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The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara honored 20 student artists during a presentation and reception Feb. 6 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Selected as winners of the foundation’s 2025 Art Scholarship Competition, the students addressed family members and supporters. Each will receive a scholarship, and their selected art submissions will be exhibited at the museum through Feb. 18.
“Now in its 46th year, our art scholarship program continues to attract exceptionally talented student artists from South County high schools,” said Melinda Cabrera, president/CEO of the Scholarship Foundation.
“We are very pleased to recognize this year’s winning artists and provide them with opportunities to continue their studies,” she said. “The exhibited works at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art are not to be missed.”
Each year the Scholarship Foundation invites high school seniors in southern Santa Barbara County to submit a portfolio of original work for its art scholarship competition.
Forty-five student artists competed this year. Each winner will receive a scholarship in the amount of $3,000 or $3,500. The best of show winner will receive an additional $1,000 scholarship.
Serving as judges this year were Scott Anderson, Isaac Hernandez, and Sara Hetyonk Duron. A panel of local artists judge the submissions. Judging for the 2025 competition took place Jan. 23.
Carolina Rodriguez, who attends Santa Barbara High School, was awarded the Schall Family Best of Show Prize.
The other 2025 art scholarship winners are Eva Amendolagine (Dos Pueblos High School), Stephanie Barraza (Bishop Garcia Diego High), Sam Blakely (Dos Pueblos High), Caitlyn Buist (Santa Barbara High), Noah Burgess (Dos Pueblos High), Otis Carter (San Marcos High).
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Also, Pilar Duran (Santa Barbara High), Olivia Farley (Dos Pueblos High), Julieta Garcia-Gonzalez (Santa Barbara High), Keeley Harper (Dos Pueblos High), Finley Helzer-Koch (Dos Pueblos High), Tove Ibsen (Santa Barbara High).
Also, Kate Mebane (Dos Pueblos High), Gianna Mills (San Marcos High), Danielle Ramirez (San Marcos High), Sophia Senn (Santa Barbara High), Amelia Vander May (Dos Pueblos High), Noah Zakrzewski (Dos Pueblos High), and Alondra Zarate (Dos Pueblos High).
For the first time in its history, the Scholarship Foundation held a separate art competition for seniors at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School on January 30, and will host a reception for the winning students at the California Nature Art Museum in Solvang on Feb. 13.
“We are grateful for the donors who fund our art scholarships and encourage other community members to support this unique and treasured program,” said Cabrera.
“If you are interested in contributing to the Scholarship Foundation’s efforts to recognize local student artists, please do not hesitate to contact us,” she said.
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara is the nation’s largest community-based provider of college scholarships, having cumulatively awarded in excess of $150 million to some 62,000 county students since its founding in 1962.
A nonprofit, the Scholarship Foundation also provides free financial aid advising services. For more, visit www.sbscholarship.org.
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