George Porteous, Zariyah Perry, and Lauren Mei.
MIAMI, FLA. and WASHINGTON, D.C.: YoungerArts and the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program have introduced the 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars, together with 20 students within the arts. Three of the students within the arts have been acknowledged for his or her work in theatre.
“The 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts represent the next generation of storytellers and changemakers in our country, exemplifying both academic excellence and artistic ingenuity,” YoungerArts president Clive Chang mentioned in a press release. “YoungArts is incredibly proud to celebrate these young artists and to amplify their unique voices as they grow to become our nation’s most influential cultural ambassadors.”
The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors as much as 161 graduating highschool college students every year. U.S. Presidential Scholars within the Arts should be YoungerArts award winners, and will compete within the fields of classical music, dance, design, movie, jazz, images, theatre, visible arts, voice, or writing. This 12 months, YoungerArts chosen 702 scholar award winners and invited 138 finalists to National YoungerArts Week in January. YoungerArts then advocate 60 candidates to use to the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, and the Commission on Presidential Scholars named the 20 official arts students.
The theatre students embrace Lauren Mei of Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, Calif.; Zariyah Perry of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas; and George Porteous of the Dalton School in New York City.
Other arts students embrace Fallon Dern, Alejandro Lombard, and Cole Willis for movie; Zoe Dorado for writing; Raisa Effress, Zakiriya Gladney, and Bayan Yunis for images; Georgia Greene and Cassidy Reigel for dance; Vibha Janakiraman, Mira Kim, Katherine Liu, and Christopher Shin for classical music; Miranda Lu and Khalil McKnight for visible arts; Sophia Rabin for voice; and Gavin Trotmore for design.
The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to acknowledge and honor the nation’s prime highschool seniors. The program was expanded to honor college students who display expertise in visible, inventive, and performing arts in 1979. Scholars are chosen yearly by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the president.
YoungerArts was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to determine distinctive younger artists, amplify their potential, and spend money on their inventive freedom. YoungerArts supplies area, funding, mentorship, skilled improvement, and neighborhood to artists between the ages of 15 and 18.
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