NEW NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

The Bacardi Archive

NEW NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR YOUNGARTS

In October 2012, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) acquired the iconic landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum buildings in Miami, Florida, and will convert the buildings into the organizations first national headquarters, creating a permanent home that will allow YoungArts to carry forward an unprecedented expansion of activities. In order to help with its expansion, YoungArts has named Frank Gehry, Plcido Domingo, and Bill T. Jones as Artistic Advisors.

Lisa Leone

Karen Goodman

FRANk GEHRY TO TRANSFORm LANDmARk CAmpUS

World-renowned architect Frank Gehry has been commissioned to design the master plan for the historic campus, preserving the beloved features of the iconic blueand-white-tiled Tower and Jewel Box buildings, while creating a multi-disciplinary arts complex that will include a park with state-of-the-art video projection capabilities and arts programming for the benefit of the community.

The Bacardi Archive

ANCHORING mIAmIS ARTS COmmUNITIES

The new YoungArts headquarters at 2100 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida is centrally located and framed by the citys most distinctive cultural neighborhoods: the Wynwood Arts District, the Design District and Omni. The National YoungArts Foundation will anchor these surrounding cultural communities and unite visual and performing arts neighborhoods.

Robert Leslie

ICONIC HISTORIC BUILDINGS

The colorful Bacardi buildingsa main tower completed in 1963 and an annex completed in 1975are widely admired as outstanding examples of tropical modernism. They have become familiar far beyond Miami through their frequent use as a location for films, television programs, and architectural magazines.

UNpRECEDENTED ExpANSION OF YOUNGARTS pROGRAmS

The new Miami campus will allow the organization to develop a thriving arts and cultural center for young artists and will serve as a home for YoungArts Miami. The campus will host year-round programming, including master classes and forums with renowned arts leaders; multidisciplinary performances and exhibitions with emerging and established artists; screenings of the Emmy-nominated HBO YoungArts MasterClass series; and an art gallery offering exhibitions with free admission, curated in partnership with the Miami Art Museum, and others. YoungArts also will expand its regional programs. In New York City, YoungArts will extend recognition and artistic experiences to young artists by launching year-round events including performances programmed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, master classes and screenings at The Museum of Modern Art, and performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Los Angeles, YoungArts will inaugurate a new program modeled after YoungArts Weekproviding young artists with master classes, workshops, performances and exhibitions.

Karen Goodman

ABOUT THE NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION

The National YoungArts Foundation (formerly known as the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts) was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and support the next generation of artists, and to contribute to the cultural vitality of the nation by investing in the artistic development of talented young artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts. YoungArts provides emerging artists with life-changing experiences with renowned mentors, access to significant scholarships, national recognition, and other opportunities throughout their careers to help ensure that the nations most outstanding emerging artists are encouraged to pursue careers in the arts. To date, YoungArts has honored more than 16,000 young artists with over $6 million in monetary awards; facilitated in excess of $100 million in college scholarship opportunities; and enabled its participants to work with master teachers who are among the most distinguished artists in the world, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martin Scorsese, Plcido Domingo, Quincy Jones and Jacques dAmboise. In addition, at the request of the Commission on Presidential Scholars, which is appointed by the President of the United States, YoungArts serves as the exclusive nominating agency for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, the countrys highest honor for high school seniors. YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leading professionals in their fields include actresses Vanessa Williams, Viola Davis, and Kerry Washington; four-time Tony Award nominee Ral Esparza; Executive Director of American Ballet Theatre Rachel Moore; recording artists Nicki Minaj and Chris Young; musicians Terence Blanchard, Eric Owens, and Jennifer Koh; choreographer Desmond Richardson; and internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Doug Aitken.
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