The Juneau Community Foundation and the Brady family of Skagway announce that the Margaret Frans Brady Fund has awarded $10,500 in scholarship funding in 2024 for 16 qualifying area residents who are pursuing artistic excellence at college or camps in the coming months:
ARTS CAMP AWARDS
• Skagway – Six students from Skagway School were awarded $500 each to attend Sitka Fine Arts Camp this June: Amara Fielding, Anika Thole, Jaxon Larsen, Logan Ward, Vinya Mastov, and Eloise Mastov.
• Sitka – One student from Sitka, Eir Christianson, will receive $500 to allow her to attend the camp and reside on the SFAC campus.
• Juneau – One student from Juneau, Cagney Davis, will receive $500 toward classes she is taking online from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PROGRAM AWARDS
SKAGWAY
• Adalia Deach – Adalia, an outstanding artist and musician during her years at Skagway High School, is excelling as an illustration major at the School for Visual Arts in New York City. $1000.
JUNEAU
• Georgia Post – Georgia, a 2024 graduate of Thunder Mountain High School and president of its Art Club, will focus on animation and illustration while earning her BFA at San Jose State University. $1000.
• Sam Cheng – Sam, a 2024 graduate of Yadaa.at Kale Juneau-Douglas High School, is a gifted musician who will be pursuing a music education degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. $1000.
• Beck Schneider – Beck, a 2024 graduate of Thunder Mountain High School and an All-State saxophone player, will study fisheries and music at the University of Idaho in the fall. $500.
• Rachel Wood – Rachel, a 2024 graduate of Yadaa.at Kale Juneau-Douglas High School working in film, will take her talents to the film studies program at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. $500.
• Jade Hicks – Jade, a 2024 graduate of Thunder Mountain High School and member of its Art Club, will take her drawing talents to the School for Visual Arts in New York City. $500.
• Ava Severance – Ava, a 2024 graduate of Yadaa.at Kale Juneau-Douglas High School and a wonderful dancer, will study criminology and music at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. $500.
SITKA
• Mackenzie Hemminger – Kenzie, a 2024 graduate artist from Sitka High School, will focus on art therapy during her psychology studies at California State Monterey Bay. $1000.
• Theo Everson – Theo, a 2024 graduate of Sitka High School excelling in flute with state and regional honors, will study ecological engineering and music at Oregon State University. $500.
“This is a special time of year, and we are pleased that so many are either pursuing an education in the arts or continuing to work to improve their talents while studying in other fields,” said Jeff Brady, MFB fund advisor.
The Margaret Frans Brady Fund was established in 2012 at the Juneau Community Foundation to support arts and education projects and programs in Skagway and northern Southeast Alaska. A separate MFB Arts Scholarship Fund was established a year later to assist students and artists in our area with scholarships to help them improve their creative abilities.
Including this year’s awards, about $89,000 has been awarded to more than 90 area students of the arts since the MFB Arts Scholarship fund was created.
The MFB Fund continues to accept arts and education project applications from non-profit entities, based on the availability of funds.
MFB Fund recently funded design work for the Tlingit Street Sign Project in Skagway, approved education grants to preserve Yeil Koowu, Ravenstail Robes in Juneau and cedar weaving in Haines, assisted Skagway Arts Council in purchasing a new sound system for events, and granted the Klondike Corridors non-profit funds for emergency roof repairs on the historic Rapuzzi House.
More information about how to inquire and apply at http://www.juneaucf.org/fund/margaret-frans-brady-fund/ .