Chris Young News

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) is proud to announce the 2017 YoungArts Winners-691 of the nation's most promising young artists in the literary, visual, design, and performing arts.

During this year's Art Basel Miami Beach, the National YoungArts Foundation will host two visual arts exhibitions on their Miami campus, including the debut of a new body of work by José Parlá and an installation of rarely seen masterworks from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, as well as a booth at PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair. Co-curated by Naomi Fisher (1994 YoungArts Winner in Visual Art) and Luisa Munera, YoungArts Artistic Programs Coordinator, the booth will feature works by ten YoungArts alumni. 

On November 5, 2016, the National YoungArts Foundation will premiere five collaborative short films created by YoungArts alumni as the season's first Outside the Box event, which takes place outdoors and is free to the public.

Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood returned last night to host Country Music's Biggest Night in 2016. THE 50TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS aired live from the Bridgestone Arena on the ABC Television Network.

On Halloween, ASCAP presented a night of incredible treats at our 54th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

A capacity crowd filled Nashville's Ascend Amphitheatre Mondayjoining Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and a host of friends to celebrate Garth Brooks becoming the first recording artist in history to earn Seven Diamond Album Certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Mixing the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mastermind detective with the sharp wit of playwright Oscar Wilde Centenary Stage Company's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily moves into its final weekend on the Sitnik Stage.

On November 5, 2016, the National YoungArts Foundation will premiere five collaborative short films created by YoungArts alumni as the season's first Outside the Box event, which takes place outdoors and is free to the public.

Running now till October 23, Centenary Stage Company brings to life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mastermind detective Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily in the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Performing Arts Center and audiences are raving.  "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily was wonderful; probably the best production I've seen in the last three years. It is well cast with excellent acting. The writing was superb and on a par with a true Sherlock Holmes mystery. Go see it. No, don't just see it, observe it." - Bronc Radak, audience member

CMA Musical Event of the Year nominee CHRIS YOUNG is already celebrating the season as he gears up for the release of It Must Be Christmas this Friday, October 14. He's also helping to make the holidays a little brighter for disadvantaged children as he teams up with Toys For Tots, a 69-year national charitable program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, to collect donations along his headlining “I'm Comin' Over Tour” stops November 17 – December 10. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy or book to one of nine tour dates with gifts being distributed to less fortunate children in the local community.

On Tuesday, September 27th, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) kicked off its 2016-2017 season with the third annual YoungArts Awareness Day, promoting the arts as a viable and rewarding career path, and celebrating the outstanding achievements of artists across the nation, many of whom are YoungArts alumni.

The National YoungArts Foundation today announces a dynamic roster of new performances, showcases, exhibitions and cross-disciplinary collaborations for its 2016-2017 season.

Country music superstars Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban and Cam appeared live on this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA from Tennessee to announce the nominees for the 50th Annual CMA's

Miranda Lambert will receive the inaugural ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award at the 10TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS, which makes its television debut on Friday, Sept. 9 (

The Academy of Country Music® (ACM) announced that Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry will all perform at the 10TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS rounding out the star-studded lineup.

Duet partners Chris Young and Cassadee Pope teamed up again last night to celebrate the chart-topping success of their RIAA Gold certified single, "Think Of You," during a No. 1 party from Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.

Country music's hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY'S NIGHT TO ROCK on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

CASE Construction Equipment will host 'Labor of Love' 2016 on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 5, 2016), featuring headliner and award winning country music star Chris Young.

Country music's hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY'S NIGHT TO ROCK on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) announces today that applications to become a 2017 YoungArts Winner will be accepted from June 1, 2016 through October 14, 2016. YoungArts identifies and nurtures the nation's most accomplished emerging artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts between the ages of 15 and 18 or in high school grades 10-12, and encourages candidates to submit their applications online at http://www.youngarts.org/apply.