AS I MENTIONED A FEW DAYS AGO, I was keeping my fingers crossed with hopes of sharing good news. Well, it came today…and the news is good! I applied for the Department of Art & Design Excellence Scholarship and was one of four lucky recipients! I feel absolutely blessed!
The scholarship means a great chunk of the financial burden for my upcoming BFA year will be alleviated (scholarship = fewer loans = happiness). I will also take part in a colloquium lecture and give a talk about my work (date pending…likely next fall) as well as arrange an exhibit. It sounds like a lot now, but really — I am more than willing to push myself and work a little to receive this grant I’ve been awarded!
So, it is a good day — other than coming down with a bit of a cold (which was inevitable). Tomorrow is the gallery reception and my parents will be in town! If you can come, there is going to be many wonderful artists exhibiting the fruits of their artistic labors, free food, and just straight up wonderfulness.
I’ve been scraping away at my portfolio all evening and it’s time to turn in! (I did a bit of karaoke last night and am still trying to recover…)
love, love, love
jc
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Congrats gurl! I'm very happy for you! Also, luck probably doesn't have that much to do with this. You seem deserving.