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2020 Visual Arts Scholarship Winner
The North Augusta Artists Guild is pleased to announce the 2020 Winner of the Visual Arts Scholarship Award is Riley Robinson, a graduating senior at the North Augusta High School. Ms. Robinson has been accepted at the Savannah College of Art & Design in Atlanta, Georgia, and will major in Painting and minor in Photography. She is also interested in drawing, tattoo design, and ceramics. Throughout high school, Riley was active in honor societies, served as a class officer and participated as a designer, organizer, and artist for the NAHS Christmas Parade Float, NAHS football banners and murals, and NAHS Sidewalk Art Day. We wish Riley all the best with her artistic endeavors as she pursues a life in art.
The North Augusta Artists Guild's Visual Arts Scholarship of $500 is awarded annually to a graduating high school senior who is pursuing a major or minor college degree in the visual arts defined as drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, graphic arts and art education. The North Augusta Artists Guild is an arts organization that was initiated in 2002. We are a group of local artists who support the arts by sponsoring projects that enhance the arts in the North Augusta community as well as the CSRA. The Visual Arts Scholarship is funded by members of the Artists Guild.
The scholarship applicant must be a resident and high school senior in either public, private, charter or home school. He/she must demonstrate excellence in the visual arts. Eligible applicants must intend to enroll in an accredited college, university or other institution of formal education in the Fall of 2021.
The deadline for application is March 31, 2021. All applications are reviewed by a scholarship committee comprised of North Augusta Artists Guild members.