YoungArts Announces Leo Purman of Fox Point as Merit Award Winner

Leo Purman, a senior at , is a YoungArts Merit Award Winner in Photography.

Chosen from more than 5,000 applicants in nine disciplines in the visual, literary and performing arts, he will receive a monetary award and join the ranks of the 16,000 YoungArts alumni including such notables as multimedia artist Doug Aitken; actors Vanessa Williams, Raúl Esparza  and Kerry Washington; and musicians Nicki Minaj and Chris Young.

YoungArts is the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA).  Leo Purman is one of this year’s YoungArts 271 Merit Award Winners, selected in a blind adjudication process from a pool representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as all U.S. territories. There are a total of 597 YoungArts winners,  including 152 YoungArts Finalists.

Leo Purman is the son of Robert and Yannique Purman of Fox Point.