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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