In 1954, the club established an annual scholarship program for
deserving art students. This evolved into the Kingsley Art Club
Merit Awards. Each spring, Kingsley makes Merit Awards of $500 to
six promising art students enrolled in local community colleges.
A special recognition event is also held. The art faculties at
American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake
Community College, Sacramento City College, Sierra College, and
Yuba College select the students to be honored. Receiving the
Kingsley Merit Award has made a difference in the lives of many
emerging artists in our community by supporting their continued
education.
Kingsley also sponsors an art docent program at the elementary
school level. Additionally, it supports an annual high school art
show for students throughout the region.
The 2011 Merit Award Luncheon was held on Monday, May 16th in the
Friedman Court of the Crocker Art Museum. Our Kingsley Merit
Award is a valued recognition of community college art students
in the Sacramento region. This year’s speaker was Stacey
Shelnut-Hendrick, Director of Education at the Crocker Art
Museum.
Kingsley Merit Award Scholarship Winners – On May 19th, 2010,
Kingsley recognized and celebrated the art students from our
local community colleges by awarding its annual Merit Award
scholarships. This year the recognition luncheon was held at the
Casa Garden Restaurant at the Sacramento Children’s Home. The
guest speaker was Jill Pease, Docent Education
Coordinator/Liaison at the Crocker Art Museum and past
co-director of the California Consultancy for Arts Education.
Merit Award Scholarship winners for 2010 are:
Kingsley Merit Award Scholarship Winners – In May 2009, Kingsley
recognized and celebrated the art students from our local
community colleges by awarding its annual Merit Award
scholarships. This year the recognition luncheon was held at the
Casa Garden Restaurant at the Sacramento Children’s Home.
The guest speaker was Cay Drachnik, artist, college instructor,
and Past President of the American Art Therapy Association. Merit
Award scholarship winners were:
Inspirations is the theme for this year’s show. Forty-two student
artists have composed an original composition that is in the
style of or inspired by a work of art that is either on view in
the Crocker’s permanent collection, from the digital galleries,
or on view in one of the temporary exhibitions.
