2024 Nebraska Young Artist Award recipients announced
calendar icon28 Feb 2024
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the 80 winners of the 27thannual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.
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 film and emerging media arts.
Eighty students from more than 40 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 3.
“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 107 students across the state. Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts faculty chose the 80 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.
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2024 Nebraska Young Artist Award Winners | |||
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| Name | High School | Hometown | Area |
| Danah Baldwin | Arnold | Arnold | Music |
| Joshua Bartsch | Omaha North | Omaha | Music |
| Rachel Berger | Wilson Hill Academy | Kimball | Music |
| Tate Boesiger | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Dance |
| Madison Bonham | Millard North | Omaha | Music |
| Nina Brozovi | Lincoln High | Lincoln | Music |
| Elizabeth Buescher | Marian | Omaha | Music |
| Amelia Burba | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Music |
| Sarah Cai | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Grace Caskey | Duchesne Academy | Omaha | Dance and Music |
| Kalleigh Champagne | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Kyah Curtis | Lakeview | Columbus | Film and Emerging Media Arts |
| Samantha Ertzner | High Plains | Polk | Visual Arts |
| Angel Estrada | Loup County | Taylor | Visual Arts |
| Brianna Fick | Kearney Catholic | Kearney | Visual Arts |
| Jennifer Franco Escobar | Dundy County Stratton | Haigler | Visual Arts |
| Anne Friesen | Home School | Lincoln | Music |
| Ashleigh George | Elkhorn North | Omaha | Dance |
| Emma Gross | Westside | Omaha | Dance and Theatre |
| Tye Hollmann | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Music |
| Deanna Horst | Sidney | Potter | Music |
| George Ji | Millard North | Omaha | Music |
| Reagan Johnson | Wilcox-Hildreth | Wilcox | Visual Arts |
| Maura Kimble | Lincon East | Lincoln | Dance |
| Dominika Kouassi | Marian | Bennington | Music |
| Sofia La Fata-Hornillos | Westside | Omaha | Theatre |
| Molly Grace Larington | McCook | McCook | Visual Arts |
| Emily Layton | Southern Valley | Oxford | Visual Arts |
| Nicholas Li | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Ehme Linner | Southern Valley | Beaver City | Visual Arts |
| Nicole Liu | Millard North | Omaha | Music |
| Gavin Loewe | Lincoln Lutheran | Lincoln | Music |
| Roman Maglinger | Elkhorn South | Elkhorn | Visual Arts |
| Autum Maline | Cozad | Cozad | Dance |
| Mads Mather | Kearney | Kearney | Visual Arts |
| Emily Mattson | North Star | Lincoln | Visual Arts |
| Jack McCormick | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Music |
| Olivia McCurley | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Dance |
| Hannah Melton | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Elliette Mendivil Rodriguez | Norfolk | Norfolk | Music |
| Ananya Bindu Mirie | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Dance |
| Matvey Moisseyev | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Elisa Nikkila | Kearney Catholic | Kearney | Visual Arts |
| Kate Nolley | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Dance |
| Violet Nunnenkamp | Adams Central | Hastings | Visual Arts |
| Destheny Ortega | Schuyler Central | Schuyler | Visual Arts |
| Maria Overton | University of Nebraska High School | Omaha | Dance |
| Thomas Padios | Westside | Omaha | Theatre |
| Savannah Paisley | Cambridge | Cambridge | Visual Arts |
| Ellison Piening | Milford | Pleasant Dale | Visual Arts |
| Dejana Pratt | LPS Arts & Humanities Focus Program | Lincoln | Visual Arts |
| Faith Pruner | Cozad | Cozad | Dance |
| Mary Puccioni | Marian | Omaha | Dance |
| Daniel Ramos | Omaha North | Omaha | Music |
| Abby Rich | Ralston | Omaha | Dance |
| Tucker Robinson | McCool Junction | York | Theatre |
| Olive Sabey-Vogele | Southern Valley | Wymore | Visual Arts |
| Averielle Sager | Chadron | Chadron | Theatre |
| Brooklyn Santifer | Southern Valley | Oxford | Visual Arts |
| Ella Schlake | Ogallala | Ogallala | Music |
| Ellie Selman | Lincoln Northeast | Lincoln | Visual Arts |
| Nick Serwatowski | Papillion-LaVista | Papillion | Music |
| Isabelle Smolsky | Omaha Central | Omaha | Music |
| Olivia Sulzle | Lincoln High | Lincoln | Music |
| Luke Svoboda | Skutt Catholic | Omaha | Visual Arts |
| Amina Teri | Elkhorn North | Elkhorn | Music |
| Kiptara Thomas | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Dance |
| Monique Trejo | Potter-Dix | Potter | Visual Arts |
| Avery Walker | Bellevue East | Bellevue | Music |
| Lola Warren | Westside | Omaha | Visual Arts |
| Tayven Washington | LPS Arts & Humanities Focus Program | Lincoln | Visual Arts |
| Dru Weimer | Sidney | Sidney | Music |
| Sophie Wilder | Lincoln Southwest | Lincoln | Dance |
| Alyssa Wostrel | High Plains | Clarks | Visual Arts |
| Jadon Woznek | Norfolk | Norfolk | Music |
| Rory Wright-Kent | Marian | Elkhorn | Music |
| Emma Yin | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Elaine Yu | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Cheryl Zeng | Lincoln East | Lincoln | Music |
| Isabella Zhang | Millard North | Omaha | Music |
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