garde and
taught at the University of California’s Study Center. In 2006-2007, he served
as a predoctoral fellow in art history at Kenyon College.
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S CO L I ACO S TA | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Scoli Acosta studied fine art
at the Kansas City Art Institute (1994) and the Ultimate Akademie in Cologne,
Germany (1997). Recent exhibitions include the Fernelmont Contemporary
Art, Château de Fernelmont, Belgium (2014); Vernacular Alchemists,
Passerelle, Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France (2014); Les horizons,
La Criée, Rennes, France (2014); Music of Morocco, Galerie Laurent Godin
Paris (2013); Elementhalismus, MCASD Downtown (2013); MADE IN L.A. 2012,
organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LA><ART (2012);
Drawings and Projects, FRAC Basse-Normandie (2011); Carbon Footprint,
Galerie Laurent Godin Paris (2008); Bountiful, LA><ART, Los Angeles (2008);
and …Day was to Fall as Night was to Break…, Daniel Reich Gallery New York
(2006). His work has been included in group exhibitions such as De belles
sculptures contemporaines, FRAC Pays de la Loire (2013); Les vagues, FRAC
Pays de la loire (2010); La Ronde, Centre d’art de la Ferme du Buisson (2011);
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, LACMA Los Angeles
(2008); From and about Place, CCA Tel Aviv (2008); the 2007 Montreal
Biennial; and the 2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art,
Newport Beach.
C H LO E A F T E L | Photography Master Teacher | Chloe Aftel is a
photographer and filmmaker who graduated from U.S.C. with a Master of
Fine Arts in film production. Her work has been recognized by American
Photo, PDN, FujiFilm, Kodak and the International Photography Awards. Her
clients include Levi’s, Verizon, GMC, Nintendo, Vogue, Rolling Stone, L’Uomo
Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal and Dazed & Confused.
S COT T A M E N D O L A | Jazz Master Teacher | Scott Amendola is an
ambitious composer, savvy bandleader and capaciously creative foil for
some of the world’s most inventive musicians. His closest musical associates
include guitarists Jeff Parker, Nels Cline, Charlie Hunter and Henry Kaiser,
Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades, ROVA saxophonist Larry Ochs and Tin
Hat clarinetist Ben Goldberg, players who have each forged a singular path
within and beyond the realm of jazz. While rooted in the San Francisco Bay
Area scene, Scott has woven a dense and far-reaching web of bandstand
relationships that tie him to influential artists in jazz, blues, rock and new
music. The Berkeley-based drummer has become the nexus for a disparate
community of musicians stretching from Los Angeles and Seattle to Chicago
and New York. Whatever the context, he possesses a gift for twisting musical
genres in unexpected directions.
E D G A R A RC E N E AUX | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Born in 1972, Los
Angeles-based artist and filmmaker Edgar Arceneaux received a BFA from
the Art Center College of Design and an MFA from the California Institute
of the Arts. Edgar makes drawings, films, and installations that examine
relationships between disparate histories. He has participated in artist
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C H LO E A R N O L D | Dance Master Teacher | Chloe Arnold is an international
Tap star. She was seen on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance as the winner
of the dance crew battle with her company, Syncopated Ladies. Along with
viral videos such as Beyoncé Tap Salute shared by Beyoncé (“They Killed It”),
Syncopated Ladies recently had sold-out concerts in Dubai, New York City
and Washington, DC with rave reviews in The New York Times and more. As
a leading lady in the art form of Tap, Chloe has wooed audiences in over 28
countries and 35 states. Her work can be seen on film, television, and stages
worldwide. Chloe also holds a degree from Columbia University. She and
her sister co-founded Chloe and Maud Productions and DC Tap Festival,
and recently co-produced the award-winning documentary Tap World with
Hollywood Executive Producer Dean Hargrove.
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residencies at Art Pace in San Antonio; Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture in Maine; Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, Canada; and at the
Fachhochschule Aachen, in Aachen, Germany. Solo exhibitions of his work
have been presented at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Kitchen,
New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Studio Museum in
Harlem and the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basel, Switzerland. His work
was recently included in Marking Time at the Museum of Contemporary
Art in Sydney, Australia; Mutatis, Mutandis, at the Vienna Secession, Vienna,
Austria; and the 2008 Whitney Biennial, New York; La Biennale de Montreal
2014; and the 2015 Shanghai Biennale. Until, Until, Until…, Edgar’s first live
work, was specially commissioned for Performa 15 and won the 2015 Malcolm
McLaren award.
L I L L I A N BA R B E I TO | Dance Master Teacher | National Reviewer | Lillian
Rose Barbeito is the Co-Director of BODYTRAFFIC. Lillian has a BFA from
The Juilliard School, where she studied on a four-year, full-tuition scholarship
awarded by Tomorrow’s Leaders of America for her essay about dancing with
mixed abilities. She appeared at the 2006 and 2007 Grammys with String
Theory and in several music videos and feature films including projects
with Angela Luna, Beruit and Spike Lee. Lillian has taught for a wide range
of institutions such as CalArts, Lyon Opera Ballet, Idyllwild Arts Academy,
Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Southland
Ballet Academy, Westside Academy of Dance, The Wooden Floor and
UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures. She is one of 20 instructors
in the world who is certified to teach Anouk Van Dijk’s revolutionary
Countertechnique.
N I I A B E RT I N O | Voice Alumni Speaker | 2005 YoungArts Winner in Voice
Niia (pronounced “Nye-a”) is a talent as unique and mysterious as her name.
Niia’s music has been described as horror soul, dream pop and future jazz.
It’s a bit like an amalgam of Carly Simon, Massive Attack, and Sadé. She
has a sultry R&B trip-hop vibe, underlain with shadowy synth progressions
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that evoke Kid A-era Radiohead. “I sometimes feel I’m a jazz singer in a
spaceship,” Niia says. She has a chilling presence; her songs stay with you,
haunt you even.
M A R K B R A D F O R D | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Mark Bradford was born
in Los Angeles, California in 1961. He received a BFA (1995) and MFA (1997)
from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. Drawing from the diverse
cultural and geographic makeup of his southern Californian community,
Mark’s work is as informed by his personal background as a third-generation
merchant there as it is by the tradition of abstract painting developed
worldwide in the twentieth century. His videos and map-like, multilayered
paper collages refer not only to the organization of streets and buildings
in downtown Los Angeles, but also to images of crowds, ranging from civil
rights demonstrations of the 1960s to contemporary protests concerning
immigration issues. He has received many awards, including the Bucksbaum
Award (2006); the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2003) and the
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (2002). He has been included in major
exhibitions at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2006); Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York (2003); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2004) and the Studio
Museum in Harlem, New York (2001) and has participated in the Bienal de
São Paulo (2006); the Whitney Biennial (2006); and “inSite: Art Practices in the
Public Domain,” San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico (2005).
