COCONUT GROVE ARTS FESTIVAL TO PRESENT STUDENT AWARDS
High School Seniors Receive
Scholarships During May Gallery Event
MIAMI – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Marking 25 years of scholarship
support for talented art students in Miami-Dade County, the Coconut Grove Arts
& Historical Association Scholarship Program has announced $15,000 in
scholarship awards for the 2016 school year. Receiving scholarships of $1,000 each are 12 graduating seniors from
five of Miami-Dade County’s public magnet arts high schools and three freshmen
students at the New World School of the Arts College.
The awards will be presented by
members of the board of the Coconut Grove Arts & Historical Association –
producers of the nonprofit Coconut Grove Arts Festival – on Saturday, May 7 at
7 p.m. The presentation will take place during the opening reception for Mapping the Heart, the next installment
of the arts festival’s monthly Gallery at
CGAF exhibition series.
The 2016 high school scholarship recipients are:
David Baptiste,
Design and Architecture Senior High
Plans to attend: The New
School - Parsons School of Design
RaShawn
Dixon, Robert Morgan Educational Center – High School
Plans to attend:
Ringling College of Art + Design
Diana
Eusebio, Design and Architecture Senior High
Plans to attend: The New
School - Parsons School of Design (Paris)
Jose
Garcia, South Miami Senior High School
Plans to attend: Art
Institute of Chicago
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Adriana Llauro,
Coral Reef High School
Plans to attend: College
for Creative Studies
Jessica
Martinez, New World School of Art
Plans to attend:
Maryland Institute College of Art
Amanda
Munoz, South Miami Senior High School
Plans to attend: Florida
International University
Daniel
Ochoa, Coral Reef High School
Plans to attend: New
World School of the Arts College
Mayra Ona,
South Miami Senior High School
Plans to attend: Miami
Dade College
Daniela
Reyes, Design and Architecture Senior High
Plans to attend: Milwaukee
Institute of Art and Design
Brenda
Rodriguez, South Miami Senior High School
Plans to attend: Miami
Dade College
Nadia
Wolff, Design and Architecture Senior High
Plans to attend: Art
Institute of Chicago
*Each of the schools represented by a scholarship
recipient will receive one $250 award to be used for classroom art supplies.
Also receiving a $250 arts supplies scholarship will be Coconut Grove Elementary, Frances Tucker Elementary and George Washington Carver Middle School.
In addition to the
talented seniors, the Association’s scholarship program will also be providing three
New World School of the Arts College freshmen with $1,000. The students were
all senior award-winners in 2015 and, as part of the Association’s newest initiative,
will continue to receive support from the Arts Festival until their university graduation
should they maintain academic requirements.
The program demonstrates the arts festivals mission to support
home-grown emerging artists throughout various stages of their careers.
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Assisting with the selection process for this
year’s awards is the Fund 4 Design & Art Education, an organization created
and maintained by retired arts educators across the County. The organization
has assisted the Arts Festival in selecting some of Miami-Dade’s best arts
students since 2013.
The upcoming
exhibition, Mapping the Heart, features
solo artist Aimee Perez, a Cuban-American mixed-media artist and sculptor whose
work can be found in many private collections across the United States and
Mexico and in permanent collections, such as the Florida International
University Honors College Collection.
Mapping the Heart by Aimee Perez, will run now through June 24. Both the
scholarship award presentation and exhibition opening
reception will be held on Saturday, May 7 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and is
open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The
Gallery @ CGAF is open Monday to
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment. For more information
about the Gallery @ CGAF, please
visit www.cgaf.com.
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ABOUT THE COCONUT GROVE ARTS
FESTIVAL
The
Coconut Grove Arts Festival® is produced by the nonprofit, 501(c)(3), Coconut
Grove Arts and Historical Association. Proceeds help fund year-round arts
programs. The association also maintains
the Gallery @ CGAF and presents special exhibitions throughout the year from
its location at the Mayfair in the Grove. Since its inception in 1963, the
association has awarded hundreds of scholarships to students who attend fine
arts programs in local schools. For more information, visit www.CGAF.com.
ABOUT THE GALLERY @ CGAF
The
Gallery @ CGAF is a contemporary art gallery and neighborhood institution in
Coconut Grove. Produced by the Coconut Grove Arts & Historical Association,
the gallery presents regular exhibitions by emerging and established artists
representing varied mediums, yet all with a connection to South Florida. The
Gallery @ CGAF takes pride in creating, leading and participating in many
inspiring arts education and community-based events.