2023 Nebraska Young Artist Award recipients announced

calendar icon07 Mar 2023    

Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the 59 winners of the 26^th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.

The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize 11^th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and film and emerging media arts. 

Fifty-nine students from nearly 35 high schools across the state have been selected as recipients of the Nebraska Young Artist Awards and will be invited to a day of activities on campus on April 5.

“The faculty always look forward to this event,” said Chris Watson, director of recruitment for the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts and coordinator of the awards. “They love meeting enthusiastic young artists, working with them and celebrating their talent.”

Students applied for the recognition and submitted an example of their work. Applications were received from 93 students across the state. Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts faculty chose the 59 students who are being recognized.

Students selected for 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.

Students will receive a certificate, as well as a very special original piece of artwork commissioned for this event and created by a School of Art, Art History & Design printmaking student.