CMAB Awards Sixteen Student Arts Scholarships


Student Arts Scholarship Congrats

At the April 11, 2019 meeting, The Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB) awarded Arts Scholarships to sixteen students totaling $24,000. The Student Arts Scholarship Program is designed to support individuals entering or enrolled in an accredited institution and who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in the arts. Applicants are eligible to receive up to four Student Arts Scholarships in a lifetime.

A panel of volunteer artists, arts professionals and educators evaluate each applicant according to established criteria. The CMAB directors received the recommendation from the panel and awarded funding to applicants that scored the highest.

The CMAB Student Arts Scholarship Award recipients are (listed alphabetically by city):

Isabella
ISABELLA SEARCY

Buffalo, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Violin Performance at Luther College, Iowa

DAYLIN PAULSON

Cold Spring, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Music and Theater at
Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN

JACI EATHERTON

Elk River, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Graphic Design at St. Cloud
State University, St. Cloud, MN

CARTER SCHEELE

St. Cloud, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Music at Saint John’s Univ./ College of
St. Benedict, Collegeville, MN

ZOE ROGERS
Sauk Rapids, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Bachelor of Fine Arts at
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

KAYA INKSTER

St. Cloud, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Art Therapy at St. Cloud
State University, St. Cloud, MN

SYDNEY KAKUK
St. Cloud, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Performance at University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

CHRISTOPHER BREWER
St. Michael, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Design and Development at University of
Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI

NICOLE MEYER
St. Michael, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Fine Arts and Theater at Gustavus Adolphus
College, St. Peter, MN

MEGAN OTTE
St. Michael, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
BFA in Interior Design at
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI

TAYLOR ROBERS
St. Michael, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Arts at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

JACK SCHULTZ

St. Michael, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Product Design at the University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Miller
HANNA MILLER
St. Michael, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Medical Illustration at 
Moorhead State
University, Moorhead, MN

JONATHAN MILLER
Waverly, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Music Education with an emphasis on
choral conducting at University of Northwestern-St. Paul


CHLOE KASPER
Zimmerman, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Filmmaking and Media Arts at the
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

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KYLEE JOHNSON
Zimmerman, MN
$1,500 Student Arts Scholarship
Multimedia Arts at the Minneapolis
College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

 

The Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB) strives to enhance appreciation of the essential economic and social roles the arts play in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright counties by providing grants and professional development services to arts and community organizations, schools, government units and individuals.