ELLIE NGO is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Florida pursuing a dual degree in art history and chemistry with the anticipation of eventually becoming an art conservationist. In her student statement she wrote: I would consider myself an academically driven student. I graduated summa cum laude with an International Baccalaureate degree in […]
Nathan Childers – Scholarship Winner for Fine Art Spring 2021
Nathan Childers, a student at the University of West Georgia was awarded a $2,000 for Fine Art from the Frederic Whitaker and Eileen Monaghan Whitaker Foundation. In his student statement he wrote: “Over the past two years I have been pleased to have the opportunity to return to my first love, art, by continuing my […]
Anna Margaret Pidgeon – Honorable Mention for Art History Spring 2021
Anna Margaret Pidgeon, a student at Marywood University, received an honorable mention commendation for Spring 2021 for her essay. This year’s prompt wasCompare Frederic Whitaker’s 1966 watercolors, painted during a disastrous fire season in California : “Crown Fire , Grazing Sheep” and “Fire in the Mountains.” * Upon first glance, the seemingly pastoral scene depicted […]
Claire Rich – Honorable Mention Commendation for Art History for Spring 2021
Claire Rich, a student at Boston University, was awarded an Honorable Mention Commendation for her essay. This year’s essay prompt: Compare Frederic Whitaker’s 1966 watercolors, painted during a disastrous fire season in California : “Crown Fire , Grazing Sheep” and “Fire in the Mountains.” * Albeit strikingly similar in their stylistic execution, the […]
Amuri Morris – Honorable Mention for Fine Art Spring 2021
My name is name is Amuri Morris and I’m studying studio art at Virginia Commonwealth University. My interest in art first developed when I was experiencing a brief period of homelessness as a child. Art became a form of escapism for me. The paintbrush in my hand allowed the boundary between reality and the imaginary […]
Sara O’Brien Honorable Mention for Fine Art Fall 2020
Sara O’Brien is a freshman student at the Cooper Union. In her student statement she wrote: One of the earliest memories I have is my grandma walking me around the corner from her house to meet my dad at his bus stop. I would greet him with a little homemade card covered in glue and […]