Hisayuki Yamaie Scholarship

This scholarship is to assist students studying art at the TCC Visual Arts Center and who are children of members of the fire, emergency medical, or police services or of the U.S. military.

The scholarship award criteria shall be as follows:
a. full-time student in one of the programs offered by the TCC Visual Arts Center,
b. son or daughter of a member of the fire, emergency medical, or police services or the United States military services, and
c. submit outstanding portfolio as determined by the Director of the Visual Arts Center. See detailed instructions below.

  • If recipient is a continuing student must have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher, if recipient is a new student must have a high school GPA of 2.8 or higher.

Portfolios must be in a digital format and should be submitted to: Jonathan Jenkins <jjenkins@tcc.edu> by the posted due date.

1. Prepare 6-8 images / files – representing a sampling of your best work. They must be placed in a folder titled Lastname_Firstname_Portfolio*
2. The files must be 300 ppi and no larger than 8 inches (2400 pixels) on the longest side, prepared as a Jpeg.
3. Name the files: Lastname_Firstname_Drawing 1 (Jones_Mike_Drawing 1 etc.)

Create a Word document with the following information for each file. Title this document Lastname_Firstname_Portfolio. Include this document in the same folder that your files are being saved to.
1. File Name: Lastname_Firstname_Drawing 1 (Jones_Mike_Drawing 1 etc.)
2. Student Name: Mike Jones
3. Title: City Life or Untitled if there is no title
4. Media: Paper and Charcoal
5. Course Name: Art 121 Drawing I (If applicable)

File Name:
Student Name:
Title:
Media:
Course Name:

*It will be necessary to compress this folder prior to sending. Once everything is in your folder, images / files and accompanying Word document simply create a Zip Folder.

To zip (compress) a file or folder:
1. Locate the file or folder that you want to zip.
2. Press and hold (or right-click) the file or folder, select (or point to) Send to, and then select Compressed (zipped) folder. A new zipped folder with the same name is created in the same location.

Photographing Work
If you work is not in a digital format already such as is the case with photography and design, media such as drawing, painting, sculpture, glass etc. will need to be photographed. Follow this link for Tips on Photographing Your Artwork.

Tips on Photographing Your Artwork PDF: https://www.aapgh.org/blog/photography-tips

Award
Varies
Deadline
05/31/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you the child of a member of the fire, emergency medical, police services or U.S. military?