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Sharpe Scholars

We are in the process of creating a database of all the Summer Seminar students.  Please contact us at kim@sharpeartfdn.org and give us your current information including - address, phone numbers, email address, college attended, year graduated, current occupation and any other information you would like to share with us.  This information is for Foundation use only.  We are looking forward to hearing from you!  Thank you, Kim Taylor, Program Officer.

THE PROGRAM:
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Summer Seminar, is a scholarship  program (full tuition, room and board and all seminar related expenses, excluding transportation), available nationally to artistically gifted high school juniors (2009-10) in public and private schools.  The Summer Seminar, held on the campus of The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, is designed as an art institute offering an intensive visual art studio program for the students.  Three, two-week seminars will be held next summer. 

This two-week program allows each student to gain a stronger foundation of skills and understanding in the visual arts through experiencing college-level drawing and painting classes in a group setting.  Artists-in-residence serve as the primary instructors.  The artists will provide instruction, giving specific problems to solve and assignments to complete.  Students will live in a dormitory, eat all meals in the dining hall and have access to all campus facilities.  Sessions concerning careers in art, the development of a portfolio, and small group discussions with artists sharing their unique insights, technical expertise and commitment to art, will be included.  Students will also enjoy a full schedule of evening activities.  Trips are planned to draw and paint in the mountains, visit area museums, and sightsee in the Pikes Peak area.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2009-2010.

2010 SUMMER SESSIONS DATES:

Dates for the 2010 Summer Seminars are listed below. 

Session 1:    (June 6 - June 19, 2010) - Jim Long and Harriet Shorr

Session 2:    (June 20 - July 3, 2010) - David Kapp and Charles Parness

Session 3:    (July 4 - July 17, 2010) -  Martha Diamond and Chuck Forsman 

Click Here to download the 2010 Summer Seminar Application and Guidelines

For more information, contact 
Kimberly M. Taylor - Program Officer,
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation 
830 N. Tejon, Suite 120
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719) 635-3220

Email: kim@sharpeartfdn.org

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