Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art Announces 2015 Scholarship Recipients
June 20, 2015
PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC – The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art has announced the recipients of the Kathryn Bryan Metts Visual Arts Scholarships for 2015.
Haley Smith, a Massachusetts native and a rising junior at Coastal Carolina University, and Cymry Flood of Burlington, North Carolina, a rising senior at Elon University, were awarded scholarships in the amounts of $1,000 each. Both Smith and Flood are majoring in Fine Arts and have expressed an interest in becoming professional artists. This marks Flood’s second year as a recipient.
The Kathryn Bryan Metts Scholarship, founded in 2010 and presented annually, is available to upper-level (junior, senior or graduate) students who are a native or current resident of Georgetown County, SC or Alamance County, NC, and who are specializing in painting and/or drawing at a post-secondary institution.
The scholarship honors the much loved and widely collected artist, Kathy Metts, a Georgetown resident and UNC graduate, whose love of the Lowcountry was often reflected in her colorful paintings of Pawleys Island and Brookgreen Gardens.
“Kathy’s paintings reflect her exceptional talent, her sense of whimsy, and her excitement for life and family,” said Festival Director, Delores Blount. In 2010, the Festival opened with a show at the Cheryl Newby Gallery showcasing the original works of the dedicated artist whose abbreviated life and career ended in 2006 following a bout with cancer.
Cymry Flood and Haley Smith
The Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art, widely acclaimed as one of the Southeast’s leading music and arts festivals, is recognized as an advocate for promoting the arts among youth. The Kathryn Bryan Metts Visual Arts Scholarship represents the first scholarship that the Festival has ever endorsed.
About the Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art
The Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art, held at The Reserve Golf Club of Pawleys Island, is a 501(c)(3) which features four weeks of cultural entertainment and musical performances, including a Wine Gala that serves as the event’s primary fundraiser. 2015 marks the Festival’s 25th Anniversary.
For more information and the latest updates on the Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art, along with sponsorship and membership opportunities, visit them online at http://www.pawleysmusic.com/ or call 843-626-8911.
