Art Students Win Scholarships to Digital Media Arts College in Boca Raton, Fl

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Digital Media Arts College in Boca Raton, held its 9^th Annual Drawing Scholarship Competition this past Saturday. Twenty-eight high school students from Palm Beach and Broward counties participated in the full day event for a chance to win a full tuition (valued at $70,000) to the art school. The student-artists competed still life and themed drawing categories. The artwork was judged on four criteria: value, form, composition and proportion by three DMAC faculty members; comic-book illustration icon Mark Sparacio, Chair of Design Mike Arsenault and Fine Arts instructor Dr. Jerome Glickman. Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Diana Lawrence and DMAC President Sunny Sharma awarded five winners with scholarships:

·        1^st Place $70,000: Bradley Cash - South Tech High School

·        2^nd Place $20,000 : Kendy Calixte - Dillard High School

·        3^rd Place $15,000 : Alejandro Marquez - John I Leonard High School

·        4^th Place $10,000 : Grace Sauer - Spanish River High School

·        5^th Place $10,000: Wantusely Pierre-Louis - Lake Worth Community High School

In addition to the five scholarships, President Sharma awarded the other participants $7,500 scholarships towards DMAC art school tuition.