ACRE scholarships announced:

ACRE is pleased to announce 2 new scholarship initiatives for 2013 ACRE Residents.

ECHO SCHOLARSHIP
The Echo Scholarship is designed to empower former residents to support incoming residents. A number of alumni-donated works will be available at auction at ACRE Projects (1913 W 17th Street, Chicago) and online (via ACRE’s Facebook Page and Website). The proceeds of the sale of each work will go entirely to an artist who has demonstrated financial need. The alumnus who donates the work determines who is eligible for the scholarship by setting parameters that may be tied to fields of practice, race or ethnicity, age, sexuality, gender or any combination thereof. The scholarship is jointly named after the winner of the auction and the artist who donated work.

The first auction will launch on March 24th and end on April 14th at 9pm CST. Featuring art work by former residents Betsy Odom, Angeles Cossio and Hilary Baldwin, scholarships generated from this auction will go to one female artist who has been out of school for at least 2 years, one oil painter and one artist currently in an undergraduate program.

THE ACRE BOARD GRANT
The newly created ACRE Board Grant generously donated by two board directors, is intended to provide a full 12-day residency for one artist from an under-represented population.

Applicants who indicate financial need on their application will be eligible for these awards. Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, application score and parameters as determined by each scholarship donor.

For 2013 applications and more information about ACRE, please visit acreresidency.org