Horace Greeley Junior Wins 2022 YoungArts Award In Dance

CHAPPAQUA, NY — A Horace Greeley junior has been recognized by the national organization dedicated to following and supporting promising artists from a young age and continuing throughout their careers.

Netra Easwaran was just named a 2022 YoungArts award winner. Easwaran was selected at the Merit level, the organization’s third-highest honor, for her accomplishments in dance. She joins 720 students from across the country named among the most accomplished young visual, literary, and performing artists by the Miami-based resource from the National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists.

Each year, YoungArts award winners are selected through an intense competition. All winners are between 15 and 18 years old (or in grades 10 through 12). The arts scholars are chosen for their achievement by discipline-specific panels of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process.

"YoungArts empowers artists to pursue a life in the arts beginning at the critical time when many are faced with decisions about life after high school," National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists Director Jewel Malone said. "We are proud to support these young artists at the beginning of their journeys and look forward to becoming a resource for them at all stages of their careers.”

YoungArts award winners gain access to the group's well-established and comprehensive programs for artists. Winners become eligible for an array of opportunities for financial, creative and professional development support for the rest of their lives.

As a YoungArts award winner, Easwaran is in good company. Accomplished artists, including Daniel Arsham, Terence Blanchard, Camille A. Brown, Timothée Chalamet, Viola Davis, Amanda Gorman, Judith Hill, Jennifer Koh, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Andrew Rannells, Desmond Richardson, and Hunter Schafer rank among the prestigious list's past honorees.

A complete list of the 2022 winners and YoungArts programs and resources can be found on the National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists website.