Nominate a Young Artist for the 2015 YD&T AwardsNominations are now open for USITT's 2015 Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts. The YD&T Awards are sponsored by industry leaders to annually recognize up-and-coming theatrical artists. Student or early career designers and technicians can be nominated for 11 awards -- in lighting, sound, scenic, costume, and makeup design, technical production, stage management, and craftsmanship. USITT will invite nominees to submit examples of their work to a panel of adjudicators in each discipline. The nomination deadline is October 15. Nominate can be made at http://www.usitt.org/ydt. Winners will receive cash prizes and free registration to USITT's 2015 annual Conference & Stage Expo March 18-21 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they'll receive their awards from sponsors including Barbizon Lighting Company, Rose Brand, and KM Fabrics, among others. The awards include six for graduating MFA students/young professionals, three for either grad or undergraduate students, and two specifically for undergrad college seniors. The awards are: Grad student/young professional awards:
• KM Fabrics Technical Production Award
• Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award
• Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design & Technology Award
• Bernhard R. Works, Fred Buerki Scenic Technology Award, aka "The Golden Hammer"
• Barbara Matera Award in Costume-Making sponsored by Judy Adamson
• USITT Scene Design Award sponsored by Rose Brand Undergrad awards:
• Master Craftsmanship Award sponsored by Bernhard R. Works; 2015's category is Stage Properties
• W. Oren Parker Undergraduate Scene Design Award sponsored by Stage Decoration & Supplies Grad or undergrad awards:
• USITT Lighting Design Award sponsored by Barbizon Lighting Company
• USITT Makeup Design Award sponsored by Kryolan Professional Makeup
• USITT Stage Management Award sponsored by Clear-Com Communications Systems The YD&T awards advance USITT's mission to encourage young theatrical designers and technicians, with the generous help of the industry leaders who sponsor them. 
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