Thursday, June 9th, marked the opening of the National YoungArts Foundation 2nd Invitational held at Flomenhaft Gallery.
Each year, the National YoungArts Foundation receives more than 11,000 applications from the nation’s most talented young artists (15-18 year old or grades 10-12) from around the country. From this pool, approximately 800 Winners are selected through a blind adjudication process and are recognized for their outstanding work and accomplishments in the literary, visual, design and performing arts fields.
Of those winners, 10 were chosen by gallery owner Eleanor Flomenhaft to be represented in their first ever professional exhibition in New York City. These YoungArts winners included Sequoia Canada (2015, Photography), Catrina Crawford (2015, Visual Arts), Cole Dininno (2015, Visual Arts), Illya Mousavijad (2015, Visual Arts), Olivia Mulder (2015, Visual Arts),Conner Olson (2015, Visual Arts), Lauren Posner (2015, Visual Arts), Mika Rosenberg (2014, Visual Arts), Morgan Strahorn (2015, Visual Arts), and Willie Williams Jr. (2014, Visual Arts).
Each year, the National YoungArts Foundation receives more than 11,000 applications from the nation’s most talented young artists (15-18 year old or grades 10-12) from around the country. From this pool, approximately 800 Winners are selected through a blind adjudication process and are recognized for their outstanding work and accomplishments in the literary, visual, design and performing arts fields.
Of those winners, 10 were chosen by gallery owner Eleanor Flomenhaft to be represented in their first ever professional exhibition in New York City. These YoungArts winners included Sequoia Canada (2015, Photography), Catrina Crawford (2015, Visual Arts), Cole Dininno (2015, Visual Arts), Illya Mousavijad (2015, Visual Arts), Olivia Mulder (2015, Visual Arts),Conner Olson (2015, Visual Arts), Lauren Posner (2015, Visual Arts), Mika Rosenberg (2014, Visual Arts), Morgan Strahorn (2015, Visual Arts), and Willie Williams Jr. (2014, Visual Arts).