Twenty-two student artists have been named winners of the 2021 Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Art Scholarship Competition. Each will receive a college scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. Judging took place Jan. 21 at the Scholarship Foundation.
Each year the Scholarship Foundation invites high school seniors in southern Santa Barbara County to submit a portfolio of original work for its art scholarship competition. A panel of prominent local artists judges the submissions. Forty-seven student artists competed this year.
Each winner receives a $2,500 scholarship; the best of show winner receives an additional $1,000 scholarship. The the Schall Family Best of Show prize this year wen to Isaac Babus, a senior at Dos Pueblos High School.
“Under normal circumstances, we would hold the competition at the Ridley-Tree Education Center and host a reception for the winners at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art the following week,” said Barbara Robertson, Scholarship Foundation president/CEO. “We worked hard to adapt to the current moment, and are proud to recognize these talented young artists.”
Serving as judges this year were Anthony Askew and Patti Jacquemain.
The other art scholarship winners and their schools are:
San Marcos High School: Vanessa Antova, Fionna Pennington, Meiya Sidney, Keola Venegas
Dos Pueblos High School: Mariah Brunasso; Juan Castillo; Sophia Curtin, Kaili Falk, Ryan Fitch, Eli Garcia, Victoria Hernandez, Robert Kriz, Sarahi Larios Cruz, Rachel Lin, Anahy Navarro, Isha Prajapati, Claire Whicker, Ryan Wiedermann
Carpinteria High School: Adriana Lagunas
Santa Barbara High School: Mila Speer
Laguna Blanca School: Sophia Webster
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara is the nation’s largest community-based provider of college scholarships, having cumulatively awarded nearly $130 million to more than 53,000 county students since its founding in 1962. A nonprofit, the Scholarship Foundation also provides free financial aid advising services. For more, visit www.sbscholarship.org.