2024 Award
Congratulations to the fifteenth annual Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship winners. 2024 awardees are:
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Allyson Burke from Colgan High School, and
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Zeenat Ameri from Battlefield High School.
The scholarship celebration was held on May 27, 2024 and was attended by family of the awardees and a large number of PWAS members. Certificates and checks for $1,000 each were presented by Elizabeth Stathis (PWAS President) on behalf of Jewell Pratt Burns, the Scholarship Committee (led by Emily Hawes), and PWAS members. We wish Allyson and Zeenat success in their future art endeavors!
Thank You for funding the 2023 Scholarships!
PWAS was especially grateful to two direct donors in 2023.
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Ms. Judy Gallagher made a donation in memory of Jim Gallagher, artist, dedicated PWAS member, and active participant on the Scholarship Committee over the years.
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On behalf of Visual Expressions, a group of artists in the over-55 community of Four Seasons, Sandra McClelland-Lewin presented the balance of their operating fund upon disbanding this year. The group wanted to ensure the funds would go to support the visual arts in Prince William County.
2023 Award
The fourteenth annual Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship winner was graduating senior Awaneh Sawaneh from Colgan High School. Ms. Jewell Burns presented Sawaneh with a certificate in appreciation of her artistic talent and a check for $1,000 to help support her as she pursues a degree in Fine Arts at the Savannah College of Arts and Design next year. Awaneh currently plans to pursue a major in Sequential Art with a minor in Illustration.
Past PWAS Scholarship Award Winners
May 23, 2022 13th Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship Award
The Prince William Art Society held the 13th Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship award ceremony, named for longstanding member from the original Woodbridge Art Guild. The two selected students, Ayanna Rowe and Anne Wu from Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, the Center for Fine and Performing Arts (whom both will be attending Virginia Commonwealth University) each received a $1000 scholarship.
(From left to right) Ayanna Rowe, Ana Quispe (PWAS President), Jewell Pratt Burns, and Anne Wu, celebrate!
May 27, 2019 Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship Award
The Prince William Art Society held the 10th Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship award ceremony, named for longstanding member from the original Woodbridge Art Guild. The two selected students, Avery Engstrom of Forest Park Senior High School & Wilson Stearns of J. Colgan Sr. High School each received a $1000 scholarship.
(Left to Right) Avery Engstrom & Wilson Stearns
May 28, 2018 Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship Award
The Prince William Art Society held the 9th Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship award ceremony, named for longstanding member from the original Woodbridge Art Guild. The selected student, Jacqueline Gottschalk of Battlefield High School received a $1000 scholarship.
