The Jacob Beneke 2024 Student Scholarship Award
What is the Jacob Beneke Scholarship?
The Jacob Beneke Scholarship is an annually given award, presented to a graduating high school senior who will be attending a four-year college/university or two-year community college. Jacob was a serving board director of Maple Grove Arts Center, who gave his time freely and without hesitation. He was tragically taken from us back in 2012 in a shooting at Accent Signage Systems in northeast Minneapolis.
Qualification
You must be attending school within the 279 School District, graduating this summer and intending to attend a four-year college/university or a two-year community college. Your intended major should be arts based.
Award
We will be presenting a $650 check to the winning artist and also the opportunity to display the winning artwork in our gallery at some point during 2024.
Your artwork will be judged by three independent judges who are all qualified in their own areas of art and arts education.
The winning student will be announced at our Student Art Show Opening on May 15, hosted at Maple Grove Government Center from 4:00pm-6:00pm. We strongly encourage all participating applicants to be present for the award.
Application Process
Please fill in the general application below via the button.
The DEADLINE for submissions is Friday 5/3/24.
Good luck!