Michigan Youth Arts Festival

The Michigan Youth Arts Festival (MYAF) was an annual festival in Michigan where over 900 students from grades 9-12 participate in showcases, concerts and workshops in any of the represented disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Film, Vocal music, Instrumental Music, visual art and theatre.

The Michigan Youth Arts Festival was founded in 1963 as a talent screening of young musicians organized by Dr. Joseph E. Maddy, founder of the Interlochen Center for the Arts.

MYAF was discontinued in 2022. Before its end, the festival was a culmination of several separate adjudication processes that selects approximately 900 students from over 60,000 students that apply. It was held at Western Michigan University since 1985.

• Straus to Open Michigan Youth Arts Fest as 2006 Honorary Chairperson
• Detroit News: 'Hoop Dreams' director offers insights at arts festival
• National Endowment for the Arts: 2004 Grant Awards: State Listings: Michigan Youth Arts Festival

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