Newsletter volume 3.01.1
Riding Through History 2001: Civil Rights Movement Revisited
Get a Head Start on College
No Plans? Try MCG's Summer Sessions!
MCG Students Gain Acceptance to Governor's Schools for Summer 2001
Scholarships and Cash Awards Made Through All City Arts Showcase at MCG
New Scholarship Announced
MCG Students Pursue Foreign Study
Riding Through History 2001: Civil Rights Movement Revisited
A group of students from MCG will be reliving history this summer as they explore the major places, events, and people of the Civil Rights Movement. Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, Selma, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. are just a few stops on a two week journey, beginning July 5th, discovering how past events help to shape the future. Ben Fernandez, whose photographs documented Martin Luther King Jr. along the Freedom Trail and subsequently became the basis of the book MLK Jr.: Countdown to Eternity, will accompany the students at several sites lending his unique personal perspective. To further the experience, Coretta Scott King is expected to address the group in Atlanta. If you have an interest in Riding Through History please inquire at MCG or call 412.322.1773.
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Get a Head Start on College
Slippery Rock University
MCG invites you to a two week Summer Academy at Slippery Rock University! You can choose from Visual Arts (Drawing & Design, Digital Imaging, Ceramics, Multimedia, Photography, and Video Production), Creative Writing, Dance, Theater and more. Come to MCG to get an application ASAP. This program runs from July 9 to the 20th. Room and board is included at no cost! Just bring your enthusiasm and curiosity.
Point Park College
The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation offers Pittsburgh Urban Journalism Workshop. Available by application to African American students from Pittsburgh area high schools and hosted by Point Park College. This workshop is an exploration of journalism careers through practical exercises in basic news and feature writing, copy editing, interviewing and news gathering, and for interested students, sessions in photography and broadcasting. Media professionals from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The New Pittsburgh Courier, The Pittsburgh Tribune Review, WTAE, WPXI, WQED, KDKA, KQV, WAMO, WPGH, and others will be instructors. Application deadline is June 30th.
Lycoming College, Williamsport
Become an entrepreneur for a week and get the necessary business skills to succeed in the workplace. Through this experience you will meet and work with some of Pennsylvania's top executives. Career fields covered include: law, finance, engineering, manufacturing, advertising, cartooning, computer technology and politics. Apply for any of the following sessions: July 8-14, July 15-21, July 29-August 4 and August 5-11.
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No Plans? Try MCG's Summer Sessions!
Spend an adventurous summer at MCG creatively learning new skills and cultivating new friendships.
Studios in photography, ceramics, computer graphics, drawing & design and media arts are being offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Session I runs June 25 - July 13 and Session II runs from July 16 - August 3. Both sessions are free to city residents ages 13 to 18.
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MCG Students Gain Acceptance to Governor's School for Summer 2001!
Each year the Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence in the Arts, Science, Technology and Education offer the opportunity to some of our state's brightest and most talented high school sophomores and juniors to live on college campuses and pursue a field of study intensively for five weeks during July and August. The application process for these opportunities which begins in the fall is extensive and competitive. This year four MCG students were accepted into these programs. Perry Rajnovic, a junior from Perry High School will attend the School of Information Sciences at Penn State University. Schenley High School juniors Quing Yang and Alysha Shipman will attend the Creative Writing and Visual Arts programs respectively on the campus of Mercyherst College in Erie. Allderdice High School junior Kate Stevens will go to Mercyherst to study photography and Takara Canty, a junior at the Pittsburgh High School for Creative and Performing Arts will study painting. Please join us in congratulating these exceptional young people!
If you are completing your first or second year of high school and want to learn more about the Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence contact their office at 570.524.5244. Admission to the School of Art is based on a portfolio review and written application. Manchester Craftsmen's Guild can assist you in developing an art portfolio this summer for application next fall.
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Scholarships and Cash Awards Made Through All City Arts Showcase at MCG
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Eleanor Friedberg Fund and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh recently made more than $60,000 in scholarships and awards to students attending Pittsburgh Public High Schools and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild. Other awards were donated by Pittsburgh cultural institutions and arts related businesses. More than 400 student works of art were submitted for the 2001 All City High School Arts Showcase and for the award and scholarship competitons. MCG extends its thanks to all of the above as well as the students and teachers who participated in the exhibition.
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New Scholarship Announced
Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel has established the Arts, Leadership and Public Service Scholarship Fund for MCG students. Congratulations to the first recipients of this annual award, Cherice Tillman and Emily Tokarczyk. MCG is currently developing additional scholarship opportunities for students through corporate and private partners who share our commitment to arts, leadership and public service. If you are wondering how you are going to finance your education after high school the time to get involved with MCG is now!
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MCG Students Pursue Foreign Study
For the past year Manchester Craftsmen's Guild has been working with American Field Studies to identify urban youth who have an interest in learning by immersing themselves in the culture of another country. Working with AFS this past summer, graduating seniors Tracie Chapple and Patrice Collins traveled to Thailand and Bolivia respectively. This summer Schenley junior Angelique Davis will travel to Brazil and Peabody junior Cherice Tillman will travel to Ghana for five week experiences. Schenley senior Nathan Green will live and study in Germany for the next year on a Congress-Bundestag Scholarship and Antonia Carhuaslla will go to Spain with Experiment in International Living. The application process for these and other opportunities begins this fall so stop by now for information!
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