Students awarded for excellence in printmaking

LAPS Foundation Student Grant Awards

Los Angeles Printmaking Society Board and Foundation members gathered at The Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock (CFAER) on Saturday, May 21, 2022 to present monetary awards to outstanding matriculated printmaking students. Six students were chosen from ten applicants who applied for the yearly grants provided by the LAPS Foundation whose purpose is to accept donations and raise monies for the express purpose of providing scholarships and awards for aspiring printmaking students enrolled in a program of printmaking study at a college or university.
Grant winner Eduardo Munoz and LAPS Foundation president Diane McLeod
This year, awards in the amount of $4,000 were given out.  The ceremony took place in the CFAER outdoor garden, where Awardees were presented to the Board, made brief comments about their artwork and techniques, gave a print as a donation to the Foundation and received their grant money.
 
The students who received awards, their college or university and the amounts follow:
Eduardo Munoz – Cal State University Long Beach, $1,000 Barbara Frankel Award for Student Excellence In Printmaking
Bonny Jackson – Cal State University Long Beach, $1,000 CA Arts & Cultural Relief Grant, partial
Mary Christen Robinson Vu – CSULB, $650
Jillian McCombs – Riverside City College, $450
Samantha Ortiz Segura – Otis College of Art and Design, $450
Bella Diaz – Otis College of Art and Design, $450
 
LAPS is very proud of the student award winners and we wish them every success in their future years of Printmaking.  All student awardees automatically become student members of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society with its privileges and opportunities.
Grant winner Bella Diaz
Grant winner Samantha Ortiz Segura
Grant winner Jillian McCombs and Diane McLeod
Moon River by grant winner Bonnie Jackson
The Three Pagans by grant winner Mary Christen Robinson Vu