DEWAR ARTS AWARDS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR YOUNG SCOTTISH TALENT
With their latest set of awards, covering a wide range of the arts, the trustees of the Dewar Arts Awards have acknowledged another dazzling array of young Scottish talent.
Over the past six years, the trustees ofthe Dewar Arts Awards have dispersed over £1.6million pounds to help young people in Scotland who have prodigious talent but lack the money to realise their potential. The awards are open to anyone living in Scotland under 30, and are given throughout the calendar year.
Ruth Wishart, chair of the Dewar Trustees said: “We are absolutely thrilled with the quality and variety of candidates being nominated for Dewar Awards; delighted too at the success gained by some of our earliest awardees. Scotland’s future creativity is clearly in rude, good health.”
In the world of dance and musical theatre awards have gone to; Shaun Kelly (Perth) to study at the English National Ballet School; Andrew Cummings (Glasgow) to study at Elmhurst School for Dance;Samantha Blaney (Wishaw) to pursue a Masters in Musical Theatre and Derek McGhie (Glasgow) to pursue a Masters in Musical Theatre at the RSAMD; John Burlington (Motherwell) and Jamie Keen (Irvine) to continue their studies in dance and theatre performance Bird College; Hannah Venet (Edinburgh) to pursue postgraduate studies with Transitions Dance Company; Kevin Young (Spateston) and Craig Creelman (Dennistoun) to study dance at the London Studio Centre.
Awards for varying skills in art and design have been made to: Emma Pratt (Kirkcaldy) to complete a Master in Fine Arts (Sculpture) at the Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh; Hayley Scanlon (Dundee) for an internship with the renowned Hollywood designer Jeremy Scott; Christine Corfield (Glasgow) to pursue a Masters in Fine Art at the San Francisco Art Institute and Alana Florence (Inverurie) to pursue an MA Textiles Futures at Central St. Martins, London.Three awardees will go to the RCA London; Lee Borthwick (Galashiels) to pursue an MA in Mixed Media; Jonathan Boyd (Glasgow) to pursue a Masters in Jewellery and Keith Gray to pursue a Masters in Printed Textiles
Music has always been high on the list and this time around awards have gone to;
Jonathan Carr (Wishaw) to study jazz singing and Maureen McMullan (Coatbridge) towards a Professional Performance Diploma at Berklee, Boston; Jodi Oliver (Edinburgh) to pursue a postgraduate course in musical directing at Mountview Acadamy; Louise McMonagle (Coatbridge) to study for a concert diploma at Basel Music Academy; Alexa Beattie (North Berwick) to complete the Artist’s Certificate in Chamber Music at San Francisco Conservatory; Callum MacCrimmon (Monifieth) to produce a CD of his own compositions; Euan Fulton (Greenock) to pursue a Masters in Composition at the University of Glasgow and Felipe Oliveira (Brazil) towards a Master in Music (Opera) at RSAMD and Robert Torrance (St. Andrews) to buy a violin bow and take lessons with Leland Chen.
Several awardees will be continuing their studies at RSAMD and they are:
Angela Darcy (Glasgow) to pursue an MA in Arts in Social Contexts, Emma Durkan (Saltcoats); Lauren Stark (Blantyre) and her brother Declan Stark to attend the Youthworks programme. James McArdle (Glasgow) to study acting at RADA, London and Helen Armes (Edinburgh) to continue to study drama at Guildford School of Acting.
All three film awardees: Paul Wright (Lower Largo) studying for a Masters in Directing Fiction, Christopher Maxwell (Glasgow) attending two courses and David Liddell (Dalkeith) completing a Masters in Cinematography will attend the renowned NFTVS, Beaconsfield.
Dewar trustees also help exceptionally talented young people with the purchase of high quality instruments or equipment - the Daughter of Dewar Awards. This time awards have gone to: Alasdair Beatson (Perth) for a grand piano; Miriam-Rose Mcfadyen (Dundee) to buy a Ewan Thompson violin; Michael Segaud (Perth) to buy a performance standard viola; Aidan Crosbie (Kirkintilloch) to buy a Setanto banjo; Steven Blake (Livingston) to buy a set of Uilleann pipes; Martin Murphy (Cornbroe) to buy a French horn; Lynsey MacRitchie (Stornoway) to buy a clarsach and Colin Scobie (Peebles) to buy a performance standard violin. From Glasgow Fraser Gordon to buy a contra bassoon; Daniel Hunter to buy a buy fiddle, bow and case; Andrew Foden to buy a bass trombone;Charles Gallagher to buy a concertina; Anna Mary Lynch to buy a professional model bassoon; Christine Knox to buy a violin bow; Jonathan Graham a set Fred Morrison reel pipes and Kayleigh Sharp a fiddle.
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