SA R A H S H U N - L I E N BY N U M | Writing Master Teacher | National
Reviewer | 1990 YoungArts Winner in Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar
in the Arts | Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of two novels, Ms. Hempel
Chronicles, a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is
Sleeping, a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award and winner of the
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines
and anthologies, including The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Tin House, The
Georgia Review and The Best American Short Stories (2004 and 2009). Sarah,
a recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and an NEA Fellowship, was named
one of The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” fiction writers.
C A RO L I N E C A M P B E L L | Music Master Teacher | 1982 YoungArts Winner
in Music and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Caroline Campbell studied
violin at Cleveland Institute of Music and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with BS
and MA degrees from Stanford University. She has performed as a soloist
with orchestras including Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
and Cleveland Orchestra, in prestigious venues from Carnegie Hall to Sydney
Opera House and in exotic locations from Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul. In high
demand both in the classical and popular scene, she has been nicknamed
“violinist to the stars” and has been featured in duets with world-renowned
artists including Andrea Bocelli, Sting and Barbra Streisand.
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J O H N DAV E R SA | Jazz Master Teacher | National Reviewer | John Daversa
is an internationally respected performer, composer, arranger, producer,
bandleader, educator and recording artist. He is a winner of the Herb Alpert
Award and David Joel Miller Award, among others. In addition, John leads the
John Daversa Small Band, and is currently the Department Chair of Studio
Music and Jazz at the University of Miami Frost School of Music.
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B + ( B R I A N C RO S S ) | Photography Master Teacher | B+ (aka Brian Cross)
was born and raised in Limerick, Ireland. He attended the National College
of Art and Design in Dublin graduating in 1989 with a degree in painting.
In 1990, he came to Los Angeles to study photography at the California
Institute of the Arts. While at Cal Arts he began work on a project entitled,
Its Not about a Salary: Rap Race and Resistance in Los Angeles, which was
subsequently published by Verso Books in 1993. It was nominated as a Rolling
Stone Music Book of the Year and made the NME critics best music book of
the year list.
P H I L I P D I Z AC K | Jazz Alumni Speaker | 2003 YoungArts Winner in Jazz
Named by DownBeat magazine as one of 25 “Trumpet Players for the
Future,” Dizack is constantly pushing musical exploration and expression to
new levels. With the success of his 2014 Criss Cross release Single Soul and
his 2012 release End of an Era, Dizack continues to garner critical acclaim,
has been named on numerous “best of” lists as well as attained extensive
features in DownBeat, Jazziz, Musica Jazz, All About Jazz and on Nextbop.
com. Philip has toured extensively as a leader and has been a regular member
of Nicholas Payton’s Television Studio Orchestra, Bobby Watson’s Sextet,
The Revive Da Live Big Band, nine-time Grammy winning pianist Eddie
Palmieri’s Salsa and Latin Jazz bands and often performs alongside the likes
of Wycliffe Gordon, Greg Tardy and Tim Warfield. In 2007, Dizack competed
as a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition.
K R I S T Y E D M U N D S | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | Kristy Edmunds is
the Executive and Artistic Director of the Center for the Art of Performance
at UCLA. An artist and curator, Kristy holds a reputation for innovation and
depth in the presentation of interdisciplinary contemporary and performing
arts. At the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, she has formed
a creative habitat for supporting artists and presenting their work. Kristy
was the Founding Executive and Artistic Director of the Portland Institute
for Contemporary Art (PICA) and the TBA Festival in Portland, Oregon. She
previously served as Artistic Director for the Melbourne International Arts
Festival and Consulting Artistic Director for the newly formed and critically
heralded Park Avenue Armory in New York.
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L I L I F U L L E R A N D J O E S O F R A N KO | Theatre Master Teachers
2005 YoungArts Winners in Theater | Lili Fuller and Joe Sofranko are actors,
writers, directors and producers best known for creating Complete Works,
an award-winning comedy mini-series on Hulu set in the world of a collegiate
Shakespeare competition. Lili and Joe graduated from USC’s School of
Dramatic Arts in 2009 and have since collaborated on numerous productions
in theatre and film, including the Ovation Award winning Stations with
Boom Kat Dance Theatre. As an actor, Lili’s credits include the recent Geffen
Playhouse production of Bad Jews as well as House of Lies, Dr. Ken, Whitney
and Video Game High School. Joe has appeared in Rules of Engagement,
The Sing Off, Man and Beast and The Whisperer in Darkness, and was a
U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Currently, they are developing ideas for
television, film and digital. Lili and Joe first met in Miami at YoungArts Week
in 2005 where they were both winners in Theater and now they’re engaged
to be married.
M I C H E L L E G RO S KO P F | Photography Master Teacher | Michelle
Groskopf is a street photographer based in Los Angeles. She’s made a
practice of shooting the world around her almost daily for the past 20
years. Her work has been featured in The British Journal of Photography,
American Photo Magazine, Booooooom, Fotografia Magazine, It’s Nice
That and more. Her themes revolve around tween/teen culture, girlhood
and suburban ideology/iconography.
V I JAY G U P TA | Music Master Teacher | Vijay Gupta made his solo debut
as a violinist at age 11 with the Israel Philharmonic and joined the Los
Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 19. He has a Master’s degree in music
from Yale and has performed as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician
on an international scale since the age of eight. He has appeared as a guest
concertmaster with the Los Angeles Opera and Orquestra Comunitat de
Valencia (Spain), and more recently as guest Leader of the Philharmonia
Orchestra of London at the prestigious Three Choirs Festival in Worcester,
UK. Vijay is also a TED Senior Fellow.
T H E H A A S B ROT H E R S | Visual Arts Master Teachers | Design duo and
fraternal twins Nikolai and Simon Haas explore aesthetic and formal themes
related to nature, science fiction, sexuality, psychedelia and color theory.
They have designed costumes for Lady Gaga, added their artistic touches to
the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, and collaborated with Versace. Their
mastery and unique use of materials ranging from brass, bronze, porcelain
and fur to highly technical resins and polyurethane, matched with their
insatiable curiosity and remarkable visual intelligence, sets them apart as
artists. The Haas Brothers currently live and work in Los Angeles, California.
