2012 Top of the Heap Scholarship Competition: Deadline May 15th!!!!

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Announcing:

Top of the Heap 2011:

Ashcan Studio of Art Scholarship Competition

“Art cannot be separated from life.”

Robert Henri 1865 – 1929

(founding artist of the original Ashcan School*)

Ashcan Studio is proud member of New York City’s diverse community. We believe that talented students deserve recognition for their creativity. We want to give back by investing in the youth of our community while maintaining a student body that mirrors New York’s variety. We hope to follow in our namesake’s footsteps and address similar concerns that The Ashcan School* did though their painting a hundred years ago. These artists were concerned with issues of urban inequality and the hardships of the working class. We hope to give an opportunity to students who would, under usual circumstances, be unable to attend an intensive and nurturing visual arts program like Ashcan Studio of Art. Our Scholarship Program helps to maintain a diverse, unique and supportive community for young artists to develop their talent and education. With these goals in mind, we present deserving students with annual scholarship awards. Through an open call process and visual arts challenges, students have a chance to prove their artistic prowess to gain financial aid towards the in-depth study of their passion in the visual arts.

*The Ashcan School was a group of artists in the United States that were active from 1908 -1918. The movement was concerned with daily urban life and was considered shocking at the time because of its artists’ choice to depict working class people. They celebrated the beauty in the everyday and defined beauty as truth. The Ashcan artists were interested in depicting this truth through reality, even the sometimes unpleasant underbelly of that reality.

Entry Guidelines for:

Top of the Heap 2012:

Ashcan Studio of Art Scholarship Competition

For prospective Ashcan students entering 7th – 12th grades in September 2012

*Current Ashcan students are eligible for separate scholarship opportunities.

Postmark Deadline: May 15th, 2012

Group1- 7~10th grade students

$700 Scholarship Prize for 1st Place

*This scholarship (approximate $700 value) can be used towards tuition for our art programs. The winner can study Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Fashion Design or Architectural Design. The scholarship will equal the tuition for students in 10th grade to take 1 x 4 hour class per week for 8 weeks. For a winner in 7th - 9th grade the tuition will cover either 12 weeks of 1 x 3 hour class per week during our Summer program or 1 x 4 hour class per week in the Fall. Please visit our website www.ashcanstudio.com or call 718.819.0004 for more information about our programs.

Art supply prizes for 2nd & 3rd Places

Group 2- 11~12th grade students

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p; $2,300 Scholarship Prize for 1st Place

*This scholarship is equal to the tuition for twenty-four 4 hour classes and can be used towards our Portfolio Preparation Program (3 x classes per week for 8 weeks). Students will learn a variety of Painting, Drawing & Sculptural techniques as well as contemporary art and art history. They will begin to work on a conceptually based and technically excellent portfolio to be used for their college applications. Please visit our website www.ashcanstudio.com or call 718.819.0004 for more information about our programs.

Art supply prizes for 2nd & 3rd Places

*All scholarships are toward tuition at Ashcan Studio of Art and must be used within 1 year of issuance.

Entry Guidelines:

These awards are for students who have completed works of art on their own.

Students must submit their portfolio of 3-10 pieces including a self-portrait, by May 15, 2015.

-Images should be submitted in digital format. A cd containing 3-10 jpegs, at no greater than 300 dpi and 8 inches in either direction (images should be titled numerically, ex. 01.jpg, 02.jpg, etc.) along with a description sheet including corresponding numbers, student’s name, telephone number, email address, grade, titles, dimensions, medium, and date completed. Cd and description should be mailed to:

Ashcan Studio of Art, Inc.

Attn: Scholarship Competition

252-20 Northern Blvd. Suite 209,

Little Neck, NY 11362

ashcanartny@gmail.com

718.819.0004

**All entries must be post-marked by May 15, 2012. The cd should have the student’s name, telephone number and grade level written on it.

All artwork will be reviewed by our faculty.

Annual recipients will be announced in June.

Image Credit: Sonika Misra, 2011 Top of the Heap Scholarship Winner/ Since studying in our Portfolio Preparation Program, Sonika has recieved numerous scholarships to competitive colleges:

Bard: $30,000/ year

San Francisco Art Institute: $25,000/year

Carnegie Mellon: $19,329/year

SUNY Purchase: $5,500/year (Full Tuition Scholarship)

Accepted to MICA: (waiting to hear about scholarships)

Wait-listed to Cooper Union (waiting for final decision)

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