Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts (TBBCA) is proud to host its ‘High School Art Stars’ Scholarship Program to promote and enhance a healthy cultural presence in our community, both by encouraging local students to continue building upon their artistic skills and by fostering development of future arts audiences, even in a tough economy. In just three years, Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts has awarded $47,500 in scholarships to local students.

Each year the TBBCA will award a total of $15,000 in art scholarships to select Bay Area students based on artistic ability in the fields of Instrumental Music, Literary Arts, Vocal Music, Visual Arts, Theater and Dance. Stay Tuned for information about the 2010-2011 scholarship program!

A total of 56 high school students applied for the 2009-2010 TBBCA High School Art Stars Scholarships. Over one hundred business professionals and members of the Bay Area’s cultural community gathered in Hyde Park’s CineBistro on March 25 for the Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts’ High School Art Stars Scholarship presentation.Six $2,500 scholarships were awarded in each category and, for the first time, a multi-talented student was awarded a scholarship in two categories.   

The 2009-2010 High School Art Stars recipients are:
Theatre & Literary Arts: Samuel French - Gibbs High School
Dance: Hallie Evans -  Howard Blake High School
Vocal Music: Brianna Sparklin - East Bay High School
Visual Arts: Rebekah Kirkman - Seminole High School
Instrumental Music: Nicholas Smart - Tarpon Springs High School

To read a sample of Sam French's writings click here. Or to view the audition tapes of this year's recipients click here.

The panel of judges included: Michael Connelly, internationally acclaimed, New York Times Best Selling novelist; Erin Cardinal Wright, co-founder of Moving Current dance collective; Richard Sparrow with The Florida Orchestra; Dawne Eubanks, vocalist and instructor at Eckerd College; Michael Murphy, founder of Gallery M, a fine art gallery; and Anna Brennen, founder and producing director of Stageworks Theatre Company.

Downloads
High School Art Stars Application
Press Release - 2009-2010 Recipients
Sponsorship Information
2008 & 2009 Recipients

The 2008-2009 recipients were:
Visual Arts: Caitlin Pautler - Wharton High School
Theater: Remy Germinario - Blake High School                  
Theater: Ester Steinberg - Plant High School                   
Instrumental Music: Danielle Rossbach - St. Petersburg HS                   
Vocal Music: Kathryn Gower - Brandon Senior HS                 
Dance: Gabriela Johnson - Gibbs High School                  
Literary Arts: Anna Scalamogna - Clearwater Central Catholic  
Literary Arts: Chantell Albert - Hillsborough Senior HS

Click here to view videos of our recipients from 2008-2009

Call 813-221-2787 for additional information.

Thank you 2009-2010 High School Art Stars Sponsors!