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Click here to view a letter from our President and CEO, Christina DePaul, and Vice President of Programs, Roberta Behrendt-Fliss, regarding our new youngARTS adjudication results policy.
 EDUCATORS
We receive thousands of packets of materials to review from students all over the country every fall. As we open the packets and review the materials, we are amazed and grateful for the talent of our young people and the dedication of their teachers. Educators play a vital role in helping us achieve our goal of nurturing and supporting young artists. It is through educators that most students learn about us and are encouraged to register for youngARTS. On a more basic level, the large pool of talented, dedicated, and highly trained young artists is a testament to the educators who have worked with them for years. It is educators who make a program like youngARTS possible.
Each year we contact every high school in the country in our search for the most talented young artists. We work closely with educators to keep them informed of the deadlines, events, and opportunities available through NFAA.
We encourage teachers to work with us to get our information out to students. Among the ways to get the word out is to download and post the youngARTS flyer, order our videos and show them or make them available to students, and/or request a school visit. We also provide a group registration form that allows educators to register multiple students for youngARTS.
Registration for youngARTS leads to many opportunities for students. Approximately 6,000-8,000 students register for the youngARTS program. Of these, about 10 percent receive awards and up to 150 youngARTS Finalists are chosen to come to Miami for youngARTS Week, an all-expense-paid week of master classes, showcase performances, exhibitions, enrichment programs, and final adjudications.
The annual Presidential Scholars in the Arts are selected solely from youngARTS Finalists. NFAA nominates up to 50 youngARTS Finalists for consideration by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, and 20 are selected as Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
As soon as students register for youngARTS, their names are provided, through our Scholarship List Service, to a large group of institutions offering scholarships in the arts. For this reason, we advise early registration (by June 1). youngARTS participants are eligible for approximately $3 million in college scholarships.
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