The Juneau Community Foundation and the Brady family of Skagway announce that the Margaret Frans Brady Fund has awarded $7,350 in scholarship funding in 2023 for these nine qualifying area residents who are pursuing artistic excellence:
• Kade Adkison, Juneau – Kade, a 2023 graduate of Juneau-Douglas Yadaa.at Kalé High School, will take his amazing visual art talents to Seattle University in the fall. $500.
• Adalia Deach, Skagway – Adalia, an outstanding artist and musician during her years at Skagway High School, and a 2023 graduate, will enter the School for Visual Arts in New York City this fall. $1,500
• Allison Geary, Juneau – Allison, a wonderful singer and 2023 graduate of Thunder Mountain High School, will be entering the music education program at Pacific Lutheran University in the fall. $500.
• Annemarie Hasskamp, Skagway – Annemarie, an accomplished artist in her community, will continue her studies in the weaving arts. A scholarship grant to the Skagway Arts Council will go toward her professional lessons with Juneau weaver Lily Hope. $1,500.
• Baila Ouellette, Juneau – Baila, a talented young teen with Juneau Dance Theatre, will study this summer with the Princeton Ballet School Summer Intensive in New Jersey. $500.
• Claire Scott, Juneau – Claire, a JDHS graduate who will be attending her third year at Savannah College of Art and Design, is doing amazing work with her comics and graphic arts. $500.
• Alain Soltys-Gray, Juneau – Alain, a Thunder Mountain High School graduate, will continue to expand his artistic talents in his second year at the Rhode Island School of Design. $1,000.
• Anika and Julius Thole, Skagway – The talented Thole siblings of Skagway’s elementary and middle school, will focus on the movement arts this summer at the Circus Juventas camp in St. Paul, Minnesota. $850.
“We are pleased again to offer scholarships to talented art students of all ages from our region,” said Jeff Brady, MFB fund advisor. “Many are attending prestigious colleges and camps and studying with amazing artist mentors. We are happy to help them achieve this level of study and growth.”
The Margaret Frans Brady Fund was established in 2012 at the Juneau Community Foundation to support arts and education projects and programs in Skagway and northern Southeast Alaska. A separate MFB Arts Scholarship Fund was established a year later to assist students and artists in our area with scholarships to help them improve their creative abilities. Including this year’s awards, about $79,000 has been awarded to more than 75 area students of the arts since the MFB Arts Scholarship fund was created. The MFB Fund continues to accept arts and education project applications from non-profit entities, limited to the availability of funds. More information about how to apply is at /fund/margaret-frans-brady-fund/.
