S.C. public school seniors can win $2,000 for in-state college tuition

    Archibald Rutledge Scholarship recognizes academic, artistic excellence

    Application deadline: Monday, February 3, 2020, 5 p.m. ET
    The Archibald Rutledge Scholarship program, named for South Carolina’s first poet laureate, offers 12th-grade students (enrolled in a public school in South Carolina) the opportunity to compete for a $2,000 scholarship encouraging and recognizing academic and artistic excellence among South Carolina students. Students are to fill out one application as it pertains to the art form chosen for this scholarship. Chose from among:
    • creative writing
    • dance
    • music
    • theatre
    • visual arts
    Five scholarships (approximately $2,000 each) will be awarded in May 2019. The South Carolina Department of Education will make the necessary arrangements to transfer the scholarship funds directly to the South Carolina college or university of the student’s choice. Students planning to attend an out-of-state college or university are ineligible to apply. The recipients may also be recognized by their local schools/school districts. The deadline to submit an entry is Monday, February 3, 2020, delivered to the South Carolina Department of Education by 5 p.m. or postmarked on or before Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Entries will not be accepted after the deadline. Entries should have been created during the 2019/2020 school year. Eligibility criteria: 
    • Students must currently be enrolled in twelfth grade in a public school in South Carolina.
    • Students must plan to attend a South Carolina college or university.
    • Students must be a U.S. citizen and have attended public school in South Carolina for the past two years.
    • Students may only apply for one scholarship.
    For additional information and to apply, click here.

    Strengthening Southern communities with the arts

    Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit coming to S.C.

    As our communities become more diverse, they may also become more divided. Creative placemaking provides ways to build bridges across these differences in hopes of more inclusive, connected, and resilient places.
    Join South Arts, the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking, and ArtPlace America in Columbia April 16-18, 2019 to explore how arts and cultural programming can bring people closer together! How can creative placemaking foster public-private partnerships that magnify positive impact in communities? Among the variety of types of partnerships, we would be particularly interested in examples of public/private partnerships that include visionary involvement by mayors or city leadership. This theme encompasses case studies from the region and practical skills that can be applied to build productive alliances.

    Scholarships are available

    Application deadline: Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 South ArtsSouth Arts is offering a limited number of scholarships up to $500.00 to organizations within the Southern region to offset registration fees and travel/lodging costs associated with conference attendance. South Arts encourages organizations to send teams of two or more to the conference, including representatives of arts/culture organizations and others (city government, Main Street, community development agencies, higher education, etc.) who may be likely partners in creative placemaking efforts. Awards are limited to one scholarship per organization. Preference will be given to attendees from small and rural communities.

    Note: Population of 50,000 or below is one standard definition of rural. For this program, South Arts will use this as a guidepost only; applicants may describe why their community should be considered small or rural.

    South Carolinians can apply for these scholarships directly through South Arts.

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    Future Stars Scholarship Competition

    The Foothills Philharmonic Orchestra is proud to announce the creation of the Future Stars Scholarship Competition, a solo competition that will award the winner a $1,000 prize to be used for college and the opportunity to perform the work with the orchestra on a future concert. This competition has been in the works for almost a decade, and it is because of Foothills Philharmonic Artistic Director Kory Vrieze that it is now a reality. “For many years, the Foothills Philharmonic has been providing audiences with great music performed by talented local musicians,” Vrieze said. “Community support has been so strong that we are ready to begin a new phase in our history. In the upcoming months, you will see several new projects added to our already active roster. We are always moving with our mission: Educate, Enrich, Entertain.” Based on that support, the orchestra’s leadership determined the time had come to implement a program Vrieze proposed in 2011 when he auditioned for the role of artistic director. The Foothills Philharmonic’s Future Stars Scholarship Competition is designed to provide a student musician the unique opportunity to perform as a soloist with a symphony orchestra. It is open to rising high school juniors and seniors who are string, woodwind, brass or percussion players or pianists The winners of the competition receive a $1000 scholarship and will perform as the featured soloist on the final Masterworks concert in the 2019/2020 season. More information about the rules of the competition and the link to apply can be found here. Applications may be mailed or delivered to Foothills Philharmonic’s address; instructions can be found on the website. For specific questions pertaining to the competition, email Mastro Vrieze at artistic.director@foothillsphil.org.

    About the Foothills Philharmonic Foothills Philharmonic is a community orchestra that serves the upstate region of South Carolina. It rehearses once a week and performs seven concerts a year in the beautiful Riverside Baptist Church. Performing in Greenville since 2000, Foothills Philharmonic is committed to providing high-quality, classical music performances to the Upstate community free of charge. The orchestra is an all-volunteer orchestra made up of accomplished non-professional musicians from the Upstate region of South Carolina. Orchestra membership includes individuals from many walks of life including part-time musicians, teachers, lawyers, business professionals, and homemakers. Kory Vrieze is the Orchestra’s artistic director and conductor. Membership in the Foothills Philharmonic is open to amateur and professional musicians. Training in youth orchestra, college orchestra, or professional orchestra, in the Greenville Concert Band or an equivalent band is suggested as necessary experience. For more information about joining the orchestra, interested parties should contact our personnel manager at foothillspersonnel@foothillsphil.org.

    Scholarships available for Spartanburg arts students

    Chapman Cultural Center doesn't just offer Youth Art Galleries, Artist in Residences and Muse Machine Performances in 6 out of 7 Spartanburg School Districts. They also want to help rising freshmen pay for college! The application deadline is April 13th for one or more $1,000 Mary Wheeler Davis Scholarships, awarded annually to Spartanburg students pursuing college degrees in the visual or performing arts. Applications are being accepted now by The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg at Chapman Cultural Center. The annual award is funded by the Mary Wheeler Davis Memorial Fund for the Promotion of the Arts. Also available is Chapman Cultural Center's own Peggy Gignilliat Scholarship in Strings award, available to one Spartanburg County student each year who plays a strings instrument (violin, viola, cello, or double bass).  The winner receives one academic year of private lessons at Converse College’s Lawson Academy of the Arts, up to a limit of $1000. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of musical talent, and the recipient is selected by audition. More information on these scholarships is available by clicking here.

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