Arts Council for Youth mission

Arts Council for Youth is proud to co-sponsor the new Georgia Stewart Scholarship, a $500 scholarship teachers may use to take a class. This scholarship was founded by a family to honor their grandmother, "because she believed in lifelong learning". Please see the application here, and under our Scholarships tab. 

Our new "shipping tag" membership cards have been printed, and will be mailed to current members this week. Featuring discounts to local businesses, such as Changing Hands bookstore: 15% discount on one item, sales or regular price; Great Harvest Bread Company: 20% discount on total of one purchase; The Music Store:15% one purchase up to $100 (regular price merchandise); Alphgraphics at Elliot & Kyrene in Tempe: 15% off one order or purchase; plus other discounts at local businesses.For only $10 a year, you can support Arts and Music Education by becoming a member, and have great membership benefits, too! 

Contributions to the Damon Russell Fawcett Memorial Music Scholarship fund may be made by clicking here to print a donation form and sending by US Postal Service. All contributions are tax-deductible. If you are donating in memory of Damon's mother, Christie Rainey, please let us know. Thank you! As Christie said, "Music is a healer." Please click our Scholarship tab above for more information. 

Emily Freed has been awarded the Damon Russell Fawcett Memorial Music Scholarship award of $1,000 for 2010. Emily graduated from Corona del Sol High School and will major in Choral Music Education at Northern Arizona University 

Emily has studied voice and piano for five years with Wendy Nicholls Umbrianna, earned membership in the All-State Honor Choir and All-State Jazz Choir, performed in musicals, participated in National Honor Society, and performed numerous solos while a part of the Corona del Sol High School choral program. One of her teachers says, “As a performer she has the ability to bring down the house with her voice, enthusiasm and genuine spirit. As a student she has the most incredible attitude about life, music, her peers and what is most important.”

Emily says, “I am very honored to be the recipient this year of the memorial scholarship.  Quite honestly, I was excited just to apply. I was so glad to get the chance to write about how music has affected my life, and share my passion. Music really has changed my life, and I can't wait to go out and make a difference.”

Arts Council for Youth is very excited to be able to contribute to her continuing musical studies.

We thank all scholarship applicants. They were all outstanding, and we wish them every success!

The Damon Russell Fawcett Memorial Music Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship for Tempe Union High School students who plan to major in music or a music-related field.

 

We have switched from a Facebook group for Arts Council for Youth to a Facebook Page. If you're a Facebooker, please visit us on Facebook, click "like", and get up-to-the minute tips on Arts happenings.  

Donate to Arts Council for Youth today! 

Help us support arts in our schools.

We appreciate your donation. Click on the Donate button to securely make a tax-deductible donation using PayPal.

A $10 donation for family membership for the 2009-2010 school year includes benefits of discounts at local stores, discounts on workshops, priority notices for tickets and "Now playing" bulletins. We will mail you a membership card and benefit details. Please include your email address in the note space provided by PayPal.

If you wish your donation to give credit to a fine arts teacher in a Kyrene or Tempe school, please list their name in the note space provided by PayPal. We will send you verification so you know the credit was directed to the teacher's program of your choice.

A $100 donation includes all the above benefits of membership, plus listing in programs and website link.  

Other amounts may be donated, such as to the Damon Russell Fawcett Memorial Music Scholarship Fund. Please include a note in the space provided by PayPal if you wish your donation to go to the scholarship fund. 

 

In a letter from The Arizona Commission on the Arts . . . The Arizona Commission on the Arts is proud to support the efforts of the Arts Council for Youth. The formation of the Arts Council for Youth will offer the students of your community significant opportunities to receive a quality arts education.