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Arts Scholarship Available!

Brookfield Arts Commission is excited to announce the opening of this year’s Art Scholarship Application for Brookfield Connecticut Residents. The scholarship is open to any Brookfield Connecticut resident that is pursuing a career in an arts related field. Are you intending to study the arts in order to pursue a career in the fine or performing arts? If you are, then you should apply for this scholarship. Past awardees have included future filmmakers, designers, dancers, musicians, fine artists and creative writers!

Applications are reviewed by members of the Brookfield Arts Commission and selected professional artists in the community. Your application should include a 250 word essay describing your artistic goals, a two page maximum resume or vitae that highlights your artistic studies, participation or experiences, and two letters of recommendation, one of which should be someone familiar with your art. We encourage applicants to submit their portfolios along with their application, this can be in the form of a digital presentation or video, depending on your specific art.

The scholarship is not based on academics or financial need. It requires you to have demonstrated a commitment to art through your studies, practice, and community art involvement, and that you live in Brookfield, are graduating high school and plan to attend higher education to pursue a career in the arts.

The BAC 2024 Scholarship Application can be downloaded from our website or may be available at your high school guidance department. The scholarship is open to any resident of Brookfield who is graduating high school in any setting this year.

Applications are due by May 6, 2024. Applications can be dropped off at Town Hall in the First Selectman’s Office, emailed to brookfieldartcommissionct@gmail.com.

Click here to download the 2024 application.

 

If you have questions or need a copy of the Art Scholarship Application for Brookfield Connecticut Residents, please contact us by email at brookfieldartscommissionct@gmail.com. Funding for the High School Arts Scholarship was raised by members of the Brookfield Arts Commission during our 16th Annual Film Festival.

2022 Arts Scholarship Available

Are you a resident of Brookfield who is graduating high school this year? Are you intending to study the arts in order to pursue a career in the arts? If you are, then you should apply for this scholarship!
The scholarship is not based on academics or financial need. It requires you to have demonstrated a commitment to art through your studies, practice, and community art involvement, and that you live in Brookfield, are graduating and plan to attend higher education to pursue a career in the arts.
https://brookfieldarts.org/wp-content/uploads/BAC-FOA-2022-Scholarship-Application-1.pdf
Applications are due by May 6, 2022. Applications can be dropped off at Town Hall in the First Selectman’s Office, emailed to brookfieldartcommissionct@gmail.com, or mailed to 4 Apache Dr., Brookfield, CT 06804.
If you have questions or need a copy of the application, please contact us by email at brookfieldartscommissionct@gmail,com.

INTRODUCING BRIDGIT O’HARA

Work by Bridgit O'Hara Featured in Down To Earth

Work by Bridgit O'Hara Featured in Down To Earth

Brookfield Arts Commission's Bridgit O'Hara will show her work at Town Hall.

Bridgit joined the BAC in 2020. She is from Brookfield and many may know her from her day job at the Candlewood East Marina. Bridgit's paintings were most recently featured in "Down to Earth" a 5 person show at the Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Bridgehampton Gallery.

Bridgit O’Hara is inspired by her wide array of experiences as a boater, farmer, traveler and more. However, nature is the common theme that grounds her work. When she was young, her artwork served as a theoretical map that would untangle the many paths of her present. Now as an adult, she creates to simply capture her surroundings. What had once served as an outlet for youthful expression, has now developed into a larger, more dynamic environmental passion.