2011 Scholarship Award Winners

Winners

2011 Scholarship Winners
Taylor Jennings and Codey Taylor
with SMAC Scholarship Chairperson, Quita Schweizer

Other winners, India Tyree and Troy Hunter Osborne, not pictured.


Smith Mountain Arts Council
2011 Scholarship Award Winners

June 6, 2011 - Each year the Smith Mountain Arts Council (SMAC) awards scholarships to Bedford and Franklin County students who have excelled in the visual or performing arts and plan to major in the arts in college.

From Franklin County, India Tyree was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. She will be majoring in vocal performance. Also, from Franklin County, Troy Hunter Osborne was awarded a $500 scholarship. His major will be musical theater. India and Troy were voted most musically talented by their senior classmates.

In Bedford County, Staunton River High School's Taylor Jennings was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. She plays the flute and her major will be music performance. Also from Staunton River High School, Codey Turner was granted a $500 scholarship. His major will be trumpet performance.

All of these students value the arts and have goals in which they aspire to continue sharing their talents through performance and, in some instances, teaching or mentoring others. SMAC wishes them all success.

Jennings Turner
Scholarship winners, Taylor Jennings (top) and Codey Turner (bottom), receive awards
from SMAC Scholarship Chairperson, Quita Schweizer.
Photos by Charlie Walker.

Other winners, India Tyree and Troy Hunter Osborne, not pictured.

Smith Mountain Arts Council - Fine Arts Scholarships

Each year, the Smith Mountain Arts Council awards a number of Fine Arts Scholarships to students who demonstrate proficiency in the visual, performing, or literary arts and who attend either Staunton River HS, Franklin County HS, or are home-schooled or at private schools and live within those school boundaries.

Students dedicated to pursuing full time study at a two or four year college in any art-related endeavor are encouraged to apply.

The Smith Mountain Arts Council (SMAC), established in 1989, is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization and serves a large geographic area surrounding Smith Mountain Lake.