PHILIPSBURG:--- Summer is on its way and the Charlotte Brookson Academy of the Performance Arts is proud to announce that 13 of their students have been accepted into summer intensive programs in the U.S.
One student will be attending the SFD Fashion Academy in Boston. Niyanca Vlaun will be attending the two-week Summer Intensive Program. The program combines both Fashion Art and Fashion Design. Fashion Art will focus on illustration skills and Fashion Design will be the practical application of pattern and sewing techniques.
The Charlotte Brookson Academy of the Performance Arts is also proud to announce that two of its students Sara-Victoria Martinez and Jeremiah David have been awarded Scholarships by the Center for Creative Youth, to attend a four-week Summer Intensive Program to be held at the pristine Wesleyan University Campus in Connecticut. Sara-Victoria Martinez was awarded a full scholarship for photography and Jeremiah David in Dance. This year CCY will be celebrating its 40th anniversary and we are proud that our students will be part of this year’s celebration. The scholarships opportunities to our students were made possible by Ms. Kim Stroud, Director of the Arts, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Program Director of CCY, and by Ms. Lisa Floss, CCY Program Coordinator.
In keeping with Charlotte Brookson Academy of the Performance Arts’ vision to provide opportunities for its students, ten students will be traveling to Miami, Florida in June to attend a one-week Summer Intensive Program at the Arts Institute: Miami International University of Arts and Design. Art workshops were selected in Fashion Design, Photography, Visual Arts, Drawing and Illustration and Interactive Media. Students will be working with instructors from each field, developing and completing projects, culminating in their products’ presentations to experts in these art disciplines.
The students who were selected to attend this program went through a rigorous selection process by our school before they could be selected to be part of this program. The students who will be attending the Arts Institute: Miami International University of Arts and Design Summer Intensive Workshop are:
Dejah Doncher Drawing and Illustration
Kierra Irish Drawing and Illustration
Miguelina Nicola-Luis Drawing and Illustration
Chayanne Tobias
