It is Scholarship Time Again!

If you are a parent of or know a high school senior that is heading to college and will be majoring in the Arts, please let them know about and forward them the following...

The Worcester County Arts Council’s Student Scholarship award program is under way. The Arts Council is offering again art scholarships to graduating seniors who are Worcester County residents interested in pursuing academic careers in the arts.

Graduating seniors, who will major in the visual, performing, music or media arts, are encouraged to apply. Scholarships are also available to college art majors wishing to continue their education in the arts.

This is a merit scholarship and award decisions are based on evaluation of talent, dedication and potential, not financial need.

Applications must be received by April 1, 2009 at the Worcester County Arts Council, 6 Jefferson Street, Berlin, Maryland. Applicants are judged on their visual, dramatic or musical presentations in the form of DVD, CD, or video recordings. Applications are available at the Worcester County high schools through the guidance offices and are also available at the Arts Council’s office and on the web: www.worcestercountyartscouncil.org under Art Scholarships.

For more information please call 410-641-0809.

The Worcester County Arts Council would like to thank the Carrabba’s Italian Grill Restaurant in West Ocean City for generous donation of dinner for 12 to be raffled on March 31, 2009. The proceeds from the raffle will benefit our scholarship program. Raffle tickets are only $10 each and are limited. You don’t have to be present for the drawing. Tickets can be purchased at the Arts Council located at 6 Jefferson Street in Berlin, MD or charged by phone (410-641-0809) with your Visa or Master Card.

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The Worcester County Arts Council is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to promote and encourage visual and performing arts in Worcester County. The Arts Council is committed to providing necessary funds to various arts organizations as a way to increase public awareness of arts availability, and to provide affordable arts events not usually offered to those living in the surrounding areas

The Worcester county Arts Council is supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. An agency of the Department of Business & Economic Development, the MSAC provides financial support and technical assistance to non profit organizations, units of government, colleges and universities for arts activities. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. The Worcester County Arts Council receives support also from Worcester County Commissioners and from the membership of over 350 members and businesses.