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L E E H E I N E M A N N | Visual Arts and Photography Alumni Speaker | 2011
YoungArts Winner in Visual Arts and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
C H I N A K A H O D G E | Writing Master Teacher | National Reviewer | Chinaka
Hodge is a poet, screenwriter and educator from Oakland, CA. She is a
founding staff member of Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, the
nation’s premiere youth literary arts organization. In her tenure at Youth
Speaks, Chinaka pioneered programming for Brave New Voices, the (inter)
National Teen Poetry Slam Festival. Chinaka has also worked in similar
capacities at Get Lit: Words Ignite Los Angeles, First Wave at UW Madison
and at Urban Word, NYC. In her 15 years of service to the growing field of
youth spoken word, Chinaka has mentored thousands of young people in
the performed literary arts. As a teenager, she appeared in two seasons of
HBO’s Def Poetry. Chinaka is currently Associate Director of Program and
Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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Lee Heinemann is an artist, educator and organizer based in Baltimore,
MD. He is the initiator and lead facilitator of Get Your Life! Productions, a
collaborative, youth-centered video production company in partnership
with middle school-aged artists at community center 901 Arts. He is a
2015 graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Interdisciplinary
Sculpture and a 2014-2015 France-Merrick Fellow in Community Art.
Lee now serves as Outreach Coordinator for nomadic art museum, The
Contemporary. He was the recipient of the Clapman Distinguished Sculpture
Award in 2015.
JA M I L L A H JA M E S | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Jamillah James is assistant
curator at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and organizes exhibitions
and programs on behalf of the museum for Art + Practice in Leimert Park,
Los Angeles. Recent exhibitions include John Outterbridge: Rag Man (coorganized with Anne Ellegood), Njideka Akunyili Crosby: The Beautiful Ones,
Two Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu, Selections from the Brockman Gallery
Archives and Charles Gaines: Librettos: Manuel de Falla/Stokely Carmichael
(with Ellegood). At the Hammer, she organized Hammer Projects: Njideka
Akunyili Crosby; Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974–1989 (with Ellegood;
curated by The Studio Museum in Harlem); and assisted Connie Butler on
the exhibition and publication Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth. Her writing
has been featured in publications by the Los Angeles Nomadic Division
(LAND), the Hammer Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem and in the
International Review of African American Art, among others. Since 2009,
she has edited the visual arts tumblr, FRONTIERS. She has been a visiting
lecturer and critic at numerous institutions throughout the country, and
taught seminars on curatorial practice and contemporary art at Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena and the Rhode Island School of Design.
H U G H K E N N E DY | Theater Alumni Speaker | 2004 YoungArts Winner
in Theater and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Hugh Kennedy was a
company member at the Guthrie Theater where he performed in over 15
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productions, including the Acting Company’s national tour of Romeo &
Juliet. At age 24, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Jungle Theater and
then played in Anthony Tassa’s Macbeth Arabia in Dubai. Hugh has worked
with three Tony award-winning directors: Dominique Serrand in the Moving
Company’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, Wendy Goldberg in Mothers & Sons at
Philadelphia Theater Company and Roger Rees in The Primrose Path at the
Guthrie. He recently starred as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher
at TheatreSquared and Arkansas Repertory Theater. Hugh is an Ivey Awardwinner for his role in the world premiere of Buzzer and a Presidential Scholar
of the Arts.
TO RY K I T T L E S | Theater Master Teacher | Tory Kittles currently stars
opposite Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in USA Network’s new
action-drama series, Colony. Kittles most recently was seen in HBO’s
Emmy-winning film Bessie, starring Queen Latifah. His other television
credits include the first season of HBO’s True Detective; BBC’s Intruders;
Lifetime’s Emmy-nominated television remake of Steel Magnolias; FX’s Sons
of Anarchy and House M.D. On the big screen, Kittles was most recently
seen in Man Down (Venice Film Festival 2015), directed by Dito Montiel. His
other film credits include American Heist; Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has
Fallen; The Sapphires (Cannes Film Festival 2012); The Chameleon; A Perfect
Getaway; Spike Lee’s Miracle At St. Anna; Kimberley Pierce’s Stop Loss;
Phone Booth; Jim Sheridan’s Get Rich or Die Trying; Against The Ropes; Next;
and Joel Schumacher’s Tigerland.
LO U M AT H E WS | Writing Master Teacher | Lou Matthews is an L.A.
based novelist, short-story writer, playwright and former journalist and
magazine editor. He was also a restaurant reviewer for seven years and 43
pounds. Mathews has received Pushcart Prizes, a Katherine Anne Porter
Prize, and National Endowment for the Arts and California Arts Commission
fellowships in fiction. His stories have been published in Black Clock, Tin
House, New England Review and 40+ other literary magazines, 10 fiction
anthologies and several textbooks. His first novel, L.A. Breakdown was an
L.A. Times Best Book. He has taught in the UCLA Writers’ Program since 1989
and is a recipient of the Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing.
His former students have now published more than 40 books and been
accepted to every major MFA program in the U.S.
WA L LY M I N KO | Voice Master Teacher | Grammy-nominated composer/
producer/keyboardist Wally Minko has performed and recorded with stars
like Tom Jones, Barry Manilow, Deniece Williams, Pink, Toni Braxton, En
Vogue, New Edition, Exposé, Jean-Luc Ponty, Arturo Sandoval, Jon Anderson
of Yes, Gregg Rolie of Santana and many others. Wally’s compositions and
arrangements are commissioned frequently by the biggest stars in the
business, including Jon Anderson, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Bergeron, Gary
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RO B B I E M O O R E | Dance Alumni Speaker | 2010 YoungArts Winner in
Dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Robbie Moore is a Houston
native, dance artist and graduate of the Juilliard School. He has had the
pleasure of dancing across the United States and Canada in works by José
Limón, Martha Graham, Pina Bausch, Ohad Naharin and William Forsythe.
In 2010, Robbie worked alongside Peter Chu—founder of chuthis.—as he
developed a work entitled “This Thought.” That same year he was recognized
by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the 20 Presidential Scholars
in the Arts. In 2012, Robbie was commissioned by the Houston Metropolitan
Dance Company to develop an original work, “This Expression of Surprise”.
He has recently performed with TOES for dance (Toronto), the Lar Lubovitch
Dance Company (New York City) and Opera Omaha (Omaha). In addition,
Robbie works alongside world-renowned dynamic anatomist, Irene Dowd,
with the objective to learn, model, archive, and teach her body of work.
