ANWG is offering ten scholarships for "Weaving Waves of Color" to beheld in Spokane, WA in 2009. A conference scholarship will equal the conference fee (not including seminar materials fees or post-conference workshop fees) to a maximum of $400.
In addition to the ten scholarship winners, three alternates will be identified from the applicant pool. IF a selected nominee is unable to attend the conference, that slot will go the next alternate selected.
Each guild may nominate only one person and the Guild’s ANWG representative must submit a letter of reference to the Education Committee. The nominee will also submit a letter to the Education Committee stating why she /he should be selected. These letters of application must be submitted to deannawelsh@shaw.ca by midnight PST on OCTOBER 15, 2008.
Criteria for Submission Applicant may not have won a scholarship in the preceding five years. Applicant may express financial need, but evidence of financial need is not required, just a simple expression of need. Applicant should be an active and supportive member of their Guild. The phrase “active and supportive” could include: holding a Guild office, helping with workshops, helping with Guild library and/ or public instruction or demonstration of weaving. Active and supportive members are what holds a Guild together.
Scholarship application should be made by e-mail to:
Education Committee Chair, Deanna Welsh:deannawelsh@shaw.ca
or, if necessary, via snail mail: Box 74 Montrose, B.C. V0G1PO Canada
The Education Committee will review the nominations and scholarships will be awarded December 15, 2008. Scholarship winners and guild reps will be notified via e-mail. Scholarship winners will receive a conference registration certificate and registration booklet: the certificate must be sent via snail mail with the applicants’ conference registration.No checks will be issued.
If you have any questions, please contact
Education Chair, Deanna Welsh
deannawelsh@shaw.ca
250-367-7217