By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Campbellsville University is searching for talented high school seniors to compete for two art scholarships worth a total of $12,000.

The university's annual art scholarship competition and workshop will be Saturday, March 31 beginning at 9 a.m. in the new Art Gallery across from Gosser Fine Arts Center on campus.

Performance grant scholarships will also be awarded to other students who might not be chosen for the competitive art scholarships.

Linda J. Cundiff, professor and chair of the department of art, said registration and submission of a portfolio will begin at 9 a.m. in the Gallery with a free workshop in ceramics at 9:30 a.m. in Room 104 of Gosser Fine Arts Center.

A brunch will be provided for students, teachers or parents as guests of the

university at 11 a.m. in the Winters Dining Hall.

Interviews with students and examination of portfolios by art faculty are at noon.

The announcement of the winning competitive art scholarship and performance grant scholarships recipients will be at 2 p.m. at the new Art Gallery.

A student interested in the scholarship competition or in the performance grants must present a portfolio of his or her finest work to the art faculty at 9 a.m. But those wanting to participate should contact Cundiff and send in an application before the event.

“This is an opportunity for talented, high school seniors who will be first-time freshmen to compete for an art scholarship,” said Cundiff.

“The winning students will receive $750 scholarship monies per semester for the duration of eight semesters while they attend Campbellsville University as an art major,” she said. The recipients must be art majors.

She said the competing students must have an academic standing equivalent to or higher than a 3.0 grade point average (B average) and maintain that average in college work at Campbellsville University if chosen for this scholarship.

The recipients of the scholarships may also receive performance grant awards and other forms of financial aid.

The portfolio requirements include the selection of three-15 of the student's strongest, finest examples of his/her artwork to take to the competition.

“The pieces selected should show ambition in idea, execution, style and technical skill,” according to Cundiff.

“Of the pieces selected, the student may select options of what kinds of media to

bring,” she said.

The three-dimensional work can consist of either sculpture, ceramics, fibers, weaving or mixed media; black and white pieces including a variety of media including graphite, charcoal, chalk, scratch board, pen and ink, ink wash drawings and black and white media or mixed media, and colored pieces including oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, colored pencils, tempera, color prints or other color media.

Cundiff said, “There should be a variety of themes and subject matter to include figurative or portrait work, landscape, still life or other ideas and themes.”

Cundiff said all work must be original and by the student. She said no pieces copied from another artist's work will be accepted and no work based upon pre-packaged kits and no photochemically reproduced prints will be accepted.

She said all two-dimensional work should be correctly matted, covered in acetate, shrink wrapped or framed.

Questions concerning the competition should be directed to Cundiff at (270) 789-5268 or ljcundiff@campbellsville.edu; Tommy Clark, professor of art, at (270) 789-5267 or the university switchboard at (270) 789-5000.

Campbellsville University, now celebrating her Centennial year, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,310 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations. Listed in U.S. News & World Report's “America's Best Colleges” 14 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern master's colleges and universities, Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his eighth year as president.