Robbie joined L.A. Project in 2015.
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Grant and Dan Fornero. He is the resident arranger for the Blackhawk Chorus
2015 and 2016 seasons and was Musical Director for the U.S. Presidential
Scholars performance at the Kennedy Center in 2015. Wally is very active
in the Los Angeles studio scene. He has also served as Music Director for
countless artists, shows and productions. Wally teaches privately, and has
been the Director of Music and Worship at Calvary Church in West Hills,
California for several years.
J O E M OZ I N G O | Writing Master Teacher | Joe Mozingo is an awardwinning projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times and author of the
critically acclaimed The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His
White Descendants, A Search for Family, called “one of the best family
histories” in Harpers. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Award for his coverage
of the earthquake in Haiti and the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Award for online storytelling. He also helped lead reporting teams of the
Columbia space shuttle disaster and the Isla Vista shooting rampage that
were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. His work has been published in National
Geographic Traveler, Outside and Guernica magazines.
F R A N K W. O C K E N F E L S 3 | Photography Master Teacher | Frank W.
Ockenfels 3 is a Los Angeles-based photographer who has spent nearly three
decades photographing musicians, celebrities, corporate heads and everyday
people. His editorial work includes covers for Rolling Stone, Esquire, The
Hollywood Reporter and Newsweek. He has done over 200 album covers and
press shoots with musicians ranging from David Bowie to Willie Nelson, and
Wilco to Bruce Springsteen. Frank has also photographed movie posters for
many of the major studios and shot advertising campaigns for all the major
TV networks.
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CO N S TA N C E PA R N G | Writing Alumni Speaker | 2002 YoungArts Winner
in Theater and Writing and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts | Constance
Parng is a writer/actress/filmmaker who has performed on the stages of the
Public Theater, Queens Theatre in the Park, Barrow Group Theater, HERE Arts
Center in NYC. She is a New York Innovative Theatre Award Winner for Best
Actress—adjudicated out of over 2850 individuals. Constance is also a series
regular on the Nerdist series, We’re Alive with over 40 million downloads.
As a writer, her fiction has been honored by Pulitzer Prize winner Annie
Proulx and her scripts have had readings and productions in NYC and LA. She
currently has two original feature films in development with the founder of
the LA Film Festival. Constance holds a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU
Tisch School of the Arts.
K AT H Y M .Y. PYO N | Writing Master Teacher | Kathy M.Y. Pyon is a
Visual Editor and Producer at The Los Angeles Times. She oversees the
photography vision for the Travel, Food, Home, Health and Image sections
in print and online, and consults on video production. She is also obsessed
with Instagram and curates the @latimesphotos account.
SA R A H R A R A | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Sarah Rara is a Los Angelesbased artist working with video, film and performance and a contributing
member of the group Lucky Dragons. Her work, solo and in collaboration,
has been presented at institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American
Art (as part of the 2008 Whitney Biennial), the Hammer Museum, Walker Art
Center in Minneapolis, London’s Institute for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, MOCA Los Angeles and the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden.
E R I C R E E D | Jazz Master Teacher | 1989 YoungArts Winner in Jazz
Renowned jazz pianist Eric Reed has worked with music luminaries such
as Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Jessye Norman, Patti Labelle, Edwin
Hawkins, Quincy Jones and Natalie Cole. He has recorded over 20 charttopping, critically acclaimed, award-winning projects and has composed and
arranged music for films such as the Eddie Murphy comedy Life, as well as
various other independent projects for Fantastic Four director and highschool chum Tim Story. Eric also serves as the musical conductor for the
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He currently tours and performs around
the world and serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School of Music.
J E S S I C A R I V E R A | Voice Master Teacher | Possessing a voice praised
by the San Francisco Chronicle for its “effortless precision and tonal
luster,” soprano Jessica Rivera is established as one of the most creatively
inspired vocal artists before the public today. The intelligence, dimension,
and spirituality with which she infuses her performances on the great
international concert and opera stages has garnered Jessica unique artistic
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N I N O SA N I K I DZ E | Voice Master Teacher | Nino Sanikidze is a Georgian
pianist who has served as a head coach for the Domingo-Thornton Young
Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera since the program’s inaugural 200607 season. She is the winner of several awards including the Marilyn Horne
Foundation Award for Excellence in Vocal Accompanying. Nino received her
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College
Park and is an alumna of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at
Washington National Opera.
CO L E T T E SA RTO R | Writing Master Teacher | Colette Sartor’s stories and
essays have appeared or are upcoming in The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles
Times, Kenyon Review Online, Slice Magazine, Hello Giggles, The Good Men
Project, Club Mid at Scary Mommy, Carve, Five Chapters, Printers Row
Journal, The Drum, Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, Harvard Review,
Paragraph Shorts, Fugue, Redux, Quarterly West, Role Reboot, Draft: the
journal of process, Crab Orchard Review and elsewhere. Among other
places, her work has been anthologized in Short Stories from Printers Row,
2013 Press 53 Open Awards Anthology and Law and Disorder: Stories of
Conflict and Crime. She has won a Writers@Work Fiction Prize, a Fugue
Prose Award, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award, a Reynolds Price
Short Fiction Award, a Press 53 Open Award, an honorable mention in Best
American Short Stories and a Truman Capote fellowship from the Iowa
Writers’ Workshop, where she completed her MFA. In addition, her short
story collection was shortlisted for the Salt Publishing Scott Prize and the
Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.
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collaborations with many of today’s most celebrated composers, including
John Adams, Gabriela Lena Frank, Osvaldo Golijov, Jonathan Leshnoff,
and Nico Muhly, and has brought her together in collaboration with such
esteemed conductors as Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka
Salonen, Robert Spano and Michael Tilson Thomas.
J OA N S C H E C K E L | Multidisciplinary Master Teacher | Joan Scheckel
is a producer, director, writer, photographer, teacher and the creator of
“The Technique,” a revolutionary approach to writing, directing and acting
craft. Her Filmmaking Labs are known throughout Hollywood and the
international film world and she has contributed to the development of
81 completed features and television shows. Credits include: Consulting
Producer on the Emmy Award Winning Transparent, Executive Producer
on the Academy Award Winning Beginners and co-writer on The Vintners
Luck (directed by Niki Caro). She is the development force behind such hits
as Little Miss Sunshine, Snow White and The Huntsman, Never Let Me Go,
Bill Cunningham New York, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, Jesus’ Son, Sympathy
For Delicious, The Future, Arbitrage, One Hour Photo, Hitchcock and Whale
Rider, among many others. In 2015 she premiered her first solo show of
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photographs, Feel This, curated by Chivas Clem and is currently writing her
first book on The Technique.
