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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.