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 Application • Letter 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