Statue of David- Sienna Hilbourne- Drawing

The Seacoast Artist Association has awarded ten 2023 art scholarships to high school seniors continuing with their art studies in college or university.  For the last 35 years, their scholarship committee has worked with local public high school teachers and guidance counselors who choose a talented senior from each school.

The list of students with schools and concentration of studies are as follows:

• Olivia Sousa of Epping High School will be studying fashion merchandising at Lasell University
• Delaney McLynch of Exeter High will be studying environmental engineering and illustration and painting at Tufts University
• Jameson Senesombath of Newmarket High School, Industrial Design at Wentworth Institute of Technology
• Sofia Self of Oyster River High, studio arts at Syracuse University
• Hermes Hoschek of Portsmouth High School, studio arts at New York University
• Sarah Terlizzi of Sanborn Regional High, digital photography at NH University
• Ken Liu of Spaulding High, graphic design at Rochester Institute of Technology
• Allison Daigle of Timberlane Regional, animation at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College
• Cameron Dunham of Winnacunnet High, photography, graphic design and integrated lens-based media at Montana State University in Bozeman
• Sienna Hilbourne of York High (Maine) will study visual arts at Vassar.

Many thanks go to the members of the committee who work closely with teachers and guidance counselors from the local schools.

Scholarship Committee

• Maryclare Heffernan, co-chair Stephanie Williams, co-chair 
• Andrea Hantz
• Lisa McManus
• Deb McNelly
• Sarah Oppenheimer 
• Carol Poitras
• Cheryl Sager
• Kathy Statires
• Jean Swanson