2013 Krylon Clear Choice Art Scholarship
$1,000 Krylon Clear Choice Scholarship Recipients:
- Scholarship recipients also received Krylon product packages valued at $70 retail
- High Schools received $500 art program grant and product packages valued at $250 retail
- Candice Suh – Saratoga High School (Saratoga, CA), University of Calicfornia, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Kate FitzGerrell – Boulder High School (Boulder, CO), Maryland Institue College of Art
- Nicholle Abbott – Camdenton RIII High School (Camdenton, MO), Southwest Baptist University
- Cara Diluvio – Wetherfield High School (Wetherfield, CT), Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Morteza Khahshoor – Ayatollah Khamenei (Iran), Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Krylon Product Award Recipients (product valued at $70 retail):
- Their high schools received product packages valued at $250 retail
- Elise Schierbeek – Rockford High School (Rockford, MI), Hope College
- Dawn Carr – Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School (Horsham, PA), Virginia Commonweath University of the Arts
- Elizabeth (Kit) Mizeres – Kenston High School (Chagrin Falls, OH), Columbus College of Art and Design
- Sharaya Schwardt – Minnewaska Area High School (Glenwood, MN), California College of the Arts
- Kathleen Emery – Tesoro High School (Las Flores, CA), Laguna College of Art and Design
- Isabella Kellner – Albert Einstein High School (Kensington, MD), California College of Art
- Quintin McCann – Weber High School (Pleasant View, UT), Brigham Young University
- Esther Chang – Newton South High School (Newton, MA), Maryland Institue College of Art
- Alicia Wyatt – Glenbard West High School (Glen Ellyn, IL), Kansas City Art Institute
- Kayla Zelasko – Iroquois Central High School (Elma, NY), Erie Community College
Select information of possible interest on $1,000 scholarship winners:
Candice Suh: Ambition: Fine Art
- First place in Santa Clara University Speech Contest- 2010
- Published "Age" artwork in Celebrating Art- Fall 2012
- Art Feature in Saratoga High "Soundings" Magazine
- Melody: Volunteer Teacher at Sionaker Elementary teaching 2nd-3rd Grade Music and Art
- California Youth Symphony First Oboe Player
- Scholastics Gold Key (Regional) and Silver Medal (National) for Portfolio- 2013
- Summa Cum Laude Graduate from High School- 2013
- AP Scholar with Honor- 2013
- Naomi Winston Scholarship from the National Society of Arts and Letters- 2012
- Scholastics Regional Gold Key and National Silver Medal for Art Piece- 2011
- Volunteer Tutor for the I Have a Dream Organization
- Common Threads Sewing Instructor
- Boulder Youth Body Alliance Peer Educator
- Illustrator for School newspaper "The Fowl"
- Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Intern
- Boulder High National Honor Society Secretary
- Boulder High Panther Pride Leader
Nicholle Abbott: Ambition: Genreal Art & Commercial Art
- 3rd Place in Ladies Auixilary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest
- 1st Place District 5923 Awards for Auxiliary
- President's Choice Art Award, Missouri Art Education Association
- Featured in Lake of the Ozarka Profile Magazine
- Ozark Brush & Palette Scholarship Winner
- High School Best of Show Grades 9-12
- 1st Place State in Junior Duck Stamp Contest
- International Baccalaureate Full Diploma, class rank 6 of 332
- 9 Deptarmental awards
- Community Service- 300+ Hours
- Leader for Children's Church-6 years
- Missions Trip with "Silent Images" and "Center for Global Connections"- May 2013
Cara Diluvio: Ambition: Painting & History of Art
- Winner of Congressional Arts Award- 2011
- Artwork Displayed within HomeTown Through Multiple Competitions
- Central Connecticut State University Dean's List
- Passed Central Connecticut State University's Fine Art Review
- Employeed at Jenny's Artarama- 2 years
- Visual Arts Assistant Intern with Real AA Ways
- Donated Artwork to Art for Aids- 2 years
- Involved in Large-Scale Mural Commenorating Victims of the Newtown Shooting
Morteza Khahshoor: Ambition: Sculpture
- National Sculpture Society Scholarship- 2011
- Accepted as Final Competitor in Stewardson Competition at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts- 2012, 2013
- Featured in Sculpture Review magazine- Winter 2012
- Selected in New York City Figure Modeling Competition- June 12, 2013
- Open Figure Drawing Session's Mentor at Art Academy of Cincinnati- 2011
- Modeling Toys Intern at Sculp Co, Cincinnati- 2011
- Employed as Artisan for Sculptor Brian Craig- Wankiri- 2012
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