Comcast Student T-Shirt Art Scholarship Competition Winners

Falmouth Student’s Winning Design in Comcast Art Scholarship T-Shirt Design Competition to be Printed on 2010 Pops by the Sea Commemorative T-Shirt
 
Brian Young, a Falmouth resident and senior at Falmouth High School, is the winner of the Comcast Cape-Wide Student Art Scholarship Competition, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod announced today.  Young’s winning design will be featured on the official Arts Foundation of Cape Cod T-shirt commemorating the 25th Anniversary TD Bank Annual Pops by the Sea concert on August 1.
 
“We are proud to provide scholarship funding to student artists on Cape Cod and to support programs that enrich the educational experience,” said Mary McLaughlin, Area Vice President for Comcast.  “Comcast is committed to investing in the communities where our customers and employees live and we are happy to congratulate this year’s winners.’’
 
“These scholarships provide recognition and much-needed support to Cape Cod student artists and their schools’ art departments,” said Margaret Van Sciver, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod President.  “We received nearly six hundred fabulous entries for this year’s art scholarship competition, and congratulate all who entered for their creative achievements.”
 
Brian Young and Falmouth High School will each receive a $500 cash prize for the winning design.  Both second place winners Annamarie Bartolozzi from Mashpee High School and Julia Massard from Cape Cod Academy will receive $250 and their sponsoring art department will receive $250 each.  Third place winners Kiana Suchecki of Nauset Regional High School and Shaun Reidy of Falmouth High School will each receive $100, and an additional $100 will be awarded to each of their schools’ art departments.  Honorable mentions went to Waylan McGillis of the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Ariel Sampou of Rising Tide Charter Public School, Hailey Johnson and Kathy Rodriquez both from Barnstable High School.  Each honorable mention winner and their school will receive a $50 prize.
 
The students will receive their awards at a reception at the Cape Cod Academy at 50 Osterville-West Barnstable Road in Osterville on Tuesday, May 25 at 6:00 PM.  The reception will also mark the unveiling of the commissioned painting for the 25th Anniversary Pops by the Sea concert by renowned artist, Robert Douglas Hunter.
 
The review committee for this year’s Comcast Student Art Competition included Patrick Wendell, Wendell Marketing; Laura Reckford, The Enterprise Newspapers; Sue Butler, Community Representative; Dan Wolf, Cape Air; Nina Schuessler, Harwich Junior Theatre; Judy Campbell, Community Representative; Leanne Moulthrop, Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis; Sharon Hawkins, Dowling & O'Neil; Ralph and Cherie Nixon, Prestige Home Building of Chatham; Stuart Bornstein, Holly Management & Supply Corporation.
 
The 25th Anniversary TD Bank Pops by the Sea concert will be held from 5 to 7 pm on August 1, 2010 on the Hyannis Village Green.  The event marks the only Cape Cod appearance of Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with special guests Tony Award winner Idina Menzel and Academy Award winning actor Chris Cooper.  The guest conductor has not yet been announced.  Proceeds generated by the concert support the programs of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.