E V E S C H I L LO | Photography Master Teacher | For over 15 years, Eve Schillo
has been the Curatorial Assistant in the Wallis Annenberg Photography
Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has worked on
such exhibitions and accompanying publications as Ports of Entry: Williams
S. Burroughs and the Arts, Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human
Soul, 1850-2000, Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution,
Made in California, 1900-2000, Trajectories: The Photographic Work of
Robbert Flick, A Story of Photography: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon
Collection and The Sun and Other Stars: Katy Grannan and Charlie White.
F R A N C E S S TA R K | AON Legacy Visual Arts and Photography Master
Teacher | Frances Stark is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. In 2015
the survey exhibition, Intimism, dedicated to her digital and video works
was shown at The Art Institute of Chicago while UH-OH: Frances Stark
1991-2015, a large-scale survey of her drawings, collages, paintings, videos,
and digital works appeared at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The
UH-OH exhibition will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2016.
Frances recently received the prestigious 2015 Absolut Art Award, leading to
the production of a large-scale video project that will show at the Stedelijk
Museum and be included in La Biennale de Montréal, among other venues.
J . RYA N S T R A DA L | Writing Master Teacher | J. Ryan Stradal grew up in the
Midwest and lives and works in Los Angeles County, California. His first novel,
Kitchens of the Great Midwest, was published by Viking/Pamela Dorman
Books on July 28, 2015, and reached the New York Times Hardcover Best
Seller list at #19 on its third week of release. So far, Kitchens has been acquired
for publication overseas in 10 countries and optioned by Warner Bros. The
Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society awarded Kitchens first prize in their annual
novel competition. His shorter writing has appeared in Hobart, The Rumpus,
The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and The Los Angeles Review of Books,
to name a few. He works as the fiction editor at The Nervous Breakdown and
as an editor-at-large at Unnamed Press in Los Angeles.
B O N N Y TAY LO R | Photography Master Teacher | Bonny Taylor has been
the Director of The Icon’s Fine Art Department for over 14 years. Bonny
received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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C H A R L E S H A R P E R W E B B | Writing Master Teacher | Considered by
Lifescape to be “Southern California’s most inventive and accessible poet,”
Charles Harper Webb, Ph.D. has published 11 books of poetry, including
Reading the Water, Liver, Tulip Farms & Leper Colonies, Hot Popsicles,
Amplified Dog, Shadow Ball: New and Selected Poems, What Things Are
Made Of and, his most recent, Brain Camp. His book of craft essays, A
L AU R I E W E E K S | Visual Arts Master Teacher | Laurie Weeks is a writer,
performer and educator. Her critically acclaimed first novel Zipper Mouth
was awarded the International Lambda Literary Award for Best Debut Novel
and was among five short-listed for Triangle Publishing’s Edmund White
Award. In addition to being a university instructor, Laurie has taught fiction,
poetry and autobiographical writing to women in the Welfare-To-Work
literacy program. She was a contributing screenwriter on the film Boys Don’t
Cry. In 1999 she toured the country with Sister Spit.
YOU NGARTS L A GU E ST MASTE R TE ACH E RS
Million MFAs Are Not Enough, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press. Charles’
awards in poetry include the Morse Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award,
the Felix Pollock Prize and the Benjamin Saltman Prize. A former professional
rock musician and psychotherapist, he is the editor of Stand Up Poetry:
An Expanded Anthology, and recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award—a
fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation—as well as the CSULB
Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. He is Professor of English at California
State University, Long Beach where he teaches in the MFA Program in
Creative Writing.
F LO R A W I E G M A N N | Interdisciplinary Master Teacher | Flora Wiegmann
is a Los Angeles-based dancer and choreographer. Usurping the tactics
of visual artists, she attempts to broaden the platform for dance by
making works on film, site-specific dances, and endurance pieces and by
collaborating with artists such as Fritz Haeg, Drew Heitzler, Silke OttoKnapp, Alix Lambert, Margo Victor and Andrea Zittel. Flora’s work has been
shown at ICA, Philadelphia; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach; LACMA,
Los Angeles; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; The Kitchen, New York;
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica; Art2102, Los Angeles; Art Basel;
and Cneai, Chatou.
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YO U N G A RT S WO U L D L I K E TO T H A N K T H E F O L LOW I N G
T E ACH E R S/M E N TO R S , N A M E D BY O U R WI N N E R S , F O R
T H E I R S U P P O R T O F T H I S Y E A R ’ S PA R T I C I PA N T S
Hasmik Amirian
Jon Artigo
Evan Avery
Sarkis Baltaian
Patricia Bass
Dornell Carr
Dinah Berland
Michelle Bernstein
Ruslan Biryukov
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Michael Brown
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Jennifer Carr
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Aaron Chavarria
Minhye Clara Kim
Steve Cotter
Charles Curtis
Joseph Cypressi
Marat Daukayev
Anthony Davis
Rina Dokshitsky
Thor Evensen
Marlene Feldman
Dana Findley
Lea Floden
Michael Gangemi
Amy Gelb
Patrick Goeser
Michael Going
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Danny Green
Megan Grewal
Jeremy Guskin
John Hall
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Grace Hamilton
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Marshall Hawkins
Louise Hewitt
Elisabeth Howard
Steven Hyde
Nate Jarrell
Zippora Karz
Phil Keen
Stacey Kikkawa
Mihee Kim
Ian Krouse
Dmitri Kulev
Shawn Kurilko
Jane Lanier
Sarma Lapenieks
Rosenberg
Malaika Latty
Ronald Leonard
Abbe Levine
Carlton Liu
Amy Loch
Christine Logan
Fiona Lummis
Lee Lynch
Daune Mahy
Andrew Malloy
Kathleen Martin
Harold Mason
Julie McManus
Vince Mendoza
James Miller
Jeannie Mitsch
Ani Nuyujukian
Betsy Okamoto
Garson Olivieri
Aaron Orullian
Alan Pasqua
Norman Pearson
Pete Perez
Brian Peter
Jimmy Peters
Pat Quigley
Don Reed
Sarah Reich
Tom Riccobono
Laurie Riffe
Erica Robson
Melinda Ronayne
Lawrence Rosenberg
Stephanie Rosser
Christopher Russell
Cristina Saggese
Bryan Sanders
Linda Santana
Denise Scheerer
Tuffet Schmelzle
Lee Secard
Patrick Seymour
Kevin Sherrill
Walter Smith, III
David Sotelo
Tony Spano
Rick Steil
Melinda Sullivan
Jaclyn Sutley
Annie Terry
Eric Tryon
William Vendice
Jim Walker
Jay Wallace
Gracie Whyte
Patrick Williams
Davida Wills Hurwin
Caroline Wilson
Mpambo Wina
Joshua Wood
Gina Woodruff
Bill Wysaske
Liz Young
Emily Zachary-Smith
YOU NGARTS L A GU E ST MASTE R TE ACH E RS
YOU NGARTS L A PAR E NTS
Congratulations to the parents of the 2016 YoungArts Winners
participating in YoungArts Los Angeles. You’ve built a foundation of love
and encouragement for your child, enabling them to pursue their artistic
dreams. We at YoungArts thank you for your support of all young artists.
