Scholarship students from the First Session of the Western Art Academy, plus their instructors. Front row, from left: Anna-Sophia Lagos, Rebekah Rodriguez, instructor Wanda Mumm, Vanessa Sosa, Madaline Whatley, Magaly Cantu. Back row, instructor Terry Stanley, instructor Christine Knapp, instructor Stephen Spears, and Chris Feliciano.
As Susan Kathleen Black Foundation instructors become further involved in art education efforts across the country, they become exposed to more teens and young adults who could benefit from participation in SKB’s Dubois workshops each September. The foundation responds by offering scholarships to a select group of young people. SKB pays most of their expenses in Dubois, but the scholarship winners and their families have to get them there.
This year eight students received scholarships through their participation in the 2014 Western Art Academy, at Schreiner University, in Kerrville, Texas. Their fantastically supportive parents have taken care of the logistics, and the 2014 SKB workshop is set to have a significant contingent of young artists. Other scholarship recipients are returning from last year or years previous, bringing the total to 17.
Lawson Belcher is a scholarship student from the Second Session of the Western Art Academy.
The SKB teen scholars for 2014 are Lawson Belcher, Sadie Burt, Magaly Cantu, Chris Feliciano, Roxolana Krywonos, Anna-Sophia Lagos, Tori Lentz, Kayla Liller, Summer Medran, Kasey Rives, Rebekah Rodriguez, Vanessa Sosa, Madaline Whatley, Korina Wray, Grace Wyka, and Caleb Yarger. A familiar face, David Yarger, will be back this year to serve as Teen Team Director. Ω
David Yarger will be SKB’s Teen Team Director this year in Dubois. Here he is painting at dawn during a past SKB workshop.