4th Quarter, 2006

StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the winner of our latest Art School Scholarship is Ryan Nussbacher, from Toronto, Canada. Ryan is pursuing a future in the publication and design field via an education at the Pratt Institute. It's a rigorous curriculum that allows little time for other activities yet he still manage to volunteer some of his time to worthy causes such as tutoring with America reads and taking part in leadership clubs on campus.
"I come from a city just north of the great falls of Niagara. I had a life there, a family there and the beginning of a career there. I was a Junior Advertising Art Director in Toronto and I thought I had found my livelihood until one night when I met with one of the most famous ad men in the industry." Read an excerpt from Ryan's winning essay here.
3rd Quarter, 2006 StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the winner of our 3rd Quarter, 2006, Art School Scholarship is Amiyra Perkins. She is currently a first year student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, majoring in the Textile/Surface Design program, where she hope to receive her bachelor's degree.
"New York is such a wonderful place to live, and I feel blessed everyday for the opprotunity to study here. Moving from Florida was a challenge, but I plan on doing great things within the next few years, and going to FIT is the perfect stepping stone. The art world is quite competitive, but I am confident I have a secure place in it." Read an excerpt from Amiyra's winning essay here.
2nd Quarter, 2006 StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the winner the 2nd Quarter, 2006, Art School Scholarship is Josiah Taundi . Josiah is working on his MA in Fine Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent, UK.
"I am tired of chasing the winds. Currently, I am a research officer for media rights NGO, the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe, after previously working in different professions and organisations. Now I realize my future lies in the visual arts and have decided to make a restart, taking everything back to where it should have begun." Read an excerpt from Josiah's winning essayhere.

StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the 1st Quarter, 2006, winner of the Art School Scholarship is Alison Stinley. Alison is a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

"My first piece is sealed tightly in a family photo album. It is about three by four inches in dimension: I enjoyed working on smaller surfaces then. I believe the medium was a blue Bic ballpoint pen; I had not yet discovered anything beyond crayons and washable markers. I was two years old and not able to write my own name."

Please click here to read more of Alison's winning essay.

4th Quarter, 2005

"All throughout school I have been doodling on my class work. I can't help it -- I have a drive for drawing that cannot be stopped. So to fill this drive I have to keep finding new ways to carry it out, by taking every art class I can possibly find and by applying for every contest and program to build my abilities as an artist. Also taking programs such as C.S.S.S.A (California Summer School for the Arts), where I majored in digital media and sculpture, as well as taking figure drawing and design classes. Right now I am in my senior year of high school taking AP studio art, as well as a figure drawing class at a local community college."

Please click here to read more of Eileen's winning essay.

StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the 3rd Quarter, 2005, winner of our Art School Scholarship is L. Barrett Powell. Barrett has a passion for the arts.

"My father was an artist who was forced by his parent's expectations to choose another more "proper" profession. When I was 10, he was giving me private art lessons but had to stop because he fell ill and died from leukemia-related pneumonia. It was rather dramatic for me to see him lose his balance and fall over while trying to give me lessons... and then to die."

Please click here to read more from Barrett's winning essay.

StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the 2nd Quarter, 2005, winner of our Art School Scholarship is Becky Marshall. Becky attends Columbia College in Chicago and is working towards an M.F.A. in Interior Architecture.

Becky Marshall grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. In high school she became involved with theater and participated in several productions as an actor and as a part of numerous backstage crews. Upon graduation, Becky enrolled at Ithaca College and received a B.A. in Studio Art with a Minor in Theater. Since her college days, she has worked professionally in theater for over a decade as a Scenic Designer, Properties Master, and Scenic Artist. As a between-semester-job last summer, she originated Chilly Dawg, a company that manufactures all natural frozen treats for dogs and is realizing great success.

Please click here to read an excerpt from Becky's winning essay.

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