Diane Abounassar
Danielle Bedau
Joel Berke
Rosewita Briët
Lisa Cassandra
Fukue Cloud
Avandra Colella
Michelle Cruz
Lisa Curcio
Louise Curcio
Elizabeth Dennehy
Katharine Dougherty
Suranganie Ekanayake
Michelle Emi
Sherrie Evans
Elizabeth Fay
Nancy Ferrara
Lore Flavell
Tania Fleischer
Pamela Fong
Martha Galvan
Gabrielle Gliniak
Miguel Soto Gutierrez
Leslie Hall
Rhonda Harris
Tracy Hart
Raul Hernandez
Kyle Hiskey
Nancy Houston
Ira Hurvitz
Miyako Ishida
Asoka Kakunegoda
Hideyuki Kamegawa
Lissa Kapstrom
Amanda Konradi
Tina Kurtz
Sandra Landen
Toan Le
Kyung Lee
Tiejun Li
Yen Lin
Laura Maiztegui
Lisa Manning
Ellen Massee
Graemm & Bridget
McGavin
Carolyn Mekailian
Daniella Milton
Susan Morrissey
Connie Nassios
Dawn Oh
Laura Olinski
Jill Oliverson
Regina Ongchoco
Wernher Ovalle
Teresa Pantzer
Natalya Petrosova &
Sergey Gavrishkiv
Dianna Pieper
Diana Prat
Irene Richardson
Ken Rim
Pearl Rosenstrauch
Marc Samson
Lee Scheinbaum
Alma Silva
Shannon Silveria-Mohr
Anne Simon
Edward Smith
Lisa Spector
Laura Strobl
Annie Sun
Bonny Taylor
Jennifer Valdman
Vinnet Weintraub
Joan Wicks
Amy Winslow
Karen Wright
Yuji Yoshida
Jane Zhou
Mohsen Zolghadri
H O N O R YO U R C H I L D W I T H A G I F T TO YO U N G A RT S
IN HIS OR HER NAME
Over the last 35 years, more than 20,000 young artists have benefited from
the opportunities that were given to them through YoungArts’ programs.
Your contribution to the National YoungArts Foundation helps us create
meaningful experiences that foster confidence and creativity for all our
recipients—moving the nation’s most talented young artists a little closer to
their dreams.
By honoring your child with a gift to YoungArts, you are ensuring that there
will be future generations of young artists.
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For more information, please contact the Development Department at
(305) 377-1140 or development@youngarts.org.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sarah S. Arison
Armando M. Codina
Linda Coll
Brian Cullinan
Hugh S. Cummins, III
Justin DiCioccio
Plácido Domingo
Agnes Gund
Harry M. Hersh
John J. Kauffman
Richard Kohan
Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy
William L. Morrison
John J. O’Neil
Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón
Desmond Richardson *
Marcus Sheridan
Zuzanna Szadkowski *
Maurice M. Zarmati
*YoungArts alumna/us
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YoungArts panel discussion at Brickell Flatiron Gallery
designed by YoungArts Master Teacher Julian Schnabel
YO U N G A R T S C O R P O R AT E PA R T N E R S
YoungArts Corporate Partners are an exclusive group of high-end and visible
companies that are discerning in their philanthropic endeavors. National
YoungArts Foundation offers corporations a valuable branding platform
to engage with a vast audience along with access to YoungArts' innovative
programming. There is no better time to become a YoungArts Founding
Corporate Partner and connect with influencers, donors and artists nationwide.
To learn more, please contact Felicia Marquez at
(305) 377-1140, extension 1803 or fmarquez@youngarts.org
ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
YO U N G A RT S WO U L D L I K E TO T H A N K O U R D O N O R S
F R O M T H E PA S T 1 8 M O N T H S F O R T H E I R G E N E R O S I T Y.
N O N E O F O U R PRO G R A M M I N G F O R YO U N G A RT I S T S
WO U L D B E P OS S I B L E W I T H O U T YO U R S U PP O RT.
$100,000 AND UP
ArtPlace America
Carnival Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation
SunTrust Banks
$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 T O $9 9,9 9 9
Aon Corporation
Arquitectonica
Facundo L. Bacardi
Braman Motors
Florida Department of
State, Division of
Cultural Affairs
Agnes Gund
The Related Group
Juan Js. and Ophelia
A. Roca
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
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$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 T O $ 4 9,9 9 9
Anthropologie
Sarah S. Arison
Robert Barlick and
Ana-Marie Codina Barlick
Thomas C. Bolton
Jill Braufman
Brickell City Centre
Project LLC
Brickell Flatiron
City of Miami Beach,
Cultural Affairs
Program, Cultural Arts
Council
Clarence and Anne Dillon
Dunwalke Trust
Armando and Margarita
Codina
Dacra
Deutsche Bank
Downtown Development
Holdings LLC
EAST, Miami
Fusion Media
Network LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Harry and Marcia Hersh
IKEA Miami *
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JP Morgan Private Bank
John J. Kauffman
Richard and Amy Kohan
Louis N. Cassett
Foundation
MaxMara USA
Meserve-Kunhardt
Foundation, Inc.
Miami Downtown
Development Authority
The Miami Foundation
Neiman Marcus Bal
Harbour
Northern Trust Bank
Oak Plaza Associates (Del.)
