All media considered.

Long-standing AAG member Pam Bleakney’s mother, Helen Curran took George Eliot’s quote “It is never too late to be what you might have been” to heart and in her early 70’s started studying watercolor at Cochise College in Sierra Vista, AZ. She was persistent, striving for a painting a day. By the time she passed at 84 in 1997, she was an accomplished artist. Upon retiring, Pam followed her example, studying at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. This scholarship is a way for them to give back to the art community that “blessed both of us”.

All media considered.

All Watermedia considered:

The winning student (s) receives a scholarship of $1000 to the school of their choice for tuition/books/art materials.
Water Media includes: watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, inks, casein paint and tempera, water-soluble pencil or crayons when used in a painting manner and at least partially dissolved. It may be combined with pencil or pen/ink. Surface: Paper, illustration board, Yupo, watercolor board, canvas.

Stella Waters Decil (Del) was a prolific oil and watercolor artist and longtime member of AWA. A popular workshop instructor and juror in Arizona and New Mexico, she was a teacher of painting and drawing for the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. She critiqued art students at Maricopa Tech and was a juror of the Youth Division AZ State Fair. She was published in numerous magazines and newspapers, and her paintings hung in several collections in 20 states.

All Watermedia considered:

The winning student (s) receives a scholarship of $1000 to the school of their choice for tuition/books/art materials.
Water Media includes: watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, inks, casein paint and tempera, water-soluble pencil or crayons when used in a painting manner and at least partially dissolved. It may be combined with pencil or pen/ink. Surface: Paper, illustration board, Yupo, watercolor board, canvas.

Stella Waters Decil (Del) was a prolific oil and watercolor artist and longtime member of AWA. A popular workshop instructor and juror in Arizona and New Mexico, she was a teacher of painting and drawing for the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. She critiqued art students at Maricopa Tech and was a juror of the Youth Division AZ State Fair. She was published in numerous magazines and newspapers, and her paintings hung in several collections in 20 states.

Ceramic media considered:

Arizona Clay Association is a visual arts organization made up primarily of visual artists working with clay. The organization’s mission is to encourage fellowship, exchange ideas and information through workshops, meetings, exhibitions, shows and sales; and increase the public awareness and appreciation of the Ceramic Arts. Arizona Clay Association provides a $1000 scholarship for college students working with clay. Applicants may include work with any clay, glaze or firing schedule. Multi-media entries should be at least 75% ceramic for consideration.

All Watermedia considered:

The winning student (s) receives a scholarship of $1000 to the school of their choice for tuition/books/art materials.
Water Media includes: watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, inks, casein paint and tempera, water-soluble pencil or crayons when used in a painting manner and at least partially dissolved. It may be combined with pencil or pen/ink. Surface: Paper, illustration board, Yupo, watercolor board, canvas.

All media considered.

Ruth Magadini, a devoted arts advocate and Arizona Artists Guild member since 1956, held many leadership positions in AAG during her 48-year membership. In 1964 she originated the annual spring “Garden Art Sale”, now at the Shemer Art Center, owned galleries in Hilton village and Craftsman’s Court in Scottsdale and in the 1990’s sponsored an Art Co-Op “Gallery 19” for AAG members.
In addition, Ruth was also an accomplished writer, publishing two novels, “Enchanted” and “Showdown” before her death in 2004.
Born in Massachusetts, she received her education at the New England School of Art in Boston and at Syracuse University.

All media considered.

All media considered.

Erin O’Dell, a Phoenix native, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Textile Design from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, PA. Later she returned to Moore as an instructor teaching Museum Research: History of Textiles.
A commercial artist for fourteen years, she designed textile and paper products in Philadelphia, New York and Arizona. As her interest in Fine Arts grew, she studied watercolor in Mexico, Jamaica, Ireland, Italy and Guatemala. A Juried Member of the Arizona Artists Guild, she is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and American Artists of Renown. A longtime member of AAG, she passed away in June, 2012 and instructed that her estate establish a perpetual scholarship in her name to be administered annually by the Arizona Artists Guild.

All media considered.

All Fiber Art considered.

All media considered.