Seventy students from more than 35 high schools across Nebraska will be recognized at the Nebraska Young Artist Awards on Wednesday, April 6.

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 new media. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.

Students applied for the recognition and submitted an example of their work. Applications were received from 167 students across the state. Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts faculty chose the 70 students who will come to UNL on April 6 to be recognized.

Honored students will take tours of the arts facilities, attend classes, meet faculty and college students and have lunch. Their parents will also be invited, and they will also take tours, as well as receive information on careers in the arts and college curriculum.

The day ends with an awards ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center’s Joseph Cooper Theater.

For more information, visit http://go.unl.edu/mufp.