LLC
John J. O’Neil
Patriarch Family
Foundation
The Perkins Charitable
Foundation
Michael and Marlene
Perlmutter
Christy and Earl W. Powell
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Lisa Schejola and
Jeffrey Akin
Barbara J. Slifka
Swire Properties
WOW Factor USA
$ 5 , 0 0 0 T O $9,9 9 9
Stephanie Lerner Ansin
Angela Birdman
The Bonnie Cashin Fund at
The New York
Community Trust
Meryl Comer
Jessica Kavana Dornbusch
Horst Ferrero
Five Below, Inc.
Eugene and Melina
Goldstein
Vanessa Grout
Heart of Neiman Marcus
Foundation
Deborah and Larry
Hoffman
Mark and Erica Mutchnik
NBCUniversal - Telemundo
Nordstrom, Inc.
Mark E. Rousso
Martin Rozenblum
W. Marcus and Mary
Elizabeth Sheridan
Benjamin Wolkov
$ 1 , 0 0 0 T O $ 4 ,9 9 9
Alma Jennings Foundation
Maurice and Irene Arditi
Art Basel U.S. Corporation
Andreea S. Baclea
William H. and Clare Keane
Banchs
Marilyn Kalusin Berens
Allison Weiss Brady
David Briggs
Mario Cader-Frech
Patty Carroll
Betty B. Chapman
The Clayton-Royer Family
Fund
Tracey Corwin
Jeffrey W. Davis and
Michael T. Miller
Nancy Jean Davis
Victor A. Diaz
John “Jack” F. Doyle
The Dr. M. Lee Pearce
Foundation, Inc.
Warren and Patricia
Epstein
Andres B. and Catherine
A. Fanjul
Betty C. Fleming
Ira Sheldon and Susan
Schneider
Joseph D. and Janet Shein
Irving and Diane Siegel
Richard and Susan Skor
E. Roe and Penelope W.
Stamps
Eugene E. Stark
Meital Stavinsky
Hillary Strickland
The South Florida Group
Justin and Tedd Trabert
Twentieth Century Fox
Television
G4S Secure Solutions
(USA) Inc.
VINCE
Dale Chapman Webb
Steven M. Weinger
Whole Foods Market
Jason Zucker
$ 1 0 0 T O $9 9 9
David M. Aaron
Holly Copeland Aaronson
and Larry
Aaronson
Evelyn and Eliot Aimis
Frances T. Alban
Niv Alexander
Mark Alhadeff
Tomas Alonso
Ryan Anania
Anne M. Andrews
Elizabeth S. Anthony
Juliana Aragao
Associated Printing
Productions, Inc.
Crista Azqueta
Michael A. Bander and Jo
Anne C. Bander
Milton and Joan Baxt
Jack Benmeleh
Coraline Bennett
Charles L. Berg
Lana F. Bernstein
Theodore Bernstein and
Lynne Harris
Bernstein
Lisa Chariff Better
Mark Bisnow
Rachel Lauren Bleemer
Books & Books
Braddy Enterprises, LLC
Wyn G. Bradley
Robert N. and Deborah A.
Brailas
Susan S. Breslin
Savannah Bridges
Britto Central, Inc.
Meredith Brown
Dawn Burgess-Krop
Giovanna Caceres-Bush
Thomas J. Cahill
Lori Carling
Pat and Russ Carnell
Sydney Carpel
Tiffany Carter
Carmelina B. Caver
Christine and Vincent
Celenza
Rajan Chopra
John D. Clark
Alexander Cohen
Barbara L. Cohen
Yaniv Cohen
Taylor Cole
Charles H. Coleman
Robert W. Coleman and
Armando J. Olivera
George J. and Maureen E.
Collins
Elizabeth K. Coppolecchia
Lisa Crane
Donna Lane CreasmanDowney
Kimberly Criscuolo
Kipton J. Cronkite
Oona K. Cruger
Ann and Felipe de las
Pozas
Paisley Dee
Mollie and Stan DeHart
Lourdes Diaz
Rebecca Diefenbach
Fernanda Domit
Irene DuMaurier-Oleksiak
Educational Testing
Service
The Eichholz Law Firm
Stephanie Theis Fajardo
Howard Farber
Katherine A. Farrar
Paige Farrey
Fiesta Restaurant Group,
Inc.
Andrea Fishberger
Lauren K. Fitzpatrick
ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
Jonathan and Karen Braun
Fryd
Rachel Furst
Lilia Garcia
Gary A. Gerstein and
Phyllis Weaver
Penny and James Gorman
Peggy M. Hollander
Holly Zickler and David
Rifkind
Robert Horton
Jillian Jacobson
Neisen O. and Ana R.
Kasdin
Ronald and Petta Khouw
Jeff Krinsky
Carolyn A. Langelier
Sandra Lansing
Debra K. Leibowitz *
Marvin H. and Isabel
Leibowitz
Natalie Lemos
Louis Leibowitz Charitable
Trust
Marcia Martinez
Kayrita Mitchell
Modern Luxury *
Dale Moses
Mark T. and
Sharon Nash
Neiman Marcus Merrick
Park
The New York Times
Company
Suzanne Niedland
NR Investments, Inc.
Jules Oaklander
Ocean Units LLC
Hanna and Greg Ostroff
Federico N. Padovan, III
Sheldon Bruce and Myrna
B. Palley
The Paradise Fund
Irwin M. and Linda S.
Potash
Axel and Cosima PreussKühne
Stephanie and Michael
Rosen
Deborah H. Russell
Sakor Edgewater
Development, LLC
Frances Salgado
Barbara G. Salk
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ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
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John Folkerth
Stephanie Forman
Stacey and Jared Galbut
Thresia B. Gambon
Joyce Gato-Scharfer
Nancy Gelles
Leslie and Martin Genauer
Gretchen Marie Gillis
Stephanie Giraldo
Linda H. Glass
Aaron H. Glickman
Lori Gold
Michael B. and Amy B.
Goldbas
Ella and Jason Goldberg
Patricia D. Goldstein
Daniel and Megan
Goodenough
Brett I. Graff-Einhorn
Heather Gray
Esther Griego
Dana Hagendorf
Lee Cohen Hare and
Joshua Hare
Lina Hargrett
Gilbert W. and Shelley D.
Harrison
Heineken USA –
Desperados *
Jennifer and David Lee
Heinemann
Diane Star Heller
Loic P. Hemery
Mark and Ann Hicks
Ethan Hoerneman
Burton and Naomi Honig
Aliina Hopkins
Jamie Isicoff
George Jacobson
Florencia Jimenez-Marcos
Brandon Johnson
Madeleine K. Johnson
Catherine R. Jones
Jost Running
Marie and Tim Kean
Brian E. and Suzanne L.
