Scholarships

  • SAIC School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Logo, Education, Scholarship 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
  • LAGP Logo Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry 2015 Feeder NPC O'Neill Scholarship
  • CCI Center for Cultural Innovation Object of Her Affection Logo 2014 2015
  • PofA Logo Puppeteers of America 2007 Scholarship Talk
  • UNIMA-USA Logo Grants Scholarship 2008 2011 2012

Thank you to all of the organizations and institutions who have supported my educational endeavors: CalArts, SAIC, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, CCI, LA County Arts Commission, Puppeteers of America, Connecticut Guild of Puppetry, Los Angeles Puppetry Guild, UNIMA-USA, and the  Atlantic Center for the Arts.

California Institute for the Arts
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship 2006-2009
Theater School Special Project Fund
2009
Funding from Student Council 2009
Interdisciplinary Project Grant 2008
Funding from the Office of The President 2008
Interdisciplinary Project Grant 2008

CalArts teaches artists to develop the skills and personal drive to reach their creative potential, question received ideas and expand forms of knowledge and experience in the world.

SAIC School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Logo, Education, Scholarship 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Merit Scholarship 
1994-1996

SAIC is one of the most historically significant accredited independent schools of art and design in the nation. SIAC has been recognized by Columbia University’s National Arts Journalism survey as, “the most influential art college in the United States”.

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Walt Disney Company Support (2017)
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Support (2017)
Alumni Fund Support (2016)
The Alumni Travel Fund 2013
Terry + Taylor Fator Fund 2013
Terry Fator Fund 2012
Matt Rineveld Memorial Fund 2010
Kevin Clash Minority Fund 2006

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Puppetry Conference encourages puppet artists to create and communicate through the visual and kinetic form of the puppet, to push beyond their personal boundaries, and develop new works for puppet theater.

CCI Center for Cultural Innovation Object of Her Affection Logo 2014 2015

Center for Cultural Innovation
Quick Grant
2015
Quick Grant 2014

CCI promotes knowledge sharing, networking and financial independence for individual artists and creative entrepreneurs by providing business training, grants, and incubating innovative projects that create new program knowledge, tools and practices for artists in the field. 

Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Rachel Rosenthal Co Scholarship  
2010-2011

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission fosters excellence, diversity, vitality, understanding and accessibility of the arts.

PofA Logo Puppeteers of America 2007 Scholarship Talk

Puppeteers of America
Emma Louise Warfield Memorial Scholarship
2007

Founded in 1937, The Puppeteers of America is a national non-profit that provides information, encourages performances, and builds a community of people who celebrate puppet theatre. 

Connecticut Guild of Puppetry
Connecticut Guild of Puppetry Funding 
2015
The Connecticut Guild of Puppetry Fund 2011

The Connecticut Guild of Puppetry encourages the raising of standards in the art of puppetry; fosters an awareness in the general public of the magic, wonder, and power of the puppet; and encourages the use of puppetry as an educational tool.

LAGP Logo Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry 2015 Feeder NPC O'Neill Scholarship

Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
National Puppetry Conference Scholarship 2015
Tony Urbano Masterclass Scholarship 2012

Created in 1956, The Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry is an association of puppetry professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts and educators dedicated to sharing, promoting and advancing the art of puppetry throughout the Greater Los Angeles area.

UNIMA-USA Logo Grants Scholarship 2008 2011 2012

UNIMA-USA
Foreign Study Scholarship
2008

UNIMA-USA is the North American Center of Union Internationale de la Marionnette, the oldest international theatre organization in the world, founded in 1929. The organization’s mission is to promote international understanding and friendship through the art of puppetry.

Atlantic Center for the Arts
Associate Artist Scholarship
2005

Founded in in 1977 The ACA is a non-profit multidisciplinary artist residency facility located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. 

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