SFA student entry among finalists in national Folgers Coffee jingle contestThe SFA students – Josh Birdsong of Port Neches, Nathan Wackett of Crandall, Thaddeus Franklin of Dallas, Cody Morris of Arlington and Ben Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio – submitted an entry earlier this year to the Folgers Coffee jingle contest, and it was selected by a panel of judges as one of this year’s 10 national finalists. And now, the students need public support online to help them win the contest.
Art scholarship established in honor of Gary FrieldsFor more than 26 years, former Professor of Art Gary Frields inspired and guided his art students at Stephen F. Austin State University. Now the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts board has established a scholarship in his honor. The Gary Q. Frields Art Scholarship will be awarded annually to a student who is a current SFA student in degree or diploma courses within the School of Art or a graduate student in those areas.
SFA offering Art Educators’ Retreat in JuneRegistrations are still being accepted for the Art Educators’ Retreat, a four-day workshop for art educators offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art. Open to community college, elementary, middle and high school art teachers, the retreat will be held on the SFA campus Sunday, June 16, through Thursday, June 20.
The SFA students – Josh Birdsong of Port Neches, Nathan Wackett of Crandall, Thaddeus Franklin of Dallas, Cody Morris of Arlington and Ben Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio – submitted an entry earlier this year to the Folgers Coffee jingle contest, and it was selected by a panel of judges as one of this year’s 10 national finalists. And now, the students need public support online to help them win the contest.
For more than 26 years, former Professor of Art Gary Frields inspired and guided his art students at Stephen F. Austin State University. Now the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts board has established a scholarship in his honor. The Gary Q. Frields Art Scholarship will be awarded annually to a student who is a current SFA student in degree or diploma courses within the School of Art or a graduate student in those areas.
Registrations are still being accepted for the Art Educators’ Retreat, a four-day workshop for art educators offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art. Open to community college, elementary, middle and high school art teachers, the retreat will be held on the SFA campus Sunday, June 16, through Thursday, June 20.