PPSCC Awards Annual Scholarship

The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, in support of our mission to educate the public and promote soft pastels as a medium, participated
as a donor again this year to a local high school graduating senior
aspiring to be an artist. The PPSCC scholarship is awarded annually to
a student who has participated in the artist mentoring program of the
Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis.

At ceremonies attended by a few hundred people at the Museum
on May 12th, PPSCC President Sherry Rhyno, a mentor in the School-to-
Careers Art Internship Program at the Museum, presented the
PPSCC $500 cash scholarship to Christina Bull of Chatham who will
study at Pratt Institute beginning this fall.

Christina’s internship occurred a year ago under the tutelage of
artist William Davis of Harwich. Christina heads up the Art Club at
Chatham High, is a national honor society student, volunteers for Relay
for Life, No Prom for the Homeless, and Haitian Earthquake Relief,
taught Arts and Crafts for the Chatham Recreation Center, and was
selected for the MA All-State Art Program. Her portfolio was outstanding for its graphite drawing, 3-D Clay Puppet, Figure in Home Interiorin Soft Pastel, Acrylic on Canvas, and Mixed Media Pop Up Book with an Original Poem.

Christina was one of ten applicants in a field of 37 who were
eligible to apply this year.  Special thanks to PPSCC members Elaine
Cunniff (chair), Mona Podgurski, Jeanne Carbonell, and Peggy Farrell-
Bruno for serving on the 2011 PPSCC Art Award Committee.