MCAA Scholarship Winners 2011
The Michigan Ceramic Art Association board is pleased to announce the winners for the 2011 MCAA Scholaship Award. Winners, Melissa Dembinski and Brent Westrick received $500 each.
Melissa Dembinski is currently a student at Central Michigan University. She will graduate in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Visual Arts Education concentrating in Ceramics.
Brent Westrick, is currently a student at Grand Valley State University. He is seeking a BFA degree in Ceramics and will graduate in 2011.
This award is intended to encourage students who desire a career in ceramic arts or ceramics industries, to further their ceramics education. Student works were judged on talent, skill, inventiveness, originality, craftsmanship, form and subject.
Call for 2012 Applications
The Michigan Ceramic Art Association is seeking candidates for the 2012 MCAA Scholarship Award. The Scholarship Award will be $1000.
This award is to encourage students to further their ceramics education. To be eligible, a student must be enrolled for the Fall 2012 semester at a post-secondary institution within the state of Michigan. We are looking for students who desire a career in ceramic arts or ceramics industries, and/or the teaching of ceramics arts.
Students will be judged on completed works only. The Governing Board will view digital images of a student’s work, review their statement of need, and letter(s) of recommendation. Works shall be judged on talent, skill, inventiveness, originality, craftsmanship, form and subject matter. All judgments will necessarily be decisions by the Governing Board and are final.
For scholarship application form, go to: www.michclay.com. The application must be received no later than April 30, 2012. Include 4 or more digital images of your best ceramic art work as directed in the application. Applicants will be notified by June 1, 2012. Please note that all images must be received in electronic form for your application to be considered. Please direct questions to: MCAAscholarship@umich.edu
Click Here for a Mail-in Scholarship Application
Mail applications to:
Jeri Hollister
801 Amherst Ave.
Ann Arbor, Mi 48105
734-761-1971
MCAAscholarship@umich.edu