VERO BEACH — Each year the Vero Beach Art Club awards up to five college scholarships to graduating seniors of local high schools to continue their fine art education. This year, $10,000 was awarded to five students who were selected after submitting applications with samples of their art work judged by the Education Committee.
The Education Committee consisted of Dawn Mill, Dawn Miller, Sharon Morgan and Catherine Musham.
Student criteria was based on school performance, artistic talent, teacher recommendations and their college curriculum which required they take art based courses of study at accepted colleges and universities.
The 2015 Vero Beach Art Club Scholarships were awarded to: Emily Parks, Hugh Paul Dunbar, Lyle Michos, Samantha Howard and Devontay Green. Each student received a $2,000 award which would go to their approved school.
Another $2,000 check was donated to the Vero Beach Museum of Art towards its Summer Art Camp Scholarships which will enable at least 20 financially disadvantaged students to attend art classes this summer in the Museum’s summer art school.
The Vero Beach Art Club, founded in 1936, is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which donates time and money to students in order to continue their mission:
• To foster appreciation of art and artistic growth through exhibitions and educational opportunities for its members.
• To extend cultural enrichment to the community at large by exhibiting our artists’ works at public locations in various venues around Indian River County to stress the value and importance of art in the world.
• To offer scholarship opportunities to students who wish to study art or go on to colleges for art related courses and help financially support art programs through our schools and recreation department art programs.
• To encourage and support both appreciation and creation of fine art.
The Vero Beach Art Club is the founder of the Under the Oaks Fine Art Show, Art in the Park, Art by the Sea, Art on the Island and many other events throughout the year, all of which help support the Scholarship and Education Fund. The office is located inside the Vero
Beach Museum of Art at 3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach. www.VeroBeachArtClub.org, (772) 231-0303.