Keeley
Amanda Altman Kessler
Anne M. and Hans J. Kim
Lena Koorse
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon
Norman A. Large and Y.
Irene Cho
Carolyn Leach
Margaret M. Ledford and
David Radunsky
Vanessa J. Leitman
Christopher H. Lentz
Ellen Leone
Arlyne Lieb
Barry T. Lieber
John Joseph Lin
Susan L. Liu
Rebecca R. Long
Jeannine Lonski
Lourdes Lopez
Eddie and Robin Louie
Vinh Kien Ly
Robert L. Lynch
Ali Mahallati
Valerica and Marcel
Maican
Joseph H. Makurath
Paul A. Makurath, Jr.
Stacey H. Mancuso
William and Janette
Mandell
Rebecca Mandelman
Dori Matkowski
Corrine McCarthy
Rhonda McConnaughey
Marvin L. Meitus
Alexander Mijares
Kathryn Q. Mikesell
Jennifer and Jay Mills
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Theresa Molloy
Regina Moody
Morgan Stanley
Mallori J. Morris
Caitlin Moses
Beverly Murray
Susan Nakamura
Richard L. Nelson
Belkys Nerey
Joseph NeSmith
Erin Newberg
Robert C. Newman and
Judi S. Prokop
Newman
David Noble
Christopher Noel
Blanche Nonoo
Karla Nordland
Jennifer Nordstrom
Christopher M. Norton, Jr.
Daniel Novela
Alex Oliva
Ellen B. Pilelsky
Oppenheim and Roy
Oppenheim
Alex Pappas
Mercinth Pearce
Carl S. Pedigo and
Kathleen Horne
James N. Pember, Sr.
Natasha Petrukhin
Ferdinand and Barbara U.
Phillips
Soledad Picon
Yola Pierre
Lydia A. Pinnell
Ross Pivnik
David Podein
Amy Brody Poliakoff
Ben Quevedo
Joseph A. Quinones
Raul Alberto Ramirez
Aaron Resnick
Gary and Vanessa Ressler
Austin M. Rhoads
Morton J. and Jane A.
Robinson
Lida Rodriguez-Taseff and
Oscar Sanchez
Ryan A. Roman
Blair Root
Joseph S. and Norma
Rosenberg
Ellen Roth
William R. and Susan P.
Kelley Roy
Nancy Lee Ruyter
Marvin A. Sackner
Mark Samuelian
Jordan R. Sanger
Chantal Santelices
Anne-Marie Benitez
Santiago
Albert Scaglione
Judy Schottenstein
Lois Model Schweiger
Loren Segan
Courtney Nicole Seymour
Denis Sheeran
Scott A. Shuffield
Elizabeth Silverman
Jaclyn Silvers
Charles and Sandra Simon
David Solomon
Mindy Solomon
Paloma Kiki Soyka
James B. Tucker
Ashley Turchin
Allison Turk
Elizabeth Turnbull
Ellen “Ellie” Meek Tweedy
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Jose Antonio Valencia
Ana C. Velez
Virginia Museum of
Contemporary Art
Richard Vivero
Liza Gallardo Walton
Susan Watters
Gayle D. Waxenberg
James Wegert
Michael Weinstock
Allan B. and Phyllis Wesler
Myra Wexler
William J. Wichmann
Allison and James Wilt
Aaron Winshall
Lauren Wood
Antonia Wright
Zeriosha Zapata
Yingjun Zhang
Leslie J. and Natalie Zigel
Stephanie Zilo
Robert A. and Judith
Zucker
ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
Amy Steele Donner
Douglas B. and Regina G.
Steffen
Holly T. Stein
Sidney J. and Florence
Stern
Gerald and Susan
Sternstein
Clarisa Stollenwerck
Stone Associates LP
Jerilyn Stone
Peg E. McCarthy and Scott
M. Teeter
Harlan S. Tenenbaum
Andrea Travaglia
Carolyn M. Travis
Mark D. and Kimberly P.
Tribus
* In-Kind Contributions
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YO U N G A R T S G R AT E F U L LY A C K N O W L E D G E S T H E F O L L O W I N G
C O R P O R AT I O N S A N D O R G A N I Z AT I O N S F O R T H E I R
C O M M I T M E N T, L E A D E R S H I P A N D S U P P O R T:
SPONSORS
National Premier Sponsor
Legacy Master Series Sponsor
Design Discipline Sponsor
CO R P O R AT E PA RT N E R S
Strategic Corporate Partner
Supporting Corporate Partners
Bal Harbour
M I C H E L E M I N E R | Production Coordinator
W I L L I A M CO I N E R | Stage Manager
M A X O K E N | Assistant Stage Manager
J E N N I F E R B R I E N A N | Assistant Stage Manager
WAY N E N A K A S O N E | LATC Technical Director
I VA N RO B L E S | LATC Assistant Technical Director
T Y L E R BA RTO N | LATC Guest Relations Manager
YOU NGARTS L A PRODUCTION TE AM
PRODUCTION CREW
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
T H A N K YO U F O R H E L PI N G M A K E 20 1 6 YO U N G A RT S
LOS ANGELES POSSIBLE:
Maria Alvarez, Photographer
Canyon Creek Travel
Capture Imaging, Inc., Ryan Miller
Cohan Films LLC, Derrick Cohan
Emmet Cohen
Jarrett Gregory
Los Angeles Art Company
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles Theatre Center
Matrix Visual Solutions, Tom Estby
Ana Menendez
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Polskin Arts & Communications Counselors
Relativity Education
Ryan’s Transportation
Signature Catering
Studio Instrument Rentals, Fred Rose
The Standard Hotel
Bonny Taylor at Icon Fine Art Department
This list is complete at the time of printing.
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a culinary experience by
STARR Catering Group
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MARCH 18 + 19
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APRIL 29 + 30
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ANNUAL EVENTS
Celebrating 35 years of identifying
and supporting the nation’s most
promising young artists
YO U N G A RT S LO S A N G E L E S
FEBRUARY 16 - 21
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Sponsored by
Miami-Dade County,
State of Florida, Wells Fargo,
and Miami Downtown
Development Authority
YO U N G A RT S N E W YO R K
APRIL 12 - 17
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SCHOLARS PROGRAM
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Carnival Foundation
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Legacy Master Series Sponsor
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