2019 Nebraska Young Artist Award winners announced

Seventy-three students from more than 40 high schools have been selected to receive the Nebraska Young Artist Awards and will be invited to a day of activities on April 3.
Seventy-three students from more than 40 high schools have been selected to receive the Nebraska Young Artist Awards and will be invited to a day of activities on April 3.

2019 Nebraska Young Artist Award winners announced

calendar icon12 Mar 2019    

Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the winners of the 22nd annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.

Seventy-three students from more than 40 high schools across the state have been selected to participate in the special day of activities on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize 11th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and emerging media arts. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.

Students applied for the recognition and submitted an example of their work. Applications were received from 178 students across the state. Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts faculty chose the 73 students who will come to Nebraska on April 3 to be recognized.

Honored students will take tours of the arts facilities, attend classes, meet faculty and college students and have lunch. Their parents will also be invited, and they will also take tours, as well as receive information on careers in the arts and college curriculum.

Students selected to participate in the Nebraska Young Artist Awards were also asked to nominate the teacher who provided them with the greatest amount of mentoring and support in the development of their special talents.

The day will conclude with an awards ceremony. Students will receive a certificate, as well as a very special original piece of artwork commissioned for this event and created by School of Art, Art History & Design printmaking student Alyssa Kobza.

2019 Nebraska Young Artist Award Winners

Name High School Hometown Area
Jessica Alcorn Fremont Fremont Music
Leah Andersen Lincoln East Lincoln Dance
Elizabeth Aschoff Aquinas Catholic David City Music
Corinne Baker Southwest High School McCook Visual Art
Riley Bender Norfolk Norfolk Music
Oliver Brauning Home School Lincoln Music
Dezarae Brown Omaha North Omaha Dance
Haley Cargill Cozad Cozad Dance
Jack Carlson North Platte North Platte Music
Adriana Catalan Grand Island Grand Island Visual Art
Jadyn Chasek Mullen Mullen Visual Art
Sophie Clark Marian Omaha Music
Candace Coleman McCook McCook Visual Art
Marissa Cooley Lincoln Christian School Lincoln Music
Ashleigh Rose Copes Lincoln East Lincoln Dance
Vilynn Decker Seward Staplehurst Music
Salvador Diaz-DeBose Lincoln High Lincoln Dance
Easton Dippel Elkhorn Valley Theatre Arts
Brooke Douglas Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran Omaha Dance
Joshua Dowd Home School Lincoln Music
Adam Flowers Gering Gering Music
Michelle Fritton Norfolk Norfolk Dance
Ritsa Giannakas Lincoln East Lincoln Music
Halie Gibson Lincoln North Star Lincoln Dance
Ashlynn Grudzinski Aurora Aurora Visual Art
Lisle Gustafson Lincoln Southeast Lincoln Theatre Arts
Hallie Gutzwiller Elm Creek Elm Creek Theatre Arts
Lauren Hartman Waverly Waverly Music
Harrison Hebb Lincoln Southeast Lincoln Visual Art
Solee Heitman Omaha Central Omaha Music
Carmel Hemphill Gretna Gretna Music
Cole Hobza Norfolk Norfolk Music
Gracie Hoyt Mullen Mullen Visual Art
Sarah Hytrek Bennington Omaha Dance
Caleb Jenkinson Stanton Community Schools Stanton Music
Hallie Jensen Milford Seward Visual Art
Meghan Johansen Aurora Aurora Visual Art
Evan Jones-Hazledine Gordon-Rushville Rushville Theatre Arts
Lydia Kingery Lincoln Southeast Lincoln Theatre Arts
Natalie Klaus Beatrice Beatrice Music
Kinsey Knorr Lincoln Southeast Lincoln Music
Molly Koca Millard West Omaha Dance
Khiara Lawrence Lincoln North Star Lincoln Visual Art
Emery Leitch Omaha Central Omaha Music
Laura Lienemann Home School Omaha Music
Vincent Lin Papillion-LaVista Papillion Music
Teven Marshall Mullen Mullen Visual Art
Luke Miles Brownell Talbot Omaha Music
Jordan Moore Lincoln High Lincoln Visual Art
Caitlin Murphy Exeter-Milligan Exeter Music
Abigail Nelsen Cozad Cozad Dance
Ayden Ourada Cozad Gothenburg Dance
Luke Partsch Lourdes Central Catholic Nebraska City Music
Kamryn Plock Lincoln East Lincoln Music
Payton Plugge Gretna Gretna Music
Sadie Prenda Lincoln Southeast Lincoln Music & Theatre Arts
Maria Pytlik Aquinas Catholic Brainard Music
Christopher Ramirez Grand Island Grand Island Visual Art
Kendrick Roach Lincoln Southeast Denton Music
Travis Roh Aquinas Catholic Abie Music & Theatre Arts
Jaiden Sock Schuyler Central Schuyler Dance
Iris/Elliot Starlin-Hintz Lincoln Arts & Humanities Focus Lincoln Visual Art
Johanna Sughroue Southwest High School Indianola Visual Art
Ahnika Svajgr Cozad Johnson Lake Dance
Henry Tomsu Elkhorn South Omaha Music
Parker Tonkinson North Platte North Platte Music
Alexandria Vandenberg Omaha Westside Bennington Dance
Isaac Weander Luthern High Northeast Norfolk Dance
Kailey Wilcox Southwest High School Indianola Visual Art
Abby Worrell Cozad Cozad Dance
E-Keithmel Wreh Lincoln East Lincoln Dance
Grace Young Home School Omaha Music
Kenton Young Millard West Omaha Music