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Scholarship for the Arts
New for 2009 – New Awards, New Criteria!

Since 1991, Festival in the Park has awarded and funded over $109,000 in arts scholarships to area students

2009 Scholarship Application Entry Deadline is April 3, 2009

2009 Forms (PDF):
Scholarship ApplicationLetter to
Educators

In 2009, Festival in the Park is again offering its annual scholarship awards to graduating high school seniors. Full time students planning to minor or major in visual or performing arts (music, dance, theater, sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, etc.); whose parent's permanent residence is within a 100-mile radius of Roanoke; who have been accepted, or expect to be accepted into post-secondary training prior to the 2009 fall semester may apply.

The one-year awards being offered for 2009 are as follows:

  • 1st place Music - $500 John Will Creasy Memorial –Festival In the Park
  • 1st place Performing Arts - $500 A. W. (Skip) Brown, Edward Jones Scholarship
  • 1st place Visual Arts - $500 – EventZone Scholarship
  • 2nd place Music - $250 2nd place Performing Arts - $250
  • 2nd place Visual Arts- $250
  • One or Two Special Honorable mention awards of $250 any category

The awards will be made directly to the institutions that the recipients attend, to be applied to tuition, housing, books, or supplies.

Formal presentation of the scholarship awards will be made during Festival's grand finale on Monday, May 25, 2009; however, official notification to the winners will be made by May 15th. The winners of Visual Arts (paintings, photography, sculptures) will be allowed to participate at no charge in the three-day Fine Arts and Crafts Show during the Memorial Day weekend of May 23 - 25, 2009.


Thanks to all teachers and counselors who help spread the word about our scholarship!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2008 FESTIVAL IN THE PARK SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:
Lauren Benjamin – Homeschooled, attending Roanoke College
Cara Jennings – Salem High School, attending PA College of Art and Design
Matthew Lipscomb – Salem High School, attending VCU

 


What schools have had winners?

In the Valley:
Salem 13
Cave Spring 8
Northside 4
William Fleming 4
Patrick Henry  4
William Byrd 3
Roanoke Catholic 2
Hollins University 2
Glenvar 2
Hidden Valley  2
Lord Botetourt 1
Home School 2

New River Valley:
Christiansburg 3
Blacksburg 3

Others:
Franklin County 3
Jefferson Forrest 3
Staunton River 3
George Wythe 2
James River 2
Auburn (Rhiner) 1
Heritage 1
Fort Defiance 1

PAST SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Brittany Covington
Rachel Freeman
Ursala Dilley
Rebecca Garland
Michelle Madison
Miriam Piilonen
Matthew Stephens
Christine Permentere
Michele Morris Wiley
C. Domeon Lester
Kimberly R. Eubank
Robert Doherty
Amy Bowles
Terri Edillon
Darci Hart
Jason Fizer
Carrie Hundley
Richard C. Beal, Jr.
Jennifer Stokes
Brooke Latham
Joannna Sisk
Aaron Hudson
Ryan Mahone
Erica Hodgin
Yvette Coronado
Aaron Crigkelderhouse
Jennifer Davis
Adam Johnson
Brie Getteson
Sarah Fenty
Kinsey Holder
Allison Flores
Vanessa L. Fassie
Lonny Bradford
Mary Stewart Atwell
Creceda LaMaire
Sherri Robinette
Abe Orden
Sean Trent
Timothy Nelson
Emily Finton
Courtney Via
Stephen Brown
Nora Morris
Thomas Simmons
Runal Kireet
Mehta Ashley
Renee Hall
William Smith
Havilah Liederbach
Erika Metz
Natalie Fassie
Willie Caldwell
Joshua Grisetti
Sarah Ward Rebecca
Ross McDermott
Aaron Dalton
Jessica Lawson
Lindsay Hall
Ruben Williams
Andrea Stroud
Megan Smith
Charlotte Noelle Kelly
Wallace Easter, III
Kevin Beasley
Jordan McArthur
Natalie Deck
Natalie Cook
Frieda B. Masters
Madolyn Smeltzer
Josh Flores
Alexandra Davis
Sera Tabb
Jenny Lewis
Meg Graninger
Erin Willett
Brittany Covington



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