The Community Scholarship Fund of Old Forge has announced that Town of Webb School juniors, Jessica Menges and Bertrum Yuhasz, have recently received special awards through the Tom Bernatchez Young Scholars Program.
After a rigorous selection process, Menges qualified to attend the prestigious New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) in the discipline of Visual Arts.
The competition for the summer school included students from the entire state of New York submitting wide-ranging portfolios of work. Menges will be attending summer arts school at SUNY-Fredonia._
The New York State Summer School of the Arts program is specifically designed to emphasize art experiences that cannot normally be undertaken during a 45-minute school period.
Students will work in the studio with drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, figure, and interdisciplinary arts under the direction of noted exhibiting artists/educators.
“Our organization is very happy to support Jessica Menges because her success is quite remarkable. Her talent is very real, but the competition is from the entire state, and I think we should all be proud of her,” Cunningham said.
Cunningham acknowledged that art teacher Bob Fountain was very instrumental in the development of Jessica’s competition portfolio.
Bert Yuhasz has been working steadily to raise money for his upcoming trip to China as a student ambassador with the People to People program.
Cunningham said the Tom Bernatchez program is designed to promote academic and artistic learning for students of all ages.
“The intinerary Bert will follow is filled with great learning experiences,” he added.
The Community Scholarship Fund is accepting donations on behalf of Jessica and Bert or any other student that donors would like to support.
Donations made payable to Community Scholarship Fund of Old Forge can be mailed to: P.O. Box 124, Old Forge, NY 13420.
