scholarship winners

2011 Winners

2011 Scholarship Winner, Peter Barlow

Peter Barlow is the 2011 Lakewood Arts Festival scholarship winner.

Peter, a 2011 graduate of Lakewood High School, will be attending Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida where he plans to study filmmaking. Peter’s ultimate goal is to become a film producer/director. Look for his work in the window of Landfall Travel during the show. The $4,000 scholarship is awarded each year to a high school senior who is Lakewood resident with intentions of studying art. Application forms go out in February. The judging, which is done by a panel of art instructors, is done in May.

2011 Scholarship Juror's Mention,
Danielle Curran

Danielle Curran received the “Juror’s Mention” award for her portfolio of work. Until her Junior year of high school, while looking at colleges, she had not decided what she wanted to do as a career. Art had only been a hobby but now she could not imagine majoring in anything else. She thinks a career in art will be exciting and ever changing from project to project. She feels art leaves a lasting impression on the viewer and hopes to create such enduring thoughts in others as some artists have done for her. She will attend the University of Vermont in the fall, after which she hopes to get her Masters degree and maybe become a college professor. Danielle will receive $500 toward her studies. See the window display at Geiger’s Sporting Goods to view Danielle’s work.

A third $500 scholarship was given to Janet Simonovich from the Virginia Marti School in recognition of her design work for a non-profit group in Lakewood. She created a collection of design work for Hayes Elementary School Drama Club.

Each year a special T-shirt is designed in honor of the Lakewood Arts Festival. Those shirts are available for purchase the day of the show. All proceeds go to the scholarship fund.

2010 Winner

The winner of the 2010 Lakewood Arts Festival scholarship is Lakewood High School senior Max Listkowski who has been accepted into the the Cleveland Institute of Art. Max had a display of his work in the window of Landfall Travel during the month of August.

2009 Winner

Hannah Christian was awarded the $4000 scholarship to pursue her career in the arts. Her work will be on display in the window of Landfall Travel on Detroit Ave.

A special honorable mention prize was given to Jen Farkas.

2008 Winner

Bethany Staley is a graduate of Lakewood High School.
She will be attending Bowling Green.