{"id":37444,"date":"2019-08-05T13:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=37444"},"modified":"2019-08-05T13:27:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:27:28","slug":"35-young-artists-receive-2019-rising-star-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=37444","title":{"rendered":"35 YOUNG ARTISTS RECEIVE 2019 RISING STAR HONORS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rising Stars will also be recognized at the 2nd<\/sup> Annual YAS! Fest in <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Millennium Park on Saturday, September 21<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, First Lady Amy Eshleman and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) are pleased to announce the 2019 Rising Star Honor Roll presented by Allstate. <\/strong>Thirty-five outstanding young artists will be recognized for their creative leadership and exceptional artistic talents during a private reception tonight, August 5, at the Chicago Cultural Center. These young artists were nominated directly by their mentors from arts organizations, school arts programs and community organizations in the following areas: music,theatre, dance, visual arts, media arts and literary arts. The full list of 2019 Rising Star honorees and nominating organizations follows.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s Rising Star honorees represent a vibrancy of creative life and arts education from all across the city. These Rising Stars will also be recognized at the 2nd<\/sup> Annual<\/strong> YAS! Fest<\/strong> (Youth Arts Showcase) on Saturday, September 21, in Millennium Park. The celebration of Chicago\u2019s talented, creative youth features young artists in music, dance, theatre, spoken word, DJs, design, photography and more. For more information and the most up-to-date festival schedule, visit millenniumpark.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are shining a light on the immense artistic talent of Chicago\u2019s young people,\u201d said Mark Kelly, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. \u201cWe celebrate this year\u2019s Rising Stars as the artists and arts leaders of the future. They inspire other young people to take a creative path.\u201d<\/p>\n

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2019 Rising Star Honorees and Nominating Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LaVarion<\/strong> Anderson<\/strong>
\nNominated by Jane Addams High School for honor in Literary Arts<\/p>\n

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John<\/strong> Atkins<\/strong>
\nNominated by Invictus Theatre Company for honor in Theatre<\/p>\n

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Precious<\/strong> Atwood<\/strong>
\nNominated by Marillac Social Center for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Jiana<\/strong> Avila<\/strong>
\nNominated by The People’s Music School for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Christian<\/strong> Ayala<\/strong>
\nNominated by The Joffrey Ballet for honor in Dance<\/p>\n

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Roberto<\/strong> Balderas<\/strong>
\nNominated by Yollocalli Arts Reach of the National Museum of Mexican Art for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Sarah<\/strong> Bonds<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Chicago High School for the Arts for honor in Theatre<\/p>\n

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Tanijah<\/strong> Callahan<\/strong>
\nNominated by Sherman School of Excellence for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Keith<\/strong> Calloway<\/strong>
\nNominated by Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Samuel<\/strong> Carter<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Chicago Architecture Center for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Elijah<\/strong> Crockett<\/strong>
\nNominated by Sullivan High School for honor in Media Arts<\/p>\n

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Mia<\/strong> Daniels<\/strong>
\nNominated by Territory for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Devon<\/strong> Fields<\/strong>
\nNominated by Intonation Music for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Victor Luis<\/strong> Garcia<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Art Institute of Chicago for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Van<\/strong> Gavia<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Miclo<\/strong> Gonzalez<\/strong>
\nNominated by Little Kids Rock for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Clancy<\/strong> Hudson<\/strong>
\nNominated by Territory for honor in Media Arts<\/p>\n

<\/em>Rayvaughn Jackson<\/strong>
\nNominated by Marillac Social Center for honor in Literary Art<\/em><\/p>\n

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D<\/strong>eianna<\/strong> Jones<\/strong>
\nNominated by Lyric Opera of Chicago and Senn High School for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Andrea<\/strong> Maldonado<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Alfredo<\/strong> Martinez<\/strong>
\nNominated by Chicago Public Schools All-City Performing Arts for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Lauren<\/strong> Marut<\/strong>
\nNominated by Chicago Youth Shakespeare for honor in Theatre<\/p>\n

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Oscar<\/strong> Mendoza<\/strong>
\nNominated by CircEsteem for honor in Theatre<\/p>\n

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Davita<\/strong> Miranda<\/strong>
\nNominated by Marwen for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Daniela<\/strong> Morales<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Chicago High School for the Arts for honor in Literary Arts<\/p>\n

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Jeremy<\/strong> Nohel<\/strong>
\nNominated by Merit School of Music for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Chris<\/strong> Oropeza<\/strong>
\nNominated by Chicago Public Schools Advanced Arts at Gallery 37 for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Nina<\/strong> Outlaw<\/strong>
\nNominated by the Chicago High School for the Arts for honor in Dance<\/p>\n

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Ella<\/strong> Pickney<\/strong>
\nNominated by Collaboraction Theatre Company for honor in Theatre<\/p>\n

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Christine<\/strong> Piolet<\/strong>
\nNominated by After School Matters for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Jamal<\/strong> Reid<\/strong>
\nNominated by Chicago Public Library YOUmedia for honor in Music<\/p>\n

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Emily<\/strong> Sanchez<\/strong>
\nNominated by 826CHI for honor in Literary Arts<\/p>\n

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Karolina<\/strong> Skoczen<\/strong>
\nNominated by Urban Gateways for honor in Visual Arts<\/p>\n

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Dayana<\/strong> Soto<\/strong>
\nNominated by Albany Park Theater Project for honor in Theatre<\/p>\n

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Diana<\/strong> Tassy<\/strong>
\nNominated by Free Spirit Media for honor in Media Arts
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The Rising Stars will also be recognized at the 2nd Annual YAS! Fest in Millennium Park on Saturday, September 21 \u00a0 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, First Lady Amy Eshleman and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-breaking-news","category-this-just-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}