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Anthropologie Announces YoungArts "Leading with Creativity" Award Winners
Each Winner to Receive $10,000 Grant and Career Development Opportunities with the Lifestyle Brand PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthropologie,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Each Winner to Receive $10,000 Grant and Career Development Opportunities with the Lifestyle Brand\nPHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthropologie, the admired American lifestyle brand, is excited to announce the inaugural winners of their newly created Leading with Creativity Award. The recipients are all past YoungArts Award winners and represent creative talent from diverse backgrounds and across a variety of artistic disciplines.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe \"Leading with Creativity\" Award marks the latest chapter of Anthropologie's long-standing commitment to arts education and access. Last year, as part of the brand's corporate responsibility program, A Greater Good, Anthropologie announced a $1 million dollar pledge over four years to education and the arts. In addition, Anthropologie was able to facilitate over $217K in gifts, solicited in store from their community over the holiday season. YoungArts will be the recipient of this gift as their leading charitable partner.\nEach of the five winners of the Anthropologie \"Leading with Creativity\" Award will receive a $10,000 unrestricted grant, as well as an opportunity to work alongside members of Anthropologie on the brand's Holiday 2023 campaign. The recipients include:\nPriscilla Aleman, a Miami and New York-based sculptor partnering with the Anthropologie Display Team to create the brand's iconic holiday windowsCoco Allred, a Seattle-based visual artist collaborating with the Anthropologie Home Merchant Team on a candle capsule collectionIsabela Dos Santos, a Portland-based illustrator partnering with the Anthropologie Art Department to create holiday packagingOscar Garay, a Los Angeles and New York-based visual artist working with the Art Department to create holiday gift cardsAnton Kot, a New York-based musician composing music for the brand's holiday campaign video and performing in-storesThe Anthropologie \"Leading with Creativity\" Award is a reflection of the brand's dedication to the creative community. Through inspiring, expressing, and empowering creativity, Anthropologie hopes to create access to careers in the arts and bring out creativity in others through financial donations, collaborations, customer fundraising, employee engagement, and mentorship opportunities.\nAbout AnthropologieAnthropologie is a unique lifestyle brand in constant conve...